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WEEK OF AUGUST 10, 2023
VOLUME 64 | ISSUE 40
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Morrison officials approve rezoning parcel for a pot shop BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
having a good time. It’s just a great day.” Children and dogs played in Bear Creek below the dam as Jim Sherwood, owner of the Evergreen Clothing Company and the event’s emcee, got the crowd fired up and led the countdown before firefighters on Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s ladder truck let the numbered yellow quackers loose.
A one-acre parcel in Morrison has been rezoned to allow a marijuana company to build a store there, despite the concern of some neighbors in Red Rocks Ranch that the shop will add to the traffic and parking woes in the area. The Morrison Board of Trustees on Aug. 1 voted 5-1 to rezone the property on the northeast side of Morrison Road and C-470 just north of the wastewater treatment plant from planned development to mixeduse commercial and office. Trustee David Wirtz voted no because he said he didn’t believe a marijuana shop should be allowed in the town. Trustee Sean Forey was absent. In July, the Morrison Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the land be rezoned. Fifteen neighbors of the property
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Duck wranglers, also known as Evergreen Fire/Rescue personnel, begin moving the ducks down Bear Creek to the finish line near PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST Highland Haven Creekside Inn.
Ducking and diving Downtown Evergreen holds annual derby along Bear Creek BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
More than 7,000 of Evergreen’s favorite feathered friends landed below the Evergreen dam — all part of the annual Dam Ducky Derby.
The 14th annual event on Aug. 5 in downtown Evergreen did not disappoint for the thousands of people watching the duck drop, visiting downtown businesses and vendors and participating in games and activities. “I love this,” said Megan Mitchell, president of the Evergreen Downtown Business Association, which hosts the Dam Ducky Derby. “You can’t beat the weather, the creek is not flowing too fast, and everyone is
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10-year old Easton Hinderman runs his own food trailer in Evergreen
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