Workforce Housing Projects

The Town of Silverthorne has a number of housing projects in progress. Learn more about upcoming workforce housing projects below, or visit our website for more information. 

Smith Ranch Apartments: The Smith Ranch Apartment project has begun construction and is located next to the Smith Ranch Neighborhood. The project consists of various for-rent apartments. All apartments will have an area median income (AMI) restriction in place, ranging from 30 to 60% AMI and 80 to 120% AMI. Applications and lease information for the Smith Ranch Apartments will be available Summer 2024.  

Smith Ranch Neighborhood Resales: The final homes in the Smith Ranch Neighborhood will be completed Summer 2023 and all homes have been sold. However, resales in the neighborhood are available from time to time. For more information on the resale process, visit our website. 

4th Street North Workforce Apartments: The 4th Street North Workforce Apartments are part of Milender White's 4th Street North development. Design for the development has been approved and construction has begun on the first part of the project, a parking garage. The workforce apartments will host 39 units with 132 bedrooms for rent. The Town of Silverthorne has agreed to contribute $4 million in funding to the project to make the apartments available at area median income rates. Stay tuned for more information.

Blue River Apartments: The Town of Silverthorne and Summit County Government have contributed funds to extend the affordability of the Blue River Apartments through Dec. 31, 2025. The Blue River Apartments were constructed with low-income housing tax credits, offering housing at 60% area median income (AMI) and below for 30 years. The low-income housing tax credits are now expiring and the Town and County have contributed funds to extend the affordability until the new Smith Ranch Apartments, which will also offer housing below 60% AMI, are completed.

Summit County Government Days Inn Apartments: The Days Inn workforce housing apartments are managed and operated by Summit County Government. For more information on the Days Inn apartments, please contact the Summit County Government. 

Tuesday, June 27 at the Silverthorne Pavilion 
Get involved and shape the future of housing in Silverthorne by attending an open house for the Silverthorne's Strategic Housing Plan on Tuesday, June 27 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Silverthorne Pavilion. Share your opinions and ideas on housing trends, workforce housing, increased density and innovative solutions.

Tuesday, July 4 at Rainbow Park
Celebrate our nation's independence with the Town of Silverthorne and the National Repertory Orchestra at a free concert from 10 a.m. to noon on the Fourth of July. This celebration will feature patriotic songs and family-friendly activities. Please bring your own blankets or chairs for lawn seating. 

Friday, July 7 at Rainbow Park
The Town of Silverthorne is thrilled to welcome American blues and southern rock band North Mississippi Allstars to play a free community concert at July First Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. in Rainbow Park. Enjoy live music, free kid's activities and more at this summer celebration.

Monday, July 10 at the Silverthorne Pavilion
Enjoy an evening of guided lessons from 7 to 8 p.m. followed by open dancing until 10:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., admission is $10.

Sunday, July 16 on the Blue River Trail between the Silverthorne Pavilion and Sauce on the Blue
Enjoy a stroll along the Blue River trail between the Silverthorne Pavilion and Sauce on the Blue from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and experience a variety of local pop-up artists and musicians while taking in the sounds and sights of the Blue River. 

Wildflower Nature School Now Hiring Ahead of Fall 2023 Opening

Wildflower Nature School is a nature-based preschool and childcare center opening Fall 2023, thanks to a partnership between Summit County, the Town of Silverthorne, and the school. Currently under construction in the Smith Ranch Neighborhood, the center anticipates serving children ages six weeks old through five years old (PreK). The school is currently hiring full-time lead teachers, part-time and full-time co-teachers, and substitute teachers. They are seeking highly-qualified and dedicated individuals who have a passion for children, our community, and the outdoors! View current openings here. 

Parents looking for care can join the waitlist for the Wildflower Nature School here.

False Chamomile Daisy: Medium sized flower heads with bulging yellow centers and fine feathery leaves. Annual plant with seeds that reproduce prolifically and choke out native wildflowers. To remove, pull plants which come up easily. Bag and destroy plants, especially seed heads.

Oxeye Daisy: Perennial daisy up to two feet tall with long individual flower stems, leaves alternate. To remove, dig up plants, bag and destroy. It may take repeated efforts to eradicate. Please note, shasta daisies are not considered an invasive species

Yellow Toadflax: Two tone yellow flowers with double lips in a dense column and a trailing spur. Narrow gray green leaves. To remove, pull and destroy. It may take repeated efforts to eradicate.

Canada Thistle (Perennial) and Musk Thistle (Biennial): Highly invasive and hard to remove.  Usually red flowers and very prickly leaves and stems. Do not pull mature plants out of the ground as it will only encourage root spread. Use a commercial weed killer sprayed at the base of the plant. Cut off the flower head and bag so that the seeds do not spread. Small plants may be pulled and destroyed.

Mullein: Tall biennial plant that can grow to 10 feet with small yellow flowers and soft fuzzy leaves. One plant can have up to 100,000 seeds that can last up to 100 years. To remove, dig up plant or use commercial weed killer. Please note, this should not be confused with the native Green Gentian Monument Plant that is also extremely tall with whitish four petal flowers and long narrow leaves.