A KOTO Radio show, called Friday Live, featuring Jerry Greene interviewing Bob Garber. The date of the recording is June 8, 1979. Bob moved to Telluride from Chicago and he describes his career as an architect/developer in Telluride. Bob also served as a planning & zoning commissioner for the Town of Telluride. In this career, Bob helped to plan for building a future hotel, with access to the ski area, and he speaks of the controversy of growth in Telluride. Specifically, Bob speaks of the Hill side and Last Dollar Road areas and their development.
Bob further discusses Telluride's economy and the Master Plan’s importance. Also discussed is how the Telluride Valley Corporation did bypass the Master Plan and how that will be dealt with.
Finally, Garber speaks of the future of Telluride tourism and what that will look like.
The recording length is about 33 minutes. Unfortunately, Jerry Greene’s voice is somewhat muffled during this recording.
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