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WEEK OF MARCH 2, 2023
VOLUME 64 ISSUE 17
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NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
Concrete barriers, guardrails coming to Crow Hill, Bailey CDOT will make changes on U.S. 285 to help stop accidents, speeding BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Improvements will be made to U.S.
285 on Crow Hill and in Bailey this summer to help prevent traffic accidents and curtail excessive speed. The Colorado Department of Transportation will advertise in April for contractors to do the $2 million project, with work expected to take place between June and September, according to Shane Ferguson, CDOT’s Region 2 transportation director. Included are concrete barri-
ers in the median, bumble strips on the southbound side of the highway, a guardrail on the northbound side and other improvements. State Rep. Julie McCluskie, state Sen. Mark Baisley and Park County commissioners along with CDOT representatives met with Bailey residents in early February to assure them that changes were coming after the many accidents along that
SEE IMPROVEMENTS, P4
Downtown Evergreen structure likely to be rebuilt after fire
‘Little Shop of Horrors’ EHS musical provides creative outlet, unifies school BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Think of the Evergreen High School theater and choir programs as the little engine that could. Despite the programs losing enrollment since the pandemic, they are collaborating to perform the comedy horror musical “Little Shop of Horrors” March 9-11. For the students involved in the show, it’s a creative outlet. For Supporters of Evergreen Theatre, which is the programs’ booster club, and the school administration, this is a chance to help breathe new life into the programs.
stretch of highway, some ending with vehicles in the South Platte River or damaging Aspen Creek Cellars, and some fatalities. CDOT officials, in response to a question, said they would look into temporary barriers until the more permanent ones can be installed this summer.
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Luke McCord, who plays Seymour in “Little Shop of Horrors,” practices wearing a puppet of the plant known as Audrey II. He is aided by Lisca De Jager, the lead costumer.
SEE MUSICAL, P2
It may be a couple years before the downtown Evergreen commercial building that burned in December will be rebuilt and ready for tenants. According to Jeff Bradley with the Ross-Lewis Trust, which owns the building that housed Seasonally Yours and Sweetwater Boutique, the current plan is to tear down the building and build a new one on that site. He figures it will take nearly two years to get it designed, get the necessary entitlements and permits, SEE FIRE, P5
PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST
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