In this 2019 file photo, young kids have fun riding the train at the park after the 122nd annual Strawberry Days Parade.
The Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association is working with local businesses and organizations to celebrate the spirit of Strawberry Days with a Berry Special Weekend from June 18-20, according to a news release.
A Berry Special Weekend was the result of a few downtown merchants coming to the chamber asking for a way to mark the weekend, said Angie Anderson, Chamber Resort Association president.
“We made the decision several months ago to not move forward with Strawberry Days,” Anderson said. “We really are marking this as a way to get summer officially started.”
A man was found dead in a vehicle along U.S. Highway 6 just west of Parachute late Tuesday night, according to a news release from the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies with the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office initially were responding to a call of a person who was injured around 8:21 p.m. Tuesday, the news release states.
“Deputies found a deceased male and determined that the subject appeared to be a victim of a homicide,” the release states.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigations, the District’s Attorney’s Office and the Garfield County Coroner also responded to the scene to assist with the investigation.
Policy that dictates what for-profit activities should be officially sanctioned within Glenwood Springs parks is being reviewed by city staff and will likely come before the city council for final approval later this summer.
The fairness of the policy was questioned during Thursday night’s city council meeting, after T-R-I Valley Training owner and fitness instructor Sharma Phillips spoke during the public comment period to ask the council’s permission to hold fitness classes in a city park for pay.
Phillips moved the fitness classes outdoors to provide a safe place for class participants to keep their bodies and minds active during the pandemic.
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Construction for the South Midland project is on schedule, though crews will continue to work on weekends to keep the course.
Bryana Starbuck, public information officer for Glenwood Springs, said the project has been very busy with several scopes of work happening simultaneously in the middle of the day.
“This all takes coordination and coordinated traffic control,” Starbuck said.
“Good news, construction crews have completed all the rockfall mitigation work. Crews are working on installing a new storm drain to improve utilities in the area.”
The 18-month reconstruction project began activities in December 2020 and will continue through summer 2022.
Discussion over Glenwood City Council’s Colorado Open Records Act policies will be continued in a city council work session later into the summer.
City staff and council members want to meet in-person with members of the local news media including the Post Independent, KDNK and more to dig into their concerns over the city’s proposed policy to log all CORA requests which would be made available to the public to view on the city’s website. Anyone can make a public record request, including corporations or individuals of the general public.
CORA provides that all public records shall be open for inspection by any person at reasonable times, except records otherwise exempt by law or deemed not in the interest of the public.