{"id":2456572,"date":"2020-03-31T22:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-to-take-lead-on-forming-economic-recovery-task-force\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T22:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:32:00","slug":"aspen-to-take-lead-on-forming-economic-recovery-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspen-to-take-lead-on-forming-economic-recovery-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen to take lead on forming economic recovery task force"},"content":{"rendered":"

The city of Aspen is taking the lead on forming a valley-wide economic task force to help local businesses recover from the COVID-19 crisis that has brought the economy to its knees<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City Manager Sara Ott told Aspen City Council on Monday that the effort is in its initial stages but is gaining traction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI volunteered the city of Aspen to start developing a framework for this so we can bring in our locals, people who have a lot of expertise into this conversation,\u201d she said. \u201cAlready, though the chambers and the local governments of the valley are having at least weekly recovery virtual roundtables to make sure that we have good information flow, and that we are identifying who are those that need to be brought to the table as we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Councilwoman Ann Mullins, along with her colleagues, support the effort and have heard from business owners that they\u2019ll need as much support as possible to weather the storm.<\/p>\n

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