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Turnin’ up the heat
— Back in the old days, jazz musicians were disappointed if they had to play for dancing. It meant they weren’t stretching musical boundaries, and jazz is all about exploration.But the dance in Latin jazz is exactly what attracted jazz pianist, composer and arranger Bill Cunliffe to the style. His Grammy-winning Latin band Imaginacion will play the Vail Jazz Festival’s Labor Day Weekend Party, which happens Friday through Monday.“Jazz has not been dance music for a long time, and it used to be,” Cunliffe said. “Latin music is dance music. I think when people are dancing to us it’s an indication that what we’re doing is feeling good, which is really important.”Cunliffe is also an instructor with the Vail Jazz Foundation’s workshop, an intense summer camp for young jazz musicians. He said that blending jazz with Latin is nothing new, largely due to a general wider awareness of world music cultures within jazz musicians. It’s fairly new for the festival, however, and local jazz guru Tony Gulizia is excited about jazz foundation founder Howard Stone’s effort in expanding the sound of the festival.“It’s going to be a big hit,” Gulizia said. “It’s an infectious thing for audiences. That hot and heavy Latin rhythm just moves people.”Festival attendees will hear several different types of Latin jazz, Gulizia said. He describes Imaginacion having a Puerto Rican salsa sound, while Trio Da Paz, featuring Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca, has a more Brazilian flare with an emphasis on bassanova and samba. Trio Da Paz, along with Bob Sheppard on tenor sax, will pay tribute to Stan Getz, a Latin artist, Saturday at the festival. Vail Cascade Resort and Spa hosts the 12th annual Vail Jazz Festival Labor Day Weekend Party concerts in its ballroom. The event features more than 24 hours of music. This year’s lineup features The Clayton Brothers Quintet, Winard Harper Sextet, Gerald Clayton Trio, Bill Cunliffe Imaginacion, Trio Da Paz, the Mile High Chapter Choir along with Henry Butler, Dave Corbus, Russell Malone, Tony Monaco and Annie Sellick. For the last seven years, Ed Ball of Cincinnati plans his annual Vail Valley trip to visit his son, Mark, around the festival. He said the quality of music paired with the festival’s intimacy can’t be beat.“Whoever selects the instrumentalists does a fantastic job,” Ball said. “He knows the best musicians in the country and in the world. Like the Clayton brothers, that group is just the best.”Unlike concerts in big cities, festival attendees can mingle with the musicians if they want and ask questions or complement the players on their chops.“Most of them are sitting in the room up near the front listening to other people perform,” Ball said.The festival ends Monday and will again host its Jazz Jam and Eggs on the Cascade terrace in the morning. Ticket holders receive 10 percent off breakfast. Local jazz group the Tony Gulizia Trio will perform, and last year the event attracted festival musicians with their instruments, and a true jazz jam erupted. Gulizia said he hopes the same goes for this year.
To purchase tickets for the Vail Jazz Festival’s Labor Day Weekend Party, visit www.vailjazz.org or call 1-888-824-5526.Arts and Entertainment Editor Cassie Pence can be reached at 748-2938, or cpence@vaildaily.com.
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Edwards on list of U.S. ‘dreamtowns’
EDWARDS — It’s still true. When it comes to places to live and work, it’s all about location.Edwards’ location in the middle of the valley has made it a popular, bustling area. Now Edwards has a new location, in the middle of a list of the top 10 best small cities and towns in the United States.The list was compiled by Bizjournals.com, an Internet publication owned by the same company that owns the Denver Business Journal and similar newspapers around the country.The recognition of Edwards as a special place to live is something Carol Williams has hoped for, and worked for, for decades.Williams and her husband, Bill, got into Edwards early, developing Old Edwards Estates in the 1970s and ‘80s, the Morning Star townhomes in the early 1990s, and, later, the Riverwalk complex.All those projects were bets that Edwards would eventually be what it’s become, a bustling area with crowded restaurants, busy shops, and the year ‘round vibrancy for which Vail Village strives. “This is what we’d hoped would come to fruition,” Williams said of the national recognition. “It’s what all our hopes and desires and dreams had been aiming for.”Because it was put together by a business publication, the criteria used to create the list included the growth of small businesses and the number of small businesses per 1,000 residents. Other factors in the survey included income growth, the property tax burden, and the education level of the local population. The survey also measured housing affordability.Business in the bustleSo, what do Edwards business owners think of the area as a place to do business?
The top 10
“America’s Dreamtowns,” according to Bizjournals.com1) Bozeman, Mont.2) Jackson, Wyo.3) Durango, Colo.4) Easton, Md.5) Laramie, Wyo.6) Edwards7) Kill Devil Hills, N.C.8) Pierre, S.D.9) Silverthorne10) Los Alamos, N.M.Both Linda Hill and Raymond Bleesz are glad they set up shop in the mid-valley.Bleesz, co-owner of Brush Creek Dry Goods in Riverwalk, bought a small space nearly eight years ago.“The timing and the location was right at the time,” Bleesz said. Since buying his first 965-square-foot space, he’s bought three more units. He’s expanded the store into those adjacent storefronts and now rents out the original shop space.“I’m putting all my money into Riverwalk right now,” he said. “It’s been a very good investment.”When Bleesz first opened in Riverwalk, the place didn’t have near the bustle it does now, he said. “It’s turned out to be a great place to be,” he said. “There are locals, second-home owners, and we get some of the bedroom and condo people in Vail coming down to shop.”And the folks who live in Edwards, many of whom are well-educated with plenty of disposable income, are just the kind of people to whom Brush Creek Dry Goods caters.“We sell lifestyle clothing,” store co-owner Faith Bleesz said. “People here are playing golf, fishing, biking, and really enjoying it.”Edwards also attracts people whose businesses don’t use cash registers.The professional setLinda Hill, owner of Hill and Company, a local advertising and marketing agency, was one of the first business owners to buy a space in Riverwalk in 1995. It’s been a good move.“We first moved here for the opportunity to purchase our space,” Hill said. “But we saw the scope of Riverwalk and Edwards, and saw it could become a hub. We could live close to where we work, and have entertainment here.”Hill said the education level of residents helps her find people with the skills needed to work in her office. Even if those professionals live in Avon or Eagle, Edwards’ location makes it easy for them to get to work.For Hill, Edwards’ location is about her own people and her customers.With clients on the Western Slope the Front Range and in other states, Hill said Edwards is a good place to be.“We have to think about access to the airport,” she said. “And the driveability to the Western Slope and the Front Range is good.”And, Hill said, Edwards is also a good place to bring clients, since there are now several restaurants and catering companies in the neighborhood.“It’s a very good place to do business,” she said.Convenience, convenience, convenienceAs Edwards has grown and businesses have come, the people who live in the area find life more convenient all the time.“It’s a convenient lifestyle in a very nice place,” Singletree resident Mitch Perry said.Perry and his family live on a street that reflects what much of Edwards has become. There are real estate agents, doctors, school teachers and retired people in his neighborhood. Shopping and restaurants are moments away, and much more is just a few minutes farther by car.“Anywhere you go there’s an amenity,” he said.Dana Maurer and her family moved to Homestead about 10 years ago. They ended up in Edwards kind of by accident, she said.“Now we wouldn’t live anywhere else,” Maurer said. A decade ago, Edwards was just starting to catch fire, and there was much less going on in and around Riverwalk. That was a little tough for a young family that had just moved west from Chicago.“Now, we can drive, bike or walk down the hill and have it all,” she said. “We have fabulous restaurants now. We used to go to Vail or Beaver Creek for special occasions, and now we don’t need to.“And there’s great shopping,” she added. “I still can’t shop for the kids here, but if I need an outfit or a gift, it’s right there.”Besides what’s in the middle of Edwards, the Maurers’ neighborhood is chock-full of kids.“We’ve made some great friends,” she said.Besides families, Edwards has become a Mecca for people like Gary Charbrand. A business owner in Jacksonville, Fla., Charbrand had come to Vail to ski a few times, but hadn’t been to the valley in the summer.A few years ago, he came to play in a golf tournament at Singletree organized by a group from Jacksonville.“We came out on a Friday and bought a house on Sunday,” Charbrand said. “I love it out here. We come out for the summer, do a little work, and try to enjoy the summer.“There are about eight couples from (Jacksonville) who’ve bought homes in Edwards,” he added. “We’re taking over.
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Vail 20/20 Project Announced 8/9/2006

The Vail Town Council is inviting the public to take part in two important community discussions that will serve as the basis for a long-term strategic plan for Vail. The meetings will be held Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 at the Donovan Pavilion. Residents, property owners, business owners, employees, civic groups and non-profit organizations are encouraged to take part in the community workshops. Other participation opportunities will be made available online for anyone unable to attend.

The workshops mark the beginning of the "Vail 20/20” strategic planning process, sponsored by the town with additional involvement by Vail’s institutional partners, including the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Vail Recreation District, U.S. Forest Service and other organizations.

Once completed, the Vail 20/20 Strategic Plan will integrate current and future planning efforts and will serve as the guiding document for ongoing budgeting and prioritization decisions not only for the Town of Vail but for other agencies and organizations, where appropriate.
Community Development Director Russell Forrest says the comprehensive 20/20 process will build upon a master planning effort that has been recently initiated in partnership with the Vail Recreation District, as well as land use planning currently underway for the West Vail commercial core area and the West LionsHead area. “These meetings will give us an opportunity to share our future growth projections with the community and discuss how that growth is currently being managed as well as how we want to successfully manage it in the future,” he said. Because the town is evaluating these multiple issues at once, the value of this comprehensive approach is the ability to look at these issues collectively to determine the appropriate tradeoffs that will best serve the community’s vision for the future, he said.
That visioning groundwork begins Aug. 22 when the town will host the first of two workshops at Donovan Pavilion. The gathering begins at 4 p.m. with a community barbecue followed by the Community Values Workshop from 5 to 8 p.m. During the meeting, participants will identify and evaluate the characteristics they love about Vail which will help serve as the litmus test for future decisions.

Next, the Community Vision Workshop from 4 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 24, with food and drink provided, will expand upon the community values discussion. The meeting will begin promptly at 4:15 p.m. where the state of the town will be reviewed, as well as future trends for the year 2020. Participants will then determine which trends are in keeping with Vail’s community values and which trends create challenges and opportunities. A preferred future vision will be developed by participants that will provide the basis for developing the strategic plan.

Following the two workshops, a report summarizing the meetings and online feedback will be presented to the Town Council and other institutional partners, as appropriate, for additional follow up in development of the 20/20 Strategic Plan. The plan will address issues and ideas developed by the community and ongoing actions currently underway.

The town has called upon the expertise of Design Workshop, an international firm practicing landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and tourism planning, to organize the meetings and challenge the community to critically think about its future. Also assisting in the process is RRC Associates, a Boulder-based research and planning firm, which has compiled the state of the town report using data from community surveys, marketing trends, state demographics and other socioeconomic sources.

To help build community awareness, the town is sponsoring a mailing to all households, businesses and part-time residents in Vail to introduce the 20/20 process and invite participation. Newsletter updates also will be produced to keep community members informed.
It has been more than a decade since Vail’s last community visioning process in which a series of affordable housing initiatives took root as well as the Donovan Park and Pavilion. Forrest says the community has changed considerably since the 40-plus actions were developed as part of the Vail Tomorrow process. “While the issues may be different these days, this is an opportunity for the community to participate with the same spirit and passion we saw a decade ago,” he said. “Community participation today is the key to Vail’s future success.”

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As Per Vail Daily-Olympic explorations reach Eagle County
The U.S. Olympic Committee hasn’t even decided if there will be an American bid for the 2018 Winter Games. But a Denver committee is exploring the possibility of an Olympic bid for the city, and its members are reaching out to Eagle County officials.“We’ve been up in Vail and had preliminary discussions with people — nothing formal,” said Robert Cohen, chairman of the Metro Denver Sports Commission and chairman of the Olympic exploratory committee.The committee is studying whether the games would benefit the state, as well as more specific issues like what towns may be included in a bid, Cohen said. The committee has eliminated the Summer Olympics as a possibility for Denver and is focusing on the Winter Games, Cohen said.“If the USOC would make a decision that they would open up bids for 2018 from any U.S. city, then we would like to be considered as a potential contender for that,” Cohen said.The USOC will likely decide if it wants to make a U.S. bid for 2018 in the next two years. Reno, Nev./Tahoe Lake; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Lake Placid, N.Y., have also expressed interest in the 2018 Games, Cohen said. The Denver exploratory committee, formed three years ago, is made up of about 30 people, including “community leaders,” but no one from the mountain region, Cohen said.‘Investigation stage’John Dakin, vice president of communications for the Vail Valley Foundation, said the Denver group has contacted the foundation.“Just about their conceptual plans for a bid for a potential games scenario,” Dakin said. “Right now it’s pretty safe to say that everything is still in the investigation stage and trying to understand what they are looking for, what their goals and objectives are both in the short term and long term.”The foundation puts on the Birds of Prey World Cup ski races at Beaver Creek, the only U.S. stop on the men’s World Cup circuit. It also hosts The Session, a pro snowboarding competition on Vail Mountain.But the foundation’s help is just one of many pieces in the puzzle, Dakin said.“It’s not just the foundation saying, ‘OK, we’re in,’” he said. “There are a lot of entities that will need to weigh in on a proposal before anything moves forward.”Cohen said committee members have also talked informally to Vail Resorts officials “and other key influences within the community.” He declined to say who those “influences” are.Bill Jensen, co-president of Vail Resorts’ Mountain Division, said the company is aware of the Denver group’s explorations.“Vail Resorts supports the idea of an Olympic Games perhaps coming to Colorado one day,” he said.The company hasn’t had any discussions with the exploratory committee, said Vail Mountain spokeswoman Jen Brown.Stigma of ’76?Earlier this month, the USOC selected Denver as a “community partner city.” Cohen said he wants the partnership to allow the city to attract more top-tier international events as well as promote the Olympic spirit and bring more youth programs to the Denver area.Denver was awarded the 1976 Olympic Games in 1970. Beaver Creek was selected as the venue for alpine skiing, before the resort was even created.But opponents said the games would be too costly, environmentally harmful and spur too much growth. Then state Rep. Dick Lamm, who later became governor, led the opposition.In 1972, Colorado voters rejected funding for the games. Denver withdrew as host and Innsbruck, Austria, took its place.“I don’t see any fallout existing from ’76,” Dakin said. “I think if there was price to be paid for that decision that invoice has been canceled a long time ago.”In June, the International Olympic Committee selected PyeongChang, South Korea; Salzburg, Austria; and Sochi, Russia, as the finalists for the 2014 Winter Games. The 2014 host will be chosen next July.
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Vail Jazz Festival nears with record number of musicians
Vail Jazz Foundation announced its schedule for the 12th annual Vail Jazz Festival, Sept. 1-4. As their Jazz at the Market series comes to a close Sunday, focus shifts to the Labor Day Party Weekend held at the Vail Cascade Resort and Spa. This event features jazz musicians performing more than 24 hours of music over the Labor Day Weekend. This year’s line-up features The Clayton Brothers Quintet, Winard Harper Sextet, Gerald Clayton Trio, Bill Cunliffe Imaginacion, Trio da Paz, the Mile High Chapter Choir along with Henry Butler, Dave Corbus, Russell Malone, Tony Monaco and Annie Sellick. In addition, the VJF will once again organize its Vail Jazz Workshop for young jazz musicians. Twelve scholarships have been granted to high school students who have distinguished themselves as some of the best and brightest up-and-coming jazz artists in the United States and Canada. Each year, workshop students are featured performers, along with their instructors, at the annual Labor Day Weekend Party. Their attendance at the party not only provides them with multiple performance opportunities, but the opportunity to see, hear and interact with the jazz artists who perform at the party. The Vail Jazz Workshop students perform a free public concert, Thursday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m. at the Vail Cascade Resort’s Centennial Ballroom. There, they are named the Vail Jazz All-Stars, and after more than 40 hours of intense instruction will perform throughout the festival weekend. New this year, the foundation teams up with local jazz favorites the Tony Gulizia Trio to bring Jazz Jam and Eggs to the Cascade terrace Monday, Sept. 4, with 10 percent off breakfast with your jazz ticket.
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One of the largest components of Vail’s redevelopment is Vail Resorts' ArraBelle at Vail Square. Located in the LionsHead "core site," plans include a new five-star hotel and outdoor public ice-rink, plus new skier services, retail and commercial spaces, restaurants, condominiums and more. In addition, several public improvements are required as part of the design. Click here for a list of the conditions of approval. One of several projects slated for LionsHead, the approval is the culmination of years of effort and cooperation between Vail Resorts, the Town of Vail and other community partners. Other LionsHead projects, consistent with Town of Vail's adopted Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan, include the redevelopment of the West Day Lot, the North Day Lot and the Tennis Court Site. These sites are slated for riverfront homes, additional "hot beds," retail space, centralized loading and delivery, a small number of single family home sites, improved vehicular and pedestrian access and more. Complementing the historical architecture of Vail, classic European architecture will be featured throughout the Lionshead area. Here's a look at what's ahead:Core SiteLuxury HotelThe Core Site is proposed to be redeveloped as a five-star RockResorts hotel facility by replacing the Gondola building and demolishing the Sunbird lodge. This hotel will be developed in two buildings, which from the pedestrian level will read as four separate structures. The hotel includes 81 hotel rooms, 60 of which will be hotel lock-off units. There are 79 dwelling units of varying sizes and configurations. Owners of the condominium units and lock-offs will be encouraged to participate in a rental program operated by the hotel. A variety of incentives and disincentives will be utilized to encourage owners to participate in this program so that the entire property will be operated as a resort hotel facility. The hotel includes a large lobby area, lounge, spa facility, meeting rooms and other amenities associated with operating a five-star hotel property. The RockResorts hotel also will include approximately 32,000 sq. ft. of retail and restaurant area and 3,500 sq. ft. of skier services area taking full advantage of pedestrian malls accessing shopping and apres ski facilities within Lionshead. A new public ice rink and skier bridge across Gore Creek will complement the many improvements at the core site. Vehicular access to the RockResorts hotel is gained by Lionshead Place to subsurface parking accommodating loading berths (some available for public use), and parking to serve the uses proposed.

West Day LotHotel/Condominium DevelopmentThe redevelopment of the West Day Lot includes maintaining the newly redeveloped Marriott Hotel and providing a new hotel and residential development on the remainder of the site. The new hotel building includes 90 hotel rooms (44 are hotel lock-offs), 112 dwelling units, meeting rooms, a restaurant, hotel fitness areas, and subsurface parking to serve both the new development and a portion of the Marriott's parking requirements. Access to the hotel is via the Porte located on West Lionshead Circle and access to the newly created subsurface parking is gained from West Lionshead Circle between the Marriott Hotel and the new hotel facility further meeting the Vail Master Plan goals of concealing parking and developing pedestrian connections to the core of Lionshead. Additionally, there is a low-density residential development on the south side of the site. These homes are accessed via a subsurface parking area connecting to West Forest Road. Other site improvements include extensive pedestrian paths and access through the site, two outdoor swimming pools, patio areas and extensive landscaping.

North Day LotTransit Center/ Employee HousingThe proposed redevelopment of the North Day Lot allows for a Town of Vail transit center, 144 employee beds in 36 employee housing units and 16,243 sq. ft. of office space in a six story building. The North Day Lot is an important parcel in the overall redevelopment of Lionshead. This parcel was identified in the Lionshead Redevelopment Master Plan as a location for office uses, employee housing, and a potential site for the town's transit center. The ground level of the proposed structure includes 11 surface parking with the remainder of this level reserved for other transit center uses. Additional parking (84 spaces) is located in a sub-surface parking structure below the building and transit center. The second, third and fourth floors of the building contain the 144 employee beds. The fifth and sixth floors will accommodate the office uses relocated from the existing Gondola Building (Core Site).

Tennis Court Site4 Residential LotsThe existing Tennis Court Site is proposed to be developed with four residential lots of approximately 25,000 to 29,000 sq. ft. A proposed private road provides adequate access for passenger and emergency vehicles.Town of Vail Public Improvement ProjectsAssociated public improvements identified by town engineers, to date, include:

Dedicated acceleration and deceleration turn lanes on South Frontage Road from Cascade Village to Vail Road, $15 million.

East and West LionsHead Circle road and pedestrian streetscape improvements, $2.5 million.
Concert Hall Plaza access for pedestrians and emergency vehicles, cost TBD.

Lighting, landscaping and snowmelt surface improvements to LionsHead pedestrian mall, $9 million.

Improvements to East LionsHead pedestrian portal to include removal/relocation of service and delivery vehicles, private skier drop-off and local transit shuttles, $3 million.

Expand LionsHead parking structure by 350 spaces and remodel existing structure, $15 million.

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Plans for Roost Lodge approved
VAIL — A scaled-back version of the Roost Lodge redevelopment was approved Tuesday.The project, first submitted to the town 12 month ago, was reduced in size after the planning commission and neighbors said it didn’t fit in with the neighborhood. Nearby residents said it was too big and tall.The project will be a four-story Marriott Residence Inn and have 101 hotel rooms, 28 condos, three employee housing units and 169 parking spaces.The planning commission approved the project, 7-0.“The development has come a tremendously long way from what we first saw a year ago,” said commissioner Rollie Kjesbo.Last November, the developer was proposing 129 hotel rooms and 39 condos. The proposal’s height was also reduced.The project found its way into the debate over the Solaris redevelopment, which was ultimately approved in a townwide election last month. Friends of Vail Village, which opposed “overdevelopment” in Vail, said the Roost Lodge proposal was evidence of redevelopment that is too big and tall.The developer of the site, Timberline Roost Lodge LLC, filed suit against the group, citing misinformation in its campaign materials. “We’ve had discussions regarding the settlement of the lawsuit,” Kevin Deighan, one of the members of the development team, said after the project was approved Monday. “I think it’s a shame we had to file a lawsuit to get this group to act with integrity and ethics.”A couple residents who live near the Roost Lodge said Monday they are still concerned about the size of the project.“To me, it still seems like a very large building and it affects a large area,” said West Vail resident Greg Bemis.Demolition of the Roost Lodge, which was built in the early ’70s, is scheduled for May. The new building is scheduled to be completed by the fall of 2008.The Roost Lodge has 77 hotel room and has long been one of the most inexpensive lodges in Vail.
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VISTA BAHN AND EAGLE BAHN GONDOLA TO RUN DURING OKTOBERFEST

Vail Mountain is extending summer lift service on the Eagle Bahn Gondola and Vista Bahn Chairlift during Oktoberfest celebrations in LionsHead Sept. 8-10 and Vail Village Sept. 15-17. Both lifts will operate Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the Oktoberfest weekends for Adventure Ridge activities, scenic rides, hiking and biking. For more information, call 476-9090.

The Design Review Board (DRB) generally meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month at 3 p.m. in the Vail Municipal Building (75 S. Frontage Rd.), preceded by project orientation and site visits beginning at noon. This volunteer board is responsible for reviewing development plans to ensure compliance with the Town of Vail design guidelines and development standards.

The board's review includes:

architectural character and form
site planning, building materials and details
landscaping and buffering to ensure compatibility with surrounding uses and the environment

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ensure high quality development and redevelopment
provide planning services to ensure the long-term social, economic and environmental sustainability
protect public health, safety and welfare
facilitate the creation of affordable housing in the Town of Vail.

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‘Vertical’ project planned at Edwards
EDWARDS — A Longmont-based company is thinking big about a piece of land near the main Edwards intersection.Midtown Development has proposed a project with condominiums and commercial space for land now occupied by the small mobile home park just west of the Gashouse restaurant. The project, called “West End,” would be a variation on the “live/work” theme the Eagle County Commissioners are now looking at in the Vines at Vail project in Wolcott.“The traditional ‘live/work’ idea is where shops are connected to the homes above,” said Brian Bair of Midtown Development. “That’s not what we’re proposing. This is more of a live where you work idea.”To do that, the West End proposal puts shops and offices on the first floor, offices on the second floor, and condos on the third and fourth floors of the buildings. Resident parking would be underground, with parking for the shops and offices on the first floor level.
What’s proposed:
• 55 to 65 condominiums• 8 to 12 employee housing units• About 40,000 square feet of commercial spaceWhat’s next? Eagle County Planning Commission hearing, 3 p.m. Wednesday, at the Eagle County Administration Building in Eagle“Our goal is to bring a linked community, with a large amount of housing, to Edwards,” Bair said. “It’s an opportunity to bring housing to the commercial core.“The housing choices in Edwards are a bit limited,” Bair said. “There’s not a lot of mixed use, other than Riverwalk.”Bair and his colleagues would like to start work on the project in the summer of next year. But there’s a long way to go before Midtown’s project is approved.The Eagle County Planning Commission earlier this summer asked Midtown for bring more information about water supplies, parking and traffic plans to its next meeting, set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Eagle.Besides dealing with the county’s various rules and regulations, Midtown may also find itself part of a county plan to come up with ideas for developing all the property on the northwest corner of U.S. Highway 6 and the Edwards Spur Road.“We’re looking at doing more with design for that area,” County Planner Allison Ochs said.While Eagle County doesn’t have design regulations in its land use rules now, Ochs said some guidelines could be put into the county’s comprehensive plan, which presents the county government’s ideas of where to put development and what kind of development should take place on different pieces of private land. Since compliance with the comprehensive plan is now part of the county’s land use regulations, the county may end up with a form of design rules.The end result, Ochs said, will probably be less than the stringent rules now in place in Vail, but more than the county has now.Asked whether being the first up in that county process was a problem or an opportunity, Bair sounded optimistic.“It’s definitely an opportunity,” he said. “We didn’t approach our site as one project, but as a part of what ultimately would happen on that corner with the other three property owners.”
Staff Writer Scott N. Miller can be reached at 748-2930, or smiller@vaildaily.com.Vail Daily, Vail Colorado

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Avon approves Whitewater Park/River Enhancement Construction Contract


The kayaking community came out in force at the Avon Council meeting Tuesday night to express its support of the proposed Avon whitewater park and river enhancements along the Eagle River. The end result was a construction contract award to Ted Seipel Construction, Inc. to begin immediate construction of recreation enhancement project.

The project, designed by River Restroation.org in Glenwood Springs, has been underway for well over a year and worked its way through various delays and difficulties to get to the point of construction. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ 404 permit, the construction in the river must be completed by October 1, 2006. This means Seipel Construction must begin construction immediately and have all materials on site by September 1.

The total project budget is $523,950 and $50,000 each has been received or committed by Avon’s valued partners in this project, Eagle County, Beaver Creek Resort Company, and East West Partners. The project was also made possible through access easements granted to Avon by Vail Resorts.

The whitewater park and river enhancements provide significant opportunity to enhance the Eagle River through Avon thereby creating a recreational destination and a natural amenity that can be enjoyed throughout Spring, Summer and Fall. Improvements to recreation and ecology include whitewater features, navigation passages, riparian zone enhancements and designated access.

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20/20 Project Announced 8/9/2006
The Vail Town Council is inviting the public to take part in two important community discussions that will serve as the basis for a long-term strategic plan for Vail. The meetings will be held Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 at the Donovan Pavilion. Residents, property owners, business owners, employees, civic groups and non-profit organizations are encouraged to take part in the community workshops. Other participation opportunities will be made available online for anyone unable to attend.
The workshops mark the beginning of the “Vail 20/20” strategic planning process, sponsored by the town with additional involvement by Vail’s institutional partners, including the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District, Vail Recreation District, U.S. Forest Service and other organizations.
Once completed, the Vail 20/20 Strategic Plan will integrate current and future planning efforts and will serve as the guiding document for ongoing budgeting and prioritization decisions not only for the Town of Vail but for other agencies and organizations, where appropriate.
Community Development Director Russell Forrest says the comprehensive 20/20 process will build upon a master planning effort that has been recently initiated in partnership with the Vail Recreation District, as well as land use planning currently underway for the West Vail commercial core area and the West LionsHead area. “These meetings will give us an opportunity to share our future growth projections with the community and discuss how that growth is currently being managed as well as how we want to successfully manage it in the future,” he said. Because the town is evaluating these multiple issues at once, the value of this comprehensive approach is the ability to look at these issues collectively to determine the appropriate tradeoffs that will best serve the community’s vision for the future, he said.
That visioning groundwork begins Aug. 22 when the town will host the first of two workshops at Donovan Pavilion. The gathering begins at 4 p.m. with a community barbecue followed by the Community Values Workshop from 5 to 8 p.m. During the meeting, participants will identify and evaluate the characteristics they love about Vail which will help serve as the litmus test for future decisions.
Next, the Community Vision Workshop from 4 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 24, with food and drink provided, will expand upon the community values discussion. The meeting will begin promptly at 4:15 p.m. where the state of the town will be reviewed, as well as future trends for the year 2020. Participants will then determine which trends are in keeping with Vail’s community values and which trends create challenges and opportunities. A preferred future vision will be developed by participants that will provide the basis for developing the strategic plan.
To RSVP for the Community Values Workshop on Aug. 22 and the Community Vision Workshop on Aug. 24, call Elisabeth Reed at 479-2454 or email ereed@vailgov.com by Aug. 18. Free child care will be available upon advance request. For anyone unable to attend in person, opportunities for remote participation will be available on line at www.vailgov.com/2020 from Aug. 11 to Aug. 30.
Following the two workshops, a report summarizing the meetings and online feedback will be presented to the Town Council and other institutional partners, as appropriate, for additional follow up in development of the 20/20 Strategic Plan. The plan will address issues and ideas developed by the community and ongoing actions currently underway.
The town has called upon the expertise of Design Workshop, an international firm practicing landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and tourism planning, to organize the meetings and challenge the community to critically think about its future. Also assisting in the process is RRC Associates, a Boulder-based research and planning firm, which has compiled the state of the town report using data from community surveys, marketing trends, state demographics and other socioeconomic sources.
To help build community awareness, the town is sponsoring a mailing to all households, businesses and part-time residents in Vail to introduce the 20/20 process and invite participation. Newsletter updates also will be produced to keep community members informed.
It has been more than a decade since Vail’s last community visioning process in which a series of affordable housing initiatives took root as well as the Donovan Park and Pavilion. Forrest says the community has changed considerably since the 40-plus actions were developed as part of the Vail Tomorrow process. “While the issues may be different these days, this is an opportunity for the community to participate with the same spirit and passion we saw a decade ago,” he said. “Community participation today is the key to Vail’s future success.”
For additional details on the Vail 20/20 planning process, contact Forrest at 479-2146 or go to www.vailgov.com/2020.

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Avon's Dunk-n-Dash
The Town of Avon presents the Dunk-N-Dash, a new biathlon series. For 2006, the Town will be running more Dunk-N-Dash’s. Athletes can register for one event or for the entire series. Swimmers in the Dunk-N-Dash can opt to make one or two 800-yard loops around the Lake. Wetsuits are required and will be available to rent on-site. The 5K run starts and finishes at the Lake’s pump-house. The route runs north around Nottingham Lake, follows the path to Avon Elementary, and turns onto the scenic river recreation path. At “Bob” the bridge, runners turn around and return on the same path, detouring to the south side of the Lake for the finish line. Event starts at 6:00 p.m.
Location:
Nottingham Lake
Time:
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Dates:
July 26, August 9, August 16, August 23
Fee:
$15 for individual events; $50 for all four events

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Vail Mountain LodgeThe final phase of the Vail Mountain Lodge was completed in January 2005 with three new fractional ownership suites, upgraded rooms, a remodeled spa and a new creek-side deck. The Vail Athletic Club and popular Terra Bistro restaurant were also remodeled.

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