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Real Properties in Colorado will be re-appraised this year, which happens every odd year. Property owners will be getting a notice of valuation by May 1st of this year. The new tax amounts will go into effect for the years 2009 and 2010 (payable in 2010 and 2011). Now, here’s the interesting part. We (property owners) [...]
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First, a belated Happy Holidays, Happy Winter Solstice, and Happy New Year, everyone! I’m a bit behind in catching up, but thought I’d do so before the first month of January is behind me. We’ve had a terrific winter so far on the Western Slope, with one of the snowiest Decembers in quite some time. It took [...]
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This season’s Main in Motion started last Thursday in downtown Montrose on a gloomy, rainy evening, but that didn’t stop the intrepid, dedicated merchants on the historic Main Street of Montrose, Colorado. If you’re in this area, be sure to make a Thursday evening afer normal business hours part of your tour. Many of the businesses [...]
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As is all too common, I let work and life’s distractions pull me away from posting to this blog recently, for which I apologize, but I’m back with renewed commitment and enthusiasm. Just to catch you up on what’s been happening with me, in March, I made a very typical Coloradan escape during the “mud [...]
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I attended a dinner party the other night at some friends' home in Ridgway. They were in town, after having moved to Parker for job reasons, while maintaining their home in Ridgway. Their circle of friends are not my usual circle, but I have, certainly, met many at previous parties and in and around town. [...]
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Last night, watching the Grammy Awards, reminded me of a notable fact about my little town of Ridgway where I live, about 26 miles south of Montrose, where I work. Ridgway is where John Billings of Billings Artworks creates the Grammy Award, which he's been doing for well over 25 years. Check out his website. It's rather [...]
Not all is Rosie in the Rockies–a Plea for Sane Driving!
By Ninah Hunter on July 23rd, 2008
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Colorado, and especially where I live in and around the San Juan Mountains and the famous “Million Dollar Highway,” offers some of the most spectacular drives on mountain highways and byways. By the same token, these roads intensify the normal risks of motoring down the highway. I commute almost daily the 27 miles between Ridgway [...]