Leadville Ski Joring organizer seeks $5,000, urges county to track sales‑tax impact and partner on event assets
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Duffy Council, event organizer for the Leadville Championship Ski Joring, asked commissioners for roughly $5,000 in general support, outlined rising production costs and merchandising revenues, and urged county staff to help quantify sales‑tax impacts and consider shared assets such as barricades and transit plans.
Duffy Council, the organizer of the Leadville Championship Ski Joring event, asked the Lake County Board of County Commissioners for roughly $5,000 in general operating support and asked county staff to help measure the event’s sales‑tax impact.
Council described the event’s growth, recent national and international media interest, merchandising sales (shirts, hoodies, hats and small items) and a rising cost structure that includes insurance, porta‑potties, a trailer purchase and fencing. He proposed several partnership ideas: county procurement of barricades shared across events, working with county transit for a parking shuttle on event weekends, and occasional county support for telecom/cellular bandwidth at the fairgrounds to improve social‑media coverage.
Duffy emphasized that the event generates primary and secondary spend for local lodging and restaurants, and requested county help quantifying those returns so that the county can assess potential reinvestment from sales‑tax windfalls. Commissioners praised the event’s economic contribution and said they would explore options; no appropriation was made during the meeting.
The organizer also raised operational points about vendor placement, volunteer recruitment and the potential to cap competitors for safety; he offered to coordinate with county staff on logistics and asset procurement.