Jonathan Greenspan

2025 Town Council Candidate

Professional Background/Occupation:

My professional background is pretty diverse but is as follows

I have owned and operated a resource recovery business for over 30 years that started in Durango Co and then moved it to Telluride in the early 90s. This business included forestry, fire mitigation and arbor consulting. we also did landscaping maintenance and installations, recreation trails and playgrounds, snow removal , project management and demolition< a zero waste yard and recycle routes from Rico to Telluride to Montrose to Silverton

Ski instructor for 35 years, including being assistant director at the children's ski school here in Telluride and Aspen. Im currently running a non profit and I practice Real Estate in our area and Aspen

Length of Time as Town Resident:

35 years

Previous Political Experience/Specific Qualifications:

I have been on town council for eight years six of which are mayor Protem. I have been on the metro District board before we folded it into the town for six years as a director I was elected to be on the TMVOA for four years and chair of that board representing the commercial and residential classes. I have been on numerous boards and committees within the village county and the Town of Telluride as well as the state and national levels helping the shape policy in all my fields of interest. I have an unusual but important aspect that I have been an elected official I have worked for the government and I’ve had a private business. I know how everything needs to work for everybody.

Reasons You Would Like to Serve:

I love this community very much and I feel like I have some more to offer. Mountain Village is changing rapidly and we need to pay attention to property values morale and expenses. I have a lot of institutional knowledge of the area because I have been here for so long. We need to create identity and independence in Mountain village. I am very well connected in the state capital having participated in many causes. Mountain village needs to pay attention to the environment recreation and infrastructure. We need a stronger culture of values. I don’t work for the ski company or any other business in Mountain Village so therefore I can be very non-biased. I listen to everybody I don’t discriminate we are all one that has the same reasons for why we are in and live in the village.

Other Information You Want to Include:

As mentioned before, I’ve had my own business that centered around environmental programs specifically forestry, resource recovery, recreation.Currently, I do real estate for the Mountain communities, helping people enjoy and live in a high Alpine community. I also have a nonprofit that centers around the environment that raises money so communities can have composting systems or other machinery for waste reduction. I have helped write a bill at the capital for the repeal of single use plastics, which was signed into law by governor Polis. We need to make sure that internal and external guests that come to the village are treated with full respect and friendliness. We all love this community. Let’s take it to the next level together. I would be working for you