Category: STVR News

Further Reading is a monthly tangent of definitely-not-bike-related reads that have nothing to do with riding but are just too good not to share. While there aren’t any ‘hard-hitting’ stem reviews below, you will find long-form reads, thought-provoking stories, interesting videos, and other non-bike content that we’ve been following from across our network and beyond. …

Read more “Further Reading: F1 Data, Ski Town Challenges, & Neil Armstrong's … – Pinkbike.com”

Josephine Ann Kell Josephine Ann Kell, 83, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, October 27, 2022. Ms. Kell was born in Chattanooga, on Jan. 9, 1939, the daughter of the late Ira Wooden and Leomia Cooke Wooden. She was a graduate of Tyner High School in 1957 and graduated from UT Chattanooga in 1961. …

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When people discuss short term vacation rental properties in the Estes Valley, referred to by acronyms such as STVR, STR, VRBO, and  Airbnb, they often don’t know just how many properties there are or which government entity, the city or the county, is the regulatory licensing agency. Because of the way the Town of Estes …

Read more “Number of STVRs in the Estes Valley – Estes Park Trail-Gazette – Estes Park Trail-Gazette”

The question has to be asked: given the unexpectedly low numbers of short-term rental applications the city has received, is San Diego’s much-vaunted short-term rental program on the verge of collapse? We now know that from today’s U-T piece by Lori Weisberg, “In all, the city received 3,110 whole-home vacation rental applications from throughout the …

Read more “Is San Diego's Short-Term Rental Program on Verge of Collapse? – OB Rag”

The Estes Valley Short-Term Rental Alliance (EVSTRA) has released a tax impact study that analyzes lodging tax collection in the Estes Valley. According to the EVSTRA analysis, which is based on data provided by Visit Estes Park, short-term vacation rentals (STVR) guests generate almost 40% of all lodging taxes. The EVSTRA report was issued as …

Read more “Proposed county regs on STVRs could impact workforce housing, childcare funding – Estes Park Trail-Gazette”

Homelessness — including development of a navigation center — the COD campus, housing affordability, and Section 14 reparations are all stories singled out by readers as the biggest of 2022 and likely to be the biggest of 2023. In our second annual community weigh-in, we asked readers to fill out a survey and tell us …

Read more “Palm Springs 2022 Year in Review: The community names its top … – The Palm Springs Post”

Interim City Manager Teresa Gallavan and Deputy City Manager Flinn Fagg chat at City Hall following a recent interview. While COVID-19 no longer dominates headlines or City Council meetings, one of its lingering aftereffects was still a major factor in the past year: A wave of both new residents and visitors appears to have crested …

Read more “Palm Springs in 2022: A town in transition finds funds for more staff … – The Palm Springs Post”

After years of debate, Tybee Island may finally be putting substantial brakes on one of the beach town’s main draws for visitors — short-term vacation rentals. Wednesday night’s council meeting will determine the fate of several proposed regulations regarding STVRs, which are houses or condos rented to guests for less than 30 days, such as an Airbnb. More:Tybee Island council advances …

Read more “Tybee council set to vote on significant short-term vacation rental … – Savannah Morning News”

HERE’S A startling statistic about short-term vacation rentals (STVRs) in the state of Georgia: Despite Savannah being credited as the municipality doing the most extensive and nuanced work to regulate STVRs, through a great deal of dialogue with its citizens; of the House Study Committee on STVRs, tasked with devising recommendations for regulating STVRs at …

Read more “Return of the great STVR debate? | An Urbanist View | Savannah … – Connect Savannah.com”