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• Commissioners awarded a $2.4 million (final estimate still in negotiation) commercial builder’s contract to Stryker and Company, Inc., of Montrose to oversee the design and construction of a new Human Resources building. The new building is part of a Read on…
• In a series of speech-style presentations that brought tears to the eyes of this blogger, students from The Paonia Experiential Leadership Academy told Commissioners about their hopes for the future of Delta County and the planet. Each speech focused Read on…
Director of Community and Economic Development Elyse Casselberry has hired long-time planning consultant Kelly Yeager as a permanent employee. Yeager, who had been contracted by Delta County for the past four years, was quietly hired on February 1 as the Read on…
In an emergency meeting on Feb. 27, 2019, County Commissioners signed a resolution declaring Delta County a local disaster emergency in response to the Town of Paonia (and surrounding area) water outage. EXCERPTED FROM MEETING MINUTES: “We do have a Read on…
• Susie Kaldis Lowe and Carol Newman with the North Fork Valley Creative Coalition asked Commissioners for help to fund two permanent signs at the highway entrances that access the Town of Paonia. As part of a comprehensive signage campaign, Read on…
After two ignored requests and being forced to CORA information about three industrial-sized buildings that have gone up on Powell Mesa in Hotchkiss, county planning and administration just sent out this news release: Curious About Growing Hemp in Delta County? Read on…
Commissioners approved the release of $10,000 in escrow funds, collected from residential developers via fire hydrant installation fees, to purchase a new fire truck for the Hotchkiss Fire District. “We have a truck under contract right now,” said Hotchkiss Fire Read on…