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Some come to strategize. Others to engage in a bit of healthy competition. A few attend just to socialize.
At the Aspen Snowmass Chess Club, the only requirement for attendance is an interest in the game and for its faithful players, Monday nights at The Collective in Snowmass Base Village are the place to be.
“It’s the best Monday night party in town,” according to Aislinn Ryan, who came to a meeting last fall to meet new people after moving to Aspen and now regularly carpools with a cohort of Aspenites to the village to attend.
Almost 70 Zoom attendees waited with bated breath as they watched the gold raffle drum spin during the Coffey Place deed-restricted housing lottery Wednesday.
After a thorough spin and a good shake of the barrel, it was up to fate or chance (or perhaps a bit of both) to determine who would win each of the 15 available homes in the new development located near Town Park in Snowmass Village. Housing Director Betsy Crum, Assistant Housing Director Terri Everest and Town Clerk Rhonda Coxon drew the names and announced the results from Town Hall.
The winners list of the hour-long process count plenty of familiar names and faces among the ranks; many applicants knew others who were vying for the same homes.