Mountain Village News

Applications Due Friday, July 10, at 12 p.m. for Schroedera TMs Seat MOUNTAIN VILLAGE a ' The Town of Mountain Village is seeking a qualified candidate to fill a Town Council seat by appointment.

Alternative Futures Report Recommends Swift Action TELLURIDE - The towns of Telluride and Mountain Village will be built out within the next decade, and if some moves to increase density, conserve historic landscapes and views, and address regional transportation are not put in place now, in 20 to 30 years time the region could fall victim to an ...

EntropyFunk, Sons of the Addicted Roll in for Holiday Weekend GROOVIEW Thursday, July 2 The heat index will be off the hook at the Fly Me to the Moon Saloon this weekend, starting tonight with Big Wooly Mammoth: A Tribute to Widespread Panic .

" Dr. Carl Steinitz told community members last Friday that town and county governments in the region need to act regionally.

GROOVIEW Meanwhile, Mountain Mystics, Fall Baby and Bruce Hayes Will Rock Ridgway Did you survive Bluegrass? Let's hope so, because hot on the heels of The Telluride Bluegrass Festival, the Tenth Annual Sunset Concert Series fired up this week with The Drew Emmitt Band , and summer music events are piling up as we head into the Fourth of July ...

I've been to a few concerts and performances in my time. It was great fun to watch Phil Collins playing on stage.

Real estate buyers have until August 14 to name their own price on seven pre-furnished luxury residences in Mountain Village.

Telluride Foundation-Contracted Long-Term Study Results Delivered Tonight, 4-6 p.m., at the Palm TELLURIDE a ' Who are we and where are we headed?A How will the Telluride region accommodate everything from future population increases to housing, jobs, traffic and mining?A Looking for answers to these and other questions, the Telluride Foundation ...

Alpen Ridge Villa is one of the most luxurious ski-in/ski-out homes in whole Telluride.

OURAY COUNTY a ' The incumbent candidate for District Seven of San Miguel Power Association, Inc.a TMs Board or Directors, Jerry Hoffer of Silverton, will retain his seat on the board.

Service Reductions Forthcoming MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - The Mountain Village Town Council decided on Tuesday that it will not pursue a mill levy increase, sales tax initiative or utility bill surcharge to provide dedicated funding to pay for its Dial-a-Ride taxi service on the ballot this fall.

Will Pursue Renewable Energy Agenda TELLURIDE - When former Mountain Village Mayor Rube Felicelli takes his place representing District 5 on the San Miguel Power Association's Board of Directors in July, the first thing he plans to do is his homework.

Brian Ahern made his first foray into local politics in 2008, running as the Democrat Party's candidate against Green Party member Art Goodtimes, the incumbent two-term San Miguel County commissioner.

"I am running because I think the economic vitality of Mountain Village is at a crucial crossroads," says candidate Meehan Fee, a six-year resident of the Telluride region who moved, with her husband, Daniel Zemke, the corporate attorney for Telluride Ski and Golf Co., into Mountain Village's Fairway Four in October.

GUEST COMMENTARY In the past few weeks the governments of Telluride, Mountain Village, Norwood, Ophir and San Miguel County have each adopted Governor Ritter's Climate Action Goal of a 20% reduction in Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2020.

Mayors State Goal For 100 Percent By 2020 TELLURIDE - The mayors of the Towns of Telluride and Mountain Village announced a "mayoral challenge" for the communities they represent to secure 100 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020 in a joint statement on Saturday.

Sheriff, EMS Call New Rate Structure Fair OURAY - " The cost to use Montrose County's Regional Communication Dispatch Center for emergency 911 calls could soon be going up.

CHEF MARK KRASIC fired up the burners last week in the Beaumont Hotel's kitchen in Ouray.

BMNN wrote: on May 08, 2009: As festivarians, all winter we've been sharing the same summertime daydream... Rolling into Telluride after days and weeks of travel and planning; the setting sun casting an orange alpenglow on the mountains; the spring runoff cascading down over Ingram Falls in the distance; Colorado Avenue welcoming us home as banjos ...

GUEST COMMENTARY How Hotbeds Support a Community In January, I had the pleasure of speaking at the International Tourism Symposium in Zermatt, Switzerland.