Vail Resorts announced four investments to provide accessible and affordable housing for its employees at Park City Mountain in Utah, Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia, Vail Mountain in Colorado, and Okemo Mountain Resort in Vermont as part of the company’s focus on investing in its employees.
Collectively, the four investments will provide affordable housing to more than 875 Vail Resorts employees, marking a more than 10 percent increase in housing offered by the company across its resorts.
Last month, Vail Resorts CEO Kirsten Lynch shared in a letter to employees a commitment to offering affordable employee housing in partnership with the mountain communities in which it operates, including building new developments on the land the company owns and securing new leases in affordable housing developments to ensure rental rates remain affordable.
“Our employees are at the core of our mission to create an experience of a lifetime,” Lynch said. “Bringing our mission to life for our guests starts by creating it for our employees, and affordable housing is an essential part of that. As our mountain communities have grown, affordable housing has become increasingly more difficult for our employees to access. Addressing this must be a top priority for our company and our communities. These projects reflect progress on our commitment, and we remain focused on aggressively pursuing more opportunities in our resort communities.”
