Alternative Horizons Women’s Resource Center Durango Pregnancy Center La Plata Family Centers Coalition The Hive DGO YESS the Book Hutch HomesFund Habitat for Humanity Sexual Assault Services Organization SW Center for Independence Manna Durango Durango Community Shelter/VOA Know Your Dough Housing Solutions of the Southwest
Housing Solutions of the Southwest Oak Tree Youth Resources 4 the Children Boys & Girls Club of LPC Boys to Men of Southwest Colorado HomesFund La Plata Family Centers Coalition Community Connections Salvation Army Know Your Dough Habitat for Humanity LPC Collaborative Management Program Women’s Resource Center
House District 59 Ignacio Mayor Clark Craig (R) Total Contributions: $57,639.09 expenditures $36,093.04 Durango school board member Katie Stewart (D) Total Contributions: $123,046.53, expenditures $46,361.65 Senate District 6 Incumbent Cleave Simpson (R) Total Contributions: $154,697.38, Expenditures: $90,400.20 Colorado Association of REALTORS endorses Cleave Simpson. Vivian Smotherman (D): Total Contributions: $72,969.83, Expenditures: $58,861.71 La Plata County
The City of Durango installed temporary painted curb extensions October 8 on Main Avenue at the intersections of College Drive and 7th and 8th Street. The pilot project is funded through a Revitalize Main Street grant awarded by the Colorado Department of Transportation, to demonstrate elements of the Next Step design. The Next Step Design
October 2nd, DRO broke ground on Phase 1B of its terminal development project. The project will add two new airline gates and passenger hold rooms, a new and expanded TSA passenger screening checkpoint, new food and beverage concession areas, and a new and expanded baggage claim area. The entire project is preliminarily anticipated to be
A forum was hosted on August 27th by Durango Chamber of Commerce, Business Development District and Local First and featured City of Durango staff answering questions about Downtown’s Next Step. The project aims to make downtown more walkable and bikeable, to reduce crashes and slow down traffic, and to widen sidewalks, among other goals. The
Durango-La Plata County Airport had its busiest summer ever with a 21% increase compared to summer of 2023. That’s a 6% increase over the previous record setting summer in 2021. The Durango-La Plata County Airport (DRO) has received nearly $13 million in federal grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration to support a multi-phase terminal
Colorado’s Ballot Questions COLORADO’S BLUE BOOK Initiative 89 – Right to Abortion – a constitutional amendment that would protect the right to abortion Initiative 91 – Prohibit Trophy Hunting – a statutory measure proposing a ban on trophy hunting of mountain lions, bobcats or lynx Initiative 112 – Concerning Eligibility for Parole – a statutory
Several business owners spoke at the public comment section of the City Council meeting on August 20th against the Durango Downtown Next Steps project. They said the number one problem downtown is parking, that the Next Steps project was ill conceived, and that the council is being perceived as non-business friendly. City staff says the project
The La Plata Board of County Commissioners plan to ask voters to reallocate the Lodgers Tax this November. The question will likely ask if the County will be allowed to use a significant portion of the tax to provide childcare programs and affordable housing opportunities for the tourism-related workforce, seasonal workers, and other workers in