Light preparation is heavy-duty work

By Melanie Wong

VAIL — They are heavy equipment operators, but at this time of year, they’re focused on lights. The town of Vail’s in-house designer Rick Gregory and his team of six workers have been climbing, wrapping and lighting up trees for the last few weeks to create a holiday experience they’re hoping guests from around the world will remember for years to come. And its an international audience that Gregory has in mind when planning his designs for the tree lighting patterns, he says. That and his degree in art are a couple of the creative elements behind the spectacular red, …

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