Early this month, the Telluride Town Council voted to send a town-drafted measure on the Pearl Property to the November ballot.

The measure, Proposition 2D, proposes to divide the property just west of town into two parcels — a large undeveloped open space parcel preserved by a conservation easement, and a small paved parcel where the RV lot is now located that could be used for a public benefit such as a new medical center, affordable housing or recreation amenity.

The passage of the ballot measure doesn’t guarantee that a medical center will be built on the smaller lot, but organizers of a campaign launched this week assert that it represents the last and best opportunity to keep a medical facility in the Town of Telluride.

“We want to make it crystal clear that Proposition 2D represents the very last chance for the medical center to remain in Telluride long-term and that the RV lot is the only parcel in town that will work,” said Dr. Diana Koelliker, a member of Citizens for Keeping the Medical Center in Telluride. Click here to read the full article by Katie Klingsporn at Telluride Daily Plant.