We had a simliar controversy to the one noted above over an agricultural facility at the local community college. In that case the college had to seek a variance in order to build a structure were they would keep livestock for part of the year for their students.Originally posted by John FitzgeraldI-70 passes through the center of our county, right through the Eagle River Valley. Everything along that corridor and up all the creeks is becoming totally suburbanized. The yuppies are building on every available patch of ground there. The rest of the county is agricultural.
We have 3 commissioners. The up valley yuppie, the down valley hick and a guy in the middle who will go either way, depending on his mood. There is a constant struggle between us hicks and the yuppies. They want scoccer fields, ball fields, and bike paths. We want riding arenas, event centers, and non-motorized trails.
I'm really surprised (and thankful) we got the new indoor arena.
John
"A good horse rides best for a good horseman"
It created an uproar. People who lived upwind were complaining that it would smell, in spite of the serious abatement program the college would have. And this in a town where people use to smell the refinery on still mornings and state it was "the smell of money."
Odd thing was, the college already had a facility nearby where they show livestock and teach horseshoeing and packing, and nobody even seems to take the slightest note of it.
The variance was granted.
Pat