{"id":807180,"date":"2020-05-06T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382850"},"modified":"2020-05-06T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:45:00","slug":"breckenridge-considers-pedestrian-only-main-street-to-allow-for-outdoor-restaurants-and-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/breckenridge-considers-pedestrian-only-main-street-to-allow-for-outdoor-restaurants-and-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge considers pedestrian-only Main Street to allow for outdoor restaurants and retail"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The town of Breckenridge is eerily quiet March 26 without the usual spring break crowds.<\/strong>
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BRECKENRIDGE \u2014 Breckenridge Town Council members gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the Breckenridge Reopening Committee to begin planning an outdoor restaurant setting on Main Street that would close the lanes to vehicles and allow more room for pedestrians.<\/p>\n

Town Manager Rick Holman began the discussion by saying council needs to move \u201cfull steam ahead\u201d in identifying issues and mapping out a strategy if a pedestrian-only Main Street is something they want to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing, I think, that we as local government and you as a council need to decide is this concept of closing Main Street,\u201d Holman said. \u201cWe can\u2019t push this off much longer if we\u2019re going to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holman noted that staff has heard more positive than negative feedback from the community and that the idea seems to be supported. Mayor Eric Mamula said he has heard concerns from only one business landlord who is afraid their tenant will move if they don\u2019t have direct vehicle access, but otherwise he has heard positive feedback from both retail and restaurant owners.<\/p>\n

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