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Basalt Town Council voted Tuesday night to revoke its mask requirement. However, masks in public, indoor settings will still be in effect in the portion of town in Pitkin County.
People walk along Main St. in downtown Aspen in the city’s designated outdoor mask zones on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Whether local, state or federal, the facemask announcements came flying at a fast and furious pace at the end of this week.
First, on Thursday came news from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that fully vaccinated Americans could chuck the ubiquitous facemask, both outdoors and indoors, that everyone’s gotten used to wearing during the last year, and deep-six the social distancing. Some exceptions apply – most notably public travel – but the announcement felt like a long time coming.
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The former Clark’s Market and Restore building in downtown Basalt is widely viewed as a prime redevelopment opportunity.
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A key building in the heart of downtown Basalt is finally targeted for redevelopment.
A development firm headed by Tim Belinski and Andrew Light has an option to buy the former Clark’s Market and Habitat for Humanity Restore building and a smaller, adjacent structure that houses an interior design business. The main building also was home to City Market into the 1990s.
Belinski said they have submitted a land use application to the town of Basalt that proposes 70 rental apartments and about 9,000 square feet of commercial space.
Assaf Dory of Basalt and three friends plan to hike Mt. Elbert in September to raise money for Challenge America and awareness about mental health issues facing military veterans and others. The undertaking is significant because all four hikers are facing significant medical issues.