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The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
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WEEK OF DECEMBER 29, 2022
VOLUME 64 ISSUE 8
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Morrison to get pot shop Trustees approve lease with LivWell, hope for a new revenue source BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Evergreen High School girls swim team won its fourth straight state title in February, beating second place Discovery Canyon. PHOTO BY BRAD COCHI/CHSAANOW.COM
Year in review: the foothills Highlights from 2022’s news coverage BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
2022 has been a much more normal year for the foothills, with many fun events along with several issues from 2021 that are still unresolved. From a new Marshdale Elementary School to a new mural near the Evergreen dam to hopes for a permanent Conifer library, 2022 has been an eventful year. SEE REVIEW, P2
Conifer’s annual Elevation Celebration at the end of July closed Sutton Road over the PHOTO BY SARA HERTWIG weekend with live music, food, booths and activities.
The Town of Morrison likely will get a retail marijuana shop. The town’s Board of Trustees on Dec. 20 voted to allow LivWell, one of the largest cannabis operations in the nation, to construct a retail store on a one-acre parcel it owns behind the wastewater treatment plant. The property is on the northeast side of C-470 and Morrison Road, east of the hogback and far away from Morrison businesses and Red Rocks Elementary School, a concern of the board and residents as they discussed allowing retail marijuana for more than a year. LivWell, which has 21 retail stores in Colorado, expects to provide the town with between $800,000 and $1.3 million each year in sales-tax revenue, plus it will pay the town $15,000 a month to lease the property. Before the lease starts, LivWell has a three-month due-diligence period to examine the site to determine whether to move forward with the lease, Town Attorney Gerald Dahl explained at the Dec. 20 trustees SEE POT SHOP, P5
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