Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District
 

Built on a Proud History
Located about 75 miles west of Denver in beautiful Summit County Colorado is the Resort Community of Copper Mountain. Situated just off of Interstate 70, the area was once known as Wheeler Junction, a settlement founded in the 1880's and home to miners who were working in the copper mines. As is the case with other areas in Summit County, when the mining claims dried up most of the settlements associated with them did as well. However, in 1971 Chuck Lewis came to the area and decided to build a ski area with construction beginning that summer. In 1972, the Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District was formed to address the needs of the citizens of the area. The Metro District oversees services such as water, sewer, sanitation, emergency services, parks, and streets.
CMCMD Purpose:

The Copper Mountain Consolidated Metropolitan District is the entity at Copper Mountain that provides water, sewer, fire and television as its core services.  The District operates under the direction of a five person, elected Board of Directors.  To serve on the Board a person must be a qualified elector who is registered to vote in Colorado and is either a property owner within the District, the spouse of a property owner, or is a resident of the District.  The Board sets policy decisions, which are carried out by the paid staff.  A District Manager oversees approximately 22 full-time employees.

District Board Meetings

Regular Board meetings of the District are conducted at 8:30 a.m. on the last Friday of the month at the Copper Mountain Conference Room  0477 Copper Road.  All meetings are always open to the public.
District Budget Hearings

As dictated by Colorado Revised Statutes, the District conducts budget hearings every fall, adopting the next years budget by early December.  The adopted 2012 budget is included in the Financial Information.  The 2013 budget hearing will be held on October 26, 2012.
Recreational Activities Abound for the Entire Family

Copper Mountain has some 2,450 acres available for skiing and snow boarding in the winter as well as hiking, bicycling, and other activities during the summer.  The resort itself is currently owned by the Powdr Corporation.  Seeing an average of 280 inches of snow each year, skiers enjoy 125 ski trails that are serviced by twenty-two separate lifts.  There are thirty-nine different facilities for lodging as well as twenty-one restaurants and bars, more than thirty shops, and other facilities such as a golf course, and ice skating rink that attracts visitors to such an area and provide the full gamut of pleasure when not skiing.