Coming at you with a special Saturday edition of ChannelBV! We are spending the day in beautiful downtown Buena Vista in the Orpheum Theatre, staffing our booth at the First Annual Sustainability Showcase sponsored by Colorado Mountain College. If you’re reading this at home, come join us for a day of engaging speakers, [...]

Hi ChannelBV Readers! It’s Alex, John and Allison, your friendly CBV founders. We wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of your support. We have received so much good feedback and encouragement around this project, we really feel that our work is having an impact and that people appreciate what [...]

Since ChannelBV launched this February, we (the writers) have striven to speak with a neutral, objective voice. We continue to stand by this editorial policy in the hopes that the people who do feel strongly about an issue one way or another will feel comfortable stepping forward in the comments or the forums to [...]

Spring has arrived in full force. The Lilacs are blooming, the snow is melting and the Caddis Fly are hatching in record numbers on the Arkansas River! ESPN covered the hatch a couple years back,
“They come off the river like smoke,” said Bill Edrington, owner of Royal Gorge Anglers
Fishermen are advised to [...]

Come spend an evening watching & discussing talks by some of the world’s most foremost thinkers and doers. These thought provoking, inspiring, and often surprising short-form videos are brought to the world thanks to Ted.com. TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an annual conference that started under the moniker “ideas worth spreading.” [...]

Recently, a friend of mine pointed out the ridiculous over use of the term ‘Artisan’ in common use today. With the proliferation of products labeled ‘Artisan’ from ‘Artisan furniture’ from Ikea to ‘Artisan breads’ at the super market, the term is rapidly losing meaning in todays culture. An Artisan, according to TheFreeDictionary.com is
“…A [...]

Over at YBWhoUR, I was doing some thinking about how goods make their way across the mountains and into our homes and businesses. While contemplating alternative methods of transportation, I started thinking about our existing seemingly abandoned rail infrastructure. With new activity in the valley up at the Climax mine, there was some [...]

In the first of many events to come, ChannelBV will host a talk and Q&A session about the joys of sharing your ideas with your community. With freely available and easy to use tools, publishing ideas has never been easier. This Thursday, March 13th at 7pm, ChannelBV invites the public to come out to the [...]

Ready to start Blogging? Alright, ready, set go!
1. Open a Blogging account. All of these services are excellent and free. A number of people who blog @ ChannelBV use Wordpress as their platform of choice. Since tens of millions of people use each of the services listed here, you really [...]

Life in the Arkansas River Valley is wonderful. People come to this part of the world seeking adventure and solitude, beauty and community. We are a people bound together by a mutual love of this place and all it offers. But where can we go to discuss what goes on in our [...]