News | Mar 31 Avon is now the first municipality in Colorado to offer end-to-end Styrofoam recycling All Eagle County residents can drop off clean hard Styrofoam with no tape or casing attached in the large white bin for free at the Avon Recycling Center at 371 Yoder Avenue The town launched its new Styrofoam recycling program on March 14 The Avon Recycling Center reopened following renovations on the same day have Styrofoam recycling programs that involve collecting the foam and partnering with private companies to compress it Avon is the first municipality in the state to both collect and compress in-house which also handles road surface maintenance snow and ice removal and holiday tree lighting is primarily in charge of the Styrofoam densifier machine received word that the town’s grant application for funding to purchase a Styrofoam densifier had been approved Avon received $111,105 from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment’s Recycling Resources Economic Opportunity program Avon has made sustainability a focus over the last few years in pursuit of the town and county’s goals to reach an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas levels from 2014 levels by 2050 While buildings and transportation make up the majority of emissions county wide waste is also a crucial piece of the puzzle.  Avon has had a universal recycling law since November 2023 that requires all residential and commercial properties to be registered for recycling services and recycle all recyclable materials The Styrofoam recycling program is the next step in Avon’s sustainability efforts on the waste front The state is also working on managing waste levels the state legislature passed the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act banning most stores and retail food establishments from providing customers with single-use plastic takeaway bags and polystyrene (including Styrofoam) food containers Avon’s recycling center upgrades started last October and were funded in equal partnership between Avon and Eagle County The upgrades include a brand-new cardboard compactor fresh paving and new paper product and comingled recycling bins compresses it and spits out in a stream of hot gooey pure polystyrene plastic about three inches in diameter called a foam ingot compressed Styrofoam can be shaped into anything — some places have made sculptures and other art forms — but Avon shapes it into blocks to fill a pallet Avon will then sell the foam ingots to a Colorado plastics recycler Ingots can be turned into building insulation materials “It’s pretty cool as a circular economy example,” Lin said Join the 17,000 readers who get the news from us daily Sign up for daily or weekly newsletters at VailDaily.com/newsletter Compressing the Styrofoam also saves air space in landfills key to extending the landfills’ lifespans in mountain communities with limited opportunities for expansion Styrofoam blocks take up space in the landfill and do not biodegrade or disappear all of Eagle County’s Styrofoam was going straight to the landfill and that will determine its life span,” Lin said “We know that our landfills have been really struggling with that air space so I think this is going to be a really cool contribution in that sense.” Lin estimated that the Styrofoam recycling program would save 4 to 8 tons of packaging Styrofoam per year translating to approximately 6,154 to 12,307 cubic feet of conserved landfill airspace. “The volume reduction is crazy,” she said Lin derived her numbers using data from a private Styrofoam recycling program in Arvada that uses the same machine one of only two other Styrofoam recycling programs in the state a plan was put in place for an expansion that would give the landfill another 70 years of life In April 2022, Eagle County’s landfill in Wolcott was estimated to have another 100 years of space “One way to help us extend the lifespan of a landfill is to save air space and this is definitely one way of doing that,” Lin said Avon will track a significant amount of data from the man-hours needed to operate the machine to the volume of Styrofoam compressed “We want to make sure the operation is smooth,” Lin said Avon’s Styrofoam drop-off container can hold one giant bag at a time Each bag of Styrofoam weighs about 25 pounds It takes about 25 minutes to compress 2.5 bags of Styrofoam into the ingot box The Styrofoam recycling program does not accept egg cartons as the machine cannot process the first three and the plastics recycler will not accept the latter More information about Avon’s Styrofoam recycling program and other sustainability initiatives can be found at Avon.org/Sustainability, or by contacting Sustainability Coordinator Charlotte Lin at clin@avon.org.  Easter events in the Vail Valley Church services An Easter tradition that’s been going on for over 30 years is the Vail Mountain Easter Sunrise Service bright and early on Sunday morning Après Madness Championship Party at Avanti F&B The NCAA College 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Project Funway Get ready to be wowed by the fashions at Project Funway which returns to Dobson Arena again this Saturday One of the most creative fundraisers in the Vail Valley Location provides access to walk-in care in the community Katrina Healy | 216.386.0955 Cleveland Clinic caregivers and community members celebrate the opening of a new urgent care and outpatient care facility in Avon chair of Urgent and Express Care at Cleveland Clinic; Alicia McCall BSN assistant nurse manager; Renee Kolonick vice president of Ambulatory Operations for Cleveland Clinic Ohio and Florida; Steven Zamborsky MBA BSN director of ambulatory operations from Cleveland Clinic; Neil P president of Cleveland Clinic’s West Submarket Michelle Grubb MSN executive director of Ambulatory Operations Lorain County Chamber of Commerce; Jorge A president of Cleveland Clinic’s Northeast Ohio Market; and Joseph Knapp medical director of Cleveland Clinic's West Region primary care institute Cleveland Clinic has opened a new urgent care and outpatient care facility in Avon is an additional option for patients who have urgent medical needs that don’t require an emergency department visit The location also creates more capacity for primary care services “We are committed to addressing the healthcare needs of the communities we call home,” said Neil P president of Cleveland Clinic’s West Submarket “This new facility will allow us to serve more patients close to where they live and expand their access to urgent and primary care.” which includes 14 exam rooms and X-ray capabilities was previously a medical facility and has a layout that’s conducive to primary and urgent care visits Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and Richard E Jacobs Health Center are nearby and offer additional imaging such as ultrasound and MRI “A primary care provider can help patients detect and manage a range of health issues,” said B chair of Urgent and Express Care at Cleveland Clinic which is why it's important to have an urgent care option.” Cleveland Clinic has several emergency departments For more information about where to go for care, click here Editor’s Note: Cleveland Clinic News Service is available to provide broadcast-quality interviews and B-roll upon request Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone The Town of Avon recently issued the following press release on the Avon Recreation Center’s annual Black Friday sale: Instead of standing in line or endlessly scrolling through online sales this Black Friday make a commitment to yourself and take part in the Avon Recreation Center’s annual seasonal membership and punch card sale “Our Black Friday sale will include seasonal memberships recreation center punch cards and Afterschool programming punch cards this year,” said Recreation Director Michael Labagh “It is one of those deals that the community looks forward to each year and it’s our way of saying thanks to the locals and setting the community up with their wellness options through the winter months.” The annual membership and punch card sale is also a celebration of the recreation center’s 29th anniversary “Our facility has been a staple in the community over the past 29 years We have seen local families and visitors come through our doors and we are so thankful for the opportunity to serve this community for so long,” Labagh added “We remain committed to evolving with the community’s needs by expanding program opportunities optimizing facility space and maintaining quality equipment.”   The Recreation Center has three multi-purpose training studios new Technogym cardio equipment and a wide variety of free weights and fitness equipment “Challenge yourself in one of our fitness classes stay active and socialize during our drop-in sports program or rejuvenate your mind and body in a yoga class We really have  something for everyone here at the Avon Rec Center!” The Black Friday sale is four days only – and sales are only in-person or online at www.avonrec.org  The seasonal membership is non-refundable and non-transferrable All punch cards are non-refundable and have a two-year expiration date but are transferable among family and friends family member or co-worker that is looking to visit the recreation center but isn’t ready to make the commitment of a monthly membership Avon Recreation Center’s Black Friday Sale Come join the celebration of our 29th year in operation! 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News | Apr 15 The Vail Valley Foundation is eyeing a September 2026 opening for the nonprofit early childhood education facility it is constructing in partnership with the town of Avon the Avon Town Council approved a 50-year land lease for Eagle River Valley Childcare the nonprofit organization the Vail Valley Foundation formed to oversee the facility Eagle River Valley Childcare will pay Avon $1 in cash for the 50-year lease which was the final approval from the town for the facility to start construction The facility is still going through the final stages of the Village (at Avon)’s design review board process “We’ll be ready to issue a building permit as soon as we’re allowed to through the Village (at Avon) DRB (design review board) approval,” said Avon Town Manager Eric Heil The 13,600-square-foot facility will serve 165 children ages 5 and under The facility is slated to be open from 7:30 a.m The center will be run by Access Early Education Foundation an organization focused on providing early childhood education to communities throughout the Western Slope “I think it’s a great use of the site and definitely a well-needed facility in the county,” Heil said While the primary use of the facility is required to be early childhood education the space can be used in other ways when school is not in session evening meetings and evening adult classes The all-electric facility will cost an estimated $13.5 million to build said the organization has “high confidence” that it will have raised at least 80% of the total funds by the time construction begins this summer “It may take us a couple more months to raise the remaining few million,” he said This facility is not the first land lease Avon has issued located in the heart of town next to the Avon Recreation Center and Harry A was issued a 99-year lease when it was constructed in the 1970s When the Village (at Avon) was annexed into Avon in 1998 the town set aside 3.5 acres of land for education The land lease will cover between 2.5 and 3 acres of the property with the remaining land set aside with the intention of possibly building community housing it included 48 units of housing above and adjacent to the facility timing and the site’s planned unit development designation dictated that the housing be removed from the design The land retained by Avon may be used to build community housing in the future Avon retains certain rights when it leases land it owns to another entity the town has the right to help select the facility’s operator dictate the primary purpose of the facility (education) and own the facility after the lease expires Twenty-four of the 165 spots at the school will be designated for children of town of Avon employees and town officials as well as for children of Avon residents and owners and employees of businesses located within the town The children of town employees and officials will receive first priority and the town can decide whether an early childhood education facility remains the best use for the property “I can’t imagine that we wouldn’t need this facility to continue after 50 years but I think that will be for others to decide,” Heil said Avon will also contribute $400,000 over at least two years from the Downtown Development Authority funds to support construction costs But if the Vail Valley Foundation raises all necessary funds Avon’s contribution will go to the school’s tuition assistance fund a board-directed qualified endowment structure that will cover 50% or more of tuition costs for 32 spots for families that need it “That was one of the early points that Avon council felt was important that we have some amount of tuition assistance,” Heil said Avon will construct a bus stop to serve the educational facility the Piedmont and other buildings in the area; purchase photovoltaics and battery storage capacity; and waive the use tax Xcel Energy has a high-pressure gas utility line that runs through the 3.5-acre property though not directly below where the educational facility will be built Avon Mayor Tamra Nottingham Underwood raised a question about the safety of building an early childhood education facility so close to Xcel Energy’s high-pressure line The Vail Valley Foundation is aware of the utility line and looked into the question of safety concerns “What we’ve learned is that the number one risk comes from a facility that is actually connected to a gas line,” Imhof said “With our facility being 100% electric “The way Xcel answered it is that there is not zero risk but it’s very low on high-pressure lines greater risk usually comes from low-pressure lines which do not have as much safety infrastructure protocol requirements,” Imhof said “The high-pressure lines have more guard rails around it They’ve got to be deeper in where they’re buried.” There are high-pressure lines that run throughout Eagle County including through high-density neighborhoods and near other schools and activity centers we don’t believe that there is significant risk to this for those reasons but it is something that we’ve looked at carefully,” Imhof said Kentucky Derby Parties The 151st Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday at 4:57 p.m and here are a few places you can go for watch parties: Lookout Bar at Westin Riverfront in Avon Celebrate the Kentucky.. News | Mar 19 The Avon Recreation Center is long overdue for a large-scale remodel It looks like the fitness center and community gathering space will receive its first large renovation in summer 2027 The recreation center will turn 30 in December The facility was constructed in 1995 for $6 million partially funded through town’s capital improvement fund and partially through a general obligation bond While a phased expansion was discussed in early plans presented a report on the recreation center’s existing conditions and proposed renovations to the Town Council during its March 11 meeting “This is very much an introduction,” said Eric Heil “We know that it will evolve and there will be some other options that we’re not identifying tonight.” including adding the upstairs training area A 2013 ballot initiative for a mill levy to expand the existing buildout failed by 36 votes turning the second-floor fitness studio into the weight room The steam room and sauna were renovated in 2023 the town formed its citizen Health and Recreation Committee to study health and wellness throughout Eagle County and beyond The committee also had a background goal: To plan for a recreation center expansion Use of the recreation center has increased significantly over the last five years “We’re proud of that,” Labagh said we invited as many people as we could through the door to focus on their own health and wellness and physical wellbeing the usage is becoming a detriment to user experience and challenging from an operational standpoint.” The recreation center anticipates future growth of the town and further strain on the facility “If we’re going to close it and do something we try to do it as right and as best as we can for the next 30 years,” Heil said but this is a focal point for the people who live here now and they deserve to have this at its peak performance,” said Council member Kevin Hyatt The recreation center’s hot tub has not had working jets in years To stay clean and maintain pool safety standards but this is long due to be improved.  Recreation center staff discovered a leak in the hot tub in the fall of 2021 and closed the area for six months to address it The investigation included ripping up part of the pool deck at which point staff realized that the pool’s HVAC channel drain and deck were in poor condition The pool deck replacement project was added to Avon’s capital improvement plan in 2022 but removed last fall “because of the extensive amount of work that was going to be required,” Labagh said town staff conducted a facility conditions assessment to determine which town facilities need to be replaced the Avon Recreation Center was evaluated to be in poor condition This was calculated by looking at all the deferred maintenance and the amount of money it would take to replace each component of the building the recreation center needs repairs on the roof and the exterior of the building While the pool can receive some retrofits and ramshackle repairs most of the pool’s electrical system is from the 1990s limiting the types of equipment that can be replaced as new technology is now too energy efficient to fit onto the old system The pool area renovation alone will take a minimum of 12 weeks If only the necessary refurbishments are completed the project is slated to cost between $3 and 3.5 million But the recreation center stands to gain significantly from improvements that go beyond the bare minimum The town could update the lap pool to add a sixth lane and gutter filters on all sides plus the ability to host swimming competitions Water leisure feature expansions could include a redesign of the waterslide path that would have the slide exit the facility and reenter into a carefully designed shallower runout instead of the existing deep water drop pool This is a safer option because children will not land in water over their heads Pushing the waterslide outside of the facility eliminates blind spots for lifeguards created by the waterslide blocks their field of vision and forces them into a constant rotation pattern to surveil their proper zone A new hot tub could be built in the existing hot tub location or in an enclosed area where there is currently a lesser-used patio allowing it to expand to accommodate more people This type of expansion would tack another roughly $3 to 5 million onto the minimum refurbishment bill.  The fitness area can be expanded to eliminate current “pinch points,” including the cardio and weights areas The weight room might relocate to the recreation center’s bottom floor in its current fitness studio space as the weight room addition would go on what is currently lawn space The fitness area alterations are estimated to cost around $8 million.  This would result in a $300,000 to 400,000 loss in Avon’s revenue for the year Town staff aim to have the council incorporate the renovation into the 2026 budget Mayor Pro Tem Rich Carroll suggested putting money aside in advance to finance the renovation “One financing option that is a no-go for me would be any kind of increase in tax mill levy or something like that,” he said “I think we need to figure out how we self-fund this.” Mayor pro tem Tamra Underwood asked for recreation center user polling to see how they think the project should be funded The town is eyeing summer 2027 for the renovation as there are alternative pool options in the summer the town might increase programming at Harry A Nottingham Park or loan out aquatics staff members to other pools in the area Town staff plan to return to council with a more decisive plan for the renovations around June The goal is to have a consensus by the end of the fall on a plan for budget purposes News | Mar 18 A planned early childhood center in Avon is making progress and could start construction this summer At a Monday update to the Eagle County Board of Commissioners representatives from the Vail Valley Foundation provided information about fundraising Foundation CEO Mike Imhof noted that a $72 million “silent campaign” for child care and other purposes in its “Empowering Possibility” fundraising campaign has reached the 50% mark in that goal “capitalizing on our ski racing legacy,” building community supports and “empowering possibility for youth and families.” Part of that last project is a $13 million child care center in Avon The land for that center is located on town-owned property in Avon’s Traer Creek area roughly halfway between City Market and Walmart The town is providing the 3.5-acre parcel for the center on a 49-year lease with a pair of 10-year extensions built into the contract will sit on property once envisioned for a school site but the Eagle County School District has agreed it won’t use the property which has passed muster with the Village at Avon’s design review board will be roughly 13,000 square feet and can accommodate 165 children up to age 5 Imhof said RA Nelson has been selected as the general contractor on the project after it was put out to bid The center’s operation was put out to bid founder and CEO of the Access Early Education Foundation Imhoff said that the firm operates centers in the Roaring Fork Valley Four of its five current operations are nonprofits Imhof said the foundation will ask Eagle County for about $1 million as part of its fundraising campaign for the center Noting that the board receives funding requests every year Commissioner Jeanne McQueeney asked Imhof if the center would operate at a profit Imhof replied that the operator has a “model for sustainability,” and that Knott has stated that the center will operate at a profit once it’s fully operational Imhof added that the center will be operated as a nonprofit and overseen by a board appointed by the Vail Valley Foundation That nonprofit will provide tuition and housing assistance for those with proven needs “It’s something we’re committed to.” Imhof noted that the center will have an employer-sponsored model Commissioner Tom Boyd said the plan is a mix of several different strategies with roughly 74 of the spots on the employer-based model said he’s a believer in public-private partnerships Faessler’s firm in 2017 worked with the town of Vail to replace the 24-unit Solar Vail apartments with a 65-unit complex That project was helped by the town of Vail purchasing $4.2 million in deed restrictions on the project Faessler said the Avon child care program is the “same idea,” with an initial investment from a local government Faessler said what excites him the most is that this model can be repeated adding that he’s willing to sign up for 10 spots in the Avon center “I think it needs to be $3 million.” who previously worked for the Vail Valley Foundation before he was elected to his post with the county said the current proposal has come “really News | Feb 28 Colorado has decriminalized the use of psychedelic substances and banned local municipalities from barring medical centers that provide the substances from setting up shop in their towns but that does not mean towns have no say in when and where these centers go Avon has already started looking into what it might do to regulate them the Avon Town Council passed an emergency ordinance imposing a six-month ban on the installation of natural medicine healing centers in town In 2022, Colorado voters passed Proposition 122 decriminalizing the use of specific psychedelic substances or “natural medicine,” by people 21 and older The five natural psychedelic substances listed in the proposition are psilocybin The proposition decriminalized the personal possession The proposition also permitted the “supervised use” of psychedelic mushrooms at licensed facilities regulated by the state The state regulates both the cultivation of psychedelic substances through the Colorado Department of Revenue and the training and licensure of natural medicine healing centers’ facilitators through the Department of Regulatory Agencies Local governments are prohibited from banning these licensed facilities but can “regulate the time and manner of operation of these facilities.” Natural medicine healing centers have been able to apply for licenses to open around the state since Dec. 31 The temporary moratorium that the Avon Town Council approved Tuesday provides the town with the opportunity to make “proactive instead of reactive” decisions about how it wants to regulate these centers an attorney with Avon’s town attorney’s office “Temporary moratoriums are a legal mechanism that are often used when there are revisions to a land use code,” Stewart said “They preserve the status quo of the current state of the law to allow a deliberate and well-reasoned process and modification of the code.” Avon, like all other municipalities in the state, cannot ban natural medicine businesses or healing centers. This is different from recreational marijuana businesses, which Avon banned in 2014 The temporary moratorium gives the Town Council time to review the state statute hold work sessions to learn more about the town’s regulation options hear public comment and determine if it wants to pass laws regulating the implementation of natural medicine healing centers in town “There was a potential that one of these establishments could apply for licensure here before we’ve had time to … deliberate what we want to do,” said Mayor Tamra Underwood ‘they should only be a thousand feet from Avon Elementary School,’ or something like that.” Avon’s lawyers employed an infrequently used legal strategy — an emergency ordinance — for the temporary moratorium which allows the council to implement the moratorium in one meeting rather than two This was done to avoid someone opening a natural medicine healing center in Avon in between the meetings an emergency ordinance is only permitted under certain circumstances the ordinance was allowed to “preserve health and safety,” per the town charter Avon’s temporary moratorium is set to last six months Whether Avon ultimately decides to put in guardrails for natural medicine healing centers and businesses will be decided after the Town Council learns more from the town attorney’s office in a work session The work session and hearings for any laws the council decides to implement for the centers will take place during public meetings The temporary moratorium can be lifted early if the council decides on regulations before August and it can be extended by a couple of weeks if the process takes slightly longer is to get it done within the time frame,” she said Opinion | Feb 28 box was on the Beaver Creek side of Highway 6 at the old General Store — box No My second post office was behind the Hole In The Wall one of the Avon Center moves physically lost box Nos 25 and we both had to get new boxes numbers That’s right — and 21-25 are still MIA Maybe President Donald Trump will rattle some boxes at the United States Postal Service News | Nov 22 The early childhood education facility partnership effort between Avon and the Vail Valley Foundation is still on schedule to start construction in spring 2025 The property lies in the Village (at Avon) south of the Piedmont Apartments and north of the railroad tracks The Vail Valley Foundation is driving the project while the town owns the land on which the facility will be built Avon’s community development director gave the Avon Town Council an update on the project during its Tuesday The 15,000-square-foot facility should be able to accommodate up to 180 children from infancy through 5 years old though the actual number of students may be slightly lower The determination will be left up to the early childhood care provider the number that we’ve been told is 160 children but that depends on the operator and more details,” Pielsticker said The Vail Valley Foundation requested a proposal for early child care providers earlier this fall and interviewed five candidates this week The selected provider will be permitted input in some of the details of the facility’s construction The estimated cost to build the facility is $10 million Town Manager Eric Heil wrote in the meeting packet memorandum The Vail Valley Foundation is raising the funds after Avon donated the land a housing complex was supposed to be constructed on the upper floors of the education center there was no funding available for the $16 million addition and building housing so close to an educational facility posed additional complications so the housing was eliminated from the current design The project is going through the Village (at Avon)’s design review process now The project has already passed the initial review will move forward with early construction steps Avon’s Planning and Zoning Commission also reviewed the plan and provided comments The Vail Valley Foundation has already selected a general contractor for the project “So as soon as they get done with approvals from the Village (at Avon) they’re ready to proceed with finishing construction drawings getting a building permit and commencing construction,” said Eric Heil construction might begin on the project as soon as this spring Town Council will see a draft of the land lease in early 2025 While the exact length of the lease is unknown “it’ll be something more than a few years,” he said the town will also be able to place additional requirements on the center prioritization of town employees’ children and expectations of tuition assistance for low-income households Town staff has already been working with the Vail Valley Foundation on making the building all-electric and adding photovoltaic solar (solar panels) and batteries There is “ample space and ample sunlight,” on the roof for photovoltaic energy capture Avon Mayor Pro Tem Tamra Underwood also noted that the project is an opportunity for community vendors such as materials suppliers and renewable energy companies “It’s really going to be a showcase,” Underwood said “There are all kinds of sponsorship opportunities for a really great project I hope those people will be contacting the Vail Valley Foundation to see what they can do because I think town of Avon is really doing its part by contributing the land.” Pielsticker noted that several utility lines run through the site Underwood said she had heard from a concerned citizen that there is a high-pressure gas line running under the project and requested further clarification on the risks that might pose “Will we ever see some explanation that it really is safe to pave over that area … that it is OK to have a child care facility in that neighborhood The main gas line is along the railroad tracks rather than running directly through the site “Development next to high-pressure gas lines is very typical through most towns,” he said The Vail Valley Foundation is also aware of the concern Town staff will provide more information from Xcel Energy about the gas line during a future meeting The exterior of the facility will feature a one-way driveway in which drivers will move counterclockwise to drop off and pick up children Avon will install a bus stop on the north side of the property and a sidewalk will wrap around the property.  outdoor play areas for two age groups of children to play separately Mayor Amy Phillips suggested placing additional fencing on the south side of the property “Just knowing how steep that hill is it seems like a safety hazard to have that kind of slope,” she said the project planners will ask that organization for input on potential safety hazards of the property The early childhood education facility will likely return to Avon Town Council in January News | Aug 23 The unique collaboration between Avon and the Vail Valley Foundation to address one of the valley’s most pressing needs — early child care — is starting to take shape “3,000 (Eagle County) families that need child care today can’t get it,” said Mike Imhof in a project update presentation to the Avon Town Council during its Tuesday “Half of them are solving it through friends Some 800 to 900 new child care spots are needed to effectively eliminate the problem 1 area or population with the greatest need is Eagle/Gypsum with this opportunity working with you all it becomes a model that we can replicate and continue to do up and down the valley.” Avon was approached by the Vail Valley Foundation with a proposal: If the town provides the land the foundation will build an early childhood education center Traer Creek dedicated 3.5 acres to Avon in 2014 to create an educational facility The proposed center in Avon would provide 165 spots for children between the ages of 0 and 5 Avon will own the land while the Vail Valley Foundation will take out a long-term lease on the building and be responsible for hiring a third party to run the school The general contractors for the construction will be selected by the end of September and the early child care operator should be selected by the end of November Town staff are reviewing the lease agreement with the Vail Valley Foundation which will come to the Town Council for a decision later in the fall The project is currently going through the Village at Avon’s design review process The Avon Town Council will also have the final say on the facility’s design which will first go through the town’s Planning and Zoning Commission likely in September The 13,000-square-foot facility is estimated to cost $10 million to build “We believe that is a very solid number we probably will not know 100% that $10 million is the right number until a general contractor has been secured and they’re able to do all the pricing for us,” Imhof said The Vail Valley Foundation board executive committee requires that the foundation’s capital projects are 80% funded before they can proceed To hold to the planned timeline — with construction completed by early fall 2026 and education to begin shortly thereafter — the facility needs to have $8 million guaranteed by April 1 The Vail Valley Foundation already has $4 million secured that we have 99% confidence is going to land sometime between now and probably Thanksgiving,” Imhof said The project also applied for $1.5 million in congressionally designated funding “If there is a functioning federal government going into the end of the year in 2025 it looks good that we might get that grant funding,” said Eric Heil Avon and the Vail Valley Foundation have both carefully considered pathways for families to access the center Neither organization has discussed an application at this point the town will put in a new bus stop to serve the school as well as potential and existing housing in the area There will also be an intentionally long drop-off queue built to avoid traffic backing up onto the street  “I’m feeling pretty confident that there’s not going to be any issues because we’ve never seen traffic jams at Prater Lane (Play School),” Heil said Families will need to pay for their children to attend the early childhood education center In addition to fundraising for the construction the Vail Valley Foundation is raising money to create a “board-directed restricted tuition assistance fund,” Imhof said to fill gaps for families that cannot afford to pay the full tuition amount “The tuition assistance fund is really that last mile that allows us to make sure the playing field is level and that this facility can be used by all,” he said Avon asked for “some portion of tuition to be made available for lower-income families that might not be able to afford this as it is,” Heil said as well as “some identification of priority for town of Avon employees.” the education facility was supposed to include 48 units of housing above and near the center The housing portion of the project has since been separated from the school element Four main factors have hindered the housing portion of the project: Cost timing and the site’s planned unit development designation The site is already designated for education under the planned unit development guide enabling the project to move forward immediately Adding housing to the project requires a planned unit development amendment with an application and consent from Traer Creek To put the early childhood education center in progress as quickly as possible Avon and the Vail Valley Foundation decided to separate the two projects.  the housing portion of the project is estimated to cost an additional $16 million and the Vail Valley Foundation does not have funding set aside or sources identified at the moment “There was also the complexity that adding residential above an early childhood education school very much complicates the security issues and keeping early education — of all schools early education probably the most important — keeping that separate is probably a good idea for security,” Heil said Heil said that Traer Creek has agreed to place all planned 48 units of housing on the west side of the property “It does work nicely to have the housing on the west side and the school somewhat separated on the east side,” Heil said “So I wouldn’t say it’s a lost opportunity it’s more of a big question mark.” The Vail Valley Foundation is now regarding building the housing as a second phase of the project and in the short-term are working with partners to ensure the facility’s estimated 35 employees will have somewhere to live MOORESVILLE — Multiple coaches dubbed Saturday's IHSAA wrestling regional at Mooresville as the state's most difficult The competition featured three top-five teams: No 5 Avon and many of the state's top-ranked individual wrestlers like Center Grove's Julian Weems winning the 175 lbs championship bout by fall in just 23 seconds and a testy loud championship match between Brownsburg's Parker Reynolds and Avon's Seth Syra at 150 eliminated any intrigue with a dominant victory while Center Grove eeked a runner-up finish with 177 points to third-place Avon's 176.5 Here's what we learned at the Mooresville regional Center Grove led through parts of two rounds Saturday but Brownsburg took over entering the semifinals Nine Bulldog wrestlers won their weight classes and 13 of 14 advanced to semistate in Evansville next weekend "(I'm proud of) winning all those weight classes," assistant coach Kyle Ayersman said This regional is the toughest one in the state so getting as many champs through as we could is setting us up well next week." Among Ayersman's standout moments: watching junior Tommy Gibbs win in a 9-0 major decision at 144 which Ayersman said was "fun to watch and kind of shows who he is as a wrestler." Gibbs has improved since 4A state Weems has been impressive for Center Grove this season going 31-2 en route to being ranked fourth among Indiana wrestlers this season He earned his first regional title Saturday after placing second in 2023 and fourth in 2022 Even more impressive is that Weems has accomplished this after major injury He tore his ACL last year and was unable to wrestle then returned to the mat for the 2024-25 season Wresling after the injuries has been amazing "I'm just glad I get to come out here and do what I love," he said where he hopes to get revenge on a Tell City wrestler he lost to earlier this season won his first sectional and regional titles the past two weekends who has been dominant since freshman year but had a perennial thorn in his side in Brownsburg's Revin Dickman — a two-time state champion at 106 and 113 making things a little easier for both of them on and off the mat The two have been best friends since they were young "As soon as I stepped on the mat against him that friendship went out the window," Rioux said earlier this season No one's my friend on the mat — no matter how long I've known you or how good friends we are." Rioux said it was a relief to no longer wrestle Dickman this season saying it's six less matches he has to worry about ranked second behind Crown Point's Gavin Jendreas — a wrestler he won't have to face until the state tournament Rioux was strong through all three rounds Saturday winning his first two via tech fall then the championship by major decision (13-4) He said he was proud of his mentality Saturday knowing that he could keep scoring no matter who he wrestled "It's really exciting because it can show that I can actually win these tournaments and hopefully it'll carry on to semistate and state," Rioux said The AVON Comprehensive Breast Center held a celebration Tuesday to honor and recognize 20 years of visionary care and the incredible staff members who provide the best experience and most current technology to patients hosted a moving program in the Center’s Serenity Garden that included remarks from Grant Colfax Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health; Mark Wilson radiologist and AVON Comprehensive Breast Center co-founder; and Bonnie Joe who translated Spanish-to-English for Herrera “We have a lot of be proud of,” said Strachowski “This building is a series of trailers that were driven down from Oregon and then put together it is a program and a community – a community of very dedicated mammography technologists I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for caring for our patients the way you do.” “Here’s to another 20 years of fantastic patient care at Avon Center ZSFG had two mammogram machines operating at maximum capacity seven days a week with long waiting periods for the roughly 5,000 patients who received breast imaging care The goal was to dramatically increase access to screening mammography for low-income patients and to serve as many as 10,000 patients per year the Center is accredited by the American College of Radiology in Mammography the Center provided 7,577 screening mammograms and leaders enjoyed refreshments and toured the Center’s beautiful patient-centered facility and the Mammo-Van digital mammography van that increases accessibility by bringing mammography services to 16 locations throughout San Francisco Congratulations and thank you to the ZSFG radiologists and surgeons who continue to deliver comprehensive patient care at the AVON Comprehensive Breast Center © 2025 The Regents of the University of California | Accessibility | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy (The Republican) — A new development is set to bring more than 400 jobs to the Hendricks County area next summer a beauty product company with its origin roots in France has chosen to bury some in Avon with its 750,000 square foot distribution center being built off of Ronald Reagan Parkway and near East County Road 300 North which was originally exploring options in eight different states according to the Town’s Economic Development Director John Taylor eventually landed on Avon due to the attractive incentives that were offered “There’s all kinds of things that we do to attract a company,” Taylor said A tax abatement is a reduction on the amount a company will pay in taxes Towns often offer abatements when trying to bring in big corporations For this specific development the Town of Avon issued Sephora the following incentives The Town’s willingness to offer such incentives spurred from their own attraction to the development and all it has to offer at least 10% of which will be allotted for individuals with disabilities “They [Sephora] told me they’d hire everybody they could with disabilities,” Taylor said “It’s just unheard of in most places where there’s forklifts and big racking and all that but they’ve found jobs that all these people can do.” Taylor believes that this center will boost the local economy as well .they can only spend money if they have jobs that pay the right amount of money,” the Economic Developer explained and VanTrust reality all came together on August 1 2024 for the groundbreaking ceremony of this facility the building is intended to be operational late next year This article originally appeared in The Republican. Thanks to the efforts of a Canton-based nature center the "tiny miracle" found injured in Avon last December is healthy and flying again Folks may recall that on Dec. 17, Avon Animal Control Officer Angela Grano was on patrol when she stumbled on something lying in the middle of the road What was thought to be a piece of ice initially turned out to be an injured northern saw-whet owl the tiniest owl species in Connecticut and one that is becoming rare But instead of becoming a casualty to what was likely a vehicle strike this little owl became Grano's "tiny miracle," as she described it at the time On Jan. 24, the Canton-based Roaring Brook Nature Center, which rehabs injured creatures and tries to return them to the wild announced the full rehabilitation of the owl and its release into the wild even posting footage of the touching release "The owl — the smallest in Connecticut — suffered from a wing fracture and an abrasion," wrote the nature center on social media "After about a month in our wildlife rehabilitation clinic getting treatment the owl was moved to an outdoor enclosure to exercise and get ready for release." saw-whet owls are designated a "species of special concern" here in Connecticut "which means their numbers are declining." Grano was equally elated at the situation's outcome "There is no greater feeling than seeing a sentient being brought back to its natural environment "My position title is animal control officer and I truly believe that wildlife throughout the country are facing unprecedented hurdles." Grano said "apex birds" like owls are facing all sorts of hazards environmental poisoning and climate change "I was very proud of that little owl and I was grateful to Roaring Brook Nature Center for giving him the time he needed to recover," she said From Dec. 18: 'Avon Animal Control Rescues 'Tiny Miracle' In The Road' For more information on owl species in Connecticut, click on this link. Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. News | Jul 31 When the Avon Wastewater Treatment Facility was built in 1969 and no Nottingham Lake neighboring the facility but people living between West Vail and Avon needed their wastewater processed the plant received upgrades to keep operations current In September, the latest update to the facility The Eagle River Water & Sanitation District invited members of the public to tour the updated Avon Wastewater Treatment Facility on Wednesday The $57 million project is “the largest project the district has done “Things like this are absolutely imperative for keeping the river clean “We take a lot of pride in being wastewater operators,” said Tim Drescher supervisor of the Avon Wastewater Treatment Facility “You’re part of a system that’s taking in this extremely polluted water and you’re putting it back into the river … oftentimes cleaner than the water that’s in the river in the first place.” Wastewater treatment facilities take in wastewater — the water that goes down drains showers and the like — and clean it so the water can be released back into the river The Avon facility can process up to 4.3 million gallons of water per day the most of the district’s three plants the Avon plant processes about 1.7 to 1.8 million gallons per day “There are two main byproducts of wastewater treatment One is clean water going out into the river which are typically really rich in nitrogen and phosphorous and can be used as a fertilizer,” Drescher said Wastewater goes through seven main types of treatment processes between when it arrives at the plant as raw wastewater and when it is released back into the river as clean “99% of what comes into a wastewater plant is just water,” Drescher said Most of that water is returned right back to the Eagle River The water released by the plant is “sometimes even cleaner than the water in the river itself,” Drescher said Solid waste is removed from the wastewater at the Avon plant and processed at the Edwards Wastewater Treatment Facility where it is turned into biosolids that can be used by the public.  Much of the cleaning of the water is done by naturally occurring bacteria and microorganisms we’re just big bug farmers,” Drescher said “We’re trying to create an environment where bacteria and microorganisms can thrive and oxidize any incoming waste.” “We take a lot of pride in not using chemicals; we like to use the natural biological tools that are in place already to be able to treat (wastewater),” Drescher said “We’re doing what nature can do a glycerin-based byproduct of the biodiesel manufacturing industry that is both non-hazardous and reusable “It’s an extra carbon source for our phosphorus-accumulating organisms and our de-nitrifying organisms,” Drescher said Odors at the Avon plant are controlled through two towers filled with granular activated carbon The towers were installed early on in the project we have received zero offsite odor complaints that can be credited back to wastewater,” Drescher said the Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment passed Regulation 85 which requires all wastewater treatment plants processing over 2 million gallons of water per day to limit the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus they release in their effluent “These are (in) things that we all flush down our drains Too much nitrogen and phosphorous in rivers and lakes can speed algae growth limiting the oxygen that fish and other aquatic life need to survive certain older parts of the plant needed upgrades “There was a need for a lot of capital replacement due to aging infrastructure and equipment that was past its useful life,” Drescher said “A really incredible amount of thought went into this project to make sure we were spending our rate payers’ money efficiently and effectively this plant can still operate,” Roman said Construction took 41 months from groundbreaking to completion The plant had to continue to operate during construction processing millions of gallons of wastewater per day from households and businesses between West Vail and Avon We’re trying to create an environment where bacteria and microorganisms can thrive and oxidize any incoming waste.” “We can’t just shut down a wastewater plant while we’re doing construction,” Drescher said Keeping the plant running during construction involved “a lot of planning and preparation our engineer and our contractor,” Drescher said District staff analyzed the construction plan to come up with methods of procedure to keep the plant fully operational “It was a very collaborative process.” “We essentially went from one era of technology in biological nutrient removal to a more sophisticated and relevant era of biological nutrient removal,” Drescher said you have to reconfigure your biological process and that involves internal construction to your wastewater treatment process.” The main nutrient-related upgrades occurred on the plant’s aeration basins to cultivate different characteristics to encourage the growth of different types of microorganisms and bacteria that convert waste into different forms effluent concentrations of total inorganic nitrogen have been reduced by 43% and total phosphorus by 93%,” according to the handout the district provided to those taking the tour Operator access and control over the plant operators could only access the aeration basins through two-by-three-foot windows now operators can comfortably walk above the basins to take samples and examine their performance we could only see certain parts of our process but now we can essentially see all of it and have a much greater understanding and appreciation for it and be able to react quickly because we can actually see what’s going on,” Drescher said The plant’s aeration capacity was also increased from 1.2 million gallons to 1.8 million gallons to prepare for population growth in the valley To pay for the project, the district took on bonds, or loans similar to a mortgage. To pay back the bonds, wastewater rates increased for ratepayers this year. On average the cost to ratepayers from the project is $9.04 per single-family equivalent Developers broke ground last week on a 500-acre mixed-use development Avon officials hope will become the new heart and central gathering place of the Hendricks County town Republic Development, the group behind the project proposed five distinct neighborhoods and a core shopping district within the larger Easton Grey site along White Lick Creek Four of the areas will be single-family homes reserved and designed for residents aged 55 and older who are primarily empty nesters Houses within the community cost between $300,000 and $1 million The crowning jewel of the community will be the 65-acre Riverwalk District receiving its name from the creek and trail nearby which will house a mix of apartments and townhomes commercial space for restaurants and Avon's new civic center and town administration building Watch Avon grow: See how the Indy suburb has changed over time in satellite images Republic Development President Richard Arnos said he envisions the district as a walkable oasis change clothes and walk to dinner for a night out "The best towns and cities in America and around the world today have places where people can meet and gather and that makes those places really desirable areas to live," Arnos said at the ceremonial groundbreaking standing on what would become the Riverwalk district Avon officials and Republic began working on the project together in 2019, following guidelines set out in the town's 2018 Comprehensive Plan to establish walkable gathering places similar to nearby Brownsburg and Plainfield This is completely different," said Town Manager Ryan Cannon "People are going to walk around together and be able to have events that are really community centric." Downtown Indianapolis: A Shinola hotel, music venue may replace the old CSX warehouse Avon played an active role throughout the project planning and eventually committed to moving the town administration to the center of the site in the later stages of the 5-year build-out process chamber of commerce and town administration will all work in the new building which will double as a community event center the Indiana Department of Transportation agreed to move a traffic signal one block to the east to provide easier access to the site Construction work is already underway on homes in The Haven Arnos added that some residents in the "empty nester" homes had children who bought a property in the single-family areas The development is expected to open in phases with components of the Riverwalk District and the civic center opening around August 2026 Indiana Avenue development: 12-story apartment building will go up despite lingering height concerns Alysa Guffey is a business reporter covering growth and development for the Indianapolis Star Contact her at amguffey@gannett.com or follow her on X: @AlysaGuffeyNews VanTrust Real Estate announced plans to begin construction on a Sephora warehouse and distribution center in Avon This is VanTrust’s second project with Sephora with the first being completed in Las Vegas The 746,672 square-foot facility will be built on 61 acres of land at Avon Landings Commerce Park located on Ronald Reagan Parkway The facility will serve as Sephora’s Midwest distribution center vice president of planning and engineering for Sephora says that due to Avon Landing’s location will give direct access to customers and transportation hubs nationwide “Sephora is proud to be able to grow our network of distribution centers to continue to elevate our consumer experience A multi-state search culminated in the selection of Avon Landings Commerce Park as the ideal site for our Midwest distribution center,” Zarzycki said in a release VanTrust acquired 50 acres of a former regional airport two years ago and broke ground on one of three buildings scheduled for Phase 1 The Sephora facility is a part of Phase 2 development plans and is set to open summer of 2025 It will be an easy commute to see their newest asset Rye's shuttered Avon facility, that closed last year after laying off the remaining employees, has been purchased. As recently as 2016, Avon said it intended to keep the Rye facility open The new owner is George Comfort & Sons, whose CEO is Rye resident and American Yacht Club 2017 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Peter S (PHOTO: The Avon location at 601 Midland Avenue.) in partnership with the Feil Organization and O’Connor Capital Partners has purchased with former Avon complex in Rye Avon shuttered the 176,000 s/f multi-purpose facility at 601 and 621 Midland Avenue and laid off all 105 workers in December 2018… 601 and 621 Midland is situated on 18.13 acres with corporate-quality amenities and data center infrastructure “The acquisition provides George Comfort & Sons with a unique multifunctional property that is well-positioned to capture a broad base of tenant demand as they reposition or redevelop the asset.” “601 and 621 Midland Avenue presented an attractive opportunity to grow our Westchester holdings with a high-quality asset that benefits from a convenient location in one of our target markets,” said George Comfort & Sons CEO Peter S Read the rest Jay Sears is the owner and publisher of MyRye.com Contact Jay here: https://myrye.com/tips-letters/ (PHOTO: Sunrise over Rye Town Park’s Oakland Beach and There is one open house in Rye this weekend There are seven open houses in Rye this weekend 2,008 square foot home at 40 Bradford Avenue was torn down on Thursday… The MyRye.com House of the Week showcases one of the many multi-million dollar homes on… and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" (Food Trucks Subject to Change) April 10-June 19 Down by the basketball courts at Rye Rec 4/17 - Arthur.. 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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply © 2025 Massachusetts General Hospital Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has acquired Avon’s longtime research and development hub in Suffern a 235,000-square-foot facility less than a mile from the New Jersey border the biotech giant paid an undisclosed sum for the property at 1 Avon Place The deal will bring new life to a site that Avon occupied for more than a century but is slated to vacate as it moves its R&D operations overseas A report by Gannett’s lohud.com said Regeneron paid roughly $38.9 million for the nearly 10-acre site and plans to invest another $100 million in renovations “We are pleased with the successful sale of Avon’s iconic Suffern facility,” Cushman’s David Bernhaut said “This acquisition signifies a major user transaction in the market with promising economic growth opportunities for the surrounding region It was a pleasure to team with Actio Corporate Advisors and support Avon’s global real estate team through this process.” The C&W team on the assignment included Larry Carroll who worked alongside Michael Katz of Actio Corporate Advisors Dan Loughlin and Matt Loughlin of JLL represented Regeneron “Our team structured a targeted marketing process that culminated in a rare opportunity for a user to acquire the entire facility,” Straka said “We are thrilled to have arranged this sale marking an exciting moment for the tristate area Rockland County and the village of Suffern.” has been covering New Jersey commercial real estate for 13 years Many industry leaders view him as the go-to real estate reporter in the state a role he is eager to continue as the editor of Real Estate NJ He is a lifelong New Jersey resident who has spent a decade covering the great Garden State Greek Real Estate Partners has gained a seal of approval for one of its key divisions thanks to a new accreditation from the Institute of Real Estate Management All RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright 2023 Real Estate NJ 101 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland Our site uses cookies. 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For more information, please see our University Websites Privacy Notice a member of the UConn John Dempsey Hospital preferred post-acute care network is in the top 2% of skilled nursing facilities (SNF) in the country receiving 5 stars in all 4 categories from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Only 320 of the 15,600 SNFs in the country have received this designation “Their success is our shared success,” says Dr an internist and geriatrician in the UConn Center on Aging who is also a transitionist and Associate Medical Director overseeing discharged patients’ post-acute care at the Avon Health Center CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System to help consumers and caregivers compare nursing homes more easily and to help identify areas about which you may want to ask questions The Nursing Home Compare Website features a quality rating system that gives each nursing home a rating of between 1 and 5 stars Skilled nursing facilities with 5 stars are considered to have much above-average quality There is one overall 5-star rating for each facility and a separate rating for each of three sources of information including health inspections and quality measures of how well patients’ physical and clinical needs are cared for “This is a testament to UConn’s quality transitional care and inpatient programs as well as the quality of care at Avon Health Center,” Jaeger says “This shared achievement speaks to the team-based approach that is imperative to the delivery of successful transitional care for vulnerable older adults.” Nearly one in five Medicare patients returns to the hospital within a month of discharge Readmission to the hospital is costly and sometimes dangerous “Patient transition from one part of the system often results in a breakdown of communication and care especially with skilled facilities,” says Dr UConn Center on Aging and UConn Health’s medical director of senior health a team at UConn JDH and the UConn Center on Aging came up with a team-based approach to improve this by embedding physicians known as transitionists who oversee the transition of care from UConn JDH to the post-acute facility While patients and families always have a choice of where they go for post-acute care research found that patients who leave UConn Health to post-acute care typically go to one of five facilities in the area UConn has a transitionist at Avon Health Care and West Hartford Health and Rehabilitation The transitionist becomes the patient’s attending physician of record during his or her post-acute care “Transitions of care are very vulnerable times for any patient,” Jaeger says “When you consider the medical and psychosocial complexity of an older adult add a hospitalization which typically results in a new treatment plan with likely new medication regimen and ultimately discharge the patient to a new care environment the opportunity for errors or breakdown in communication is A successful transition involves coordination with the case manager and regular communication with hospitalists and subspecialists about matters of medications additional support the patient might need during recovery and any other issues that the patient may need to be addressed for a safe and successful discharge back to the community the readmission rate at Avon Health Care was zero meaning not a single patient discharged to the Avon Health Center under Jaeger’s care was readmitted within 30 days “We are proud that Avon Health Center is one of our preferred provider network Skilled Nursing Facilities They have achieved an amazingly low rate of hospital readmissions without sacrificing their other many great outcomes This is testament to the great teamwork among all those involved in patient care,” says Dr Eagle Valley | Apr 21 The exterior of the Avon Recreation Center is about to get a whole lot less dreary with the installation of a new mural this summer A jury panel comprised of local art professionals and town staff recently selected Pat Milbery to complete the $25,000 project Milbery has a long history in Eagle County He first visited Avon at age 14 where “the whole energy of Colorado just completely consumed me at that young age,” he said this is where I’m meant to be.” Milbery moved out to Colorado at age 21 to pursue his career as a professional snowboarder And even as his snowboard career progressed and took him across the world Starting with creating graphics and product art for collaborations with brands he slowly began to transition his career to creating art full-time Looking back at his entire career as both a pro snowboarder and an artist Milbery considers himself a “creative collaborator” through it all Milbery is the owner and founder of So-Gnar Creative Division which is an art collective responsible for all his mural projects He also owns and founded the Snowboard Camp Tour which aims to makes freestyle riding more accessible to kids across the country as well as the So-Gnar streetwear and apparel line He has helped to curate and create major installations for Denver Public Schools Milbery has also previously collaborated with the Art in Public Places commission in Vail Milbery was selected out of 32 applicants to complete the mural project at the rec center largely based on his experience and expertise as well as his ties to the community here He still spends a large chunk of his time in Eagle County visiting his studio located at his dad and step mom’s home in Edwards and enjoying the amenities of Beaver Creek and the valley In an effort to generate more cultural capital in Avon the town has been creating more opportunities for art and music to be featured around town represents new ambitions and a new era of public art as it is the first project of this scale and style to be completed in the town (The town did install a large Carrie Fell mural for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships but the artwork was adhered to the wall as a vinyl wrap rather than as a painted work of art.) “Avon isn’t starting small,” Milbery said noting that this will be one of the largest murals the valley has ever seen “What I think is special about this project is it’s going to kick the door open for public art.” arts and special events manager for the town of Avon stating that this mural project will kick off a whole summer of public art including the launch of a year-long sculpture project as part of the Art Around Avon initiative the location of the project will play an important role in promoting vibrancy and creativity in the community the rec center and surrounding area serves as a gateway between the west and east sides of town “It’s really going to become a focal point a gateway to Nottingham Park,” Dempsey said “We really wanted it to be a location that could inspire the community inspire conversation and connection and create place making.” “The mural project in the entryway of the Avon Rec Center piqued my interest as it’s a wonderful canvas in a high-visibility area – allowing for colorful and dynamic art to come to life,” Milbery wrote in the project application “With this being such an important part of the local Avon community it’s important we take into consideration the diverse community it serves.” The design incorporates a number of activities that residents and visitors can participate in both at the Rec Center and in the neighboring areas fly-fishing and a number of musical elements It also includes more abstract interpretations of the town including a magpie playing the guitar Milbery’s signature geometric heart and even a camouflaged Avon logo “There’s just a lot of energy in there,” Milbery said “It will just really add to their public art collection I feel — as an artist and a creator — honored that I can add to what they’ve been working hard to build for a long time with their public art and contribute.” While the exact dates for the mural installation have yet to be decided Milbery estimates that the project will take about two weeks to complete paddle board and enjoy Avon’s amenities He encourages residents and visitors to come and visit the site during installation and engage with the process News | Oct 31 one specific portion of the proposed budget for 2024 was particularly controversial The Avon Recreation Center is considering raising its rates for the first time since early 2020 The Avon Recreation Center serves a number of purposes — for some a site of family bonding over physical activity Funded by a general obligation bond by Avon residents when it was built in 1995 and subsidized through the town of Avon’s recreation budget the center provides services to locals and visitors alike explained the staff recommendation to raise both daily rates and membership rates in 2024 for the Avon Recreation Center for seniors and residents Citing seven “comparator facilities” as references to compare with Avon’s rates Labagh presented data that showed Avon’s daily and monthly rates to be below average for both locals and visitors and the need to reestablish the recreation center’s pricing structure Labagh recommended raising the daily senior and adult rates by $2 the monthly membership rates by $4 for adult and youth local residents and senior non-residents and the monthly membership rate by $8 for senior residents Responding to a question from Avon Mayor Amy Phillips were targeted to increase to match peer facilities we’ve noticed that it’s a common theme among our comparators that the older adult rate tends to be slightly higher than the youth rate so that’s where that recommendation came from,” Labagh said the definition of “older adult” began between 59 and 65 years of age Both Phillips and Mayor Pro Tem Tamra Underwood suggested raising the age at which a person was considered a “senior,” and maintaining the lower rate for that age group Council member Rich Carroll stood in opposition to raising rates at all from early on in the conversation “I just look at what’s going on around us — we’re going to start charging for parking this is one of the one things someone can do that’s really good for them,” Carroll said but I also think we need to make sure this stays affordable and people can attend — that this isn’t a barrier for people to come here.” The initial proposed rate changes prompted a larger conversation among council members and Labagh about the direction the town’s recreation department wants to take on promoting equity in access to recreational opportunities Council member Chico Thuon extended Carroll’s emphasis on affordability connecting the question of how best to promote equitable access to resources across Avon “In order to keep it equitable for the whole community to enjoy our services I didn’t see that in there (in the report in the council packet) and does it correlate with the school district’s free and reduced lunch program?” Thuon asked Labagh The recreation center does not currently have any programs for subsidizing admission rates creating such a program is a future aim of the recreation department one of our department goals is to create a formal scholarship program for the entire department,” Labagh said we utilize the free and/or reduced lunch program for some of our programs so after-school youth programs and then also swim lessons and then we’re looking to extend that into family memberships at the recreation center whether it’s a partial discount or a full discount,” Labagh said Thuon stated his support for the recreation department prioritizing the development of an equity-based program and I would like to have that fast-tracked and I’m not sure how everybody else feels but that should be a top priority for Town Council to get on board with making sure that something is equal for everybody to enjoy in our community,” Thuon said “If you do a drive-by of the basketball courts over toward the pickleball courts you’ll see that there are young families wanting sport and it might be a bit above their pay grade to pay 140 bucks a month for a family,” Thuon said Another question council members raised was whether the comparison of the Avon Recreation Center with the listed peer institutions was fair If you’re comparing Aspen to what we have ours doesn’t have all those amenities so to be able to actually compare it dollar for dollar I don’t really see that,” Thuon said Other council members did not want to undersell the value of Avon’s recreation center “It’s a real struggle to cost recover enough and still make it affordable but you can’t undersell your services it should charge a price,” Underwood said Andrade also addressed the potential that keeping costs low might lead to overcrowding “If our rates are considerably lower than our peer communities we could get overrun and too busy,” he said “I don’t want the struggle always to be that you’re always offsetting your costs because that’s not totally what you’re there for,” Thuon said to Labagh “I don’t want that to be the challenge or the exercise that we’re presenting to you but it’s something that I don’t think we’ll ever make money doing — I mean The Avon Recreation Center has met or exceeded statewide cost recovery standards for public recreation centers over the past five years the Recreation Management State of the Industry report included a cost recovery range for public recreation range between 43.5 and 64 percent and the National Parks and Recreation Agency Performance Review reported a cost recovery range between 26 and 51 percent the Avon Recreation Department’s overall cost recovery has been 70 percent or higher when the rate still met standards at 49 percent cost recovery despite the pandemic severely affecting visitation The recreation department’s general goal is to land between 50 and 65 percent cost recovery The recreation department’s program-based cost recovery goals operate on a sliding scale depending on the program with the lower end of cost recovery focusing on benefiting the community and the higher end focusing on benefiting individuals 2024 will be the Avon Recreation Department’s most expensive year in recent history following the addition of two additional full-time staff members in 2023 but the program will also be receiving a greater subsidy from the town The recreation department’s budget for 2024 is just over $3 million not including the $750,000 repair to the recreation center’s aquatics deck that will be funded through the capital projects fund The proposed rate increases would have provided the recreation center with an estimated additional $26,000 in revenue in 2024 No decisions were made at last week’s meeting regarding the recreation center’s 2024 rates Labagh will return at a future Avon Town Council meeting with revised suggestions for rate changes to present to the council Receive emails when new obituariesare published to our website 301 Country Club Rd. 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A long-planned project at the former Avon Products distribution facility near Newark is moving forward The Bear-based Reybold Venture Group has proposed constructing three apartment buildings a four-story hotel and multiple retail and restaurant spaces A two-story office building that will use the facade of the Avon building is also in the plans as submitted to New Castle County earlier this month The 45-acre site is along Route 273 just outside the Newark city limits It includes the space the Avon building occupied along the roadway and a field and paved area behind it that extends to the railroad The property is bordered by Lowe's to the west and a forested area to the east Crews are moving dirt at the site to prepare it for construction Reybold has spent much of the last decade trying to develop the property The county approved a rezoning from industrial to commercial regional in 2015 It approved subsequent development plans in 2018 The most recent plan is similar to the previous ones but substitutes some retail space for the four-story When asked why the time to move forward is now said that "during COVID was the time," but that marketplace is now "at a good point." DELAWARE DEVELOPMENT: Backed with state money, a developer is trying to attract Amazon to new warehouse "Newark is a growing market," Heisler said The city has a strong demand for rental housing which is the first phase of Reybold's project There will be three apartment buildings constructed in the northeast corner of the property — two four-story buildings and one three-story buildings each built over parking Heisler expects work on the apartments to begin within about the next six months He said they will be marketed to non-university students and leased at "market rate." Amenities will include a pool Heisler said he isn't sure what part of the project will come next Plans submitted to the county indicate a two-story a two-story retail space and a restaurant will come in the later stages of the first phase The second phase includes the hotel and a retail space Plans also include a cluster of small retail sites next to the office building at the entrance to the development and a three-story parking garage Avon started operating on the property in 1958 The facility employed more than 700 people at its peak Like knowing what stores, restaurants and developments are coming and going in Delaware? Join our Facebook group What's Going There in Delaware and subscribe to our What's Going There in Delaware newsletter Contact Brandon Holveck at bholveck@delawareonline.com. Follow him on Twitter @holveck_brandon New York Blood Center Inc gets significant tax breaks on the development is being redeveloped to become a blood collecting and testing center Previously a data center owned by the real estate and financing arm of cosmetics company Avon the site is now in the process of being redeveloped and leased to the New York Blood Center Inc Avon received tax breaks of around $4.9m (now equivalent to $6.7m) for the data center in 2011 based on the company retaining 668 jobs for the area and spending $17.7m on renovations the company began laying off workers and asked to amend the agreement to between 450 and 500 jobs the company announced that it would be exiting the site in 2018 and put the facility up for sale located at 601 & 621 Midland Avenue in Rye was sold by Avon Capital Corp in 2019 for $23.1 million at the time (now around $27.81m) The 176,000 sq ft (16,350 sqm) site was purchased by Midland Rye LLC According to George Comfort & Sons' listing the building was built in 1959 with two floors and has an on-site substation providing 3.3MW of power The site also has three 1MW and one 1.24MW generators for emergency power and diesel storage tanks with 8,000 gallons of capacity Telecoms and cable providers for the site include AT&T The data center features three centrifugal chillers though the new user will have rooftop units and two new boilers The site received the go-ahead to be redeveloped into the new location for New York Blood Enterprises in June 2023 It will be 100 percent used for the Blood Center's tri-state operations including life-sciences research The redevelopment process is expected to be completed in mid to late 2024 and includes new HVAC and the construction of clinical and research laboratories among others The New York Blood Center development is also set to receive a significant tax break The Westchester County Local Development Corporation gave preliminary approval on October 20 for a $52 million tax exemption the Blood Center is expected to create almost $10 million in fiscal benefits including $141,767 in sales tax revenue from construction earnings and $9.7m in sales tax revenue from on-site employees "The adaptive reuse of a vacant headquarters building into modern offices and lab space is another example of the continued strength and vitality of Westchester’s economy," Westchester County executive George Latimer said in a statement released this week "We welcome New York Blood Center to our County’s dynamic health care sector." 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With additional logistics centers in Hams Hall Kings Norton and the East Midlands Gateway Arvato now has a total of four locations in the United Kingdom HOUSTON (May 1, 2025) – Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas one of the world’s leading manufacturers and providers of material handling today announced the completion of a major expansion at its Houston manufacturing campus with the 73,500-square-foot electrification fabrication facility This milestone marks a significant step in the company’s strategic initiative to grow its footprint in the rapidly expanding electric market The new facility is designed to meet the rising demand for Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas’ Electric Class I and Class II products It is also designed to significantly enhance production capacity and lower manufacturing costs to better serve evolving customer needs “This expansion is a reflection of our continued commitment to innovation and growth,” said Berry Mansfield President of Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas “It took a shared vision to bring this expansion to life This facility not only supports our growth in electrification but also creates a more engaging environment for our employees We’re excited to start production this year.” Construction began with a groundbreaking in August 2023 and was completed in spring 2024 including powder painting and robotic welding equipment culminating in the completion of the new electrification building in 2025 The development aligns with Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas’ long-term strategic goal to grow its warehouse product market share With electric-powered solutions continuing to outpace internal combustion (IC) vehicles in the market this facility strengthens the company’s position for sustained momentum Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas has invested nearly $20 million in the new facility to respond to increasing demand while improving lead times The new facility will help all parties involved by streamlining operations and boosting overall manufacturing efficiency To learn more about Mitsubishi Logisnext Americas and its network of dealers, please visit www.logisnextamericas.com a leading provider of intelligent warehouse automation solutions has appointed Cortney Hunt as Chief Operating Officer Hunt brings over 25 years of leadership in the strategy and implementation of warehouse technologies as an end user ensuring flawless delivery of the company's innovative automation solutions to customers Hunt served in senior leadership roles during his tenure at McLane Company Inc. most recently as Vice President of DC Network and Facilities he has consistently enhanced operational efficiency through the strategic implementation of automation and transportation technologies while building high-performing technical teams to support complex distribution center operations “Adding Cortney to our leadership team brings a genuine customer perspective to our solutions and implementation helping us deliver a better product” said Trew CEO “Cortney will add vast end user experiences to our team and lead driving operational improvements and helping ensure efficiency and alignment across the organization "I am excited to join Trew and further strengthen our position as a trusted partner delivering innovative automation solutions with the highest life-time value to our customers,” said Trew’s new COO “I am very grateful for my time at McLane Company Inc. and I look forward to helping them and our clients thrive.” Hunt holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from the University of Oklahoma He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and former member of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor College of Business Advisory Board makers of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) and AI-Powered Slotting Solution The acquisition will provide a strong technical foundation that enables Fidus to expand beyond equipment control into broader warehouse management accelerating progress to create the industry’s first truly open-architecture automation suite that is poised to revolutionize the future of warehouse automation Fidus will gain key assets from Fulfilld—a WMS system and an AI-powered slotting solution—that accelerate progress toward Fidus’ own open-architecture solutions that aim to provide customers true ownership and long-term control over their warehouse automation technology several key engineers from Fulfilld will join the Fidus team “Our core philosophy at Fidus has always been that technology should adapt to how people work not force people and businesses to adapt to the technology,” remarks Aarron Hale “and now with the integration of sophisticated core assets from Fulfilld we are able to take meaningful steps to create a comprehensive approach that ultimately frees businesses from the limitations of closed vendor-controlled systems across their entire warehouse operation We are excited to welcome our new team members from Fulfilld and plan to make significant strides towards an unrivaled open-architecture Enterprise Control Platform.” Fidus Global is committed to building the industry’s first truly open-architecture Enterprise Control Platform (ECP)—a comprehensive automation suite that will give operators control over every aspect of their material handling ecosystem Fidus Global is a warehouse software solutions firm and a full-service controls engineering firm with a diverse range of expertise that spans across retail Fidus provides clients with exceptional solutions in industrial automation with a team composed of seasoned engineers from leading corporations including Amazon Through the launch of Pontem (Best IT Innovation Award 2025 the industry’s first open architecture Warehouse Control System (WCS) that puts the customer back in control with both flexibility and scalability Fidus Global is reshaping the future of warehouse automation Fidusglobal.com systems and services for supply chain automation technology announced today important changes to the company’s leadership structure to build on an impressive growth history and to continue increasing market share will take on newly created roles on the company’s leadership team to better align the organization around demand generation and operational execution Johnson and Bruner have built Hy-Tek into an industry leader and successfully led multiple acquisitions “We are excited to take on these new roles and contribute to helping accelerate our growth by focusing on the customer and working with a talented group of people The future at Hy-Tek could not be brighter,” said Johnson “The growth of Hy-Tek has been amazing and it has been great to be a part of that We are looking forward to continuing to help shape the future by focusing on mission critical projects while mentoring our future leaders We will continue to push ourselves to operate at an ever-increasing level of high performance.” Using a strategy of organic growth and targeted acquisition Johnson and Bruner have been cornerstones in the exceptional growth of Hy-Tek and have led the Hy-Tek expansion into new services and vertical markets while successfully integrating multiple companies into the market leader Hy-Tek is today Johnson will now become Chief Customer Relations Officer for Hy-Tek Intralogistics Integrated Systems Division for Hy-Tek Material Handling Donnie will focus on strengthening relationships with customers while also mentoring the next generation of sales leaders at Hy-Tek to provide the best solutions for material handing needs Bruner will become Chief Operations Advisor after serving most recently as the Hy-Tek Intralogistics Chief Operating Officer troubleshooting and continuous improvement “Donnie and Mark have been the driving force in our business for many years and are recognized across the industry as leaders partners and friends,” said Hy-Tek Intralogistics CEO Kevin Viravec they will help us strengthen our enterprise account strategy and reach new levels of growth and strategic alignment with our partners We are excited to have them continuing with us on this journey.” Johnson will hand off systems leadership responsibility to Billy Carter Bruner will pass day-to-day operational and execution leadership to Brian Craft who has been promoted to SVP of Operations and will assume responsibility for engineering Johnson and Bruner will immediately begin working with the new senior leadership group on detailed plans to support their respective teams well into the future These moves are expected to increase Hy-Tek market share and customer satisfaction in the software and services sectors of the industry and will utilize cutting-edge technologies to match existing market leading sales design and engineering to produce the most effective one-stop shop for all The two companies are also gearing up for the launch of their first joint product “We are excited about the partnership with GreyOrange It allows enVista to have a single warehouse orchestration system provider to complement our automation and robotic systems integration business GreyOrange has the only warehouse orchestration platform in the market that optimizes independent robotic multi-agents within a facility regardless of the manufacturer,” said Jim Barnes “GreyOrange’s flexibility of integration supports one of enVista’s key differentiators which is to design and integrate automated facilities with any variety of autonomous robots This partnership further enables enVista to provide a unique level of innovation and creativity within our clients’ facilities facility optimization is about balancing the art of possibility with data science to create expansive operational excellence.” GreyOrange’s AI-powered software has enabled dozens of major retailers and logistics providers to embrace automation and ensure every aspect of the fulfillment process runs seamlessly inventory and people in warehouses and retail stores “As global supply chains become increasingly complex and expensive organizations are under growing pressure to automate and optimize their processes GreyMatter and gStore are harnessing the power of AI to perform more than a million optimizations every minute for customers across four continents increase revenue and deliver exceptional customer experiences,” said Akash Gupta “We invited enVista to join our Certified Partner Network based on its proven implementation methodology and decades of expertise as a trusted system integrator We look forward to supporting enVista and its clients with warehouse automation and store solutions powered by our software.” Expansion marks first Cleveland Clinic regional hospital built in Ohio Cleveland Clinic News Service | 216.444.0141 We’re available to shoot custom interviews & b-roll for media outlets upon request CCNS health and medical content is consumer-friendly professional broadcast quality (available in HD) Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital – the first Cleveland Clinic regional hospital built in Ohio – will begin welcoming patients on Tuesday was built onto the north side of the existing Richard E Jacobs Health Center located off Nagel Road in Avon The new facility features 126 private hospital rooms in addition to an intensive care unit (ICU) The health center’s existing emergency and radiology departments were also expanded “Avon Hospital marks a historic advance for Cleveland Clinic,” said Toby Cosgrove, M.D., president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic “This is the first regional hospital we’ve designed and built from the ground up This is a new kind of hospital for a new era It incorporates everything we’ve learned about delivering 21st century healthcare.” As one of the most technologically advanced hospitals in Northeast Ohio Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital was built as a patient-friendly “hospital of the future.” All doctors nurses and clinical staff within the hospital can talk to each other instantly Each private room features an interactive TV that allows patients to directly access their electronic medical record view educational videos specific to their medical care caregivers can monitor the most critically ill ICU patients through a remote monitoring system that allows doctors and nurses to respond to patient needs even more quickly These new technologies enhance the patient experience improve patient outcomes and reduce the cost of hospitalization As the first-brand new Cleveland Clinic regional hospital innovation and efficiency to create a healing environment that puts patients’ needs first Patient rooms were tested for optimal work flows and focus groups were encouraged to offer feedback on the design The hospital was specially designed to accommodate future medical advances and will test new models of care technologies and electronic solutions that can eventually be applied throughout the Cleveland Clinic health system Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital will offer care in more than a dozen specialties Patients with more complex conditions or needing highly specialized treatments can be transferred seamlessly within the Cleveland Clinic health system “As the first hospital connected directly to one of our family health centers Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital will help us build on the exceptional care we already provide on our campus now offering patients the full range of care they need.” the new building name – “The Roseann Park Family Tower” – was unveiled as a surprise from Ray Park in honor of his wife The Parks are longtime Cleveland Clinic board members and philanthropic supporters of Northeast Ohio In support of their family history in the Lorain County area the Parks are pleased to make this investment and contribution to the advancement of healthcare Since the opening of the $93 million Richard E Jacobs Health Center in December 2011 and the addition of emergency services in September 2012 the facility has grown to become Cleveland Clinic’s highest volume family health center the health center has an average 42,000 patient visits and the 24-hour emergency department sees an average of 2,400 patients The Richard E. Jacobs Health Center currently employs approximately 500 physicians More than 500 additional caregivers were hired for the new hospital More than 1,200 construction employees worked on the project to date with nearly 684,000 hours logged Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital is hosting a community open house on Saturday The community is invited to tour the new facility get valuable health information and take advantage of free screenings Cleveland Clinic currently has eight community hospitals and 16 family health centers in Northeast Ohio Other Cleveland Clinic locations in Lorain County include the Lorain Family Health and Surgery Center Sheffield Family Health Center and North Ridgeville Medical Office Building Editor’s Note: Cleveland Clinic News Service is available to provide broadcast-quality interviews and B-roll upon request.