Regional dementia symposium to be held in Estes Oct. 23
The Estes Valley Voice is proud to be a sponsor of the Dementia Together 2024 educational symposium Living Well with Dementia which will take place in Estes Park Oct. 23, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Estes Valley Community Center. The symposium offers simple counter-intuitive tools for care partners to immediately implement […]
The role of the media is to hold power to public accountability
There is a saying in journalism that the news is what someone does not want you to publish, everything else is just public relations. The quote has been ascribed to many people over the years, and it may be one of those things that has become more of a proverb than an actual quotation. Journalism […]
Community message to EPH board and management loud and clear: conduct an employee survey
Staff reports on finance and strategic initiatives presented at the regular Estes Park Health (EPH) meeting Wednesday evening were detailed, and the in-person audience of about 50 along with another 20 on-line attendees listened patiently for the first hour of the gathering, waiting for the subject on the agenda most community members had come to […]
$8 Million in funding appropriations approved by Trustees
At the tail end of last night’s board meeting, the Estes Park Town Board of trustees voted to increase this year’s budget appropriations by more than $8 million, but while this seems like a huge adjustment for mid-2024, this action was more of a “budget clean-up,” reported interim Finance Director Duane Hudson. Most of the […]
Heads in beds counted
How many visitors can stay in an Estes Park lodging facility of some variety on any given night? That question has plagued local tourism leaders for decades. During a meeting last week, the Visit Estes Park board of directors finally received a definitive answer: 34,675 in 6,815 units. That was the tally determined by Inntopia, […]
Year to date sales tax revenues down from 2023
The Town of Estes Park has issued its June 2024 sales tax report, which reports sales tax collections for the month and year-to-date and discloses comparative information for similar periods last year. Sales tax collections for June were 4.85% higher than in June 2023, but year to date total sales tax collections are down 3.58% […]
Dick Mulhern – August 30, 2024
Today, Dick Mulhern pokes a bit of fun at the Moraine Avenue roundabout, referring to it as the “Lancaster Loop.” Located right in front of the rainbow slide, the roundabout is quite the ride — a $42 million dollar ride. The Downtown Estes Loop has been a long, protracted, and expensive infrastructure project that is […]
Abner Sprague and F.O. Stanley come to life through Kurtis Kelly’s portrayals
Abner Sprague returned to the Estes Valley Monday evening, to recount a few tales of life here 150 years ago. He quickly made friends with the Estes Park residents and visitors gathered to meet him at the YMCA of the Rockies. He told how he and his family found their way from Illinois to Colorado, […]
EPH Board may be violating open meetings “Sunshine” law
Even though advance notice of executive sessions has been provided on the Estes Park Health (EPH) website it appears the five-member board may have violated Colorado’s Open Meetings Law by gathering in near-weekly executive sessions over the past two years. In addition to process issues in calling executive session meetings, three specific agendas related to […]