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December 16, 2014

Could stoner culture hurt brand of Colo. ski resorts?

  • The influx of pot shoppers — and camera crews — has prompted a lively debate among residents about how pot is changing their resorts.
    • By KRISTEN WYATT
    Associated Press

    BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Business is booming in Colorado's mountain resorts, and the addition of recreational marijuana stores this year has attracted customers curious about legalized pot. But there's mounting anxiety that ski towns have embraced stoner culture a little too much, potentially damaging the state's tourism brand.

    That worry flared up in two resort towns last week. In Breckenridge, residents voted overwhelmingly to force downtown's lone dispensary off Main Street to a less-visible location. And just up the road in Granby, town officials used a property annex to prevent a dispensary from opening.


     
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