Allison Moore

Allison Moore treats real estate and development as lived stories about residents, businesses and local government, tracking how physical projects and policy decisions reshape daily life in Summit County for Summit Daily News. She reports across real estate, education, business, environment, immigration and town affairs, with a particular focus on Breckenridge and Silverthorne. Since joining the newsroom in March 2026, she has built a beat that combines property deals, development proposals, business churn and community programs into a coherent picture of how the area is changing. Her background in local and investigative reporting at community newspapers and a statewide newspaper association informs detailed coverage of government transparency and public meeting rules.

Development projects and housing markets

Moore’s core reporting follows major development proposals and housing projects, emphasizing who pays, who benefits and how governance is structured. In coverage of a nearly $20 million plan to reshape Maggie Pond near Breckenridge Ski Resort’s Peak 9, she outlines how the homeowners association aims to remove dams, restore the Blue River and create a riverfront park financed through separate residential and commercial special metropolitan districts. She describes proposed new property taxes and highlights residents’ concerns over voting rights and control of the districts, making the mechanics of mill levies and governance accessible to non-specialists. Her follow-up work on workforce housing, such as the Runway Neighborhood off Airport Road, tracks construction timelines, lottery schedules and interest from first responders looking to live closer to where they work. She also covers commercial real estate deals, including the $1.5 million sale of the former Bakers’ Brewery building and its potential to house multiple businesses once repairs are complete.

Her real estate beat extends beyond large projects to smaller transactions and built-environment changes that signal longer-term market trends. Reporting on Keystone’s new 366,000-square-foot Kindred Resort, Moore details the project’s $300 million price tag, construction delays and the mix of residential and commercial space, while describing design features such as a patio with fire pits, yard games and year-round public access. She connects such projects to their role in the local lodging market, documenting how Breckenridge summer bookings compare to nearby resorts and how property development affects competitive positioning.

Across these stories, she consistently brings in voices from homeowners, local officials and business leaders to show how decisions on land use and capital investment ripple through the community.

Business openings, closures and local economy

Moore’s business coverage focuses on the churn of openings, closures and new concepts, treating each as a data point in the broader local economy. Her reporting on a new McDonald’s in Frisco identifies it as Summit County’s first 24-hour fast-food restaurant, noting its location on North Drive, the reuse of a former bank site and how around-the-clock service introduces a new amenity for residents and visitors. She profiles unique local enterprises such as Zak Bloom’s purple Fair Weather Pedicab, explaining how the shuttle and tour service operates around Frisco, Dillon and nearby recreation areas and how customers can book rides.

On the closure side, she documents the sale of Motherloaded Tavern’s building and the end of a 20-year presence on Breckenridge Main Street, situating the loss of a recognizable dive bar and live music venue within the area’s evolving nightlife and cultural scene.

Her business reporting often intersects with finance and national brands, underscoring how larger institutions enter or exit the local market. In stories about banking and retail, she notes when a new branch or restaurant represents a “first” for the county, such as the first 24-hour fast-food option or the first local presence for a major bank, and ties these milestones to access, jobs and competition. She also covers smaller commercial adaptations, like multiple businesses planning to occupy a single rehabilitated building, illustrating how property reuse and tenant mix respond to demand and constraints in Summit County’s limited commercial inventory.

The tone across these pieces is factual and specific, with attention to addresses, transaction dates and operational details that matter to business owners and customers.

Education, youth programs and community life

Beyond real estate and business, Moore regularly reports on education and youth-focused initiatives, showing how schools and nonprofits serve local families. She covers debates around charter school requests, detailing superintendent recommendations to deny new charter proposals, board members’ fiscal and timeline concerns and the volume of public comment that exposes community divisions. Her work on Girls in STEM programs at Keystone Science School highlights efforts to pair fourth- through eighth-grade girls and non-binary students with women in the film industry for weekends of movie-making, mentorship and skill-building.

In those stories she describes scenes of students and mentors crowding around cameras, emphasizing both technical learning and confidence-building.

Community events and cultural programming also feature prominently in her coverage.

She reports on interactive history experiences at Frisco Historic Park and Museum, such as an event inviting visitors to step into an 1880 mining mystery, connecting local heritage to modern tourism and education. Her stories on ceremonies and commemorations, including Memorial Day events honoring service and sacrifice, bring together historical context and present-day community recognition.

These pieces complement her more policy-heavy work, rounding out a beat that spans institutions, festivals and everyday gatherings.

Town government, public safety and environment

Moore covers town councils, mayors and local boards to show how political decisions shape development, services and civic identity. She reports on Silverthorne’s leadership transitions, including the swearing-in of a new mayor and reflections on the outgoing mayor’s decades of public service, framing these meetings as moments when long-term policy and legacy are discussed in public. Her stories follow council deliberations on traffic and infrastructure, such as a council member’s teenage daughter proposing a “sticker” solution to congestion, illustrating how citizen and youth ideas enter formal processes.

This government coverage often intersects with her real estate beat when councils weigh in on workforce housing projects, zoning and downtown redevelopment.

Public safety and environmental conditions appear in her reporting when they touch daily life or regulatory changes. She writes about shifts to Stage 1 fire restrictions, explaining what kinds of campfires are allowed at developed campgrounds, picnic areas and private property with permits, and clarifying where permanent metal or concrete fire pits and grates are required. Coverage of wildlife issues, such as decisions not to remove a moose carcass near North Pond Park due to safety concerns, translates agency reasoning for residents worried about recreation and health. On transportation safety, she reports on serious crashes that close Interstate 70 near the Eisenhower–Johnson Memorial Tunnels, documenting the sequence of closure and reopening and summarizing law enforcement accounts of what occurred. Across these topics, Moore’s work keeps rules, risks and enforcement grounded in concrete examples, maintaining the same precise, local focus that characterizes her real estate and business reporting.

Before joining Summit Daily News, Moore worked as a reporter at local newspapers where she covered a wide mix of community events, rodeo competitions, immigration and environmental court cases and served on a nonprofit board focused on government transparency and open records. She also completed an investigative reporting project on legislative efforts to alter statewide public meetings notices, experience that now informs her attention to how development plans, charter school proposals and tax districts are discussed and decided in public. That combination of investigative discipline and on-the-ground community reporting shapes a beat centered on real estate, town government and the everyday economy of Summit County.