The Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce’s annual celebration will be held on Friday, February 9, 2024 at the Tennyson Event Center, from 5-7pm. As in the past few years, the first part of the event will be dedicated to a Community Conversation where community noteworthy projects and plans will be discussed. This year, we will celebrate “The New”.
Speakers will be David Harris, new Town Administrator for the Town of Pagosa Springs. In being in and around the community, it is disheartening listening to the comments that nothing is being done in town. Now is your time to hear what is actually happening in the Town of Pagosa Springs in regards to housing, important projects the Town is committed to in 2024 and other issues. In addition, it is your time to meet the new administrator, ask questions or find out information on topics that may not have been discussed.
The other speaker will be the director for the new Archuleta Public Health Department, Ashley Wilson. Ms. Wilson is molding a new department that is Archuleta County specific while keeping some aspects of the former health agency and developing new programs. This department is critical for employees of many of our businesses and for our businesses in general with inspections and licensing. Do you know the new rules and regulations or timelines? Do you know how to refer your employees to programs the AC Health Dept. offers? Do you know what their new services are?
The Chamber and the AC Public Health Dept. would like to make our businesses healthier in many ways. It’s not just about health care coverage. We would love to hear your voice on what some of those “healthy” ideas might be. Therefore, we need our business community to be a part of this conversation.
The second part of the event will be celebrating those individuals and organizations that are critical to the workings of our community through our non-profit agencies, small businesses and people. We will be awarding the 2023 Citizen, Volunteer, Small Business and Non-Profit of the Year. As every year, we have some great nominees and we would like our community to come out and honor not only the winners, but all the nominees as well.
Tickets for the event are available online at www.pagosachamber.com. The cost to attend is only $25 and includes delicious food, and both parts of the celebration. Gather friends or your business and reserve a whole table of 8. Give us a call at the Chamber to reserve your table. Be a part of the community conversation and celebration.
We look forward to a festive evening! The Tennyson Center will be decorated for their Mardi Gras celebration, so come decked out in Mardi Gras attire and ready for some fun!
Mary Jo Coulehan is Executive Director of the Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce, and also serves on a number of local and state boards.