Briefs Mt. Crested Butte

Council transformation
Prior to its April 6 meeting, the town held a reception for outgoing council members Bill Babbitt, Wendy Fisher and Mike Kube. As the meeting began, newly elected council members Danny D’Aquila, William Buck, and David O’Reilly took the oath of office. Recently elected council member Chris Morgan was not present at the meeting. The new council moved to select William Buck as mayor and David Clayton as mayor pro tem for a term of two years.

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Yonder Mountain wrap up
Crested Butte Mountain Resort’s vice president for sales and marketing Daren Cole provided a follow-up report to the council on the Yonder Mountain String Band concert that took place at the base area on March 27. “We sold just over 1,400 tickets,” Cole reported, “and just over 100 packages. Everyone who did the ‘Grand Reverse’ got free tickets to the concert.” Cole said for next year they’re looking at things like the ability to come and go from the concert venue, instead of having a “no readmittance” policy. “Yonder and their management would like to see a two-day event for next year,” Cole said. “All in all, I think it was a very successful program.”

Big band to play Fat Tire Bike Week?
Scott Still from the Crested Butte/Mt. Crested Butte Chamber of Commerce teamed up with CBMR’s Mountain Sports Team director Drew Cesati to make a Fat Tire Bike Week presentation to the newly appointed council on April 6. The purpose of the presentation was for the Chamber to request Admissions Tax Marketing Funds from the town to add a high profile musical act to the FTBW festivities, thereby adding to the draw of the event.
Still said they were requesting between $5,000 and $10,000 to help pay for the talent and marketing, but that they’d have more concrete information to provide to the council by April 20. The concert would take place at the CBMR base area on Saturday, June 26, and according to the FTBW proposal, admission would be free in order to draw the maximum number of visitors. Possible acts listed included Damian Marley, North Mississippi Allstars, Hill Country Revue, Slightly Stoopid, White Stripes, Big Head Todd, Toots and the Maytals, and Steel Pulse.
Still’s proposal projects a $110,000 economic boost and $4,950 in projected sales tax revenue resulting from the event. The council asked Still and Cesati to come back with more details regarding the funding request, which they agreed to do.

Residents want post office boxes on the mountain
Anita Puglisi and a few other Mt. Crested Butte residents attended the April 6 meeting to remind the council that they’d really like to see post office boxes up on the mountain sooner than later. “I am tired of waiting,” Puglisi said. She expressed concerns with the boxes being tied to long-term projects like the Mt. Crested Butte Performing Arts Center, and would rather see a solution in the near future. Puglisi cited the fact that it had been 10 years since residents in town had access to post office boxes. New councilperson Danny D’Aquila suggested they put it on the agenda for the next council meeting. That agenda has not yet been published.