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Quiet Use Coalition works on preservation for more than 20 years
“Quiet Use has a vision in which people work together to protect the dwindling supply of wild lands, waters, open space and the plants and animals within these environments, to pass them on for quiet multiple uses to future generations.”
Tom Sobal
Quiet Use Coalition
America’s Vaping crisis comes home to Colorado, six cases of vaping-related lung illness reported in the state and 44 percent of Chaffee County youth report vaping
As alarming as the diseases being reported are, the prevelance of vaping behavior is even more shocking. According to the 2017 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, 27 percent of Colorado teens report vaping behavior, which is the highest vaping rate in the nation. Chaffee County youth vaping rates are even higher – 44 percent of Chaffee County youth report that they have tried or are vaping.
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Nine land use topics identified with the Health Disparities grant
During the Buena Vista Board of Trustees meeting last week, Andrea Carlstrom, Director of Chaffee...
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Salida community gathers for a second Master Plan Open House for Marvin and Centennial Parks
The Salida Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Trails (PROST) Master Planning session Sept. 19...
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Cottonwood Pass opens after long wait, described as – “one amazingly beautiful road”
“The Central Federal Lands Highway Division is proud to be party of such an amazing and beautiful project. The partnership of the counties, the Forest Service, and the Dept. of Transportation has been a great example of what we can do together, to achieve a project that is going to benefit not just the counties, but the entire country.”
Renee Sigel,
Director
Central Federal Lands Division
Longfellow Elementary School wins $15,000 Colorado Succeeds prize
“Wow! First all to our kids in our community in Salida, nicely done everybody! Thanks to everyone who is part of bringing this together. We can’t say enough about an effort to value our teachers and people who work with kids in school. It never happens enough and it’s a wonderful thing to see happen.
Chuck McKenna
Longfellow Elementary Principal
BV is one step closer to having a modular home manufacturing plant
Buena Vista is one step closer to having a large modular home manufacturing plant built. During...
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Chaffee commissioners schedule special meeting on Health Disparities Grant event contract
The Chaffee Board of County Commissioners, convened as the Board of Health, has scheduled a rare...
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6th Annual BV Strong Dinner
“It’s really about celebrating each other. Sitting down at one table and celebrating what we have in common.”
Amy Lively
BV Strong Planning Committee member
Bennet, Gardner join forces to call for full, permanent funding for Land and Water Conservation Fund
Sept. 2019 marks 55 years since the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) was created. A milestone that Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) have marked by a collaborative effort to secure future...
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The Office Wave closed for maintenance Sept. 23
The City of Salida has announced that the most upstream whitewater feature, known as “The Office Wave”, will be closed for maintenance from Sept. 23 until Oct.18.
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Sept. 20 the cut-off for public comment on BLM proposed roll back of conservation protections in Eastern Colorado
We took off on a calm, clear morning, heading east out of Harriet Alexander Field at Salida...
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