Mayors from Aspen to Grand Junction joined together on the morning of August 3rd to take a flyby airplane ride of the Roaring Fork and Colorado River Valley and discuss regional issues. The flights were provide by the nonprofit Eco-Flight and the day was organized by Healthy Mountain Communities and Silt Mayor Dave Moore.
Mayors met at Garfield County Airport in the morning to get an aerial view of the valley's oil and gas wells, oil shale projects, gravel pits along the Colorado River and the Interstate 70 corridor. Afterwards, the group met at Silt Town Hall for an informal discussion about various issues.
"It was very beneficial," said Rifle Mayor Keith Lambert. "We found a lot of commonality in the issues that are before us. I'm very proud to be working with this group of people. There's a strong possibility of productive outcomes to be had from this group."
The mayors will be meeting in Aspen during September to continue discussing issues facing the region.
Read the full article in the Post Independent . . .
No comments:
Post a Comment