VAIL: CUTTING DOWN THE TREES
In the next month, Vail Resorts employees will cut down up to 7,000 lodgepole pines on Vail Mountain as a result of pine-beetle infestation, according to the Rocky Mountain News. The cutting is aimed to reduce the danger of the gondola lines getting hit by a fallen tree or fire, and will take place west of the gondola and above chair 8. Officials are concerned that activity on the mountain could come to a standstill if a dead lodgepole were to fall on the gondola cable because of wind or fire, and they're taking preventative measure to preempt that occurrence.
TELLURIDE: DOWNSCALING MUNICIPAL PROJECTS
As town officials brace for what could be a rocky economic season, they're dealing with what could a less-than ideal budget, the Telluride Daily Planet reported. Town council says they're leaning toward a conservative budget, even in the face of several municipal projects that need attention such as potholes and seeping creeks. The Real Estate Transfer Tax is the main source of budgeting, and that tax is down 25 percent from projections.
BROOMFIELD: THREE EXECUTIVES PROMOTED
Three senior-level executives with Vail Resorts Inc. were promoted to co-presidents of their specific divisions, the Rocky Mountain News reported. John Garnsey and Blaise Carrig were promoted to co-presidents of the mountain division, and Stan Brown was made president of the lodging division. Brown will have direct oversight of the luxury RockResorts hotel collection; Vail Resorts Hospitality, which includes all other owned and managed hotels and condominium properties; Grand Teton Lodge Co.; and the Broomfield-based company's golf operations. Garnsey will continue as chief operating officer of Beaver Creek Resort and has direct oversight of Vail Mountain. Carrig will remain chief operating officer of Heavenly and has direct oversight for both Breckenridge Ski Resort and Keystone Resort.
