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WEEK OF JANUARY 30, 2025
VOLUME 66 | ISSUE 11
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Business owners confront Morrison town board in force Restaurateur calls for action against trustee who criticized food at his business and others BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Downes. The process of placing the barrel is more than just setting it on a stand. EPRD staff and Rotarians drill holes in the stand to attach a crossbar, securing the barrel to it, and use an ice auger to create holes that anchor the stand’s legs. The final step is chaining a lockbox to the stand. “We put a couple of watches inside the
Triggered by an earlier meeting in which one Morrison trustee suggested decreased restaurant business could be solved by improving their food, the town’s business owners descended in force on Morrison’s Jan. 21 board meeting. They asked again for help with parking issues they say are hurting their bottom line, and one restaurateur called for action against Trustee Paul Sutton. Sutton, who made the critical comment, is a University of Denver professor currently participating in an international Fulbright Scholar Program. He was not at this week’s meeting, but responded via email to Reza Ardehali’s board request. “If Reza wants me removed from the board, he can initiate a recall petition that my constituents can vote on,” Sutton said. “I stand by my comments about the quality of food in some of the restaurants in Morrison. My comments are supported by independent measurements from Yelp and other social media and by the Town of Morrison survey of residents.” Board members at the meeting said they heard the merchants’ concerns and agreed they’ll take action to address their parking concerns, which run the gamut from heavy ticketing and inadequate signage for paid parking to a lack of parking in high season. “We started paid parking for the businesses because they wanted more turnover,” Trustee John Leonard said. “The whole idea was to support the businesses. But they’re saying it’s not
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From left, EPRD’s parks office adminstrator Joey Purmort, EPRD parks operation manager Jarred Lilyhorn, Rotarians Michael Lanier, Bill Downes, Dennis Brovarone, Rotarian and EPRD’s INSPIRE supervisor Maren Schreiber, and Rotarian Bob Zavodsky worked together Jan. 16 to place the ice PHOTO BY JANE REUTER melt barrel on Evergreen Lake.
Roll out the barrel: Evergreen Ice Melt takes its annual stand on the lake Placement marks official beginning of annual contest BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
With ice cracking underfoot and an audience of ice fishermen, a team from Evergreen Park & Recreation and Mountain Foothills Rotary placed the ice melt barrel on Evergreen Lake Jan. 16.
While ticket sales began a couple weeks ago, the barrel’s placement marks the official start of the annual contest’s countdown. Sometime in the next three or four months, the neon green barrel will fall through the thinning ice and make someone $1,000 richer. “This is our big winter fundraiser,” said Rotary member Dennis Brovarone, chair of the ice melt committee. “And we’re Rotary, so everything we make, we give away,” added Rotarian Bill
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