S T E A M B O AT
TODAY
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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Vol. 21, No. 233
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City looks at 700 today
Soup-er bowls
Moving to a new space Center for Visual Arts relocates to Lincoln Avenue location
Council will review annexation proposal
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Brandon Gee
SPORTS
PILOT & TODAY STAFF
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS
Broncos on a roll Page 19
Correction The PostNet store in the 1600 block of Mid Valley Drive offers U.S. Postal Service products and services at an increased price as a convenience for its customers. A Postal Service spokesman said the products and services were offered at the store for the same price as the post office, and that information was incorrectly reported in a story on page 1A of Sunday’s Steamboat Pilot & Today.
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■ INDEX Briefs . . . . . . . . .10 Classifieds . . . . .26 Colorado. . . . . . .16 Comics . . . . . . . .24 Crossword . . . . .25 Happenings . . . . .7
JOHN F. RUSSELL/STAFF
Gail Holthausen, left, and Kathy Thayer display several of the handmade ceramic bowls created for the eighth annual Soup Bowl Supper. This year’s event, which will be held at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Steamboat Springs Community Center, will benefit Reaching Everyone Preventing Suicide. Tickets can be purchased in advance for $20 at All That Jazz, the Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat and Blue Sky Pottery, or at the door for $25. For the story, see page 4.
Horoscope . . . . .24 Scoreboard. . . . .23 Sports. . . . . . . . .19 The Record. . . . .10 ViewPoints . . . . . .8 Weather . . . . . . .35
Monday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 3-9-16-19-21 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
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Periods of clouds and sunshine. High of 77.
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The culmination of two years of review begins tonight when the Steamboat Springs City Council gives preliminary consideration to a collection of ordinances and resolutions annexing Steamboat 700. Ever since Steamboat 700 submitted its preliminary plans to the city in November 2007, the development has been subject to an exhaustive analysis by government officials and the community. Questioning of the proposed annexation will continue tonight, and likely topics include water, affordable housing, traffic and taxes. And after two years of negotiation and review, city staff and the developer are sure to be prepared with answers. But one big question can’t be answered by a fiscal impact model, nexus study or spreadsheet: Is Steamboat ready for it? At 487 acres and with a proposal for 2,000 homes and 380,000 square feet of commercial space, some say Steamboat 700 would be a city within a city. There is little doubt the city’s marriage to Steamboat 700 would alter See Steamboat 700, page 13
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