Community Development Director Lynn Hyde gave a report on 11/14 to the LPC Planning Commission on the metrics coming out of the department as of last month. She noted that the department is now out of the backlog they had been carrying for such a long time as there were currently 154 active applications and
Durango City Councilors approved the sale of a parcel at the corner of College Dr and Camino del Rio back to the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad for $4.3 million. The City purchased the parcel from the Railroad back in 2002 for $2.5 million after Railroad officials approached the City to raise funds. The
Visit Durango has proposed merging with the City of Durango to create a unified tourism and community development strategy. As part of the partnership, the City of Durango would assume management of the Welcome Center at 802 Main Ave. beginning Jan. 1. City staff and Visit Durango are developing a transition plan and proposal that
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
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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