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-COMMERCIAL CORE & LODGING COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
SISTER CITIES MEETING ROOM
CITY HALL
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I'll _ ':16,2007
8:30 a.m.
8:30 I. Roll call
II. Approval of minutes - March 7th and April 4th
III. DOw,LL.... ,-,,,..IRl1.l""q1..1 M;x D n..f.ag!1on
9:30 IV. Cynthia Bye - reserve list
IV. Saturday Market vendor list
10:00 V. Adjourn
Silver Nest I nteriot"s
C/o Cynthi~ M~rg~ret Bye
PO Box 8254
Aspen, CO 81612
970-544--8468
sllvernesti nteriots. com
De~r Cenh~1 Core Committee,
The summer of 2006 w~s the lirst ye~r th~t I w~s ~ p~rticipant in the S~tur~~y
Summer M~rket (SSM), ~n~ I just ~nte~ to th~nk you ~n~ to let you know wh~t ~n
am~zing experience an~ ~ wonderful opportunity it w~s for me ~s ~n ~rtist ~s well ~s a
member of the community. Although I have been a resident of Aspen off-~nd-on
for ne~rly 20 ye~rs, I h~d just returned full-time from New York (where I ha~
iourneye~ in hopes of pursuing marriage) bout a ye~r ago ~n~ the SSM w~s a great
w~y for me to re-inho~uce myself to the community.
Although I mjsse~ Aspen severely while I w~s in New York an~ ~i~ not wind up
m~rrying my former Ii~nci:e, I di~ have ~n opportunity to get re-involve~ with my
hue love... bicycle r~cing. I ~m the former colo~~o S~te Ch~mpion in Velodrome
~cing ~n~ represente~ Aspen in the 1992 Olympic Tri~ls ~s well ~s in ~ pro r~cing
series for several ye~ts. This knowledge ~n~ experience ~s well as my enthusiasm le~
me to be chosen by the City of New York-P~rks ~n~ Recre~tion Department to be the
H~d Coach of~ Junior Bicycle ~cing progr~m ~s well asthe Diredor of Women's
~cing ~t the Kissen~ P~rk Velo~rome. I enloye~ the experience immensely and h~ve
h~~ ~ vision to develop ~ similar progr~m for ki~s here in Aspen. Although I~st ye~r I
w~s more focused on returning an~ getting settle~ into the community, I h~ve
recently been working on a propos~1 to get ~n affor~~ble progr~m off the groun~ this
summer. I alrea~y have lloeal bicycle shops, Boogie, Steve an~ Mike M~rolt, an~ a
couple of priv~te. well-to-~o loeals intereste~ in supporting my i~ea of ~ Junior
Cycling Progr~m.
I h~~ pl~nned ~n~ counte~ on being a particip~nt of the S~tur~~y Summer Market
every weeken~ as my primary job, so th~t I coul~ be on a ~aytime work sche~ule (as
oppose~ to my current sche~ule of working 6 nights per week at 210eal restaur~nts)
in or~er to h~ve energy to be ~ top-notch co~ch for th4e ki~s ~uring the week.
Unfortunately, in your I~st meeting, I believe that I ~s merely chosen ~s ~n ~Itern~te
reserve, which me~ns to me th~t I would have to keep one or both of my night jobs.
Although, none of these options are ~Itogether neg~tive, ~~dition~1 ch~os in my wmk
schedule will m~ke me less likely to be ~ble to ~lford the time ~nd energy necessary to
tun ~ gre~t prog~m like this for the kids in out community.
I ~Iso w~nte~ to let you know that I ~iscovered I~st ye~r th~t it woul~ be wise of
me to h~ve some ~ssist~nce ~Hhe SSM, so I w~s planning on doing some sort of
mentoring progt~m through Aspen High School in or~er to get ~ little help ~n~ give ~
little b~ck to students who might be interested in the textile, sewing, ~n~ home
interiot business.
In a~~ition to th~t, I recently r~n into ~n ol~ aC'lu~int~nce of mine, J~net O'Gt~dy
of Aspen Mag~zine, who ~s F.iscin~tecl to heat of my ~ttwork ~nd would like fot me
to eall her to come by my booth once the SSM h~s started. As welL I met Michael
Mitacle of SOJourner Mag~zine ~t ~ Chefs Table Dinner Recently, and he gave me his
em~il a~~ress for the s~me reason. I have ~iligently been promoting the SSM to ~s
many people as I gr~cefully ean at both of my rest~ur~nt jobs (The ~ribou Club and
Ruth's Chtis), so I feel that my enthusi~sm brings something to the table th~t benelits
~II of us.
I w~s hoping to app~1 to the committee to te-consi~er me as a full-time ean~i~ate
for the Satutday Summer M~rket.
Thank Youl
Cynthi~ M~rgaret Bye