Author: Norma Engelberg
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Woodland Park City Council jumps into budget process
Woodland Park City Council began the monthslong process of developing and approving the 2023 city budget in a Sept. 15 work session discussing projections and priorities. Council work sessions and public hearings are just the tip of the iceberg compared to the behind-the-scenes work done by the city’s finance department. The budget ordinance must be…
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Woodland Park school board explains recent silence
At the Aug. 14 Woodland Park RE-2 School District Board of Education meeting, Teller County Commission Chairman Dan Williams explained why commissioners refrained from speaking to the board during the recent recall effort. “We remained silent during the recall effort because it was an election issue,” he said. “The people behind the recall are not…
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Woodland Park High School grad climbs over obstacles including dyslexia to become engineer, mountaineer
Meghan Buchanan, a 1992 Woodland Park High School graduate who splits her time between Vail and Long Beach, Calif., attributes overcoming her obstacles with grit. MORE INFO To follow Buchanan’s journey and for more information about GGRIT, dyslexia awareness, her speaking program and sponsorships, visit her website, ggrit.com, or follow her on Instagram, instagram.com/ggrit/. In…
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Effort to recall three Woodland Park school board members fails, signatures ruled insufficient
The Woodland Park School District RE-2 Recall Committee’s efforts to recall three district directors came close, but not close enough. The Recall Committee, headed by Erin O’Connell, Samantha Peck and Steve Smith, pulled petitions from the Teller County Clerk’s Office to recall David Rusterholtz, David Illingworth and Suzanne Patterson at the beginning of July. David…
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Woodland Park Planning Commission discusses work-session protocols, approves Pines at Tamarac preliminary plat extension
WOODLAND PARK • If they had known the Aug. 25 Woodland Park Planning Commission would be so short, the commissioners might have planned a work session. In fact, Commissioner Kenneth Kennedy asked if work-session subjects could be pre-staged to be added to short agendas. Commissioner Larry Larsen asked why the planning commission couldn’t have a…
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Cripple Creek City Council ready to refer reefer question to ballot
CRIPPLE CREEK • The recreational marijuana ballot question came back to City Council Aug. 17 for another round. Earlier in the month, on Aug. 3, the council denied approval of a citizen-initiated ordinance, but state law requires that the question be referred to the voters by ordinance. The ordinance, which sets the ballot measure language…
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Woodland Park City Council, Planning Commission hash out short-term rental details; Police officers receive awards
WOODLAND PARK • Two hours before the Aug. 18 meeting started, City Council members met with planning commissioners to have another go at the short-term rentals issue. City Attorney Nina Williams created a draft ordinance based on guidance she received at previous work sessions, but there are still questions to be resolved. For example, should…
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Woodland Park Planning Commission approve adjustments in Brecken Heights
With only one item on its agenda, the Woodland Park Planning Commission made short work of its Aug. 11 meeting. Mark McNab, applicant-owner of the Homes at Brecken Heights multifamily suburban property at the intersection of US 24 and Morning Sun Drive, requested the vacation of 1,000 square feet of right of way on an…
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Woodland Park schools, Merit Academy are ready for fall semester; WPSD board reviews curriculum, controversial subject policy
School starts Aug. 22 and Woodland Park School District RE-2 is ready. That’s the word from everyone who reported progress to the Board of Education at the Aug. 10 regular meeting. Woodland Park Education Association President Nate Owen said teachers are sharpening their skills and preparing to create a positive working environment of students. “It’s…
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Cripple Creek voters will decide recreational marijuana ballot question in November
CRIPPLE CREEK • Cripple Creek City Council rejected an ordinance on first reading hat would have legalized the sale of recreational marijuana and sent it to the voters. Councilmembers Missy Trenary, Charles Solomone and Mark Green voted yes; Mayor Milford Ashworth voted no; and Mayor Pro Tem Tom Litherland abstained on the vote, taken during…