Elliott is director of front office services with Durango s DoubleTree Hotel, but he has sat on all sides of the table. For years, he has been deep in the trenches of the cold war between the town and the ski area. Some years are chillier than others. Purgatory has made some good overtures. The whole community is economically dependent on Purgatory.
Someone needs to rally the troops.
They re responsible for economic development within this community. That s what a chamber resort association does. So has everybody. It s time to move forward. Mike Smedley, media relations director from 1989 to 1998, says there s always a temptation to reinvent the marketing.