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2.26.24 Regular Meeting Recap*

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
4a. PUBLIC HEARING: 24-04 SUP 1337 Blair Consideration of a Use Subject to Review for retail not conducted in a closed building located at 1337 Blair Street Approved 7-0 4b.
The “beach” at Kendall was packed for third annual Silverton Banked Slalom Races. Photo credit Danny Castle

The “beach” at Kendall was packed for third annual Silverton Banked Slalom Races. Photo credit Danny Castle

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The “beach”

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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Looking Back!

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
21 Years Ago February 28, 2003 They gave him just five days to make a decision.
Way Back!

Way Back!

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Way Back!

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
From the February 27, 1878 edition of the Denver Daily Tribune: DEATH IN A SNOW SLIDE. Further Particulars in the Fate of J.L. Briggs, of Silverton. The Tribune, of the twenty- fourth, published a brief account of the accident death of J.L.
The Carl. D Curtis Hardware store in March 1932, with a tunnel driven through a snowbank. It is now Adelaide’s Antiques. Silverton was cut off from the outside world for three months during that severe winter in 1932. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society

The Carl. D Curtis Hardware store in March 1932, with a tunnel driven through a snowbank. It is now Adelaide’s Antiques. Silverton was cut off from the outside world for three months during that severe winter in 1932. Photo courtesy of San Juan County Historical Society

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SNOW TUNNEL, 1932

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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In Brief

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Happy Leap Year February 29th only happens every four years, which this year also happens to be on Thursday, the day the Silverton Standard is released every week.
Jim Donovan (left) with Mike Willis and Nathan Fogg. Photo credit Vicki Shaffer

Jim Donovan (left) with Mike Willis and Nathan Fogg. Photo credit Vicki Shaffer

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Donovan Wins Emergency Manager of the Year

■ By Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
San Juan County’s Office of Emergency Manager Jim Donovan was chosen for the award of Colorado’s 2023 Emergency Manager of the Year by the Colorado Emergency Management Association. CEMA held their annual 2024 Colorado Emergency Management Conference in Loveland, Colorado, February 13-15th.

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Mountain Happenings

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Ongoing • Move Winter Yoga schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 5:30PM Wednesdays @ 6:30AM Gym Hours: 5:30 am- 9pm, 7 days a week (closed during yoga class).Please reach out to move. silverton@gmail.com. if you would like to join the Silverton’s community gym space.
Gina Rosato is the newest member of the SCD Board of Directors. Provided by SCD

Gina Rosato is the newest member of the SCD Board of Directors. Provided by SCD

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Creative District Welcomes Rosato

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Silverton Creative District is excited to welcome Gina Rosato as the newest member of its Board of Directors. Gina is the owner of the Creative Crackerjack, a graphic design studio that has served Silverton and other regional businesses for nearly two decades.
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