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Jake Wolf, Special to the Daily. The Avon Town Council will discuss the summer event season on March 23, a discussion so eventful it could elicit a preparation discussion on March 9. The council will have a chance to talk to Culture, Arts & Special Events Manager Danita Dempsey in a public meeting on Tuesday about her new report (published Friday ) which provides an overview of the events scheduled for 2021, and the anticipated public health order restrictions related to outdoor events this summer. The report also seeks to “prepare Council for a discussion at the March 23rd regularly schedu...

The former Avon Town Hall building has been scheduled for demolition in the town's 2021 budget. Special to the Daily. Before they award a $571,235 contract to demolish the former town hall building, the Avon Town Council has a few questions for contractor Michael Lindstrom of Tasman Geosciences. Lindstrom said he’d be happy to answer the council’s questions, Town Engineer Justin Hildreth wrote in a memo published on Friday. At the Avon Town Council’s Jan. 26 meeting, elected officials expressed concerns with weather, COVID-19, health department approvals, and the June 1 deadline they�...

The town of Avon has plans to examine its tax base in various ways over the next 12 months, which could bring up the topic of marijuana shops in town once again. In 2012, more than 70 percent of Avon voters cast their ballot in favor of Amendment 64, which legalized the possession and consumption of marijuana in Colorado. But in 2014, the Avon town council voted 6-1 in favor of banning pot shops in town. Councilmember Chico Thuon, who was elected in 2018, said he would support the idea of a “luxury green spot” in Avon. Thuon asked that the council “entertain the thought of potentially ...

File photo A contentious recall effort sparked feuds and colored campaigns for Avon Town Council last summer and fall. But the last word on a so-far failed attempt to recall two councilmembers will come from an Eagle County District Court judge. The town of Avon and the Avon Recall Committee — locked in a fight over how many voter signatures the committee needed to submit to force a recall election for Sarah Smith Hymes and Tamra Underwood — have each filed a first round of briefs in a pending case before Judge Russell H. Granger. Last November, the town determined the committee did not s...

The town of Avon on Friday published a draft of the town’s goals for 2021, a document which presents specific tasks and projects to be completed over the next 12 months. The 2021 document will replace the town’s previously published strategic plan with regard to identifying specific projects to be completed during the calendar year. Among the goals is the implementation of a new community engagement platform called Bang the Table, where the town can post projects and the community can comment. The town’s preliminary goal for the new platform is to post approximately nine separate proje...