Jack Reed, 13, receives his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by Dr. David Wahl on Thursday at Vail Health Hospital in Vail. The Pfizer vaccine was approved for children 12-15-years-old, with Thursday being the first day the kids were able to receive a shot.
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For months now, Eagle County Emergency Management Director Birch Barron has asserted that nobody will be happier than he is when the county can finally lift its COVID-19 public health restrictions.
Barron plans to celebrate in less than a week. He won’t be the only person at the party.
Eagle is working on a corridor plan for Grand Avenue, the main road through town. The 1.6-mile stretch of Highway 6, turned over to the town by Colorado Department of Transportation, could use some improvement. Town officials and planners are asking people to share their ideas for the corridor, offering walking tours and online engagement tools to help get public input.
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For several Thursdays, people have been meeting along Grand Avenue in Eagle, putting on safety vests and walking the busy, noisy road to share thoughts about its shortcomings and ideas on how to fix them.
From traffic to missing infrastructure for pedestrians and bicyclists and a lackluster streetscape, there seem to be plenty of opportunities for the town to improve upon the not-so-grand Grand Avenue, its main local thoroughfare.
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shows expenses incurred between December 17, 2020, and January 3, 2021 include 77 charges from rental car companies at Eagle County Regional Airport and Denver International Airport, and lodging expenses at several area hotels including over $270,000 spent at the Marriott Vail Mountain and more than $80,000 at the Ritz Carlton Bachelor Gulch.
“The trip came with a massive bill to taxpayers, with Secret Service protection alone costing $757,527.85,” CREW reports
. Mike and Karen Pence were the only two listed protectees on the documents.
A brief history of VP visits
The Vail area has a long history of visits from vice presidents and the costs tied to security detail are the largest expenses from these trips. Members of the Secret Service have also, more than once, been in the spotlight for things other than operational costs.