Glenwood Springs City Council Reviews Habitat for Humanity's The Confluence Project Amid Higher Costs, Change in Scope
TAYLOR CRAMER; GLENWOOD POST INDEPENDENT
The Glenwood Springs City Council held an in-depth discussion Thursday regarding proposed updates to Habitat for Humanity’s The Confluence project, a six-unit affordable housing development planned along Eighth and Midland Avenue. Rising costs and changes to the project scope prompted Habitat to seek adjustments to the 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the organization and the city.
Project background and changes
Initially slated to be an eight-unit development, The Confluence plan was scaled back to six units due to site constraints. The two buildings now consist of four two-bedroom units and two three-bedroom units, offering a mix of options for families.
“This is final, final,” Community Development Director Hannah Klausman said. “This is moving to actual construction phases. These are not concepts up for debate tonight.”
Klausman explained that a second parcel, located on Airport Road, was removed from Habitat’s plans after significant challenges arose.
“There was a large change in Habitat’s plans,” Klausman said. “The second parcel had significant geographic constraints that made it really challenging to pull off. Habitat spent significant amounts of time and financial investment to determine it wasn’t financially feasible.”
The council unanimously approved updating the MOU to reflect the reduced unit count and remove references to the Airport Road site.