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Local Motion: Student Building Electric Snowmobile

KVNF - Mountain Grown Community Radio | By Gavin Dahl
Published March 17, 2021 at 12:52 PM MDT
Courtesy of AZYEP

This week's show comes courtesy of the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, based in the Roaring Fork Valley. A Basalt high school student and AZYEP DJ named Connor Hoffman is building an electric snowmobile with his Dad for the Aspen Skiing Company. AZYEP project coordinator and podcast producer Halle Zander speaks to him, as well as SkiCo's vice president of sustainability Auden Schendler about why they're fighting the climate crisis with electrification. Learn more about the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program at AZYEP.org. 

  
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NEWS Climate ChangeAspen SkiCoCarbon Emissionsfossil fuelselectric vehiclesBasaltAZYEPAndy Zanca Youth Empowerment ProgramConnor HoffmanAspen Skiing CompanyEngineeringElectric SnowmobileSnowmobileHalle ZanderAuden SchendlerClimate Crisis
Gavin Dahl
Gavin Dahl is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. He worked for KVNF from July 2020 to July 2022. He won awards and recognition for his KVNF reporting from the Colorado Broadcasters Association and Society of Professional Journalists. His writing has been published by The Montrose Press, The Sopris Sun, Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Radio Survivor, Boise Weekly, and The Austin American-Statesman. He graduated from The Evergreen State College with a BA in media production and community organizing.
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