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Breckenridge's search for a place to pitch a tent continues after town staff produced a campground concept for Tuesday's council meeting but the elected officials decided it wasn't a great location after all.
Mayor Eric Mamula brought up the idea of creating a town-run campground somewhere in Breckenridge late last year. After discussing it in December, council agreed to have town staff begin designing an approximately 20-site campground on a relatively flat parcel of land off Airport Road, next to the Public Works Department's "boneyard" on Iowa Hill.
At the time, it looked like a solid place, one that's within easy walking distance to downtown and hidden from sight for anyone traveling along Highway 9 or the town's major thoroughfares.
After walking the site multiple times, however, Mamula found at least one glaring problem.
"I don't like the adjacency to Public Works, and what you get from having Public Works near your campsite," he said Tuesday, adding he meant no offense to anyone at the department.
Explaining his position, Mamula said he believes there would be too much cut and fill at the site, and he worried about how its close proximity to the Public Works facility and its noise would affect the guest experience.
Breckenridge's search for a place to pitch a tent continues after town staff produced a campground concept for Tuesday's council meeting but the elected officials decided it wasn't a great location after all.
Mayor Eric Mamula brought up the idea of creating a town-run campground somewhere in Breckenridge late last year. After discussing it in December, council agreed to have town staff begin designing an approximately 20-site campground on a relatively flat parcel of land off Airport Road, next to the Public Works Department's "boneyard" on Iowa Hill.
At the time, it looked like a solid place, one that's within easy walking distance to downtown and hidden from sight for anyone traveling along Highway 9 or the town's major thoroughfares.
After walking the site multiple times, however, Mamula found at least one glaring problem.
"I don't like the adjacency to Public Works, and what you get from having Public Works near your campsite," he said Tuesday, adding he meant no offense to anyone at the department.
Explaining his position, Mamula said he believes there would be too much cut and fill at the site, and he worried about how its close proximity to the Public Works facility and its noise would affect the guest experience.
