Aja Tibbs has a full plate as the city of Ouray's new community development coordinator, starting with working with elected officials, staff and citizens to update the city's community plan. Mike Wiggins â Ouray County Plaindea/er
‘I’m a determined individual’
The first challenge was just getting to Ouray.
Aja Tibbs and her family sold their suburban Denver home a week before the COVID-19 pandemic made in-person closings difficult, if not impossible. But they had trouble finding a moving van to haul their possessions across the mountain.
Once Ouray’s new community development director arrived, she faced another conundrum: How do you get to know people without seeing them in person? The coronavirus relegated most city employees to working from home thi...
