A “help wanted” sign hangs in the doorway of Aspen Pie Shop downtown as customers enjoy an afternoon meal on the patio in Aspen on Friday, July 16, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
A security company turns away upward of $50,000 in business, a hotel cancels two beer tastings, and a restaurant says it can’t take on any more diners.
That lost business isn’t due to tight public health regulations but what has transpired in their wake a labor crunch that is stretching the output of both employers and their employees in the Aspen area, and one that mirrors what is happening nationally.
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Emma and Benoit DeFrancisco stand outside of Allegria Restaurant with a flag of the Valle D’aosta region of Italy flying above.
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When Benoit DeFrancisco worked at his family’s restaurant in Chamonix, France, throughout the 1990s, all he could think about was moving on to bigger places in bigger cities with a thriving social scene.
Twenty years later he has been there, done that and now returned to his roots. DeFrancisco and his wife, Emma, bought Allegria Restaurant from founder Andreas Fischbacher on June 30. They are also in the process of purchasing the charming brick building that the Italian restaurant is located in on Carbondale’s Main Street.
Courtney DeVito is new human resources director; Rob Schober is capital asset director
Courtney DeVito has been appointed as the human resources department director and Rob Schober has been promoted to capital asset director, City of Aspen officials announced Thursday.
Schober’s most recent title was asset management project manager in the capital asset department, and DeVito was serving as the interim director of human resources for the city.
Schober’s salary is $124,800 and DeVito makes $126,000 annually.
DeVito has more than 17 years of human resources experience, including nine with the city.
She started with the organization as a risk analyst in 2012 and has served as the department’s deputy director and interim director.
Relief is on the way for visitors at the Upper Lost Man Trailhead on Independence Pass.
A permanent toilet will be installed Tuesday. It was supposed to be completed this week for the busy Fourth of July weekend, but a truck hauling the toilet from Texas broke down, according to Karin Teague, executive director of the Independence Pass Foundation.
The nonprofit foundation teamed with the U.S. Forest Service and Aspen Skiing Co. employees’ Environment Foundation to fund the $36,000 needed to fabricate and install the single-seat toilet.
While typically a new toilet might not be newsworthy, the loo at that location is indicative of the greater pressure that the Independence Pass corridor is facing. That was exacerbated last summer when people flocked to mountain resorts and the outdoors while the COVID-19 pandemic restricted gatherings and indoor activities.
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