Ducking and diving

Downtown Evergreen holds annual derby along Bear Creek

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More than 7,000 of Evergreen’s favorite feathered friends landed below the Evergreen dam — all part of the annual Dam Ducky Derby.

e 14th annual event on Aug. 5 in downtown Evergreen did not disappoint for the thousands of people watching the duck drop, visiting downtown businesses and vendors and participating in games and activities.

“I love this,” said Megan Mitchell, president of the Evergreen Downtown Business Association, which hosts the Dam Ducky Derby. “You can’t beat the weather, the creek is not owing too fast, and everyone is having a good time. It’s just a great day.” e Morrison Board of Trustees on Aug. 1 voted 5-1 to rezone the property on the northeast side of Morrison Road and C-470 just north of the wastewater treatment plant from planned development to mixeduse commercial and o ce. Trustee David Wirtz voted no because he said he didn’t believe a marijuana shop should be allowed in the town. Trustee Sean Forey was absent. In July, the Morrison Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the land be rezoned.

Children and dogs played in Bear Creek below the dam as Jim Sherwood, owner of the Evergreen Clothing Company and the event’s emcee, got the crowd red up and led the countdown before re ghters on Evergreen Fire/Rescue’s ladder truck let the numbered yellow quackers loose.

Fifteen neighbors of the property

10-year old Easton Hinderman runs his own food trailer in Evergreen