Good afternoon and welcome to Valley Roundup, a review of the week’s top news stories in Aspen and beyond.
We are joined today by Carolyn Sackariason, Editor of the Aspen Daily News, Andy Stone, a columnist fro and former editor of the Aspen Times and Michael Miracle, Editor of Aspen Sojourner magazine.
The X Games are upon us and the word is that ESPN will continue them in Aspen for another five years. The games bring a younger crowd to town. Today we consider what Aspen looks like to a 20-something visitor.
Basalt is organizing a crowd-sourcing urban planning process. The town wants residents to look ahead and imagine a future town.
Aspen will soon have an empty art museum to repurpose and the ideas for the space are rolling in. The city wants a public service that will engage the community.
And on the Download with Rob St. Mary - Netflix could be ready to press subscribers into the battle over net neutrality.
Valley Roundup Topics 1-24-2014
Aspen Art Museum Repurposing
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/9847644-113/space-council-art-aspen
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160958
Basalt Crowd-sourcing Urban Planning
From Aspen Times:
http://www.aspentimes.com/news/9863941-113/town-downtown-planning-basalt
The X Games and How Young People See Aspen
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160909
Pitkin County Sheriff Marijuana Discussion Groups
From Aspen Daily News:
http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/160956
The Download with Rob St. Mary
X Games:
http://aspenpublicradio.org/post/411-x-games
Torin Yater-Wallace | X Games 2014 Superpipe Practice Run from Aspen/Snowmass on Vimeo.
If Netflix steps into the net neutrality battle it could recruit subscribers: