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2012 Southwest Tourism Summit
Image:2012 Southwest Tourism Summit Early Bird Registration is $49.00 per attendee. Register by March 27, 2012 and save $50.00. After March 27, registration is $99.00 per attendee. Click for more information, conference schedule and registration: www.durango.org/summit or http://www.durangotrain.com/home/southwest-tourism-summit Register for the inaugural Southwest Tourism Summit in Durango on April 5 & 6. Never before has an area...
Seminar may help take some of the risk out of starting your own business
Image:Seminar may help take some of the risk out of starting your own business Durango, CO: The Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College is once again offering the Starting Your Business Workshop. Open to everyone, this half-day seminar will be held Thursday, April 12, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. Starting a business is risky. Understanding the risks and reducing them through careful planning...
SoulCollage will hold Body Invocations on April 8, 2012
Image:SoulCollage will hold Body Invocations on April 8, 2012 April 8th will be the next SoulCollage, Durango Arts Center from 12-430. Please come to the back door, north parking lot. The optional activity will be a body movement excercise called Body Invocations: Imagination in Motion, by Mariabruna Sirabella, one of my mentors. She describes her work with this piece as: Invite Joy into your life ~ Listen to the wise language of your...
City Begins Spring Clean-up
Image:City Begins Spring Clean-up Durango, CO: Spring has sprung, and with it comes spring clean-up! City residents are encouraged to finish their spring clean-up in time for the City’s annual yard waste pick up. Crews will be moving through the residential neighborhoods, picking up bagged or boxed brush, yard waste, and tree limbs less than eight feet in length. Tree limbs longer than eight feet will not be collected. Residents...
Team Registration for Spring & Summer Adults Sports is Open
Image:Team Registration for Spring & Summer Adults Sports is Open Durango, CO: Durango Parks and Recreation is offering early bird discounts for all spring and summer adult sports registrations. Get your 6v6 Soccer, Softball or Kickball team registered now at the Durango Recreation Center and catch the promotion. Registration is first-come first-served, so don’t delay getting your team in for the season. League manuals and...
The heart of FLC’s Hozhoni Days begins March 26 with Miss Hozhoni Pageant
Image:The heart of FLC’s Hozhoni Days begins March 26 with Miss Hozhoni Pageant Durango, CO: Its Navajo name means “Days of beauty” — a description perfectly suited to Hozhoni Days, a month of pageantry, speakers, powwowing, and celebration of cultures that is Fort Lewis College’s longest-running student-led tradition. The theme for this year’s 48th annual Hozhoni Days is “Celebrating the...
Riverhouse Children’s Center to Build New Home Fundraising Campaign Underway
Image:Riverhouse Children’s Center to Build New Home Fundraising Campaign Underway Durango, CO: Riverhouse Children’s Center Board of Directors today announced it will build a new facility on Florida Road, just south of Colorado Avenue. The center is targeted for completion by the end of 2012. “Thanks to the generosity of a local community member, 1.5 acres was donated to the center for the new building,”...
Outside Magazine honors Durango in their 2012 Outside Travel Awards
Image:Outside Magazine honors Durango in their 2012 Outside Travel Awards Southwestern Colorado City awarded Runner-Up: Best New Adventure Hub Durango, CO – Outside magazine’s April 2012 edition unveils the 2012 Outside Travel Awards. “The Wander List” was compiled from information from travel writers and correspondents from around the world to unveil the most inspiring travel destinations and products....
Women’s Resource Center now accepting individual applications for education and training grants
Image:Women’s Resource Center now accepting individual applications for education and training grants Applications to be reviewed and awarded monthly Women in La Plata County who need financial assistance to enroll in training programs or education classes now have a new funding resource through the Women’s Resource Center. WRC Director Liz Mora announced this week that the Center now is accepting applications for...
Bluegrass returns to the Durango Concert Hall with the Claire Lynch Band
Pager item text :Bluegrass Concert in DurangoImage:Bluegrass returns to the Concert Hall with the Claire Lynch Band Local favorite Wild Mountain will open the Mar. 31 show Bluegrass returns to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College in Durango Colorado, Saturday, Mar. 31, 2012, 7:30 p.m., with the Claire Lynch Band and special guest, local favorite, Wild Mountain. The dance floor will be open. Grammy nominee and IBMA...
Durango Home and Ranch Show on April 28 – 29th
Pager item text :Durango Home ShowImage:Durango Home & Ranch Show General Information History/Facilities: The Durango Home & Ranch show began in 1995 and has always been held at the La Plata County Fairgrounds,2500 Main Avenue, in Durango, Colorado. The 2012 show dates are Saturday, April 28th and Sunday, April 29th. All vendors are screened and are required to display only “home related” products and services....
The Irish Embassy Pub open it new venue The Underground
Image:The Irish Embassy Pub’s Adds a new venue, The Underground Durango, CO: The Irish Embassy Pub Adds a New Venue, The Unbergroud. Call it the luck of the Irish, but the Irish Embassy Pub seems to be thriving in this down economy. On Friday, February 3rd they opened their latest expansion – the Underground, an evening nightclub venue. The Underground will feature live bands and dance music, appealing to the...
Inaugural Southwest Tourism Summit April 5-6, 2012
Image:Inaugural Southwest Tourism Summit April 5-6, 2012 The Inaugural Southwest Tourism Summit will be held on April 5 and 6, 2012. The Summit will offer businesses and professionals a source to build new partnerships with the best minds in the travel industry while making critical contacts with association and state tourism leaders. Through presentations, panel discussions, workshops and seminars, participants will learn the trends,...
Chapman Hill Ski Area Closes for the Season on Thursday
Image:Chapman Hill Ski Area Closes for the Season on Thursday Durango, CO: Chapman Hill Ski Area will be closed for the season beginning on Thursday, March 15th. Come join us for the last evening of the season on Wednesday from 4 – 8 p.m. Thanks for a great season!
Call to Artists
Image:Call to Artists Durango, CO: The City of Durango announced a Call to Artists this week for an original three-dimensional artwork to be installed in the roundabout at the intersection of Florida Road and Riverview Drive. The installation is to commemorate the legacy of cycling in Durango, as well as the selection as the overall start city for the 2012 USA Pro Challenge. Artwork of a cycling or kinetic theme is sought, and the...
Fort Lewis College will be holding a Teacher Fair
Image:Fort Lewis College will be holding a Teacher Fair Durango, CO: Fort Lewis College Career Services is holding a Teacher Fair on Monday, April 9 and Tuesday, April 10 on campus. The fair is for anyone interested in seeking a teaching position and will include job interviews. Admission is open to anyone who is or will be licensed to teach and is free for FLC students and alumni, $25 for the general public. A reception will be held...
Life-Long Learning asks, “How safe is your water?”
Image:Life-Long Learning asks, “How safe is your water?” Durango, CO: The Life-Long Learning Lecture Series at Fort Lewis College presents “Water, Water Everywhere Nor Any Drop to Drink… Safely” by Dr. David Norris on Thursday, March 15 at 7 p.m. This free presentation will be held in Noble Hall, Rm. 130. The Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency were established to...
New baseball fields to be christened “Alpine Bank Youth Complex”
Image:New baseball fields to be christened “Alpine Bank Youth Complex” Leading local business donates $50,000 in support of the community effort Durango, CO: Demonstrating its continuing commitment to the Durango community, Alpine Bank has stepped up with a $50,000 donation to Youth Baseball of Southwestern Colorado (YBSWC) in support of the new ball fields under construction adjacent to the Animas-La Plata project water...
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in Durango with Ballet Class for Students
Aspen Ballet director Jean-Philippe Malaty to offer master class to Durango ballet students The renowned dance company representing the next generation of American contemporary ballet, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet (ASFB), will bring its fresh, fluid athleticism to the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College, Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2012, 7:30 p.m. In addition, Jean-Philippe Malaty, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet executive director, will lead a ballet...
8th grade students of Mountain Middle School will be hosting the event. It is on the civil rights movement and each student will be presenting their research along with their own monument that they have created.
Image:Mountain Middle School students will be hosting an Event March 8th. 8th grade students of Mountain Middle School will be hosting the event. It is on the civil rights movement and each student will be presenting their research along with their own monument that they have created. It will be at the Durango Public Library on March 8th from 5-7.
