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City of Durango’s Water Docking Station to Close
Image:City of Durango’s Water Docking Station to Close Durango, CO: On Monday, May 24th, the City of Durango will permanently close the coin-operated water docking station located onFlorida Road near the City’s Chapman Hill facilities. The closure is due to the Florida Road project and will be relocated to 550 South Camino del Rio off the frontage road north of the...
NATIONAL ECONOMIST TO ADDRESS TWO LOCAL BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Image:Summary:Elliot Eisenberg, Senior Economist from Washington D.C., is returning to Durango for two speaking engagements. Elliot is a Senior Economist from the National Association of Home Builders and a frequent visitor to Durango. Mr. Eisenberg is a nationally recognized speaker who is frequently seen on television and heard on radio. His research and opinions have been featured in Business Week and...
Get a ‘Taste of Durango’
It’s time to get your taste buds ready for the SPECTACULAR annual tasting festival, ‘THE TASTE OF DURANGO’! Durango’s premier festival showcasing the fabulous fare of our fine restaurants and breweries. Mark it on your calendar for Sunday May 16th, 2010 from 11am to 3pm. Bringing locals and visitors together for the finest food and beverage tasting for the last several years, the Taste of Durango is an event...
City Continues Parks Fertilization and Weed Abatement
Image:City Continues Parks Fertilization and Weed Abatement The City of Durango has contracted with Scott’s Pro Lawn for spring turf fertilization and broad leaf weed abatement. The fertilizer used is “Pro-Lawn Liquid” and the week control is “Vessel Broad-Leaf”. This spraying is conducted to improve the quality of the City’s park system. Monday, May 10, 2010 spraying will be done for...
Marketing for Smarties Challenge open to current and aspiring entrepreneurs
Image: Marketing for Smarties Challenge open to current and aspiring entrepreneurs The Small Business Development Center at Fort Lewis College will present the Marketing for Smarties Challenge at the Education Business Hall, Rm. 130 at Fort Lewis College on May 6, May 27 and June 24, 2010. The four sessions will all take place from 1-5 p.m. The cost is $149. To register for the Marketing for Smarties Challenge call the...
DMR HONORED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE
Image:DMR HONORED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE CLIF® BAR recognizes DMR’s eco-efforts with Silver Eagle Award for Wildlife Habitat Protection CLIF® BAR, the leading organic-certified energy bar, has honored Durango Mountain Resort with the 2010 Silver Eagle Award for Excellence in Fish and Wildlife Habitat Protection by a ski resort, one of the ski industry’s highest environmental honors. DMR was recognized...
NATIONAL STUDY FOCUSES ON DHS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER
Image:NATIONAL STUDY FOCUSES ON DHS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER Site Visit Findings to be Released to the Public in Fall 2010 The Durango High School-Based Health Center (“DHS SBHC”) was chosen by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation as one of six selected school-based health centers in the nation to participate in a research study currently being...
High Noon Rotary Announces Scholarships
Image:High Noon Rotary Announces Scholarships Durango High Noon Rotary Club has presented seven area students with scholarships totaling $9,500.00 for the upcoming school year , President Mark Prouty announced this week. Committee Co-Chairwoman Barbara Stine expressed that the decision on which of the 19 candidates to award was not an easy one to make. “The caliber of students and the amount of hard work they represent...
Sidny Zink Elected Chair of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
Image:Sidny Zink Elected Chair of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants Sidny K. Zink, CPA, co-owner of FredrickZink & Associates, P.C., was elected Chair of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants for the 2009-2010 board year, effective May 1. As Chair, Zink will represent the 8,800 member organization at the state and national level. Zink’s focus for the upcoming year will be to...
Annual Narrow Gauge Day Celebration Kicks off Railroad’s Summer Season and Features Special Guests
Image:Annual Narrow Gauge Day Celebration Kicks off Railroad’s Summer Season and Features Special Guests The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad will kick off the opening of summer service to Silverton with the annual Narrow Gauge Day celebration in front of the Durango depot. This free community event will be Friday, May 7, 2010 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. In addition to a complimentary picnic...
Brainstorm Internet nears completion of extensive server migration
Image:Brainstorm Internet nears completion of extensive server migration Internet service provider apologizes for customer challenges during the process Brainstorm Internet, Durango’s local, leading internet service provider, is close to completion of a migration of its servers to a more reliable and faster infrastructure designed to improve the Internet,...
Durango Wine Experience – Scenic mountain town welcomes more than 300 wineries at fourth-annual wine festival
Pager item text :Durango Wine ExperienceImage:Summary:Known for its extreme adventures, world class biking, blue ribbon rivers and a great mountain setting; Durango, Colorado has found its place in the wine world. Multiple Wine Spectator acclaimed restaurants, enotech classes, top sommeliers and wine merchants have added to the Durango’s wine credibility and made it the perfect environment for a wine event. Tickets are now...
DHS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH INTERVIEWS ANNOUNCED
Image:DHS HEAD BASKETBALL COACH INTERVIEWS ANNOUNCED Community Invited to Participate in Selection Process Five candidates have been invited to interview for the vacant Head Boys Basketball Coach position at Durango High School, which will take place on Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1, 2010. Parents, players, and interested community members are invited to attend a forum that will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 1, 2010,...
La Plata Electric names college scholarship recipients
Image:La Plata Electric names college scholarship recipients Academic achievements of five area high school seniors recognized Recipients of the 2010-2011 La Plata Electric, John Voelker Memorial, Basin Electric Power Cooperative and the Tri-State Generation and Transmission scholarships have been announced by La Plata Electric Association (LPEA). Christina Spriggs, a 2010 graduate from Grace Preparatory Academy of Durango, has...
Durango Business Improvement District set to Spring it On!
Image: Durango Business Improvement District set to Spring it On! Umbrella marketing program to promote May events in and around Downtown The Durango Business Improvement District (BID) is set to “Spring it On!” the week of April 26 as it kicks off the umbrella promotion designed to market those events happening in and around Downtown Durango during the month of May 2010. “We recognized that...
BANK OF COLORADO HIRES MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER
Image:BANK OF COLORADO HIRES MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICER Bank of Colorado announces the addition of Andy Roach as a Mortgage Loan Officer for Southwest Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Andy brings over 25 years of residential mortgage lending and real estate experience to the Bank of Colorado’s mortgage team; previously with The Wells Group in Durango. He will work from the Durango branch delivering lending...
City Offers Public Workshop on Community Character and Land Use
Image:City Offers Public Workshop on Community Character and Land Use The community character and land use public workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, March 3rd, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the Durango Public Library. The workshop will be presented primarily using posters to convey general information and ideas about land use and its relationship to community character; the “community character continuum” as it...
Durango Police Arrest Bank Robber
Image:Durango Police Arrest Bank Robber Today the Durango Police Department and the Durango office of the Federal Bureau of Investigations arrested Chase B. Gardner, a 19-year-old Fort LewisCollege student, for a series of local bank robberies and attempted bank robberies that have occurred since last December: December 7, 2009 – main branch of the First National Bank of Durango, located at 259 W 9th Street...
LPEA Director elections to be held in Districts 1 and 3
Image:LPEA Director elections to be held in Districts 1 and 3 Vote to be tallied on May 8 at cooperative’s annual meeting DURANGO, Colo. – Elections are being held for two seats on the La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) board of directors. Votes will be tallied at the cooperative’s Annual Meeting, May 8, 2010. In accordance with LPEA’s...
Computer and Electronics Recycling Event
Pager item text : Electronics Recycling Image: Computer and Electronics Recycling Event In celebration of Earth Day, the City of Durango and San Juan Basin Recycling Association will collect unwanted electronics for recycling on Friday, April 23rd and Saturday, April 24th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Durango Recycling Center, located at 710 Tech Center Drive. Residents, businesses, government agencies and schools are invited...
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