Our local daily paper, The Mountain Mail, reported two different types of healthy situations here this week. On Tuesday Nov. 6, this article reported how homes values are continuing to rise here despite declining markets in metropolitan areas. Rural mountain towns seem to have caught the eye of many home buyers from first timers to retirees to second home owners. We may see a leveling off but all indicators are that this market (and this area) will continue this healthy trend.
The other headline was on Thursday Nov. 8 claiming that the residents of Chaffee County are above the national average in their physical health. This too should not be news to many of us locals since we came here (mostly) for the lifestyle and the benefits of living in a small town. With 300+ days of sunshine each year, the beautiful Arkansas River running through town, miles of biking and hiking trails and the pleasure of a local ski area (Monarch Mountain), it’s fairly easy to see why staying healthy is just one more thing to be thankful for.
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