New Estes tourism exec draws on more than travel experiences

ESTES PARK — She’s been a journalist, a prosecuting attorney, a business owner, a marketing manager in glitzy South Florida, a wife and mother, and even a National Football League cheerleader.
Kara Franker intends to tap all those skills as the new chief executive at Visit Estes Park, the local marketing district for the Larimer County mountain village at the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park.
She assumed her new duties May 5, succeeding Eric Lund, who was asked to resign by the VEP board last fall after two years on the job over “personnel” issues that were not officially specified.
“I did…
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