Man, it’s nice out. Summer in May is a treat! Or is it? Memorial Day seemed early, the start of the …
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Going old-school on Tuesday and this weekend
Let me quickly say that Memorial Day more than most other formal holidays in Crested Butte preserves the deepest roots of …
Read More »Impressed with Hurd
The current political reality in Gunnison County and Crested Butte is we are an island of blue in a district of …
Read More »Housing — take a breath and evaluate an evolving situation
Having workers able to live near their jobs in a resort community is the ideal. It is ideal because these days …
Read More »Opportunity for service over self is not waste and fraud…
National decisions have direct local consequences. Right now, Donald’s man Elon is continuing to take the chainsaw to the federal government …
Read More »Walking the razor’s edge…
It is the time of year when many here walk a razor’s edge between hope and despair. The uncertain and sometimes …
Read More »Flicker, the good and the bad…
As mentioned last week, one of the beauties of the spring off-season is the chance to connect or reconnect with neighbors …
Read More »Transition time…
There are few better things than the first couple days and weeks after the ski area closes. Crested Butte transitions from …
Read More »Poop is hitting the fan — step up against an unfair situation
Who said life is always fair? It probably is most times, but often, it just isn’t. And when it’s not, you …
Read More »The new normal?
It’s not warm, it’s hot. Weird. I’ll bet we’ll see some snowstorms in late April or May that will test people. …
Read More »Cut the crap out of the CAP
Not to be mean but the draft Crested Butte Climate Action Plan (CAP) isn’t very good, and despite town council calls …
Read More »Small things matter: trivia boards, easy parking and an aspen grove…
The big things get all the attention, but the small things matter as well. Sometimes the small things are indicative of …
Read More »The emotion, and the money of community housing
Here we go! As the saying goes—there is nothing affordable about affordable housing. The 252-unit Whetstone community housing development is slated …
Read More »A loss and five things I did for work last week
The community lost another good one last week. It is unfortunately part of living in this active high mountain valley. Crested …
Read More »Blizzards, developments, lizard people and more…
The theme for early 2025 is apparently more. More snow! More development in the corridor! More people fired by a couple …
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