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Good morning everyone, this is Heather Connor, your Local Realtor, sharing the local news for the Crested Butte and Gunnison Community. My goal is to get you updated on the relevant local happenings, in just a few minutes.
In Hyperlocal news, the public has now commented on the Verzuh trails. There are three public meetings including two on-site, which are meant to give neighbors the chance to discuss the proposal of shifting the public easements on the Verzuh Ranch open space parcel east of Crested Butte. There has been an extensive amount of comments on social media as well as an online petition that opposes the proposal to move the easements and has garnered more than 300 signatures. One meeting was Wednesday October 21st and was held on the property, there is a meeting Wednesday November 4th which will be a Zoom meeting, and on Thursday, November 5th there will be a meeting on the property again. The current owners of the 40-acre land want to shift public bike and pedestrian access from the road that cuts through the property to a new trail that is proposed near locals housing at the Paradise Park neighborhood. The Martins, the owners of the property, proposed this to enhance the wetlands on the property and protect birds nesting in that area. The neighbors in Paradise Park believe the move will greatly impact their increasingly busy neighborhood and result in increased vehicle traffic, parking and speeding, which would affect their children and pets. As well, one of the groups that came out initially in support, is now withdrawing that support. Crested Butte Land Trust executive director Jake Jones said that the board "decided that the Land Trust would officially take a neutral position on Wynn and Ryan's proposal. . .The letter from Noel was not vetted or approved by the board prior to being submitted for the public record."
The county has purchased 150 HEPA air filters to gift to local businesses. They will prioritize places where people linger and or where employees cannot wear masks. According to the US Environmental Protection AGency (EPA), these types of air filters can filter at least 99.97 percent of dust, pollen, viruses mold bacteria and airborne particles with a size of 0.3 microns. There is discussion to purchase an additional 50 later in the fall. The current units were purchased utilizing CARES funds and was approved by the commissioners.
And voters are out in record numbers across Gunnison County with close to 3,500 ballots turned in within the first week. Election officials do not expect those numbers to subside. However, registered voters in the more remote areas of Gunnison County like Somerset and Marble have reported they were yet to receive their ballots in the mail, 11 days after they were sent out. There is a continuing concern in the slow-down of the US Postal service. Most voters are choosing to use ballot drop boxes.
And Gunnison Crested Butte Airport (GUC) is seeing more private jet crowds this year. According to Rick Lamport, the airport manager, general aviation number are way up, especially in the private jet sector.
