Two key players in Aspen City Hall who set the development agenda are leaving their posts to go into the private sector. Aspen Public Radio’s Carolyn Sackariason reports.
Community development director Chris Bendon and senior planner Sara Adams gave their resignations yesterday. They plan to start their own consulting business, specializing in land use planning and historic preservation.
They are veterans of city planning — Bendon has been in the department nearly 2 decades -—11 of them as director. Adams has been there for 10. In that time, they’ve overseen hundreds of development applications, been part of land use policy making and made recommendations to city council.
Now they will take their expertise and experience, and represent developers on the other side of the table. The two say Their company, “Bendon-Adams” will be established next year and will operate out of an office in downtown Aspen.
They will work for the city through the end of the year.
Carolyn Sackariason, Aspen Public Radio news.