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Show TuesWedThursFri, December 24-27, 2002 77?e Pa Record A-5 CITY BEAT Aspen, like EG, considers Colorado town lists ways to keep it a popular spot By JAY HAMBURGER Of the Record staff While the Park City government govern-ment continues to craft its long-term long-term goals for the community, one j'of, its ski-town brethren in 'Colorado has completed a similar !,exercise. ( !, Aspen, Colo., seated what it called an Economic Sustainability ; Committee, which has released a ''13-page report about the town's future. The report includes a series of recommendations that the community com-munity should consider in order to accomplish the committee's goals. - : In Park City, Mayor Dana Williams and the Park City Council are undertaking what's being called a 'visioning exercise,' which, once it is completed, will guide many of the city's decisions. That exercise has addressed a number of issues, including the city's resort economy. The Aspen report stresses the town's economy and discusses how the city should ensure that it remains a top mountain-resort destination. "The concern was Aspen look 'at a series of recommendations to position ourselves for the future," POLICE Snowboarders on Marsac Ave. draw attention A few snowboarders drew the attention of police last week as the snowboarding Grand Prix at Park City Mountain Resort was underway. On Thursday, Dec. 19, which was, the first day of competitions at PCMR, police received a report that a few snowboarders on the 400 block of Marsac Avenue were trying to make their own terrain park. ' Police said the snowboarders, who were youths, were throwing snow on the stairs. However, the stairs became too slick to walk on. COPY said Stan Clauson, a consultant who co-chaired the committee and the former community development develop-ment director in Aspen. "We recognize rec-ognize that the nature pf skiing and resorts is changing." Gauson said the community decided that it was necessary to consider changes in the makeup of the community, including the arrival of people who wanted settle set-tle in Aspen. "The feeling was things are certainly cer-tainly changing. We're in a dynamic dynam-ic resort," he said: "We were moving, mov-ing, in many respects, from an international resort community to a retirement community." The report outlines five issues important to Aspen's future, including lodging, Sardy Field, which is the airport that serves the Aspen region, a diverse economy, retailing in the commercial core of Aspen and the uniqueness of the community. ' The issues that the report deals with are similar to those that Park City is now grappling with. Myles Rademan, Park City's public affairs director, was not surprised with the Aspen report. He said popular ski towns in the U.S. are dealing with similar topics. "The same things we see here all the big players see," Rademan said, noting Aspen, Vail, Colo., Telluride, Colo., and Sun Valley, Please see Aspen, A-6 BLOTTER When officers arrived, the snowboarders were gone. Other incidents reported to the Police Department last, week included: On Saturday, Dec. 21 at 11:04 a.m., police were informed that a person was selling meat products out of a truck but the person did not have a license. At 12:28 p.m., a man was reportedly sleeping inside the Old Town Transit Center, which is on Swede Alley. Police investigated and the person left. Police were called to Empire Avenue at 12:57 p.m., where kidfe were reportedly thrpwing rocks and bottles out of a vehicle. ' They drove away and police were unable to locate the suspects. sus-pects. At 1:48 p.m., a vehicle parked i i ' ,... ' , ' f CITY EDITOR: i-, 'BE 38 i m m i COURTESY OF ASPEN SKIING COMPANY Aspen, Colo., with its signature gondola, is considering a number num-ber of options to make it a more competitive resort destination. Park City amidst a similar exercise. on the 1300 block of Lowell Avenue was broken into. , Public police records offered few other details about the break-in. At 4 p.m., a hit-and-run traffic accident was reported on the 1300 block of Lowell Avenue. According to police, the car that was hit was parked when the incident inci-dent occurred. Police intervened in a fight at 12:49 a.m. Police said a fight was reported report-ed on the 300 block of Main Street. , The combatants were split up, p&lice said. " f ? . 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