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Mayor Backs Joint Venture Not Winter Park Resort Sale

DENVER-Mayor Wellington Webb is going against his own task force, created to weigh the fate of the city's Winter Park ski resort. Many task force members are crying "sell," but the mayor instead is seeking a joint venture operating partner.

By John Rebchook | Updated on April 24, 2001

DENVER-Denver may be the only city in the country that owns its own ski resort and Mayor Wellington Webb has no intention of selling it.

Instead, Webb is putting out a “request for qualifications” to private companies interested in pursuing a joint-venture partnership with the city to operate, maintain and develop the Winter Park ski resort. In doing so, Webb has rejected a task force recommendation that favors an outright sale.

The task force, which Webb set up better than six months ago, had wanted to solicit proposals for a sale or joint venture. But the mayor has decided to only pursue the joint venture route. Many on the task force favored an outright sale, which they estimated would net Denver at least $25 million.

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