Blue Lake and Little Blue Preschools

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Mar. 9, 2022

  Working parents find few childcare options for infants and toddlers

  El Busesito is a service offered by Valley Settlement. This retrofitted mobile bus travels from neighborhood to neighborhood, bringing free, bilingual preschool education to children up and down the Roaring Fork Valley. Photo by Emily Chaplin

  After receiving their joyful news, parents expecting their first baby are initiated into another fact of life: there’s a waitlist at every licensed early childcare center between Parachute and Aspen. “People hear through the grapevine that the moment they know they are pregnant they must get on a waitlist,” says… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Oct. 6, 2021

  Scuttlebutt / Calendar - Oct. 7, 2021

  Blue Lake and Little Blue Preschools celebrated the grand opening of their expanded Carbondale location on First Friday, Oct. 1. “This space is incredible compared to the last one,” said Little Blue On Site Director Drew Sorenson. Board member and architect Angela Loughry volunteered her design work to renovate the building (located on Seventh Street) and Little Blue Preschool’s ongoing capital campaign seeks to expand it and the number of spots for kids. Guitarist Christian Gomez performed tunes at the event, much to the delight of one aspiring rock star. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh.

  Carbondale tourism

  Residents of Carbondale are invited to participate in a survey created to better understand tourism’s impacts on the community. Simultaneously, the Chamber of Commerce is surveying businesses on the same topic. These surveys are part of several tools provided by the Colorado Tourism Office’s… read more →