City of Aspen, Colorado
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View south along Galena Street in downtown Aspen. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status The Aspen Mountain ski area is in the background.
Location in Pitkin County and the State of Colorado
Coordinates: 39°11′32″N 106°49′28″W / 39.19222, -106.82444
Country	United States
State	State of Colorado
County[1]	Pitkin County - seat[2]
Founded	1879
Incorporated	April 1, 1881[3]
Government
- Type	Home Rule Municipality[1]
- Mayor	Mick Ireland[4]
Area
- Total	3. Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The State of Colorado ( or chiefly by nonresidents) is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States of America. See also Geography of Colorado State of Colorado|History of Colorado This is a list of the 64 counties of the U Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also State of Colorado The 271 incorporated municipalities of the State of Colorado operate under one of five types of municipal governing A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 5 sq mi (9. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 1 km²)
- Land	3. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 5 sq mi (9. 1 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation [5]	7,890 ft (2,405 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	5,914
- Density	1,689. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/sq mi (649. 9/km²)
Time zone	MST (UTC-7)
- Summer (DST)	MDT (UTC-6)
ZIP codes	81611, 81612 (PO Box)[6]
Area code(s)	970
FIPS code	08-03620
GNIS feature ID	0204686
Highways	SH 82
Website: City of Aspen

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Contents 1 Image 2 Description and history 3 Geography 4 Demographics 5 Transportation 6 Famous part-time residents 7 Sister cities 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links

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This historic character of the city has been challenged in recent decades by skyrocketing property values and the proliferation of second homes, increasingly shutting low- and middle-income workers out of the city and creating a large pool of commuters from nearby bedroom communities such as Basalt and Carbondale. A commuter town is an urban community that is primarily residential from which most of the Workforce commute out to earn their livelihood The Town of Basalt is a Statutory Town located in Eagle and Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. Carbondale is a Home Rule Municipality in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. At the same time, in stark contrast to its historic character, the city has emerged into international fame as a glitzy playground of the wealthy and famous. The downtown has been largely transformed into an upscale shopping district that includes high-end restaurants, salons, and boutiques. The booming real estate market has forced the city to struggle between permitting growth and restricting it. Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom The city today remains a mix of high-end luxury homes and condos intermixed with legacy residences and mobile home parks populated by an old guard of Aspen residents struggling to maintain the unique character of the city. Mobile homes or static caravans are prefabricated homes built in factories rather than on site and then taken to the place where they will be occupied Aspen has become a second and third home to many international jet setters.

Description and history

The city sits along the southeast (upper) end of the Roaring Fork Valley, along the Roaring Fork River, a tributary of the Colorado River about 40 miles south of Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Roaring Fork Valley is a geographical region in western Colorado in the United States. The Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 70 mi (113 km long in west central Colorado in the United States. The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately The City of Glenwood Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Garfield County, Colorado It is surrounded by mountain and wilderness areas on three sides: Red Mountain to the north, Smuggler Mountain to the east, and Aspen Mountain to the south. Aspen Mountain is a mountain in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in the United States.

The city has its roots in the winter of 1879, when a group of miners ignored pleas by Frederick Pitkin, governor of Colorado, to return across the Continental Divide due to an uprising of the Ute Indians. Originally named Ute City, the small community was renamed Aspen in 1880 and quickly surpassed Leadville as the nation's most productive mining district for silver. Despite the price of silver steadily declined during the silver boom in Colorado and the frequent Indian attacks, production expanded due to the passage of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890, which doubled the government's purchase of silver. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act was enacted in 1890 as a United States federal law. By 1893, Aspen's prosperity resulted in a population of 12,000 residents, with banks, a hospital, two theaters, an opera house and electric lights. Economic collapse came with the Panic of 1893, when President Cleveland called a special session of Congress and repealed the act. The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893 Within weeks, many of the Aspen mines were closed and thousands of miners were put out of work. It was proposed that silver be recognized as legal tender and the Populist Party adopted that as one of its main issues; Davis H. Waite, an Aspen newspaperman and agitator was elected governor of Colorado on the Democratic Ticket; but in time the movement failed. The Populist Party (also known as the People's Party) was a relatively short-lived Political party in the United States in the late 18th century Davis Hanson Waite ( April 9, 1825 - November 27, 1901) US Populist Party and Democratic Party politician He served

Eventually, after wage cuts, mining revived somewhat, but production declined and by the 1930 census only 705 residents remained. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. There was a fine stock of old business blocks and residences and excellent snow. Aspen's development as a ski resort first flickered in the 1930s when investors conceived of a ski area, but the project was interrupted by World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Friedl Pfeifer, a member of the 10th Mountain Division who had trained in the area, returned to the area and linked up with industrialist Walter Paepcke and his wife Elizabeth. The Aspen Skiing Corporation was founded in 1946 and quickly became a well-known resort, hosting the FIS World Championships in 1950. Paepcke also played an important role in bringing the Goethe Bicentennial Convocation to Aspen in 1949, an event held in a newly designed tent by the architect Eero Saarinen. Eero Saarinen (eːro saːrinen (August 20 1910 Kirkkonummi, Finland – September 1 1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States) was Aspen was now on the path to becoming an internationally known ski resort and cultural center, home of the Aspen Music Festival and School. Colorado offers many world-class Ski resorts World-renowned ski areas such as Vail and Aspen are rivaled by some of the lesser-known ones listed below The Aspen Music Festival and School, founded in 1949, is an internationally renowned classical music festival that presents world-class music in an intimate The area would continue to grow with the development of three additional ski areas, Buttermilk (1958), Aspen Highlands (1958), and Snowmass (1969). Buttermilk Ski Area is the easiest skiing mountain in Aspen Colorado. Snowmass is a part of the Aspen/Snowmass ski resort complex located in western Colorado near the town of Aspen Colorado.

In 1977, Aspen was thoroughly photographed for the Aspen Movie Map project funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Aspen Movie Map was a revolutionary Hypermedia system developed at MIT by a team working with Andrew Lippman in 1978 with funding from The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The Movie Map is one of the earliest examples of virtual reality software. Virtual reality ( VR) is a technology which allows a user to interact with a Computer-simulated environment be it a real or imagined one

Aspen is notable as the smallest radio market tracked by Arbitron, ranked at #302. Arbitron ( is a Radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media

Geography

Aspen is located at 39°11′32″N, 106°49′28″W (39. 192297, -106. 824470)^[9], along State Highway 82. State Highway 82 is an 8529 mile (13726 km long State highway in the U

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 5 square miles (9. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 1 km²), all of it land. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1890	5,108		—
1900	3,303		-35. 3%
1910	1,834		-44. 5%
1920	1,265		-31. 0%
1930	705		-44. 3%
1940	777		10. 2%
1950	916		17. 9%
1960	1,101		20. 2%
1970	2,404		118. 3%
1980	3,678		53. 0%
1990	5,049		37. 3%
2000	5,914		17. 1%

As of the census^[10] of 2000, there were 5,914 people, 2,903 households, and 1,082 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,675. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 4 people per square mile (646. 9/km²). There were 4,354 housing units at an average density of 1,233. 5/sq mi (476. 2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 94. 94% White, 0. 44% Black or African American, 0. 24% Native American, 1. 45% Asian, 0. 08% Pacific Islander, 1. 64% from other races, and 1. 20% from two or more races. 6. 14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America

There were 2,903 households out of which 16. 5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 28. 8% were married couples living together, 5. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 62. 7% were non-families. 43. 8% of all households were made up of individuals and 4. 8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1. 94 and the average family size was 2. 67.

In the city the population was spread out with 13. 1% under the age of 18, 9. 8% from 18 to 24, 42. 1% from 25 to 44, 27. 6% from 45 to 64, and 7. 4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 115. 1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117. 5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $53,750, and the median income for a family was $70,300. Males had a median income of $41,011 versus $32,023 for females. The per capita income for the city was $40,680. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 3. 6% of families and 8. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 4% of those under age 18 and 2. 6% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

• Roaring Fork Transportation Authority or RFTA, provides bus service in Aspen, and pay service to the surrounding communities of Snowmass Village, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs and Rifle. Roaring Fork Transportation Authority was established in 1983 and is operated by a Rural Transportation Authority Local RFTA bus service within Aspen and to the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is free.

• Aspen's only airport is Aspen-Pitkin County Airport also known as Sardy Field. Aspen-Pitkin County Airport, also known as Sardy Field, is a public Airport located three miles (5 km northwest of the Central business district The airport is an FAA Class 1 airport, and has one asphalt runway, 100 ft. wide and 7,006 ft long. Its hours of operation with FAA air traffic control is 7am to 10pm MST/MDT. Sardy Field is Colorado's third busiest airport. The airport has a large General Aviation section which can accommodate the many corporate airplanes and private jets which can crowd the airport during the busy holiday seasons. The F. B. O. , which operates the General Aviation section, is Atlantic Aviation. The airport also has 4 regular commercial air carriers: United Airlines and Delta Airlines (operated by SkyWest Airlines),US Airways (operated by AmericaWest Airlines), and Frontier Airlines (service beginning May, 2008).

Famous part-time residents

• Prince Bandar, former Saudi ambassador to the United States has recently listed his 56,000 sq ft Aspen compound for $135,000,000 USD. John Denver (December 31 1943 &ndash October 12 1997 born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud ( الأمير بندر بن سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود born 2 March 1949 is a Saudi politician
• Antonio Banderas & Melanie Griffith, maintain residence in Woody Creek
• Gretchen Bleiler, snowboarder, Olympic silver medalist. José Antonio Domínguez Banderas (born August 10, 1960) better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film Actor and Singer Melanie Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an Academy Award nominated Golden Globe winning American Film actress Gretchen Bleiler (born on April 10, 1981 in Toledo Ohio) is a professional Halfpipe snowboarder and pioneer
• Mariah Carey has spent her Christmas holiday in Aspen for the last few years.
• Kevin Costner maintains a residence near Aspen toward Independence Pass. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director
• Michael Douglas, actor
• Michael Eisner, former CEO of Disney
• Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell have been part-time residents for years. Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American Actor and producer, primarily in Movies and Television Michael Eisner (born March 7, 1942) was CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 22, 1984 to September 30 Goldie Jean Hawn (born November 21 1945 is an American Academy Award -winning Actress, director and producer. Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17 1951 is an Emmy Award - and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor.
• Felicity Huffman, actor
• Gino Hollander, painter
• Don Johnson, actor
• Bill Joy has a house in Aspen, and is a frequenter of the city's Zélé Café. Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actress. Eugene F Hollander or Gino Hollander (born August 4, 1924 in New Jersey U Don Johnson (born Donnie Wayne Johnson, December 15 1949 Personal life Relationships and family At 22 Johnson began a four-year liaison William Nelson Joy (born Nov 8, 1954) commonly known as Bill Joy, is an American Computer scientist.
• Claudine Longet, former French actress, singer. Claudine Georgette Longet (born on in Paris, France) was a popular Singer and recording artist during the 1960s and 1970s
• Andy Mill, former ski racer, current Gold Cup Tarpon Champion, grew up in Aspen. Andy Ray Mill (born November 2, 1953 in Aspen, Colorado) is a two-time Olympic downhill skier from the United States
• Martina Navratilova had a home for years. Martina Navratilova ( Czech: Martina Navrátilová; born October 18, 1956, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former World
• Jack Nicholson, actor
• John Oates, musician has a home in the valley. John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson (born April 22 1937) is an American Actor, internationally renowned for his often dark-themed portrayals John William Oates (born April 7, 1949 in New York) is an American Musician and producer best known as the mustachioed
• Harold Ross, the founder of The New Yorker, was born in Aspen and visited many times throughout his life to fish. Harold Wallace Ross ( November 6, 1892 - December 6, 1951) was an American journalist and founder of The New Yorker
• Hunter S. Thompson lived in Woody Creek, and once ran for Pitkin County Sheriff (his platform included renaming Aspen to "Fat City"). Hunter Stockton Thompson ( July 18, 1937 &ndash February 20, 2005) was an American Journalist and Author, most Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States.
• Victoria Beckham recently purchased a home in Starwood. Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974 is an English pop Singer, Songwriter, Dancer turned Fashion
• Clifford Irving, author
• Annabelle Bond, the fastest woman to climb the Seven Summits
• Warren Lichtenstein, activist hedge fund manager

Sister cities

Cities listed alphabetically (together with their respective regions/departments). Clifford Michael Irving (born November 5, 1930) is an American writer best known for an "authorized Annabelle Bond (born 1969 is an international adventurer and activist who came to prominence after climbing the summit of Mount Everest on 15 May 2004, making her The Seven Summits are the highest Mountains of each of the seven Continents Summiting all of them is regarded as a Mountaineering challenge first postulated Warren G Lichtenstein (born 1965 is the head of Steel Partners a hedge fund based in New York City that focuses on deep value and activist investing and holds its average

Aspen has seven sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

• Canfranc, ( Aragon) Spain
• Chamonix, ( Haute-Savoie) France
• Davos, (Graubünden) Switzerland
• Garmisch-Partenkirchen, ( Bavaria) Germany
• Queenstown, (Otago) New Zealand
• San Carlos de Bariloche, (Río Negro) Argentina
• Shimukappu, (Hokkaidō) Japan

See also

• Asspen (An episode of South Park set in Aspen)
• Road to Rupert (An episode of Family Guy set in Aspen)
• Pitkin County, Colorado
• State of Colorado
  • Colorado municipalities
• Other famous ski towns in North America:
  • Banff, Alberta
  • Canmore, Alberta
  • Jackson, Wyoming
  • Park City, Utah
  • Snowbird, Utah
  • Sun Valley, Idaho
  • Vail, Colorado
  • Whistler, British Columbia

References

Further reading

External links

• City of Aspen website
  • CDOT map of the City of Aspen
• Aspen FILMFEST Official site
• Aspen Restaurants

• Aspen, Colorado is at coordinates 39°11′32″N 106°49′28″W / 39.192297, -106.82447 (Aspen, Colorado)Coordinates: 39°11′32″N 106°49′28″W / 39.192297, -106.82447 (Aspen, Colorado)

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