Community Concerns: Call for Immediate Action on Society Turn Mixed-Use PUD

Call for Immediate Action: Society Turn 400,000 sq/ft Mixed-Use PUD

Community Concerns:

The community is largely unaware, yet this is the final meeting in the approval process.
Despite the project’s size and long-term impacts, many residents have not been informed of the scope, timing, and implications. The upcoming BOCC meeting represents the last opportunity for public input before final approval is considered.

Technical studies are outdated.
Most of the project’s traffic, water, and resource analyses rely on data from 2020–2022—before COVID-era population shifts, increased construction activity, STR surges, heightened visitation, and growing infrastructure strain. Conditions in 2025 bear little resemblance to those assumptions.

Lacks wildfire evacuation analysis.
At a site located at the valley’s primary bottleneck, this omission is alarming. Evacuation modeling must reflect current realities: construction traffic, peak-season congestion, population growth, and today’s wildfire risk environment.

Water supply requires updated, climate-adjusted study.
The plan relies on optimistic assumptions without modern drought modeling, system-wide capacity analysis, or long-term aquifer testing. With a drying climate and stressed regional hydrology, this must be reevaluated.

What You Can Do

• Learn more about the Society Turn PUD: https://societyturn.info/
• Attend the BOCC Meeting on Wednesday 12/10/2025 in person or by Zoom. (Zoom link not currently available, but a follow up will be sent out)
• Email comments to BOCC: kayes@sanmiguelcountyco.gov by 12/3/2025 noon
• Share this information with friends, neighbors, and the Telluride community at large

This is your first and last chance to make your voice heard. None of these concerns are about stopping progress. They are about ensuring that decisions made today are grounded in current data and fully account for the interconnected pressures shaping our region.