The Sundance Flag can be added to the other festival and event flags that give the Estes Valley a year-round economy. Credit: Dick Mulhern / Estes Valley Voice

As the state welcomes the Sundance Film Institute, Estes Park also welcomes what Sundance will bring to our community as filmmakers, directors, producers, screenwriters, actors, and other creatives discover the Estes Valley as a place to incubate ideas, make movies, network, and partner with others in the film industry, as well as a wonderful place to live, raise a family, build a business, and become a part of this year-round mountain community.

Dick Mulhern is an editorial cartoonist. He has been a small business owner and has served on many community boards including most recently the Estes Park School District's Advisory and Accountability...