Beaver Bench News Today

Residents in Avon are encouraged to pick up sand and sandbags — courtesy of the Public Works Department — to help prevent heavy rains from flooding their homes this summer.

Last July, Avon experienced a significant rain event that overwhelmed town infrastructure and caused rain and mud damage to multiple residential properties in town.

Walking Mountains Science Center/Special to the Daily Many come to Eagle County in the hopes of feeling more connected to nature, but the joys of this closeness are juxtaposed with a heightened exposure to nature’s wrath. That was certainly the case on the afternoon of July 22 when a mudslide, suddenly and without warning, swept through Avon. Residents in the town’s two most heavily impacted housing complexes — the Sonnen Halde and Beaver Bench condominiums — said they did not know wher...

Special to the Daily The Thursday afternoon mudslide in Avon meant traffic delays for many, but for some residents it has meant displacement and extensive damage that, in many cases, will be a cost shouldered by them and them alone. For the residents of two housing complexes — Beaver Bench in Nottingham Park and the Sonnen Halde condominiums on Nottingham Road — Thursday’s mudslide was a horror they were completely unprepared for, one local said Friday. “My main fear is that something c...