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Speakers and Panels

Mayoral Roundtable

A Candid Conversation with Local Leaders about How They’re Balancing Development, Housing and Tourism to Build Resilient, Community-First Economies

Keynote

Chuck Harmon

Mayor, Idaho Springs

Rachel Richards

Rachael Richards has served in elected office for over 30 years as a Pitkin County Commissioner, City Council member and once again as Aspen Mayor. Working with many partners- she’s been a champion of affordable housing, mass transit, childcare, the arts, and the protection of public lands and water resources, all to support a healthy community in balance with a resort economy. Creating the Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund with a 1/10 of a cent sales tax to protect the Roaring Fork watershed Spearheading efforts to build a Recreation Center with pools, Ice rink, climbing tower and the Youth Center Securing the Red and Yellow Brick schools for childcare, recreation, non-profits and the arts Passed the first marketing bed tax to support the Aspen Chamber Resort Association Supporting Affordable Housing at Burlingame Village, the Truscott addition and many other projects Working to protect residential neighborhoods and manage growth through Short Term Rental codes Leading RFTA from a locally funded agency to valley-wide funded Regional Transportation Authority Improving mobility options to reduce congestion and provide improved transit services. Increasing Open Space and Trails funding to prevent development on Smuggler and Sky Mtn Park Keeping residents and businesses safe and secure during the Pandemic years Past Chair, Colorado Association of Ski Towns (CAST) Past Chair of the Water Quality and Quantity Committee of the Northwest Council of Governments Received Roaring Fork Conservancy’s ‘River Conservator of the Year’ award Past member of Colorado Counties Inc and National Association of Counties Public Lands Steering Committees and the Colorado Municipal League Policy committee. Received ‘Dedication to Constituents and Colorado’ award from peers at Colorado Counties Inc. Co-founder and Co-Chair of Counties and Commissioners Acting Together (CCAT) Past Club 20 Board of Directors and Executive Committee, the Voice of the West Slope Received Club 20’s ‘Bridge Builder’ & ‘Outstanding Service to the People of the West Slope’ awards Graduate, Harvard JFK School of Leadership for Senior Executives in State and Local Government Participant in the UC Denver Rocky Mountain Program, the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar, and American Leadership Forum (ALF)

Aspen

Mayor

Keynote

Rachel Richards

Mayor, Aspen

Keynote

Kelly Owens

Mayor, Town of Breckenridge

Travis Coggin

Travis Coggin is serving his second four-year term on the Vail Town Council and his first term as Mayor Pro Tem after his re-election in November 2021. Travis moved to Vail in 1988 from Washington, D.C. and attended Red Sandstone Elementary and Minturn Middle School before graduating from the Vail Mountain School in 1998. Travis attended the University of Colorado at Boulder where he received an undergraduate degree in International Affairs and Political Science as well as an MBA with an emphasis on Real Estate and Finance. While on Town Council, Travis has focused on strengthening the Vail community by supporting the acquisition and development of deed restricted homes for locals, supporting local schools and small businesses. In 2019 Travis championed the idea of a new community focused event, the Vail Social. The annual community event hosts 600+ community members from throughout the valley for a potluck dinner in downtown Vail. Travis has served on multiple community boards including the Vail Economic Advisory Council, Eagle County Regional Transit Authority (alternate member), Bravo! Vail, Vail Local Marketing District (alternate member), the Vail Local Housing Authority Subcommittee, as well as the Vail Community Relief Fund where he worked to direct the $500,000 of Town Council allocated relief funds to support our community’s medical and behavioral health, housing and food relief needs. Professionally, Travis is involved with real estate planning, brokerage, investment, development, and construction both locally and nationally. Travis is a part-time member of the Vail Ski Patrol and an active volunteer throughout the community. Travis is a former member of the Vail Valley Young Professionals Association and he served as the organization’s president from 2014-2017. Outside of work, Travis can be found exploring the Vail Valley on hikes, bike rides and backcountry skiing.

Town of Vail

Mayor

Keynote

Travis Coggin

Mayor, Town of Vail

Moderator

Nina Waters

Board of County Commissioners, Summit County

Housing the High Country

Creative Solutions for Workforce & Attainable Housing in Colorado’s Resort Towns

Jason Dietz

Director of Housing, Town of Vail

Blaise Rastello

VP, Ulysses Development Group

Rick Petersen

Principal, OZ Architecture

Luke Fenske

Director, Preconstruction, Shaw Construction

Michael Leahey

CEO, Castlewood Partners

Andrew Peters

Andy Peters helps clients assert and defend their property rights. Equally at home before city councils and the courts, Andy navigates complex entitlements processes, negotiates with governments, and delivers trial and appellate advocacy to achieve client objectives. His practice spans land use and development approvals, eminent domain and takings cases, and matters concerning constitutional rights, sign regulation, and fair housing guarantees. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law, where he teaches Land Use Planning. As a land use lawyer, Andy has represented individual homeowners to Fortune 500 companies across Colorado, with a growing emphasis in mountain jurisdictions. His projects range from single-property redevelopment approvals on the Front Range to crafting multi-year, multi-property agreements guaranteeing development rights in mountain resorts. As a litigator, Andy has represented a similarly broad range of clients before state and federal trial and appeals courts, as well as regulatory and administrative bodies. He has particular experience in disputes arising under the First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments; Colorado’s state constitutional financing provisions; as well as the Fair Housing Act and Americans with Disabilities Act. Additionally, as part of his experience with sign law and First Amendment matters, Andy has helped local governments with review and redraft of their sign codes. He frequently writes and speaks about all of those topics as well. Before joining Otten Johnson, Andy served as an appellate law clerk to the Hon. William W. Hood, III of the Colorado Supreme Court, and as an intern for the Hon. Monica Márquez, also of the Colorado Supreme Court. He began his career at a Denver-based public relations firm, where for several years he helped national and international clients manage their reputations before interested governments, competitors, and the public. Outside the office, Andy enjoys skiing, mountain biking, and world travel with his wife and children, as well as maintaining a nearly decade-old Dungeons & Dragons game night tradition with friends. Andy serves on the firm’s Marketing & Business Development Committee and is chair of the Recruiting Committee.

Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti

Shareholder

Moderator

Andrew Peters

Shareholder, Otten Johnson Robinson Neff & Ragonetti

Elevating Experiences, Preserving Place

How Resort Expansions, Mixed-Use Projects, and Community-Driven Placemaking Are Shaping Growth While Protecting the Spirit of the Rockies

Kyle Zeppelin

Kyle Zeppelin is recognized as an innovative developer of communities in the urban core of Denver. Over the past decade, Kyle’s focus has been on transforming the underused, former industrial area of River North (RiNo) into a mixed-use neighborhood. Kyle has received recognition and multiple awards for his work at TAXI and The Source, and has successfully leveraged these projects into additional fronts in RiNo. TAXI has grown from what was originally an eight-acre site, to what is now a 28-acre mixed-use site complete with 9 buildings, over 100 businesses and over 100 residential units. Kyle’s vision for The Source market hall has expanded with the addition of a hotel. The Source Hotel will feature 100 design-forward hotel rooms, an expanded 25,000-square-foot market hall featuring signature restaurants and retail shopping, New Belgium Brewing’s first Denver brewery, and an eighth-floor rooftop complete with a pool, bar, and unobstructed mountain and skyline views.On a community level, Kyle’s broader social efforts are directed toward improving pedestrian and bike infrastructure and connectivity, advocating for the reclamation of the South Platte River in RiNo and meaningful design in Denver’s built environment. Kyle currently works closely with Comal Heritage Food Incubator (Comal) and Project VOYCE, both located on TAXI. Comal, operated by non-profit Focus Points Family Resource Center and in partnership with Zeppelin Development, provides women entrepreneurs from Globeville, Elyria and Swansea with culinary arts, business and language skills in addition to serving up some of the most authentic Latin American and Syrian cuisine in Denver. Project VOYCE is a non-profit organization that provides leadership programs for students in the underprivileged sectors of Denver and teach them how to combat challenges in their communities.

Zeppelin Development

President

Kyle Zeppelin

President, Zeppelin Development

Andy Gunion

Managing Partner, East West Partners

Norrie Boyd

Development Director, Alterra Mountain Company

Jeff Kovel

Founding Principal & Design Director, Skylab Architecture

Moderator

Nicole Ament

Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Fireside Chat: Inside Kindred Resort

How a $300M Mixed-Use Landmark is Transforming Keystone’s Base Village Into a Year-Round Destination for Residents, Visitors and Investors

Ryan Geller

Development Partner, Kindred Resort

Elena Scott

Principal, Norris Design

Rebecca Stone

Principal, Oz Architecture

WHY THIS MATTERS

What We'll Cover

Resort Expansion, Mixed-Use Concepts And Experience-Driven Demand
- The Colorado mountains are experiencing a surge in demand for resort developments and destination districts that go beyond the ski season. Explore how hospitality groups and developers are integrating luxury lodging, branded residences, outdoor adventure hubs, wellness centers and culinary destinations to create immersive, year-round experiences for both tourists and locals.
Placemaking in Mountain Communities
- Discover how thoughtful placemaking is transforming Colorado’s mountain towns — from new resorts to mixed-income residential enclaves and entertainment-first gathering spaces. Learn how developers are preserving community identity while introducing new retail, dining and recreational amenities that enhance the guest and resident experience.
Economic Impact And Year-Round Activation
- Examine how new developments are driving long-term economic growth, tourism, job creation and infrastructure investment in mountain communities. Hear how resort operators and developers are activating their properties and town centers throughout all four seasons, extending business viability far beyond ski months.
Workforce & Attainable Housing Solutions
- Address the pressing workforce housing crisis affecting Colorado’s mountain towns. Unpack innovative public-private partnerships, land banking strategies, and mixed-income projects that provide attainable housing for essential workers, hospitality staff, teachers and first responders critical to sustaining these growing communities.
Public-Private Partnerships And Deal Structuring
- Gain insights into creative financing, capital stack structuring and joint ventures between developers, municipalities, housing authorities and employer coalitions driving both resort and attainable housing projects forward in high-cost, land-constrained markets.

How You’ll Do More Business: At this event, you’ll connect directly with the developers, resort operators, investors, public officials and housing leaders behind Colorado’s most ambitious mountain real estate projects. Discover emerging opportunities in resort expansions, workforce housing and mixed-use community development, while building relationships with the key decision-makers shaping the future of Colorado’s mountain towns.

Who attends: Developers, investors, resort owners, public officials, housing authorities, hospitality operators, capital partners, land planners, employers and community stakeholders driving growth and transformation in Colorado’s resort communities and mountain towns.

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Venue

Hotel Alpenrock
550 Village Rd, PO Box 7157
Breckenridge, CO 80424

Ballroom: Grand Ballroom

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Agenda

Time	Activity
9:30 AM 10:30 AM	Coffee, Pastries & Networking
10:30 AM 11:30 AM	Housing the High Country Creative Solutions for Workforce & Attainable Housing in Colorado’s Resort Towns
11:30 AM 12:15 PM	Fireside Chat: Inside Kindred Resort How a $300M Mixed-Use Landmark is Transforming Keystone’s Base Village Into a Year-Round Destination for Residents, Visitors and Investors
12:15 PM 1:00 PM	Lunch & Networking Break!
1:00 PM 1:45 PM	Elevating Experiences, Preserving Place How Resort Expansions, Mixed-Use Projects, and Community-Driven Placemaking Are Shaping Growth While Protecting the Spirit of the Rockies
1:45 PM 2:30 PM	Mayoral Roundtable A Candid Conversation with Local Leaders about How They’re Balancing Development, Housing and Tourism to Build Resilient, Community-First Economies
2:30 PM 3:00 PM	Closing Networking

PROJECTS AND NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW

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Colorado Mountain Developments

Exploring Resort Expansions, Housing Solutions, Investment Strategies and Year-Round Activation Driving Growth in the Rockies

Presented By

Speakers and Panels

Mayoral Roundtable

A Candid Conversation with Local Leaders about How They’re Balancing Development, Housing and Tourism to Build Resilient, Community-First Economies

Chuck Harmon

Rachel Richards

Kelly Owens

Travis Coggin

Nina Waters

Housing the High Country

Creative Solutions for Workforce & Attainable Housing in Colorado’s Resort Towns

Jason Dietz

Blaise Rastello

Rick Petersen

Luke Fenske

Michael Leahey

Andrew Peters

Elevating Experiences, Preserving Place

How Resort Expansions, Mixed-Use Projects, and Community-Driven Placemaking Are Shaping Growth While Protecting the Spirit of the Rockies

Kyle Zeppelin

Andy Gunion

Norrie Boyd

Jeff Kovel

Nicole Ament

Fireside Chat: Inside Kindred Resort

How a $300M Mixed-Use Landmark is Transforming Keystone’s Base Village Into a Year-Round Destination for Residents, Visitors and Investors

Ryan Geller

Elena Scott

Rebecca Stone

WHY THIS MATTERS

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PROJECTS AND NEWS YOU SHOULD KNOW

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