Construction at Sayre Park underway postindependent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postindependent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ray K. Erku / Post Independent
Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation Director Brian Smith has been all around the country, but he found his place in the mountains where he’s able to provide a rewarding public service to everyone else who lives here.
Smith describes himself as a “mutt of culture,” saying that his travels during childhood took him through 10 different states.
“As an adult, my wife and I spent six months touring the country with our four children exploring national parks and each state’s unique culture,” Smith said. “We met a lot of amazing people and experienced everything that makes America so special. Our favorite region has always been the Mountain West, where we’ve raised our children and have always considered home.”
Glenwood Springs deserves more than just clean up as a solution to homelessness postindependent.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from postindependent.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Chelsea Self / Post Independent
The cost to clean up the 80 homeless encampments within Glenwood Springs would cost $200,000.
That’s according to Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation Director Brian Smith, who discussed ways to address a number of problems related to homelessness in and surrounding Glenwood Springs during the April 7 Parks and Recreation Commission meeting.
“That’s just in Glenwood Springs; then you have all the properties adjacent to that. Every time we clean up, they move, then a couple months later they move back in. It’s a moving target that constantly needs to be addressed,” Smith said of the clean-up costs.