Ever Vail: Vail's hip new ski village?

Grass roofs, shared cars, snowmelt in toilets envisioned in 'green' project Edward Stoner Vail correspondent Aspen, CO Colorado VAIL, Colo. — Vail Resorts envisions Ever Vail as a hip pedestrian village that would cater to generations X and Y. “It’s targeted toward a different generation, a different demographic,” said Tom Miller, who is managing the project for Vail Resorts Development Co. In the two years since Vail Resorts announced the $1 billion “green” ski village, the company has refined its vision for Ever Vail, which would be in West Lionshead where there is now a strip mall and an office building. Details of the project will be explained at an open house on Wednesday. A gondola is planned to ascend out of a stylish lift house up Vail Mountain to Eagles Nest. A five-star, 110-room “boutique” hotel would be a stone’s... [read full story]