Dawn Glanc believes the four-year term she's served on the Ouray City Council gives her a leg up in the five-person competition for two seats this fall. Glanc, a climbing guide who also manages the visitors' center, first moved to Ouray in 2005. Plaindealer photo by Mike Wiggins
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Once a victim of local housing shortage, councilor seeks to help others in bid
Before she joined the Ouray City Council, Dawn Glanc clawed and scrambled like so many local residents to try to make ends meet
Her love of ice climbing drew her to Ouray in the winter of 2005, but she couldn’t find a job that allowed her to live here year-round, forcing her to migrate in her work as a climbing guide between Bellingham, Washington, and Ouray for six years. When she finally became a full-time resident in 2011, she bounced from job to job and house to house. She cleaned houses ...