{"id":806236,"date":"2020-04-09T13:22:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381584"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:22:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T19:22:53","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-what-i-would-have-planned-for-fourth-street-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-what-i-would-have-planned-for-fourth-street-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: What I would have planned for Fourth Street Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So what would I have planned?<\/p>\n

I would have retained the bus depot, parking structure, added elevators and hid it beneath a pile of dirt ala Vail\u2019s parking lot. Mount Silverthorne? Modeled after the historical Mont St. Michel in west France where Brittany and Normandy meet.<\/p>\n

Mont St. Michel has a gentle, spirally road that is lined with shops, restaurants, bars and residents. Topped by a cathedral. Thousands visit and enjoy it. Mount Silverthorne could also. (With a meditation center, not a Catholic church.) Silverthorne could have a world-wide contest to find a new Gaudi?<\/p>\n

Instead of renting to the highest bidder (jewelry shops and Realtors), Mount Silverthorne would rent to small merchants and artists almost free. (How much can a potter or a baker afford?) Fees to visit the exciting, beautiful curiosity could make the town of Silverthorne and landowners rich. And give to the residents of Silverthorne a town center they could hang out and enjoy for free.<\/p>\n

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