Equipment, Permits, and a Mural

It looks as though we will be getting the equipment from an entire Vitamin Cottage that is going out of business in Colorado Springs! The timing is perfect, the equipment cannot be moved until June 1st, so it won't be in our way. On the downside, it looks like we need a full set of signed and sealed plans just to build our stockroom wall. We had hoped to accomplish that under a Miscellaneous Building Permit, and work in stages. We hope that this will not take too much time and expense.

We are making arrangements with a world class mural artist to place a mural on the entire backside of the building. We are thinking of depicting a march through Estes Park history, from the past to the present, with all the key figures: Joel Estes, Lord Dunraven, Enos Mills, F.O. Stanley, Charles Eagle Plume, Isabella Bird and Rocky Mountain Jim... 150 years in 150 feet. We would like to have the descendants of Estes Park's historical figures make their mark on the wall, and involve all of the local museums.

One can view some of Ella's previous murals at: www.yatesmural.org (click the picture to enter the site). The Town is walking a fine line to help us allow this to happen. The key point is that it cannot in any way be construed to be advertising for us or anyone else: it has to be seen as history and art, as a beautiful compliment to Performance Park.