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Vail officials in early November imposed an outdoor mask mandate for the resort areas of town. Is it time to let go of that rule?
Vail’s mandate which followed the lead of other resort communities came during a fall spike in cases of the COVID-19 virus. At the time, Vail Town Coucil member Kevin Foley spoke to fears that public health orders could virtually shut down the resort. “If we’re shut down, we’re not viable,” Foley said at the time.
While public health orders still require masks indoors at businesses, with spring in the air and the end of the ski season looming, some in town believe the outdoor mandate should be lifted.
The expansion and remodel of the Eagle City Market was slated to begin May 1.
A skijoring event was held in downtown Minturn.
Nick and Cashus Lunn of Gypsum were the first players off the tee to launch the 2016 season at Gypsum Creek Golf Club.
10 years ago
Week of March 3, 2011
Eagle County School District hired two new principals. Greg Doan was chosen to lead Eagle Valley High School and Amy Vanwel was named principal at Berry Creek Middle School.
The renovation at Riverview Apartments in EagleVail was completed. The units had new carpet, kitchen cabinets and mold problems at the complex had been resolved.
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Bighorn sheep congregate in East Vail in April on a parcel of land which could see development in the future. An update on an agreement which references the parcel, known as Booth Heights, is scheduled for Tuesday. (Gary Eno, Daily file photo)
The majority of the Vail Town Council wants to avoid development on bighorn sheep habitat in an already approved project known as Booth Heights in East Vail.
To do so, the council sees an avenue in executing a development agreement with Triumph Development, the local company which owns the already approved Booth Heights plans. By offering Triumph two other town-owned plots of land for development plans known as the Middle Creek Project and the Timber Ridge Project the council hopes Triumph would agree not to carry out the Booth Heights development.
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Sheika Gramshammer and her husband, Pepi, shared the Vail Valley Citizen of the Year honor in 1989.
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For her dynamic and selfless contributions to the community, Sheika Gramshammer has been named the 2021 Vail Valley Citizen of the Year. The honor has been handed out since 1981 to deserving citizens who have provided broad support, vision, and leadership to the betterment of the community and its many nonprofit organizations.
Gramshammer was a co-recipient of the award with her husband Pepi in 1989, the year that she and her husband helped play an instrumental role in bringing the first of three Alpine World Ski Championships to Vail and Beaver Creek. In 1989, however, Sheika was just getting started. Since then she has provided philanthropic vision and community spirit enough for two lifetimes.