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Carbondale prepares for next week’s Colorado Creative Industries Summit

The Colorado Creative Industries Summit is coming to Carbondale next week and business are already adapting.

 

Hotels are filling up and businesses are putting up signs, as well as using social media as a tool to hopefully gain some extra business before people come to town.

 

“There is a great energy in the air regarding the upcoming creative summit, especially in the arts community,” said Andrea Stewart, executive director of the Carbondale Chamber of Commerce.

 

The chamber is pushing attendees to stay for Dandelion Days next weekend and is joining the social media push on Facebook.

Patrick Fort grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, nurturing a love for ice hockey and deli sandwiches. After moving to Colorado in 2010 to attend the University of Colorado to study music, Patrick discovered his love for journalism. In 2013, Patrick created and hosted the award-winning radio program Colorado Stories, a news program that covered CU and the surrounding community. An avid mountain and road cyclist, Patrick also referees youth ice hockey. He loves '60s pop bands and and trying new recipes ranging from milk-braised carnitas to flourless cakes.