We filled 6 of those huge orange bags doing the section from Dream Island to the Stockbridge Center and back. How would you not know that the computer desk you were throwing out was no longer in the back of your truck? And, if it did fall out accidentally, wouldn’t you go back and pick it up? Sheesh!

Communities across the country have been reinventing their central business districts and returning them to prominence as the social centers they once were. Our downtown is no exception. Downtown Steamboat Springs is becoming the vital, vibrant, desirable place that MainStreet Steamboat Springs envisioned when it was first established in 2004. Back in the day, residents [...]

In the last issue, I presented the preservation project to save the Chief Theater in downtown Steamboat Springs and turn it into a cultural center/performing arts venue.  Two presentations have been made to the public sharing the vision for this project using the preliminary design, feasibility and income projections for the theater and asking for [...]

For the past several months a group of very dedicated volunteers have met every week or two with one mission in mind, to save The Chief Theater in downtown Steamboat Springs.  The theater, built in 1926, has been put up for sale by its owner, and, if not saved, could be razed for new development, [...]

Summertime in Steamboat Springs, and especially downtown, is a whirlwind of activity. If you can’t find something to do, it’s only because you don’t happen to like the choices for any particular day. Events have become a way of life for all of us, whether you participate in them, organize them, volunteer to help with [...]