WEEK OF JANUARY 23, 2025
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Idaho Springs panel to promote city as destination Director of newly created board briefs city council members BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Georgetown to hold the races on the lake and well over a dozen sponsors to support the non-profit group, according to the group. Our Gang members track individual and group racing records by the day, year and generation, according to records. This is the club’s 48th year of racing vehicles on the icy lake, and as always, the cold wind whipping the air didn’t deter competitors, families and spectators from showing up early to unload cars and equipment for a day of competition on Jan. 11. The course is outlined by orange cones
The city of Idaho Springs is investing in self-promotion with the formation of the Business Community Promotion Board and the selection of downtown business owner and advocate Sadie Schultz as its leader. “This is a giant step forward for the city, we’ve never had a full-time marketing person in the history of the city and I think it’s going to pay huge dividends,” Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck Harmon told the Courant. The newly created position and board come at a time when Harmon said city sales tax revenues are in decline due to what he sees as a direct relation to the ongoing construction on I-70. “We are experiencing a huge downward movement in our sales tax dollars,” Harmon said, adding it’s “long-term pain for long-term gain.” The new director comes with high praise from city council members and several downtown businesses the Courant spoke with as well as Harmon. “Sadie, as luck would have it, is the right person, in the right place, at the right time and we are all benefiting from her energy and her talent,” Harmon said. The board’s first-year budget of $269,000 will be used to promote Idaho Springs as a tourist destination utilizing a Strategic Action Plan adopted by city council members last December, according to council records. On Jan. 13, Schultz went before city council members to lay out a plan of how the money will be used to promote Idaho Springs, including the launch of a new
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Ice racer Donny Cryer carves a frozen Georgetown Lake Jan.11.
PHOTO BY CHRIS KOEBERL
Ice racing returns to Georgetown Lake Frigid temperatures in the mountains mean the ice on Georgetown Lake is thick enough for ice racing BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
On a recent Saturday morning in Clear Creek County, I-70 west ski traffic again inched its way forward to the slopes. Along the way, frustrated and impatient drivers and passengers passed George-
town Lake where — for at least a while — there was a show to listen to and watch. The whine and roar of high-performance engines taking life could be heard from the interstate and snow and ice flew high in the air as a frozen Georgetown Lake became a race track. “Driving on I-70, you see these cars on the ice driving laterally and you start hearing the revs and stuff, it’s pretty sick, so we wanted to check it out ourselves,” Thomas Clingner of Thorton said, standing on the frozen lake with friends. The weekend racing events are scheduled through the start of March this year. The events are organized by local group Our Gang, which has an agreement with
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