Chaffee County Habitat for Humanity announces:
GRAPE EXPECTATIONS WINE TASTING
Date    08-30-09
Time    5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
Location    Mothers Bistro, 414 E. Main, Buena Vista
Tickets $15 at the door and at: Collegiate Peaks Bank (BV Branch), Mothers Bistro, Little Daisy Liquors (302 US Hwy. 24 N., BV). Live Music by David Tipton, Chapman Stick artist. Fun * Appetizers. Proceeds benefit [...]

NATIONALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNIST RECOMMENDS LOCAL FIRM AS SOURCE OF
TRUSTWORTHY FINANCIAL ADVICE FOR THE MASSES
Buena Vista, CO, August 27, 2009. Humberto Cruz, the nationally renowned financial
columnist, endorsed People’s Financial Advisor, LLC as a source for financial advice that is both
trustworthy and affordable. Cruz and his wife, Georgina, came to the United States from
Havanna, Cuba in 1960 [...]

Have you wondered what kind of birds are in your backyard or how experienced birders so quickly identify a flying bird? This course will teach how to use a variety of observation techniques to sort out one bird from another and more about the life of birds, from extraordinary migrations to surviving at subzero temperatures. [...]

GARNA and Trout Unlimited are teaming up to offer a free class on stream ecology. Topics will include factors that make up good fish habitat, and how water quality and bug presence influence fish health. The group will collect water samples and run quality tests including pH, dissolved oxygen and hardness & alkalinity. The class [...]

From the BV Roastery blog:
A few years ago when my wife was working with a New Urbanism project locally, we toured through a few big cities to gain some insight that we can’t glean here in tiny Buena Vista. I recall passing several strip malls, one anchored by a Wal-Mart. This one was different. Conspicuously [...]