Town of Basalt

Thursday, Nov. 13 – Middle School

Friday morning, Nov. 14 – Town Hall

Friday noon, Nov. 14 – Aspen

• Lack of parking
• Empty storefronts
• Pedestrians vs. parking
• Development causing crowded downtown
• Trade-off of growth vs. maintaining small town
• Willits taking over
• Youth services in Willits but not in downtown
• Loss of affordable local hangouts
• Bars – Thursday/Friday/Saturday
• Balance between residential/commercial/office
• Not enough residential

• Loosing grocery store
• Parking – not enough
• Prospect of parking garage
• Losing police presence
• Sound/shooting range
• Youth/teen gathering place
• Not bicycle friendly (vs. auto) especially on Fryingpan Road to Ruedi
• Lack of vitality after dusk
• Impact of large construction projects
• Not enough public art – arts and culture activities
• High school education level
• Wyly Art Center not having permanent home
• Inviting attractive entrance
• Transplanting population in Pan & Fork and Roaring Fork Mobile Home Parks
• Lack of Latinos at public forums
• Midland Ave. delivery trucks and public safety
• Lack of south/north Hwy. 82 crossing
• Vacant commercial spaces
• Pedestrian safety between Taqueria and downtown

• Mobile Home Parks are the first things seen – entrance
• Rivers underutilized as gathering places
• Shopping being unaffordable
• Vacancies
• Lack of hotels
• Shopping siphoned to Willits
• Grocery not so great
• Four-story buildings
• Flooding along Roaring Fork River
• Council dragging feet
• Too many flood studies – no action
• Loss of key public buildings to outlying areas – “living room”