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Back to EpisodesTrustees and Commissioners call for review of the IGA governing VEP
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Story by Patti Brown
The Town of Estes Park Trustees and the Larimer County Commissioners met Tuesday for a two-hour joint session to address concerns raised by Town Trustee Kirby Hazelton about the Visit Estes Park Board of Directors.
Hazelton was appointed in April 2024 to serve as the Estes Park Town Board liaison to the VEP board.
In an April 1, 2025 letter addressed to the Larimer County Commissioners and sent to Estes Park Town Trustees, Hazelton called for dismissing the VEP board, citing issues with board operations and not adhering to policy governance.
She wrote, “the Visit Estes Park Board has demonstrated a pattern of being unable or uncommitted to responsibly govern the organization. By not properly managing and obtaining a Chief Executive Officer, by choosing to avoid community transparency, and by abandoning the obligation to be beholden to its owners, or the Estes Valley, it serves, the Visit Estes Park Board is currently dysfunctional, ineffective, and jeopardizing future operations.”