Steve Humble and Robin Humble stand in their restaurant Free Range Kitchen and Wine Bar in Basalt on Friday, April 23, 2021. The two will be building a new location for their restaurant with a planned fall opening date. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Robin Humble and Steve Humble stand in the lot of their new location for their restaurant in Basalt on Friday, April 23, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Nearly five years after starting their own restaurant in Basalt, Steve and Robin Humble are preparing for another big move, though one that will only take them about a block away.
The Humbles have a contract to buy land at the Basalt River Park property just west of downtown. They will construct their building this summer and plan to transfer their Free Range Kitchen and Wine Bar to the new site in November.
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Basalt got a financial windfall during the pandemic year because of an unexpected consumer spending frenzy.
A preliminary year-end sales tax report shows sales tax revenue increased 14.3% over 2019, according to town of Basalt finance director Christy Chicoine. The December sales tax report, which reflects actual sales in November, was up 8%, she told Basalt Town Council at its meeting Tuesday night.
Exact year-end figures weren’t available yet because Chicoine is awaiting more information before finalizing the report. Basalt will reap more than $7 million in sales tax revenue for 2020.
The town ended up collecting about $200,000 more than anticipated for its general fund, Chicoine said. A separate sales tax dedicated for use for parks, open space and trails reaped about $90,000 more than forecast.
While the details of events surrounding that fateful morning crash remain unclear, the date of a life-changing, head-on collision on Highway 82 remains forever etched in Diana Mozâs memory.
âOctober 21. I canât forget that date,â Moz, of Carbondale, recalled this week. She is still feeling the effects of the multi-vehicular accident that required the 31-year-old and her two sons to be airlifted to Denver for advanced medical treatment. Mozâs infant daughter, who was also riding in their SUV, miraculously escaped injury.
The investigation into the crash continues, but no update was available this week from the Colorado State Patrol. What is known and was reported at the time is that during the morning rush hour, Mozâs vehicle, while heading upvalley, was struck head-on by a half-ton pickup truck going downvalley near Jim Grange Lane. The driver was a 51-year-old man from New Castle. Four other vehicles were caught in the chain reaction.