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Dillon Town Manager Nathan Johnson and Mayor Carolyn Skowyra met with representatives of Arapahoe Cafe & Pub on Tuesday, Sept. 19, days after the longtime small business announced it would be closing its doors next month.
Skowyra, responding to concerns from Dillon residents who spoke during public comment, said the town is aware of the “ripple effects” businesses are feeling as developer Jake Porritt has pitched a luxury hotel where the Best Western Ptarmigan Lodge now stands.
“We can’t do anything about (Porritt) talking to this hotel owner, preventing the hotel from renewing a lease with the Arapahoe Cafe,” Skowyra said, adding that she and Johnson met with the business. “We’re doing everything we can. We understand their importance in town.”
Porritt in a June town council meeting pitched a major redevelopment, including a 4- or 5-star hotel on the Dillon Reservoir waterfront, an indoor amphitheater, 300 units of workforce housing, a public conference center and a high-tech parking structure are also proposed as part of it.
Uncertainty around these massive redevelopment proposals prompted Arapahoe Cafe to announce in a Facebook post last week that it will be closing Oct. 15.
