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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
A mountain biker pedals pass the aspen trees on Boreas Pass Road Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Breckenridge. Breckenridge saw another strong month in sales tax growth this September, up 3.53 percent compared to September 2017 and 8.54 percent year to date.
September didn’t bring another month of double-digit growth for Breckenridge — there have been three so far this year — but receipts still finished 3.53 percent ahead of September 2017 with $41.9 million in net taxable sales.
“When you look at September over the past four years, it’s up 25 percent. So it makes sense it’s not going to keep doing that,” said Brian Waldes, Breckenridge’s director of finance.
At $12.4 million, Breckenridge general retail sales were up 4.57 percent in September compared to the same month last year, marking another strong month for the town and helping offset any losses at the restaurants and bars, which were down 1.85 percent. Lodging was also off in Breckenridge and down 3.33 percent, while grocery and liquor ...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: A mountain biker pedals pass the aspen trees on Boreas Pass Road Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Breckenridge. Breckenridge saw another strong month in sales tax growth this September, up 3.53 percent compared to September 2017 and 8.54 percent year to date.
September didn’t bring another month of double-digit growth for Breckenridge — there have been three so far this year — but receipts still finished 3.53 percent ahead of September 2017 with $41.9 million in net taxable sales.
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