Telluride & Mountain Village Newsletter from Telluride Real Estate Corporation

TD Smith

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Mountain Village's Budding Infrastructure is in Full Bloom

What do a grocery store, liquor store, shipping store, post office and government offices all have in common? Easy, they are all located in the new 14,000 sq. ft. Market at Mountain Village building and plaza.

For a community that’s only officially been incorporated since 1995, the rapidly evolving infrastructure marks enormous milestones for the young town, as well as tremendous steps for the entire region.

As the biggest of the new infrastructure additions, The Market at Mountain Village is a fullservice, practical and gourmet market that adds a level of convenience never before experienced by Mountain Village residents and visitors. Additionally, it provides another grocery shopping option for Telluride and regional residents. The convenient location at the Gondola parking station makes shopping easy for both pedestrians and those arriving by car. Many Mountain Village residents can stroll from their homes to The Market, those coming from the Village Center or Telluride can ride the Gondola, while drivers have a spacious on-site parking lot.

“Having a sophisticated grocery store makes Mountain Village more of an independent community,” says TREC managing director Buzz Fedorka. “It makes us more localized so we don’t have to shop elsewhere and by providing more options for locals and tourists, it enriches the entire Telluride community.”

Fedorka particularly raved about the array of ethnic cuisine, premium meat selection and the deli, run by Aemono Fine Foods. Aemono provides pre-made salads/dishes, fine cheeses and cold-cut meats available by the pound, made-toorder sandwiches, pizza-by-the-slice and soups, roasted chickens and other entrées like salmon and pork tenderloin, pasta dishes, and desserts.

“The deli provides a quick and convenient option for picking up lunch or dinner and it’s the only deli of its kind in the area,” said Aemono owners Sophia Kyriakakis and Mike Guskea.

The town of Mountain Village subsidizes The Market, having built the facility and now leasing it at an affordable rate to market owners, Mike Lawler and Darrin Hill. This allows Hill and Lawler to maintain a high-end inventory at reasonable price levels.

A new shipping store, High Country Shipping, is also open next door to The Market, providing a wealth of services to residents and visitors.

“As another wonderful service for Mountain Village, these things are just as important as bike and walking paths,” said Fedorka. “They make us more self-sufficient.”

Owned by Dave Doemland, High Country Shipping takes care of people’s copying, faxing, packing and shipping needs. In addition, the store ships/receives luggage — visitors can ship skis, boots and other bags ahead of time and it will be delivered to their respective lodging establishments upon arrival. On the return, bags are picked up and shipped home. The service has been very well received and Doemland said he’s linked with most hotels and management companies. High Country Shipping also ships/receives large items, like furniture, although the space doesn’t currently allow for extensive storage of such oversized packages.

“The entire venture is working very well so far,” said Doemland. “Mountain Village approached me to say there was a need for this type of service in the community and I think its providing great things for locals and tourists. We’ve been very busy.”

Mountain Village also relocated its post office to a bigger and more efficient location in The Market building and its government offices also have a new and improved home above The Market.

Come, see for yourself and enjoy!

Rosewood Telluride

In late September, The Honigman Group announced that the internationally acclaimed Rosewood Hotels & Resorts of Dallas, Texas will operate and manage its $200 plus million
luxury resort and residential complex in Mountain Village. The resort is Rosewood’s first venture in a ski resort and its first hotel to bear its own corporate name—Rosewood Telluride. Telluride Real Estate Corp. will represent the developer in the marketing and sales of the exclusive residential product. Rosewood Telluride is presently in the planning and approval process and expects to feature 75 resort guest rooms and 65 luxury condominiums and townhomes. Located on Country Club Drive, adjacent to the first tee box of the Telluride Championship Golf Course, with direct trailside access, all rooms will have unparalleled views of the Wilson Range with a significant number of residences having additional and extraordinary vistas of the San Sophia Ridge. Amenities will include a fine dining restaurant, casual après ski restaurant/bar, pool terrace, 12,000-squarefoot spa/fitness facility, meeting spaces, and upscale retail shops. Groundbreaking is estimated for early 2007 with completion scheduled for spring 2009.

TREC’s Contribution to the Local Community

Each year, TREC gives back to the Telluride community by contributing thousands of dollars to its special area of philanthropy: the youth. Through its focus on children, TREC supports a variety of educational, athletic and social programs for students in the Telluride region. We have contributed to everything from soccer clubs to after-prom parties as well as providing college scholarships to local graduates.

Telluride Real Estate Corporation is committed to the
ongoing success of youth activities and sports programs. and is proud to sponsor the Telluride High School cheerleading squad by making a generous $500 contribution toward the purchase of new work-out/warm-up uniforms. “Since we represent our school, we wanted to create a more professional team appearance while traveling and competing,” said assistant coach Roxie Horner. “TREC helped make that happen.” The 19 girls on the squad have had a tremendous season this year, which included competing on both regional and state levels. Results from the regional and state competitions weren’t available at press time but if strong enough, the team could potentially qualify to partake in a nationallevel competition. The THS team is coached by Liza DiGiglio Huet and assisted by Horner

TREC BROKERS HONORED AT TAR GALA

The Telluride Association of Realtors annual gala banquet was held in September at the Telluride Conference Center. The purpose of the 200-person event was to recognize TAR members’ continued contributions to the community. Of the 10 awards given, five were presented to TREC brokers and as a whole, the company received more total accolades than any other brokerage house.

KIM HAVELL
Presidential Award for Service to the Board as President

RUBE FELICELLI
Community Realtor of the Year - for outstanding service to the community

TEDDY ERRICO
First-Time Homebuyers’ Assist. Fund - bringing in the most qualified applicant

DAVE FLATT
Lifetime Achievement Award - for outstanding service to the community as a Realtor

TEAM FEDORKA
Best Open Houses - for creativity in Open House marketing