Vail Region (Colo.) -- History
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Originally organized as Vail Alpine Garden in June 1985, the Vail botanical garden was renamed Betty Ford Alpine Gardens (BFAG) in March 1988. BFAG is located in Gerald R. Ford Park adjacent to the Vail Nature Center and Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. The 1986 founding board of directors included: president Helen Fritch, vice-president Kathy Borgen, secretary Cliff Simonton, treasurer Jim Stephenson, and directors Ed Drager, Lynn Glenn Freedman,...
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During the summer of 1970, Vail’s arts and cultural movement arguably began when three artists, Randy Milhoan, Dan Telleen, and Jim Cotter, conceptualized the idea of Summervail Workshop for Art and Critical Studies. Popularly known as Summervail Art Workshop (SAW), the program grew with assistance from the Town of Vail, Colorado Mountain College, local lodge owners, and enthusiastic community members. During its run between 1971 and 1984, SAW...
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Summervail Art Workshop Legacy Project (SAWLP) is a Colorado 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that was established in 2021. Between 1971 and 1984, Summervail Art Workshop (SAW) became one of the three premier art workshops in the United States. Formally known as Summervail Workshop for Art and Critical Studies, the art workshop evolved into a movement that attracted instructors and students from an international community. SAW celebrated its 50th...
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Vail Public Library is the municipal library for the Town of Vail in Vail, Colorado. The library has been located in its current location since 1983. Vail Public Library offers access to information resources of many types to serve the needs of Vail’s guests, residents, businesses and schools. The library holdings include over 52,000 fiction, non-fiction, visual media, and audio books and more than 300 magazine subscriptions and newspapers in print...
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Founded in 1971, the Vail Symposium is the brainchild of former Vail Town Manager, Terry Minger, in concert with the Vail mayor at the time, John Dobson. Described as a “grass-roots … think tank,” the Vail Symposium focus is to share “ideas, education, art, politics, science, business and the environment” between the community of Vail and the world-at-large. Its mission is “to provide educational programs that are thought-provoking,...
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Founded by George Washington Knox, Sr. on 15 October 1965, The Vail Trail was Vail’s first newspaper. George Knox Sr., who was affectionately known as “The Skipper,” took care of all aspects of the newspaper’s business. In 1969, the family formally reorganized the family business. George Knox, Sr. was named President of the Knox Publishing Company, in addition to being the hands-on newspaper publisher and editor. Allen Knox served as...
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The Rotary Club of Vail – Eagle Valley, Colorado was chartered on 9 June 1970. This charter secured local membership into Rotary International and has anchored many community service projects over the past five decades.
Founded in 1905 by attorney Paul P. Harris, the Rotary Club of Chicago emerged as Rotary International by 1912. Originally created as a fraternal organization focused on fellowship and voluntary community service, Rotary International...
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During the 1960s, Vail, Colorado was a fledgling ski town and the community often created its own entertainment. Spearheaded by John and Cissy Dobson, Lillian Miller, and Ted Poliac, the Vail Players melodrama theatre group operated between1966 and 1971, with its season running from June until October. Performances were often sold out and proceeds supported community projects such as the medical clinic and Vail Interfaith Chapel. On 31 December...
