As the season’s change, many of us perform spring and fall cleaning at home. Business owners should commit to a review of their business position and reflect on what is going right and what is not working. A business assessment...
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Recent news reports are filled with increases in coronavirus transmission in areas that rushed to...
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Hope for some summer normalcy is in the air. Your business may be open, community members are...
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Hello Community, The board and staff of Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF) feel it is...
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We need to acknowledge that re-opening the schools comes with some risk. However, the operative objective will be to effectively manage that risk so that other critical educational values can be achieved.
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Public health strategies work, and it takes all of us to make a difference. Because of the sacrifices made by everyone in our county, we have been successful in slowing the spread of the virus locally. Congratulations are in order. While we are not out of the woods yet, life can continue as we adapt to our “new normal.”
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Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that “The Nazi slogan for destroying us…was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’”
General James Mattis
From the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, we identified two primary threats to our community. First and most immediate was the novel virus itself because little was known about its aggressive nature. The second was the collateral...
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Whether and to what extent we experience a COVID-19 resurgence in Chaffee County will be significantly determined by the cumulative impact of our daily decision-making and behavior. The responsibility falls on all 20,000 of us. Whether or not we
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Chaffee Countians are divided and concerned. On one side we are working to relax movement restraints under which we’ve been living. Many are concerned the restraints are leading to economic ruin. On the other side, we are cautioned to not move too hastily which risks a second, and a perhaps deadlier wave of the COVID-19 disease.
Keith Baker
Chaffee County Commissioner
“Leading from the Heart.” What do you think when you hear that phrase? Maybe leading...
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We are also asking community members to please wear a face mask in all public contact situations and at businesses. Our future success depends on investing and practicing these new safety standards to become sustainable practices.
Rusty Granzella
Chaffee County Commissioner
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