Passion for a Local Institution Speaks Volumes

Mister Cow Cow writes calendarlive.com: When Robert Aikens warned his customers that his bookstore was on the verge of going out of business, the denizens of this storied ski town drew a line in the snow.

They had watched an increasing number of families become unable to afford life here and move to a cluster of fast-growing suburbs to the west. They had seen local businesses strangled by a four-year construction boom adding more luxury hotels to the mass of Bavarian-themed ski lodges and trophy mansions that make up Vail.”