As we all know, one of the greatest challenges facing Carbondale and the region is the lack of affordable housing. Our housing issues are a constant topic in news articles, municipal council meetings, task forces and election campaigns. Various efforts have been made to reduce the shortage — such as rent controls and deed restrictions, […]
Larry Day
Posted inEnvironment
GORP Act aims to protect watersheds and ecosystems
In late September, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet officially introduced the Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection (GORP) Act to Congress. Per Bennet’s office, the proposed legislation is the largest public lands bill introduced in Colorado since the early 1990s. It proposes increased protections of over 730,000 acres of public land via designation changes and wilderness classification additions. […]
Posted inLocal Government
Curbside recycling progress report
It has been five years since Carbondale contracted Mountain Waste & Recycling to be the single-service hauler for the town’s trash and residential recycling. The Sopris Sun wanted to see, especially, how the single-stream curbside recycling program was going and sat down recently with Kevin Schorzman, Carbondale’s Public Works director. We also reached out to […]
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Works In Progress
The Perfect Foil By Larry Day We peel the cloak of aluminum To reveal our roasted potateeyum The Trees Say It’s Fall … Photo and text by Jane Bachrach The trees at RVR are showing us fall has arrived and is in full swing. Yet, the weather disagrees, giving us more summer vibes with temperatures […]
Posted inOpinion
Dream Well: Pursuing our pursuers
Natalia Snider is a certified dream practitioner living in Carbondale. She works with people’s dreams and imaginations to facilitate self-healing. Every month, she will analyze someone’s dream in The Sopris Sun. Anyone can submit a dream for personal analysis or inclusion in this column by visiting www.dreamhealings.com DreamI burned sage before sleeping and I felt […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar
Bring yer tractorDid you know? This year’s Potato Day parade, Oct. 5 at 10:30am, will include a special award category for vintage tractors, horses and farm animals. Better yet, parade entries for this category (as well as youth, schools and nonprofits) are free! The deadline to participate is Oct 4. Find the application at www.bit.ly/PotatoParade […]
Posted inEducation
AI in K-12 education is on the horizon
Technology often outpaces policy, and that’s where we stand with artificial intelligence (AI) in public schools. By the time today’s kindergarteners graduate in 2037, AI literacy will be essential for entering the workforce — ready or not, the technology is already here.In May 2023, a 71-page report from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of […]
Posted inLocal Government
Discretionary grants awarded, clean audit for 2023 financials
Monday’s meeting was short and to the point. All discretionary grant requests presented last week were awarded, including $5,000 for the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, $1,000 for the Roaring Fork Conservancy, $1,450 to Valley Senior Center for a new hot water heater, $5,000 to Garfield County Search and Rescue, $5,000 to YouthEntity and $5,000 […]
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GarCo Report: $10,000 flagpole, HB24-1413 lawsuit, Sweetwater Lake concerns
First on the agenda at Monday’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting was approval of a comment letter on the Sweetwater Lake Recreation and Development Management Project’s Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS). In it, the BOCC questions, among other things, how the Sweetwater Lake Area was purchased by the White River […]
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Works in Progress
We’re still here By Bryan WhitingGlenwood Springs Baby-boomers have a lot going for them. A few decades ago, I remember determining I would be 52 when the year 2000 arrived. My internal response: “Wow, that’s old. I wonder what it’s like? Too far in the future to matter.” Today, we hear the world belongs to […]