Carbondale: Newsworthy!!!
Carbondale is a hub of activity and so much of it is newsworthy!!! In addition to the daily news headlines on our home page, we have included this page of links to national articles as well as to our local newspapers, detailing what the Carbondale area has to offer!
Biking at its Peak
-by Curtis Hubbard...Denver Post, August 9, 2009
As a kid, I traveled around Colorado to watch various stages of the Red Zinger and Coors Bicycle classics. My best friend and I nearly came to blows at the bus stop when his favorite movie, "Kramer vs. Kramer," beat out mine, "Breaking Away," for the best-picture Oscar in 1979.
Rocky Mountain Rapture
-by Kristin Miller...Denver Life, May/June 2009
I awoke to the rhythmic sound of the rushing river below as I gradually lifted out of my restful slumber, my eyes adjusting to the soft morning light. A cool docile breeze drifted in through the open window and the melodic voices of cheerful songbirds filled the air.
CORE to sponsor energy saving talks in Carbondale
-by Jeremy Heiman...The Valley Journal, November 13, 2008
Increased community knowledge of energy savings and renewable energy is the goal of a special Carbondale event series that will take place next week. The Energy Resolutions Series, sponsored by the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) in Carbondale and other organizations, will include presentations by a number of speakers on saving money through energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Partnering for Success celebrates new facility in Carbondale
-by John Gardner...The Post Independent, November 4, 2008
Glenwood Springs High School freshmen Andrew Mansfield and Andrew Gauldin were guitar heroes Monday night at the open house for the new Partnering for Success Center at the newly renovated Carbondale Middle School in Carbondale. The building also houses Computers 4 Kids (C4K), Bridges High School, the Roaring Fork School District’s information services and the Carbondale Family Resource Center.
State of the Valley Report, Diversity is the key to economic success
-by Jermey Heiman, The Valley Journal, October 30, 2008
The strength of the local economy is in its diversity. That message was delivered by experts on western economies who addressed participants at the State of the Valley Symposium presented by Carbondale-based Healthy Mountain Communities last Friday at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs. “More diverse economies are not only more resilient, they also grow faster,” said Ben Alexander, associate director of Headwaters Economics, a Montana-based nonprofit research group. The more dependent our economy is on the natural gas industry, the more vulnerable we are to forces outside the area, he said.
A grand honor for the Rio Grande Trail between Aspen and Glenwood Springs
-by John Gardner...The Post Independent, October 3, 2008
The Rio Grande Trail was awarded the Outstanding Community Tourism Initiative Award Wednesday evening at the awards dinner during Gov. Bill Ritter’s 2008 Colorado Tourism Conference held in Beaver Creek. The award was presented to the community recognizing its successful tourism initiative.
Carbondale joins list of top towns
- by David Frey . . . Aspen Daily News, August 23, 2008
Sorry, Aspen. Cheer up, Basalt. Get over it, Glenwood. It’s Carbondale on the cover of National Geographic Adventure magazine, listed as one of the 12 top “next great towns” in the country.
