Snowmass wants ‘community-first’ mindset in new tourism management plan

Snowmass wants ‘community-first’ mindset in new tourism management plan

“Community first” will be a key component of Snowmass’ new tourism plan. That’s after Snowmass decided the first draft of the Destination Management Plan, a seven-month effort to research the balance between community needs and tourism, focused more on tourism than the community.  “I feel like it should be a community-first approach but it feels like it’s a tourism-first approach,” said Mayor Alyssa Shenk in a March 3 council meeting. Snowmass T…