Input sought for proposed changes to Aspen parks
The city of Aspen parks and open space department is seeking public input on proposed renovations to Herron Park and Ute Park.
Both projects are scheduled for upgrades this spring through fall.
The public can learn more and provide input on survey questions, brainstorm playground ideas, and offer narrative opinions at http://www.aspencommunityvoice.com through this month.
The goal of the Herron Park project is to replace existing play structures with new equipment that fits within the aesthetic of the park.
Ute Park has a renovation goal of maintaining a natural aesthetic while addressing disturbed areas for revegetation.
Two Pitkin County residents have preliminarily tested positive for a more contagious variant of COVID-19, Pitkin County sources said Wednesday afternoon.
A third person who works with the two residents in Pitkin County also preliminarily tested positive for one of the variants, though that person does not live in the county, Josh Vance, county epidemiologist, said Wednesday.
“A variant of concern is a COVID-19 variant that is not widely circulating in the United States at this time and may be more contagious than the current predominant variant,” according to a news release Wednesday from Pitkin County Public Health. “Pitkin County is working with these two individuals and any affected organizations to prevent additional transmission and conduct testing.
Pitkin County’s incidence rate of COVID-19 has dropped so dramatically in the last 11 days that it could reach levels that allow indoor restaurant dining by next week.
It has been over 300 days since COVID-19 impacted our schools.
To the teacher who received an email Sunday evening informing them that the learning model would change the next day. You called your team, made a plan, and reassured your students that things would run smoothly the next day. You showed up.
To the teacher who tested positive for COVID-19, self-isolated to protect their loved ones, and kept teaching. You showed up.
To the teacher who received a call in the middle of class that a student in their room tested positive for COVID-19. You assured students that everything would be OK, while also fearing for the health of your students and yourself. You showed up.
City of Aspen consumer health protection specialist Mike Sear checks the mask zone signs on a parking department pole in downtown Aspen on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The hope is to remove all of the mask zone signs on the sidewalk as theyre now getting ruined during the winter. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Pitkin County’s COVID-19 incidence rates have been on a steady decline for nearly a week, according to the county’s online data dashboard and daily epidemiological reports issued by Pitkin County Public Health.
In the past seven days, the incidence rate dropped from a 14-day running total of nearly 3,000 cases per 100,000 people to half that: a Jan. 24 report