First town manager tries to move Green Mountain Falls past 'rough patches'

John Pick is not foreign to small-town government. But Green Mountain Falls and its tiny population nestled on the northern slopes of Pikes Peak is definitely the most minuscule municipality the seasoned city administrator of 30 years has tackled.

Pick, 65, was chosen by leaders of the western El Paso County town of fewer than 700 people in September to be the first town manager, and in early October began a six-month adventure to help move the burg move past what Mayor Pro Tem Cameron Thorne called "some rough patches" during the last few years.

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