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🌱 How the Exit 203 overhaul will change your daily Frisco drive

Greetings Frisco! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How the Exit 203 overhaul will change your daily Frisco drive
  • Will Frisco’s 52-unit workforce housing project lose crucial state funding?
  • What role is Frisco’s senator playing in Colorado’s tight budget?

Also on today's calendar: Trivia Night @ Highside Frisco and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Snow, 1-3"; becoming windier, with a high of 36 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Saturday: Not as cold, temps: high: 44, low: 22.
  • Sunday: Mostly sunny and not as cool, with a high of 57 and low of 30 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• CDOT to ditch interstate exit roundabout in Colorado mountain redesign project (9news.com) — Expect long-term changes at I‑70’s Exit 203, one of the main gateways into Frisco, as CDOT starts a two‑year project Monday to replace the roundabout, widen the Highway 9 bridge, and add new roundabouts and paths. Nighttime lane closures, shifting traffic patterns, and reconfigured Dillon Dam Road will affect daily driving between Frisco, Breckenridge, and nearby businesses.
   

• Budget cuts will make building affordable homes in Colorado's mountains even harder, housing advocates say (summitdaily.com) — State budget cuts to Colorado’s Proposition 123 housing fund could jeopardize $5 million already committed to help Frisco buy land for a planned 52‑unit workforce housing complex. Developers and housing advocates warn that redirecting $130 million statewide will stall or shrink projects in mountain towns, where high land costs already make building affordable homes difficult.
   

• Colorado Dems, GOP discuss state's $46.8 billion budget (blackchronicle.com) — Colorado lawmakers are debating a $46.8 billion state budget that includes difficult Medicaid cuts and competing priorities from Democrats and Republicans. Frisco’s state senator, Dylan Roberts, is working on a wolf-management amendment, highlighting how statewide funding choices could ripple down to local services and wildlife policy affecting Summit County residents.
   

📸 Around Frisco

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Frisco

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★ Featured events ★

    Tuesday April 21
  • Frisco: Wax Nights
    Highside Brewing & BBQ - Frisco, 720 Main St, Frisco
    5:00 pm

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📣 Frisco Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Friday April 17
  • Country Western Dance
    Silverthorne Pavilion , 400 Blue River Pkwy , Silverthorne
    6:30 pm
    • Monday April 20
  • Therapeutics
    The Barn Minturn , 1041 Main St , Minturn
    12:00 pm
    • Tuesday April 21
  • Events Committee
    Silverthorne Pavilion , 400 Blue River Pkwy , Silverthorne
    9:00 am
    • Thursday April 23
  • Kick-off the Season with ESWA
    The Block Hotel & Commons , 491 Rainbow Dr , Silverthorne
    5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Whole Foods posted a job opening for Meat Team Member (Service Counter) - Full Time in Frisco. Apply here.
  • Loaf N' Jug posted a job opening for Store Manager in Frisco. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Frisco here.

🗞 Nearby News

Silverthorne

  • Over a dozen injured in crash involving more than 75 cars amid snowy conditions (foxweather.com)
  • How much did it snow in Colorado on Tuesday? (kdvr.com)

Breckenridge

  • Summit County invests in Breckenridge History's mining restoration projects that will preserve and fix up old sites (summitdaily.com)
  • National ‘Trail Towns' list features 4 in Colorado. Here are 4 more that come to mind (gazette.com)
  • The Ultimate Family Breakdown: A Skier's Guide to Epic vs. Ikon (tetongravity.com)

Ok Frisco! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Frisco

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.

Stay in the loop with what's happening in Frisco

Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.