Traducción por Dolores Duarte En el único asunto que requería una votación en la reunión ordinaria del ayuntamiento de Basalt el martes 11 de octubre, los concejales aprobaron por unanimidad la participación en un memorando de entendimiento para formar la Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative (RFVWC por su siglas en inglés). Se trata de la […]
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Basalt joins wildfire reduction collaborative, and a lawsuit sends council into executive session
In the only matter requiring a vote at the Basalt town council’s regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 11, councilors unanimously approved participating in a memorandum of understanding to form the Roaring Fork Valley Wildfire Collaborative (RFVWC). As the first such collaboration in the Roaring Fork River drainage and contiguous areas, the collaborative brings together 18 counties, […]
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Informe de Basalt: El municipio avanza en los códigos de energía solar y sustentabilidad
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Instalar cinco series de paneles solares para generar energía renovable merece la pena; gastar dinero en el almacenamiento de baterías de reserva, no tanto. Ese fue un hallazgo clave que la ingeniera de la ciudad Catherine Christoff informó en la actualización del proyecto solar Basalt Forward 2030 en la reunión ordinaria […]
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Basalt Report: Council moves ahead with solar and sustainability codes
Installing five separate solar panel arrays to generate renewable energy is worth the investment; spending money on backup battery storage, not so much. That was a key finding Town Engineer Catherine Christoff reported in the Basalt Forward 2030 Solar Project Update at the Basalt Town Council’s regular meeting Tuesday night. Cristoff told council members that […]
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County Road 100 detour? Turn back now!
Elected officials are meeting with highway engineers to grapple with how to keep mudslides and rockfalls, caused by the Grizzly Creek fire scar, from shutting down the 12-mile Glenwood Canyon segment of Interstate 70. When Nature wreaked its canyon havoc, Garfield County Road 100, leading to Cottonwood Pass, was used by many as an unsanctioned […]
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Mata Ortiz, el pueblo que acudió a las vasijas
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Después de que el aserradero quebrara y el último tren dejara la estación de ferrocarril, los residentes desempleados del pueblo de Juan Mata Ortiz en Chihuahua, México, se hicieron creativos. Encontraron una forma de ganar dinero con cerámica. Llevándosela, no haciéndola. Desenterraron vasijas antiguas y fragmentos de arcilla colorida que encontraron […]
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Mata Ortiz, the town that went to pots
After the timber mill went bust and the last train left the railroad station, unemployed residents in the village of Juan Mata Ortiz in Chihuahua, Mexico, got creative. They found a way to earn money from pottery. By taking it, not making it. They dug out ancient pots and colorful clay shards they found at […]
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Basalt report: Council meets Possumco in the middle on middle class housing
Sent back to the drawing board by Basalt’s Town Council during a fractious regular meeting on July 12, the Basalt Center Circle (BCC) grocery store and affordable housing complex’s revised design received higher marks at the July 26 regular meeting. “You guys are really good listeners,” councilor Ryan Slack said. He echoed a sentiment that […]
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Basalt Report: Councilors dream up care center in Willits
The necessary quorum of four out of seven Basalt town councilors were present at Tuesday night’s regular meeting and dispatched their agenda in an hour. Mayor pro tem Ryan Slack filled in for Mayor Bill Kane, who was absent. Three conceptual designs by Land+Shelter in Carbondale and Denver-based Alan Ford Architects were presented for the […]
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Thompson Divide protection reaches ‘high-water mark’ in Senate committee
The handmade-looking and weather-beaten “Unified for Thompson Divide” yard signs that popped up more than a decade ago won’t be coming down quite yet. But in May, the first vote ever taken by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy (CORE) bill that includes protection for the 220,000-acre Thompson […]