Screenshot from Breckenridge Town Council meeting
If an individual is vaccinated, how should COVID-19 protocols, including masking, affect them? That question was posed to Breckenridge Town Council members at a meeting Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Breckenridge Mayor Eric Mamula said he and other mayors and managers in the county also discussed that scenario at a meeting Thursday, Jan. 7, with the mayor calling the situation “a headache.”
“The science is saying, vaccine or no, you still need to wear a mask because you can still be carrying and can still be shedding the virus,” Mamula said about what was discussed at the meeting last week.
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BRECKENRIDGE | Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ‘69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share a crappy two-bedroom condo with no insulation. It was awful. It was glorious.
Dick Carleton, 64, of Breckenridge is a Breckenridge Town Council member and owns two restaurants in Summit County including the Hearthstone Restaurant in Breckenridge. New rules in Summit County have allowed for 25% capacity at the restaurant during what is prime season in the high country of Colorado. Despite all the challenges of owning a restaurant in these times Carleton said he’s thankful to be surrounded by the mountains in Summit County as a way to find peace and escape during these tough times. | MARC PISCOTTY PHOTO
Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24 years old. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ’69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share a crappy two-bedroom…
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In late December 2019, the world was anticipating the excitement and possibilities of a new decade.
A presidential election was approaching as people watched politicians vying for the Democratic Party nominee. The world was readying itself for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In Summit County, visitors flocked to local ski resorts to enjoy their winter vacations. No one was thinking about sourdough starters.
A year later, Summit County, along with the rest of the world, looks a lot different than it once did. People line up to enter grocery stores. Customers bundle up as they eat outside in below-zero temperatures. Seeing the lower half of a stranger’s face feels like an intrusion.
Breckenridge Town Council has finalized plans for a business rent relief program. Town staff hopes to have applications available for businesses by Monday, Jan. 4.
As businesses continue to struggle with the financial impacts of COVID-19 restrictions, Breckenridge Town Council is rolling out a grant application process to help keep businesses afloat.
The grants are designed to help cover January and February rent in a tiered format based on how much of a decrease in sales a business has experienced.
The council first discussed the tiered grant program at a special council meeting Dec. 22 and met again Tuesday, Dec. 29, to hammer out the details. Council decided the decrease in sales should be calculated from March through November and compared with the same nine-month period in 2019. The figures are based on sales taxes that are remitted to the town.