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The first sentence of Vail Health’s land-use application to Eagle County for its proposed Northstar Center a new behavioral health facility proposed in Edwards is short and pointed.
“This proposal is about one thing addressing a community need,” reads the document’s introduction.
Last week, Vail Health announced it was submitting its application for the center, proposed at a 4.9-acre site at the southeast corner of the Edwards Interstate 70 interchange. The site is the former location of Northstar Lumber and currently includes a variety of business tenants as well as a number of vacant spaces. Vail Health’s application for the site is now available on line at eaglecounty.us/planning/activelanduseapplications.
Edwards RiverPark planner Dominic Mauriello leads a delegation of Eagle County staff members and officials on a tour of the property last fall. After a series of eight public hearings, the Eagle County Board of Commissioners is slated to take action on the application in two weeks.
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Members of the public last week offered their final on-the-record comments about Edwards River Park, the large, controversial development proposal that’s slated for a vote by the Eagle Board of County Commissioners on March 23.
At the conclusion of the March 9 hearing the latest in a series of eight public hearings for the proposal that launched back in December the commissioners closed public comment and set a final hearing date of March 23 for deliberations and action.
Members of the public on Tuesday offered their final on-the-record comments about Edwards River Park, the large, controversial development proposal that’s slated for a vote by the Eagle County Board of Commissioners on March 23.
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At the recent Board of County Commissioners hearing for Edwards Riverpark I offered a public comment reflecting on the events portrayed in the seasonal story “A Christmas Carol.” As I explained to the commissioners, this was because they face questions coming from the past, the present and the future … albeit not in spirit form.
The question from the past relates to the Edwards Area Community Plan. After much deliberation and consultation with the community, a plan was agreed upon and endorsed by the county. Yet several of the folks who prepared the plan argued at the hearing that RiverPark does not honor the views of the community. I asked how the commissioners could justify approving a project that rejects the views of these committed citizens and in addition, those of us, including myself who thought that plan meant something.