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Attainable housing, investment in deteriorating parts of town and a new business park could all develop more quickly and less expensively through an Urban Renewal Authority. About 50 community...
DATE: Sept. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
Developers got initial approval from the city to develop a 6-acre vacant lot north of the Durango Mall into a new commercial business park. A conceptual plan approved Tuesday by Durango City...
DATE: Sept. 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A boundary line has been proposed as part of a new creative district meant to spur artistic innovation and spark economic investment in town. The creative district is expected to encompass...
DATE: Aug. 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
As a regional council of governments considers expanding its interstate partnerships, Bayfield Town Board members pointed to the city of Durango as an important – and lacking – voice in furthering...
DATE: July 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
BAYFIELD – The Bayfield business community is at a crossroads: The town is ripe for more business development, but residents also want to maintain the economic viability and community charm that...
DATE: July 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The arrival of high-speed internet has been less than speedy for some residents in Southwest Colorado, including a small village near the La Plata-San Juan county line. But residents and businesses...
DATE: June 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The La Plata County Economic Development Alliance, a nonprofit that works with public agencies and private businesses to grow jobs and diversify the local economy, plans to hire an interim...
DATE: June 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
For Jeff and Jenny Vierling, finding light-industrial and warehouse space off La Posta Road was the culmination of a two-year search for the right manufacturing space to keep their business,...
DATE: June 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business
Pretty much every business in Durango banks on the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic for a strong entry into summer. But even more important, business owners and business leaders say the cycling classic,...
DATE: May 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
A new downtown business incubator, the Launch Pad, is planned in the 1100 block of Main Avenue by a longtime Durango family, the Turners. Launch Pad will offer flexible office space in some 5,000...
DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business
As Southwest Colorado’s decades-long economic evolution from resources extraction and ranching to recreational, historical and agricultural tourism and retirement communities continues, towns are...
DATE: May 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business
La Plata County nonprofits have been challenged by business consolidations and declines in the oil and gas industry, but they are expected to be a resilient sector of the economy.
DATE: May 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News
The homeless population at Purple Cliffs now have a kitchen, running water, bathrooms and hand sanitizer. They made a group decision not to leave the camp whenever possible due to the Coronavirus . They even have a mini-government growing. People not at the camp are having a different experience.
