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by John Pryor
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Mar 15, 2007 | 290 views | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend | print
The time to give to The Valley Floor Preservation is now!   There's no time to lose!   For years many of us have had the dream to keep the Valley Floor as Open Space, and we've come so far and we are so close, having raised $17,025,500 million so far, with a little more than 7 million left to go. However, you must understand that the Telluride Town Council cannot in good faith continue forward with this action unless we have ALL of the cash needed to pay the $50M award.

Some thought we couldn't bring the Grateful Dead here in 1988.  We did - it was a great show - and we proved that indeed "anything is possible in Telluride."   Whether you are on the fence about the effort, whether you felt we passed up a reasonable compromise last February, we are closing in on the final due date to collect all funding to support this visionary dream. This is what is happening! The momentum is inspired and enormous, and we need to ride it all the way to closing!

I believe in this effort.   The people believe in this effort.   Let's make it happen!

Your Mayor,

 
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