Free parking

As we transition into late summer and early fall, I would like to propose an idea for your consideration: suspending paid parking on certain weekdays. This initiative could demonstrate Estes Park’s adaptability to visitor patterns during slower days and show support for our local businesses downtown.

Currently, there appear to be many empty parking spots during the weekdays, and offering free parking could encourage more visitors to explore our town. For example, we could promote:

  • Free Parking in Downtown Estes Park, Monday-Friday
  • Free Parking in Downtown Estes Park on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

Such promotions could be effectively highlighted by Visit Estes Park, potentially attracting more weekday visitors and boosting local commerce.

Additionally, I believe it would be beneficial for Rocky Mountain National Park to consider some flexibility in its reservation system on weekdays, allowing for increased access to the park. While I understand this may be a challenging request, it could enhance the overall visitor experience.

Thank you for considering these suggestions. I look forward to seeing how Estes Park continues to evolve and support both residents and visitors alike.

Brian Denning, Estes Park

A need for dialogue

Today I had an interesting experience while standing outside the Estes Library. I’d set up a table with petitions, one of which would exclude biological boys from participating in girls’ sports in Colorado. I was polite and happy to engage anyone in a conversation about the subject. A preppy-looking man in his 40s asked one question, then stomped away, telling me that I was “a bad person.”

I tried to have a conversation with him, but he refused. I would have told him that I played several sports, including lacrosse, in high school and college. I’m 5’1” and weighed 92 pounds at that point. I could have been seriously injured playing against a 6’ biological male.

Instead of having a conversation about protecting girls, he asked the library to evict me from my perfectly legal spot outside the building. When that didn’t work, he came back and spewed more hatred at me, saying that he was heading to the police station to get them to evict me. Last week a good man was murdered by someone who didn’t want to have a cconversation and instead wanted him dead.

Sibyl Gardner, Glen Haven

2 replies on “Letters to the editor”

  1. Mr. Denning’s parking comments were sent to the TOEP Trustees on Sept. 6, and is posted on the Town’s portal of cached email. ( https://groups.google.com/a/estes.org/g/elected-officials-public-email/c/ZmOK9KBZbmI/m/1_z_BJk1AQAJ )
    Yes, it was a comment submitted to a public site, and anything on that public site can be read and copied, but it would be appropriate for the EVVoice to acknowledge the sources of “letters to the editor” if/when they weren’t submitted directly to the EVVoice.
    Just my 2 cents.

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