local linkOn Friday, Oct. 14, the town of Vail filed a “petition in condemnation” of the Booth Heights habitat and site in East Vail with the Eagle County District Court, carrying out the next step of condemnation following Vail Resorts’ rejection of its $12 million offer to purchase the land.
“The Town’s acquisition of the Subject Property is necessary in order to preserve the Town’s open space and its wildlife and natural resources for the public welfare and is essential to protect, preserve, and promote the health, safety, welfare, and convenience of the public,” reads the petition.
This marks the town’s next step in acquiring the site by eminent domain, continuing a process that it kicked off in May 2022, when the Town Council voted to condemn the East Vail site. The filing holds that the town “negotiated in good faith” with Vail Resorts, but that “the parties have been unable to reach an agreement on the voluntary acquisition of the Subject Property prior to the filing of this condemnation action.”
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