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Local Officials Starting to Formulate a Recovery Plan Love Shared: CB Tip NEWS | COMMUNITY | SPORTS | CULTURE | OPINION Crested Butte News the News never sleeps | www.crestedbuttenews.com VOL.60 | NO.15 | APRIL 10, 2020 | 50¢ HEARTFELT: Hundreds of hearts are being displayed throughout the valley to show support for those on the front lines battling the COVID-19 crisis. This is just a small sampling seen on local houses all over the North Valley. staff photos Love Shared: Next steps with COVID-19 crisis; local CB Tip Jar a officials starting to formulate a recovery plan Opportunity to move toward under the One Valley Leadership Council ing ahead. “We felt like we needed to start shared goals that has broad representation throughout looking at medium and long-term plan- big boost for the county,” MacDonald said. “This effort ning,” she said. “So we’ve been utilizing [ BY MARK REAMAN AND has just begun but we understand it will Scott Morrill for his advice and recom- KATHERINE NETTLES ] be hugely important as we move forward. mendations for how we might best posi- local workers We are taking a countywide approach to tion ourselves for any future state and Initial conversations about develop- make sure decisions and resources are co- federal funding. We want to make sure we Two weeks and $47K in tips ing a Gunnison County COVID-19 Recov- ordinated.” are well-poised for any funding opportu- [ BY DAWNE BELLOISE ] ery Plan started early this week. The goal The committee has initially decided nities.” is to develop a framework to define bench- that there should be short-term, mid-term The mid-term recovery consists of an marks determining where the community When the Spencer family started up the and long-term recovery goals and strate- unknown time period in which the com- stands in terms of the virus and coming up CB Tip Jar online, they did so knowing that gies. The short-term efforts have already munity begins to come out of social dis- with strategies for resiliency. Ultimately, the community would give to its resident started; it is hoped the mid-term recovery tancing restrictions. there is the idea of not only recovering the service workers but they didn’t realize just plan can ramp up between May and De- “During this time we would be laying economy, but taking the opportunity to how generous and how much of a success it cember. The long-term planning could last the groundwork for a long-term recovery,” clearly define and move toward the type of would be. one to two years or even longer. explained MacDonald. “We want to start long-term changes the community wants “I would love for the community to But the overall planning calls for co- looking to the future and develop plans to implement in the future. know what a huge success this effort has ordinated decision making and invest- that can take advantage of any available Crested Butte town manager Dara been because of the amazing participation ment throughout the valley and county. funding from the federal or state govern- MacDonald told the Town Council on from everyone, including locals, visitors and The team wants to develop recovery mile- ments. Monday, April 6 that initial meetings set- second homeowners. We sent tips to more stones and articulate what recovery will “Again, we are in the very early ting a path for recovery began this week than 200 people for two weeks and the tips look like. It also wants to identify strategies phase,” but the ultimate goal, MacDonald and were comprised primarily of town ranged from $70 to $270 for the first week for improving the resiliency of the commu- explained, is to be ready to jumpstart the managers and planners, the Colorado De- and ranged from $60 to $254 for the sec- nity and economy. economic recovery, transition to a more partment of Local Affairs, the Gunnison ond week,” Haden Spencer says and adds, Gunnison County community and sustainable economy and community, and Watershed School District, the ICELab and “In the end, we collected and distributed economic development director Cathie achieve shared long-term goals through- the Crested Butte Community Foundation. $47,030.43.” The range was due to some peo- Pagano told the county commissioners out the valley.” “We want this ultimately to be housed CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 ple having two jobs and having lots of sup- this week that it was time to begin look- port for the specific restaurant or bar’s tip jar. Payments for the second week of the CB Tip Jar are now being sent out. This will be the effort’s final payment to employees of [ Overheard ] Crested Butte restaurants and bars. “More “Like this town wasn’t than anything, we are completely in awe of already weird enough...” the genuine concern and deep commitment that the Crested Butte community has for —Local guy in a bandana folks who work hard in restaurants and bars heading home from the and who count on tips.” 5 8 liquor store STR Love Trail Issues CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 2 | April 10, 2020 EDITORIAL Crested Butte News WORLD NEWS WORLD New Zealand PM names Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy ‘essential workers’ New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took a moment dur- ing a media briefing Monday to identify some “essential work- ers” that children were concerned about missing, like the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Arden confirmed that the mythical figures are considered essential workers in New Zealand, which has been on lockdown for the past two weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. “You’ll be pleased to know that we do consider both the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny to be es- sential workers,” she said. —information compiled from UPI Sheep of Wales continue to take advantage of empty public spaces Another flock of sheep has been taking advantage of the coronavi- rus lockdown by playing on the equipment at an empty playground. Welsh farmer Gareth Williams of Raglan Farm Park in Mon- mouthshire said the sheep are usually kept away from the children’s play area at the farm, but the playground has been photo by Nolan Blunck closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the sheep were al- lowed to wander free. They were seen climbing on the play- ground equipment and spinning each other on the rounda- Respect and understanding bout, or merry-go-round. —information compiled from ITV Wales Stress doesn’t always bring out the best in The Gunnison Valley Hospital has 24 beds. people. We are all in a stressful situation and the lat- None are equipped with ICU capability. Those who Pablo Escobar’s ‘Cocaine Hippos’ May Be Restoring Colombia’s Ecosystem est example of stress stirring the pot came with the need such care are transferred to another hospital, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s most lasting influence may county’s public health order banning second home- usually in Grand Junction or Montrose, depending turn out to be on the environment. A new study suggests the group owners from coming to Gunnison County. Some on what ICU beds are available. As of this week, of nearly 80 hippos descended from the four Escobar owned that “non-resident homeowners,” a.k.a. second home- 13 people have taken that trip. Some are still in were set free after his death in 1993, so-called invasive “cocaine hip- owners, felt discriminated against and got angry. the hospital and on ventilators. Others have been pos” may also “restore ecological functions” lost for thousands of Some locals started eyeing anyone not in their circle released. The fear is that the state and county will years due to “human-driven extinctions.” The large herbivores are of friends and acquaintances as interlopers and got experience a surge in patients who need hospitali- playing a biological role similar to that of mammoths, giant sloths angry. Both were, I think, stress overreactions. zation at the same time. When the 24 hospital beds and giant wombats, restoring parts of important ecologies across There has never been a shortage of crusty locals and 10 ventilators in the county fill up and the beds several species, according to the study’s co-author John Rowan, a in Crested Butte but the idea of snapping photos of in Montrose and Grand Junction are not available, Darwin fellow in organismic and evolutionary biology at the Univer- out-of-state license plates and posting them with the tragic reality is that more of us will likely die. No sity of Massachusetts Amherst. —information compiled from HuffPost vitriolic threats to get the f— out of town is middle- one hopes that will happen but as the county has school ridiculous. For one thing, your perception stated numerous times, “We are hoping for the best NATION might not be at all correct, as was evidenced this but preparing for the worst.” Dr. Anthony Fauci’s face to appear on Bobblehead dolls weekend when a car was singled out in such a So in this rural community with limited health- The United States’ top infectious disease specialist is getting his vitriolic manner but the car actually belonged to care opportunities, the fear is that having more own bobblehead. The creation from the National Bobblehead Hall someone who lives and works here. Perhaps the people here who could become infected will tax the of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee features Dr. Anthony Fau- most poignant observation I saw was to point out healthcare system more than it can handle. If that ci wearing a suit as he makes a motion showing how the nation that teams of traveling nurses and healthcare work- happens, there will be people, locals and second needs to “flatten the curve” in the coronavirus pandemic.
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