Wednesday October 20, 2009

Announced on Tuesday:  the “Mining Aspen for Ideas” city sponsored program—-with up to 200 thousand dollars could budgeted to help spark business this winter.
Local news will be covering a meeting on November sixth aimed at getting those ideas organized and moving forward.
The city of Glenwood Springs has planned on minimal changes to its budget for next year—–the result of cautious planning that began one year ago.
But the Town of Basalt on Tuesday announced that it will be cutting a few positions from its staff next year—-one in the planning department—to hold labor costs down.
Merchants and town elected leaders are rallying to find a way to persuade the director of Jazz Aspen Snowmass, Jim Horowitz, to keep the concerts in Snowmass and not, as is planned, move to the larger venue at Buttermilk next year.�
With all the hits taken to the local economy in Snowmass Village, some optimism was voiced by Westpac President Dwayne Romero, who last night told elected leaders that the village is “not dead yet” and that the opening by Thanksgiving of the new Viceroy Hotel, and several new businesses—will help to jump start the economy.
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