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🌱 Elk Avenue lands Crested Butte on a Rockies downtown list

Crested Butte, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning Crested Butte! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Elk Avenue lands Crested Butte on a Rockies downtown list
  • Meet Nathan Lacy, Bella Hadid's boyfriend with Crested Butte roots
  • Western's growing jazz band takes the stage Thursday

Also on today's calendar: Small Wonders: A Community 6x6 Exhibition and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Wall-to-wall sunshine, with a high of 56 and low of 23 degrees.
  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 58, low: 24.
  • Friday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 52 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. 9 Small Towns in The Rockies with the Best Downtowns (worldatlas.com) — Crested Butte's historic downtown earns a spot in a nine-town Rockies travel roundup, with Elk Avenue's colorful buildings and fare-free Mountain Express service among the highlights. The guide pairs downtown stops with the ski area's planned November 25 opening and advises checking museum hours during the seasonal transition.
   

2. Who is Bella Hadid's New Boyfriend? 5 Fast Facts About Nathan Lacy (entertainmentnow.com) — Bella Hadid has publicly shared her relationship with Nathan Lacy, a fifth-generation Crested Butte resident whose family owns a cutting horse ranch. Lacy works as an estimator and project manager at his family's construction company, and the couple attended the Colorado Avalanche's Hockey Fights Cancer night before Hadid posted photos.
   

3. REGIONAL: Finding their groove: Western's 7710 Alpine Jazz Band builds on a musical tradition (tncontentexchange.com) — Western Colorado University's 7710 Alpine Jazz Band has doubled in size under Conner Shaw, who sees the valley's live-music scene as a training ground for students. The ensemble performs with the Steel Band on November 12 at 6 p.m. in Gunnison's Kincaid Concert Hall as Shaw works to rebuild Western's jazz tradition.
   

4. Throttle and Thread offers a fresh take on community space (gunnisontimes.com) — A new Gunnison hangout offers an alternative to the bar scene, with free crafting space, board games and a tea room alongside paid racing activities. Cole Thomas, who helped start Crested Butte's Butte Bagels, and his wife, Mel, created Throttle and Thread as an all-ages gathering place in Mountain Meadows Mall.
   

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  • Vail Resorts posted a job opening for Experienced Maintenance Technician in Crested Butte. Apply here.
  • Builders FirstSource, Inc. posted a job opening for Driver-Class B CDL in Gunnison. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Crested Butte here.

Ok Crested Butte! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Crested Butte

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