Western Colorado lawmakers hope new law can connect housing and transit in mountain towns

Western Colorado lawmakers hope new law can connect housing and transit in mountain towns

An Amtrak train zipped along the edges of Winter Park Ski Resort on a cloudy day in Colorado’s High Country, as Gov. Jared Polis and state lawmakers — huddled mere feet from the tracks — hailed a new law to incentivize more housing and transit development.  House Bill 1065, which Polis signed Wednesday, May 27, unlocks state financing for communities that want to build below-market-rate housing near rail lines, bus stations and other transit hub…