It’s a motivated bunch of runners who meet up every Wednesday and Sunday in the Roaring Fork Valley to train for a day of trail racing on California’s Catalina Island come October, united by raising money for Challenge Aspen.
Carbondale Recreation Center Director and Rec Programs Manager Jessi Rochel carries out supplies for swim lessons at the Carbondale pool.
Jessi Rochel has seen a fair bit of the world through her sports, academic and leisure travels, but there’s no place like home to pursue her passion for community recreation.
With the dual title of Carbondale Recreation/Community Center Manager and Recreation Programs Manager for the town, Rochel has been a big part of all things fun and active Carbondale has to offer since she was a teenager attending Roaring Fork High School.
Before graduating from RFHS in 2003, Rochel was already involved with the town’s various rec programs, helping with Start Smart Soccer and T-ball and score-keeping at youth and adult league tournaments.
A scaled down Memorial Day observation will be held Monday in Aspen against the backdrop of a pandemic that exacerbated challenges already faced by veterans.
Aspen Public Radio’s Board of Directors has announced the hiring of Breeze Richardson, who will be joining the forty-year-old news station this summer as its executive director. Her first day at Aspen Public Radio will be June 7.
Melvilles buy Snowmass lodge after Challenge Aspen backs out of deal
Snowmass Mountain Chalet residents sit on the deck of the ski-in, ski-out lodge in Snowmass Village on Wednesday, March 5, 2021. (Photo by Kelsey Brunner)
The Melville family didn’t distance themselves from ownership of a local mountainside chalet for too long.
On Tuesday, a limited liability company controlled by Craig Melville acquired Snowmass Mountain Chalet for $10.5 million in a deal culminating after the nonprofit Challenge Aspen withdrew interest in buying the lodge.
Sales records at the Pitkin County Clerk & Recorder’s Office identify the buyer as Mountain Chalet Snowmass LLC and the seller as CA Loan I LLC.