Project Description: Tributary (and its predecessor development entity at Fading West) provided development services for two phases of housing construction for Gunnison County, which owns all units and rents them to County employees and the local workforce. Phase 1 consisted of 18 townhome units, made up of 6 duplexes and 6 1-bedroom ADU’s above a two-car garage. Phase 1 was completed in fall 2023. Phase 2 consists of 32 apartment units. This project is one of the first geothermally heated and cooled volumetric modular apartment projects in the United States. Additionally, the energy consumption is offset by a 25 KW solar array on the roof. Tributary worked with Gunnison County to develop a project that met their sustainability and housing needs while staying within the ~$12M construction budget. The apartments broke ground in May 2024, with project completion targeted for January 2025. This timeline (just over six months from groundbreaking to certificate of occupancy) is extremely competitive for a project of this size and complexity. This schedule illustrates the speed and cost advantages that modular construction can provide when managed efficiently. While site infrastructure was being installed the units were being constructed in the factory. These overlapping scopes allow projects to be completed faster and fit within difficult weather windows in mountain towns. For Phase II, the Tributary team is providing full development services/Owner's representation and project management, from initial entitlement work through final certificate of occupancy. We coordinated a diverse design and engineering team, including civil, MEP, geothermal, solar, transportation, and structural engineers as well as architects, landscape architects, and surveyors. This project serves as a model of how a public private partnership integrating modular technology can provide a cost effective and sustainable solution for workforce housing in mountain towns.