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The Eagle County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday visited the factory building some of the new homes in the valley.
The commissioners and several people from the county’s housing department traveled to Buena Vista to tour the home of the Fading West factory. It’s where Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley, Eagle County School District, the town of Eagle and Eagle County are sourcing 16 duplex units for the Third Street project, which breaks ground next week. Eagle County has also placed a deposit with Fading Westfor 20 apartment units to be sited in Edwards near Colorado Mountain College.
On the drive to Buena Vista, Commissioner Matt Scherr noted that Fading West is the closest home manufacturer to Eagle County. Choosing factory-built homes is simply more efficient, Scherr said.
Building homes in a factory is similar to the reason that Ford in the early 20th century started building cars on an assembly line.
At the factory, Eric Schaefer, Fading West’s chief business development officer, led the tour of the massive facility. Housing units move from station to station until they’re ready to be wrapped and trucked away. The factory is sending parts of homes — from entire smallish accessory units to large blocks of apartments or pieces of homes — to communities from Durango to Eagle.
