The Pueblo Chieftain
For the New Year, we thought it would be interesting to ask leaders from around the community for their 2021 wishes for Pueblo. The response was great. Some were personal. Some related to the contributor’s position. Many, of course, focused on COVID-19 challenges. So here we go …
Let’s start with of our two local hospitals leaders, who, given the pandemic, certainly played a critical role within our community this past year.
“I wish for the acceptance of the Covid-19 vaccines. There has been way too much pain and suffering for patients and families around the world.” Leslie Barnes, president and CEO, Parkview Medical Center.
And they couldnât do much about the increasing probability of cold and snowy weather.
But that didnât stop them from devising a plan to block off a portion of Second Street running just north of Main Street where visitors can enjoy takeout food and beverages â including the adult variety â at picnic tables that have been set up in the street.
âThe purpose is to show businesses that weâre behind them,â said Mayor Nick Shelton. âWe canât do much about the coronavirus and the cold weather, but we can do something to try to create a gathering spot.â
And they couldnât do much about the increasing probability of cold and snowy weather.
But that didnât stop them from devising a plan to block off a portion of Second Street running just north of Main Street where visitors can enjoy takeout food and beverages â including the adult variety â at picnic tables that have been set up in the street.
âThe purpose is to show businesses that weâre behind them,â said Mayor Nick Shelton. âWe canât do much about the coronavirus and the cold weather, but we can do something to try to create a gathering spot.â
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Waterville council approves $282,809 contract for downtown project overseer
Councilors Tuesday also approved rules for short-term residential rentals, reduced the minimum lot size for keeping chickens and appointed Uria Pelletier to the Planning Board.
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WATERVILLE Councilors voted 6-0 Tuesday to award a $282,809 contract to a company to oversee the $11.2 million BUILD grant construction project to convert Main and Front streets downtown to two-way along with other improvements.
The Waterville City Council also voted unanimously to appoint business owner Uria Pelletier to the Planning Board and bade farewell to Mayor Nick Isgro.
Isgro appointed Pelletier, owner of the construction company Kavestone LLC, to the Planning Board to fill the unexpired term of Cathy Weeks who resigned a few weeks ago. The appointment needed council approval and Councilor Thomas Klepach, D-Ward 3, asked Pelletier to tell the council about himself.