KOTO Radio: Town Hall Tells All, with Gary Hickcox

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A KOTO Radio show, called Town Hall Tells All, in which Gary Hickcox interviews Telluride Town Hall representatives: July 6, 1987: Jazz in Telluride: Lynn Rae Lowe interviewed by Gary Hickcox. This is Lynn’s fourth year of managing the Jazz festival. Lynn talks about why she wanted to manage the Jazz Festival and her qualifications. She also speaks about the Dance Festival and combining it with the Jazz Festival. Lynn is expecting 3000-4000 Friday, 4000- 5000 people Saturday and Sunday for the upcoming Jazz festival and speaks of how to deal with this amount of people in Telluride. Lynn recommends parking outside of town. She also discusses where these people are going to stay. Also mentioned is the upcoming Grateful Dead concert and how to deal with all of these people coming. Lynn goes on to speak of all of the local people involved in the festivals and how they contribute. In addition, upcoming opportunities/benefits for local residents to work. She also mentions all of the upcoming bands that are scheduled and the general schedule. Next, about 35 minutes into the recording, Gary Hickcox interviews Chip Lenihan about the bond pooling: July 13, 1987. This section is about 28 minutes. Lenihan mentions some projects that were deemed to be in town’s interest and that did not receive tax-exempt financing. Also discussed is why tax-exempt financing works and why it is a better deal for developers. Town development is discussed, namely an addition of a conference center, hotels being considered to be developed, and an art center. Next, about an hour and 3 minutes into the recording, is where Gary Hickcox discusses town hall priorities, and setting goals and policies with Virginia (last name unknown). The date of the recording is 7/20/1987. Topics discussed include the upcoming Grateful Dead concert, the smoking law, employee housing, a daycare center, building a performing arts and convention center, parking and regional transportation, the development of the river park corridor, land acquisition, economic development and diversification, upcoming festivals and the management of these events, hydroelectricity and the development of it, streets, the valley floor, preservation of the historic district, the Telluride Master Plan, and the government staff’s involvement in these projects and problems. This recording is about 32 minutes long. Please see the transcription tab to use the timestamps to jump between tracks. Supported in part by an award from the Colorado Historical Records Advisory Board, through funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), National Archives Records Administration.