By Mary Pat Haddock

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Housing consumers want more choices and convenient access to amenities, according to several studies cited by a speaker in Ridgway on Jan. 23 and 24. Clark Anderson, director of the Western Colorado Legacy Program of the Sonoran Institute, gave a fascinating presentation on housing trends nationwide and in the southwest.
Ridgway Town Manager Jen Coates invited Anderson to the county after hearing him speak last year. At a dinner Wednesday night with elected and appointed officials and department heads from the county's three governmental entities, and also at a meeting for community members on Thursday, Anderson presented a comprehensive summary of housing trends. Speaking about the dinner, he said, "I got to see local governments coming together. Not many areas of the state do that. You are fortunate to have some forward thinking leaders."

by Mary Pat Haddock
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Last week’s Western Slope Food and Farm Forum, held in Montrose, opened with Jerri Omernik, of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, 4H Club and Edward Jones, describing the Continental Divide as being “a barrier in being able to participate in educational opportunities.” She explained the forum was intended to remove that barrier for Western Slope farmers and ranchers. She went on to say, “what fits guys on the Front Range and Eastern Plains doesn’t fit on our side of the hill” and promised the forum would focus on locally relevant information.

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