Author: Bill Hudson

The drawing shown, by Reynolds Ash & Associates, shows a person standing in front of the architects’ office, next to a bicycle rack…

“Enormous amounts of land must be dedicated to parking cars rather than to serving people…”

I guess Mr. Brown figured that a vibrant business/tourism economy would automatically generate enough workforce and retiree housing…

“Pagosa Baking Company’s mission is to create and share hand crafted baked goods, nourishing meals and celebratory fare utilizing locally sourced organic ingredients…”

My house in downtown Pagosa Springs is now 123 years old. Or I should say, the ‘bones’ are 123 years old…

Two of the struggles are closely related.  A shortage of employees, and a shortage of housing for employees…

“I’m all for transparency and giving the information out, but to your point, Commissioner Maez, we definitely don’t want to confuse the public by releasing information…”

“…[County Attorney] Todd Weaver went over some of the legal components. The Sunshine Law. They are all open meetings. They will all be on Zoom…”

Senator Hickenlooper’s Western Colorado Regional Director, Helen Katich, presents via Zoom to the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners…

As I noted in Part One, I listened to four of the nine interviews conducted by the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners last week…

I will say, listening to these four interviews, the County seemed to have attracted some of the brightest, most qualified candidates available in the community…

At some point — if history provides any indication — the forest on Jackson Mountain will be subject to wildfire.  Maybe next year; maybe many, many years from now…

“I agree that we need gravel. Absolutely, 100%. But in all fairness, and in the interests of transparency, we need to get the information correct…”

A sizable mineral deposit located close to an existing road system, reportedly of a suitable hardness to hold up to the traffic on county roads…