<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1wePDe_0ovsvU2d00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1wePDe_0ovsvU2d00" width="1287" height="810" ></figure><h2>Open house for bike trail project in Aspen </h2><p>The city of Aspen’s Parks Department will host a site visit where people will gather at the Marolt Place season housing complex, near the paraglider spot, and get a better idea of a mountain bike trail project that is being explored. The visit takes place at 4 p.m. Oct. 19.</p><p>The Parks Department is working with the Roaring Fork Mountain Bike Association to create what would be called the Marolt/Thomas Skill Trail. The project plan is the result of a series of city-held community-input meetings. The Parks Department is continuing to take feedback; people can participate in the city’s online survey at aspencommunityvoice.com.</p><p>The city’s Open Space and Trails Board will hold an informational session on the project at 4 p.m. Nov. 16 in the third-floor hobby of Aspen City Hall.</p><h2>Nonprofit Mondays to return to Clark’s Market</h2><p>Clark’s Market has partnered with Pathfinders and the Aspen Education Foundation to shop for a cause. </p><p>Mondays from Oct. 9 through Nov. 13, Clark’s Market Snowmass will donate 5% of sales to Aspen Education Foundation and Clark’s Market Aspen will donate 5% percent of sales to Pathfinders.</p><p>Launched across all stores several years ago, Nonprofit Monday is a way Clark’s Markets connects its customers with the community in a meaningful and impactful way. The collaboration takes place twice a year in the fall and the spring. Beneficiaries of Nonprofit Monday are chosen locally at each store.</p><p>“Nonprofits play such a critical role in meeting the needs of so many underserved segments of our populations; they are the fabric of our communities,” said Clark’s Market CEO Tom Clark Jr. “We love being able to financially support a great cause while creating a connection between our customers and the organizations doing great work in their neighborhoods.”</p><p>Pathfinders provides psychosocial support for patients living with cancer and other chronic illnesses, those suffering from grief and loss, caregivers, family members and the community. Donations provide one-on-one patient counseling, resource networking, support groups, angel volunteer meal services, personal care items such as wigs, scarves, hats and more.</p><p>Aspen Education Foundation funds programs that raise the bar in local public schools. AEF supports post-secondary counseling, mental health, Outdoor/Experiential Education, STEAM, the International Baccalaureate Program and The Aspen Promise.</p><p>Clark’s Market was founded in 1978 by Tom Clark Sr. in Aspen and has 10 family-owned stores in Colorado, Blanding, Utah; and Sedona, Arizona.</p></div></body>

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Local news in brief, Oct. 7

The city of Aspen’s Parks Department will host a site visit where people will gather at the Marolt Place season housing complex, near the paraglider spot, and get a better idea of a mountain bike trail project that is being explored. The visit takes place at 4 p.m. Oct. 19.