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California firm buys up seven Western Slope mobile home parks
Lamplighter Mobile Home Park in Rifle sold for about $3.63 million last December to San Francisco-based real estate investment firm, Primrose Real Estate. The 39-unit manufactured home community is part of a portfolio of seven Western Slope parks consisting of more than 700 homesites and recently acquired by the company. Credit: Laurine Lassalle/Aspen Journalism

California firm buys up seven Western Slope mobile home parks

A California real estate firm has purchased seven mobile home parks across the Western Slope for nearly $70 million, including several in Grand Junction and Rifle. The deals highlight growing investor interest in manufactured housing and raise questions about affordability and long-term impacts.
By Aspen Journalism 4 min read
Garfield County Libraries has resisted censoring books, but leadership changes could turn the tide
Several of the graphic novel series that a group of Garfield County residents have requested be restricted, or removed, are shelved at the public library in Silt. Though the books still remain in the county’s libraries, changes could still be coming with the recent appointment of two new library trustees and the search for a new executive director. Credit: Eleanor Bennett / Aspen Journalism & Aspen Public Radio

Garfield County Libraries has resisted censoring books, but leadership changes could turn the tide

Garfield County’s effort to restrict minors’ access to certain graphic novels remains unresolved as new library trustees take office and state law limits censorship. With leadership changes ahead, the future of book policies and board oversight is uncertain.
By Aspen Journalism 18 min read