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For a holiday weekend getaway, drive to Vail and enjoy the winter activities around the valley from Vail to Beaver Creek to Edwards. Check out What To Do Magazine and www.funafar.com online. There are coupons for restaurants, rentals, activities that will stretch that dollar further.
At Christmas in Vail, you can’t wait to play and partake of the wonderful activities offered here in the Rocky Mountains. What To Do guide and Funafar.com are your vacation planning moneysavers. Just take What To Do Coupons to the restaurant, shop, or activity of your choice and receive immediate discounts. Online you can use the Funafar coupons to save. Click above to see what Vail has to offer this year. And have a wonderful Colorado holiday.
In the last 24 hours, Vail has seen 3 inches of new snow at Wildwood on top of Vail Mountain, and it’s still falling steadily. Early skiing is getting better as you read this. When you’ve gotten your fill of skiing or snowboarding for the day at Vail, wander over to LionsHead and skate around at the new Arrabelle at Vail Square skating rink. It’s a social place to be and fun to glide around as snowflakes start falling on your head. There are great places to stop for coffee or hot chocolate, restaurants for casual or elegant dinners, and views of Vail Mountain. Transportation around Vail is easy to and from LionsHead on the free bus system.
Constructed for the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships, Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey is a thrilling race course and the only venue in the United States to hold a Men’s World Cup event. This free event is fun for the whole family. Keep checking for event details and visit the Birds of Prey blog for a behind-the-scenes look at North America’s Downhill. The road to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver during February 2010 runs straight through Beaver Creek December 4-6, 2009.
| LOCATION | RATE | SAVINGS |
| Great Divide Lodge BRECKENRIDGE |
$79/hotel | $61 |
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| Inn at Keystone |
$85/hotel | $65 |
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| Vail Racquet Club |
$81/hotel | $69 |
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| Comfort Inn at Beaver Creek |
$85/hotel | $24 |
Enjoy spectacular fall colors by day with a variety of fall packages. From “Fall for Foliage”, including a locally inspired fall adventure, to special room-only seasonal rates there is no better time to get away.
This November’s ballot is a welcome change from the crowded ones of recent years. But what that ballot lacks in sheer number of measures, it makes up for in the remarkable opportunity for Eagle County to create jobs while improving the energy performance of our homes and businesses.
Passage of ballot measure 1A would create the Energy Smart Local Improvement District that will allow Eagle County property owners to finance energy improvements at low rates with payments spread over the entire life of those improvements, even if property changes ownership. The program is entirely voluntary: property owners who do not wish to participate in the program will not pay any additional taxes or fees. They will not be impacted financially in any way.
As a participant, you would pay back energy loans through your property taxes. You only pay back what you borrow. If you don’t borrow any money, your taxes cannot be increased for this program. Your property taxes cannot be increased to pay for others’ Energy Smart loans. Moreover, your monthly housing payment could immediately decrease if you borrow money under the Energy Smart Loan Program because the energy savings may more than offset the cost of the improvements.
Eligible energy improvements include upgrading insulation, replacing inefficient heating systems, upgrading lighting systems and fixtures, sealing air leakages, and installing solar electric and solar hot water. These improvements will generate work for local contractors, immediately creating construction jobs in Eagle County. Unlike a conventional home-equity loan, an Energy smart loan does not affect your credit, and it does not require you to repay it when you sell your home (although it allows you to do so). If you live in an incorporated area your jurisdiction will have to opt into the special district before you can take out an Energy Smart loan.
The intent of the Energy Smart Local Loan Program is to provide tools for Eagle County families and businesses to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements without raising taxes.
Visit www.EnergySmartEagle.org for more information on the program. And don’t forget to send in your mail ballot this year with a yes vote on 1A. Be Energy Smart. Promote green-collar jobs. Vote YES on 1A.
The first days of September have carried with them the beauty of the best days of summer. The full moon is just beginning to wane. If you’re lucky when dusk approaches, you might see dear grazing by the roadside and a fox or two. Wherever you are, a getaway to the Rockies and these fine days of late summer is worth the planning and the time. There are golf, restaurant, and lodging deals now that Labor Day is over. Some real values for weekenders who may just drive an hour or two to enjoy the light of dawn or early evening. Go to funafar.com to do your trip planning, be it a weekend or a week in the Colorado mountains.
Day Trip: Put some adventure in your day. Ever considered foot-launched aviation. Wonder what it might be? Paragliding is aviation at its simplest. Designed like a parachute and shaped like an airplane wing, a paraglider can soar. Vail Valley paragliding makes your flying experience comfortable and safe. Our certified USHPA tandem pilots ease you into the air on a tandem flight (that’s right, someone goes with you!). They’ll take pictures that document your flight. There is no prior experience or special skills required.
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