On Jan. 6, hundreds of Roaring Fork Valley residents gathered remotely, and in person at Carbondale’s Third Street Center, to voice concerns about Harvest Roaring Fork, a proposed 1,500-unit residential community on roughly 283 acres of open space near the confluence of Cattle Creek and the Roaring Fork River. Hosted by a citizen-led opposition group […]
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Delighting in the dark
At least 100 people sat together in the dark and silence for several long minutes on Dec. 20, accompanying Persephone’s underworld transformation. That may sound mundane — a room full of people doing ostensibly nothing. But it was, in fact, profound. Waves of discomfort rippled through the audience, now participants, in what felt for moments […]
First-ever Colorado Youth Climate Summit hosted in Carbondale
From May 2 to 3, Wild Rose Education, the Carbondale-based environmental education and action organization, hosted Colorado’s first-ever youth climate summit, bringing together 75 young people from across the state to the Third Street Center. During the two-day summit, students from the Front Range to Durango, and nearly everywhere in between, partook in activities and […]
Earth Day panel discusses policy implications
On Monday, April 21, a near-capacity crowd gathered at the Third Street Center for a panel discussion titled, “How Environmental Policies in D.C. and Denver are Affecting the Roaring Fork Valley.” The event was sponsored by Wilderness Workshop (WW) and Mtn Bio, a community-based, climate-centered educational nonprofit; both are Carbondale-based. Beth Shoemaker, founder of Mtn […]
Eventos locales cerca de mi
¡Entérate de los eventos para todas las edades! Desde música en las bibliotecas del condado de Garfield hasta entrenamiento para mitigación de incendios en el Third Street Center de Carbondale.
El edificio que fomenta comunidad
Crear un espacio que incite a la colaboración y las soluciones comunitarias ha sido el sello distintivo del Third Street Center, el cual cumple 15 años de servicio en Carbondale.
A building that builds community — 15 years at the Third Street Center
Creating an inviting space for collaboration and community solutions has been the hallmark of the Third Street Center as it marks 15 years of service in Carbondale. With its 45,000-square-foot facility serving as the physical foundation for collaboration, the Third Street Center is currently home to a diverse collection of 36 organizations and has served […]
Carbondale geothermal project awarded $312K
On Friday, May 24, Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) announced $7.7 million in grant awards to 35 geothermal projects statewide. Among those recipients was Carbondale-based nonprofit Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER), which received two grant awards for the design and installation of a geothermal energy network underneath the Third […]
Geothermal heating warms up in Carbondale
In 2017, the Town of Carbondale adopted the goal to achieve a 100% reduction of carbon emissions by 2050. While that may sound ambitious, Carbondale is steadily taking steps toward carbon neutrality, with the next right beneath our feet.Carbondale’s Third Street Center is already an epicenter for binding sustainability and community, with its solar array […]
Sudden spike in unhoused population exposes regional gaps
“It’s nice to know the folks here have shelter to go to. We’ll see what the next phase brings, but it buys us some more time,” Carbondale Trustee Colin Laird said on Jan. 30. In more than one way, Laird has been on the frontlines of Carbondale’s response to the recent influx of more than […]
