Calling all Urbanists! After the recent resignation of Town Planner Michael Yerman, the Town of Buena Vista is currently seeking applications for Community Development Director and will be accepting applications until June 8th. With the recent approval by voters of a $3 million bond to fund street improvements and continued support for multi-modal street improvements, this [...] Read more »
Many thanks to Earl Richmond of Colorado Kayak Supply for continuing to spearhead this annual event! What: Whipple Trail, BV River Park and Sports Fields Clean Up Day When: Sunday April 29th, 2012, 1:00 PM Who: Anyone, any age who wants to help clean up [...] Read more »
We were quite excited to see ground break this month on a new skatepark at the intersection of Cedar Street and South Main Street. Located on a piece of Town land near the entrance to South Main, the park grew from efforts of Chaffee County High School (CCHS) student Caleb Green who helped write a [...] Read more »
“A road diet is one of the most cost-efficient ways to improve a roadway. You can do a mile of roadway for about $50,000, which is the cost of one sidewalk bulb-out, or to compare, a traffic signal could cost $300,000 or $400,000 -Mike Sallaberry, Transportation Engineer, San Francisco MTA “A road diet is [...] Read more »
Words and images courtesy of Earl Richmond of CKS Paddle Fest. Buena Vista’s Eddyine Brewery started a new beer this month to raise funds and awareness for Buena Vista’s long-running and super-successful special event, Paddle Fest. The beer was started today at the brewery by Eddyline owner and operator, Mic Heynekamp, with [...] Read more »
Buena Vista’s Christmas opening is always a fun way to kick off the holidays. Come check it out! An Equine Parade, Chocolate Walk, Festival of Trees, Parade of Lights and much more all are on tap for this Saturday, December 3rd. Click the flyer to the left for more details, and [...] Read more »
The growing number of great new businesses on Main Street over last few years here in Buena Vista has been very exciting see. Now the Buena Vista Roastery has added to the selection with a gorgeous new space featuring an impressive array of fresh baked goods made daily on-site in addition to their high-altitude coffees [...] Read more »
It feels like we’ve hit a critical mass of kids and families in South Main given that we had our first true trick-or-treating outing on Halloween. A posse of South Main families traipsed around the neighborhood, knocking on every door they could find and hitting up households that were a bit unaccustomed to trick or [...] Read more »
It’s hard to fully appreciate how cool the Pumpkin Patch festival is until you have a 2 year old. Held just west of Buena Vista at the home of Weathervane Farm, Colorado Grown and Cottonwood Creek Dairy, Pumpkin Patch is chock full of activities that kids can’t get enough of. Hay rides to pick out [...] Read more »
Take this survey by October 15th for a chance at $750 worth of awesome prizes listed below! Be sure to include your email so we can notify you if you win. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BVbrandingsurvey The Buena Vista Business Alliance is doing research & development into the Buena Vista [...] Read more »
