HELP FOR NEW ORLEANS LEVEES IS IN THE BAG
“I started thinking, ‘What is the first thing we need to do other than saving people’s lives?’ We need to stop the flow of water into the city.” ‘ – Jerry Long, vice president of Denver-based CH2M Hill, who once lived in New Orleans and helped send hundreds of indestructible bags that can each hold 24,000 pounds of sand to shore up levees.
EFFECTIVE AT ANY SPEED
“They look pretty good at 60 mph, but if you get up close, they look a little rough around the edges. People have shot at them. Cows have broken them down. But they’re still very effective.” – Ty Lockhart, great-grandson of F.M. Light, referring to the yellow-and-black road signs advertising the F.M. Light & Sons store in Steamboat Springs, which marks its centennial this year.
BRINGING THE NOISE, BRINGING THE FUNK TO SLOPES
“We want to make it a unique place, not your standard ski resort. We want to focus on the growth end of the market. We’re going to put up lights, have a sound system on the whole mountain. The buildings will have a funky, urban style.” – Gerald Petitt, owner of the new Echo Mountain Snowboard and Ski Park, which is set to open in midwinter south of Idaho Springs.
