Word on the Street

The Mayor's Missive | June 16, 2025

DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REACHES COUNCIL

After multiple hearings with the Planning and Zoning Commission, the draft comprehensive plan will now come before the City Council during Monday's meeting for deliberation. The draft has been through several revisions following community input, and there will be a further opportunity to receive public comment. Please send your comments to participate@ketchumidaho.org. This will be a public hearing, so the meeting will be open to oral comments from the public, too.

MAIN STREET IS READY FOR PAVING: CHIP SEAL SCHEDULE KICKS OFF

Work on Main Street between 4th and 6th Street is progressing as planned, and the final section of work is on track to be completed by early July. Asphalt is scheduled to be laid beginning June 20, and all the preparation work to do it has been completed. The roadway is scheduled to reopen on July 3. Southbound lanes will need to reclose July 7 through mid-July to complete sidewalk work, but intersections will remain open.

Meanwhile, we plan to start our road chip-seal program next week. The work encompasses most of downtown Ketchum this year, but will be done very quickly—in 3-4 days, in fact. This preventative treatment helps extend roadway lifespans, helping to avoid much more costly and invasive repaving or replacements. Please click here for more information, including a map of where work will be taking place.

KETCH'EM ALIVE, SUMMER SOLSTICE, AND JAZZ IN THE PARK KICK OFF SUMMER'S MUSIC EVENTS

We will start the summer with a multitude of great events! Ketch’em Alive will start its series of eight concerts on June 17, 6.30 PM at Forest Service Park. On Sunday, June 22, we have the first of many Jazz in the Park concerts that run through the end of July. The jazz starts at 6 PM and will be performed in Rotary Park.

Our Warm Springs Preserve solstice event will be on Monday, June 23. This event has been completely reprogrammed to include multiple activities in nature to participate in throughout the day, including an opportunity to bring a picnic (and your canine friends) and enjoy the beautiful preserve while listening to “Classical music in the wild.” See below for more details.

The hills are alive with the sound of music (and sight of wildflowers)!

Cheers,
Neil

To read the rest of Issue No. 177 of the Word on the Street, click here.