Congress is well-known for their pork
projects, money earmarked for local projects, sometimes good,
sometimes bad (like the infamous 'bridge to nowhere' in Alaska).
This time, local company Sturman Industries is one of many Colorado
companies benefitting from the latest budget, though as far as pork
projects go, this sounds like a good one. They're getting $800,000
for work on technology to produce cleaner-running engines,
something that would benefit all. If you'd like to read about the
other Colorado projects approved, check out the Denver Post article.
Normally we're not fans of putting up
Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving, but this year it makes
sense to do so. The weather this weekend is clear and warm, whereas
snow's moving in Tuesday evening, and may still be around next
weekend. So, this weekend is the perfect time for getting on the
roof to hang lights. Just don't turn them on until the day after
Thanksgiving!
Work continues on Woodland Station, with the latest developments being tweaks to the layout to accommodate large fire trucks. The flow of information from the Downtown Development Authority's website continues to be, well, not even a trickle. If you want to know what's going on, you really need to go to the weekly meetings yourself, or try to catch a summary here or in the Courier (or call Joe with the DDA). Don't count on the DDA to update their website, it remains empty, the same 'coming soon' message that's been there since September. The online agendas and meeting minutes haven't been updated since August! The Courier has a short article that's worth reading; you can find it here. It's not clear whether they've resolved the issue of the hotel's footprint yet. We'll try to dig up some more information and pass it along to you.
Are we in store for a relatively dry
winter this year? Some scientists believe so...though predicting
the weather has always proven to be an inaccurate science. Of
concern are high pressure systems setting up farther north than is
typical, which could push the jet stream north and result in less
moisture for most of Colorado. After last year's snows, many may
view this as a good thing, though it has the potential to push us
into a drought. Read more in the
Rocky Mountain News.
We feel it's important for everyone to
play an active role in the political process, so as a part of that
we're introducing a regular series here at Woodland Park Life.
We'll be summarizing how our Senators and Representative voted on
recent issues in Congress. Click through to read the rest of this
story for the details for last week.
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