Local Builder Awarded Top 20 Designers and Builders Under the Age of 40
Image: Local Builder Awarded Top 20 Designers and Builders Under the Age of 40 DURANGO, CO July, 2009 – A recent article in Mountain Living Magazine named Kogan Builders, Inc one of the top twenty designers, architects and builders in the west under the age of forty. The July issue of Mountain Living Magazine showcases the ‘future of high county design’ by highlighting various architects, designers and builders under...
Cobalt Automation Inc. Named National Finalist
Image:Cobalt Automation Inc. Named National Finalist Durango, CO – Cobalt Automation Inc., a Durango-based electronic systems contractor, is pleased to announce it was named one of two National Finalists of the 2009 Innovative Housing Technology Awards (IHTA) presented by TecHome Builder magazine. The IHTA award was in recognition of a home built by LeGrand Construction with integrated electronics systems provided...
Mason Named As President To Music In The Mountains Board Of Directors
Mason Named As President To Music In The Mountains Board Of Directors Durango, CO, August 25, 2009 – Music in the Mountains has elected Florence “Foxie” Mason as the President to its Board of Directors succeeding past President, Tom Jones. Ms. Mason is one of the founding members of the Music in the Mountains summer festival started over 23 years ago in Durango, Colorado. She chaired the national search committee that selected the...
Construction of Mercy Regional Breast Care Center now underway
Image:Construction of Mercy Regional Breast Care Center now underway Durango, Colo.– Mercy Regional Breast Care Center is now under construction and expected to be complete by the end of October. All funding for the project, including construction, equipment, furniture, and artwork, has been raised through Mercy Health Foundation’s $3.4 million Yes Ma’am campaign, which the local community has strongly...
Train Smoke Mitigation Task Force Effort receives funding
Image:Train Smoke Mitigation Task Force Effort receives funding La Plata County, the City of Durango and the Railroad have contributed matching funds for this project, and the Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado (Region 9) will administer this grant. Region 9 also administered the feasibility study that identified ways to reduce train emissions. Many of those recommendations have been accomplished...
Durango Nature Studies Holds Fall Volunteer Naturalist Training, September 9, 11, and 12
Durango Nature Studies announces its fall Volunteer Naturalist Training for its Children Discovering Nature Program: September 9, 6-9 pm, September 11 8:30 am-4 pm, and September 12, 8:30am-4 pm. Join 350 alumni as a fully qualified volunteer naturalist; ready to lead science-based, nature walks with children about topics like habitats, water, plants, insects, and natural history. Volunteers will receive a 200 page manual as part of...
Fort Lewis College names Richard Miller as new director of Institutional Research
Image:Fort Lewis College names Richard Miller as new director of Institutional Research DURANGO – The Fort Lewis College Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce that Richard A. Miller has accepted the position of executive director of the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment. Richard is currently completing a three-year contract building a countrywide database for the United...
Local Dirt Lover’s Race Returns to the Gulch for 10th Year
Image:Local Dirt Lover’s Race Returns to the Gulch for 10th Year Durango, CO – Durango Parks and Recreation will host the 10th Annual Health-Fx Dirt Lover’s Rally on Sunday, August 23 in the Horse Gulch trail system. Featuring three different courses, the annual mountain bike race kicks off at 9:00 a.m. approximately half a mile up the road from the Horse Gulch Trailhead. The six-mile beginner...
Late summer shows on tap at the Community Concert Hall
Image:Summary:Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, Nashville band KingBilly and Los Lonely Boys to performLate summer shows on tap at the Community Concert Hall Singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega, Nashville band KingBilly and Los Lonely Boys to perform DURANGO, Colo. – In advance of the regular fall performing arts series, the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College will stage three fun-filled late summer shows: singer/songwriter...
Make Your Wedding Budget Go Further
Make Your Wedding Budget Go Further B. Armstrong Engaged couples long for a wedding day that will be unique and memorable, but in these tough economic times many are becoming more cautious about how they plan and spend their budget. In 2008, the average cost of a wedding was $21,814, according to The Wedding Report, a research company that tracks wedding spending in the United States. That is a 24 percent decline over the 2007...
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