From Arkansas Valley Music and Dance:
“We now have an online calendar available to see whats happening! Expect more changes to the AVMAD website as well.
Add this URL to your bookmarks!
Call it “AVMAD Calendar”. Click on any event to get details.
Our email is a service of Arkansas Valley Music and Dance, a 501(c)3 [...]

The NY Times has just published their annual ‘Year in Ideas’ Feature.  I’ve really enjoyed becoming acquainted and re-acquainted with the ideas they’ve collected here.  For instance, consider the awkwardly named but delightful concept of the  ‘Locavestor’:
“Perhaps you’ve heard of locavores: people who eat only foods that have been produced within a 100-mile radius.  Now [...]

I filled up our Subaru today and noticed that I payed less than half price for a full tank than I did a year ago. Gas in Buena Vista is around 1.69 for regular unleaded! I definitely have mixed feelings on this issue.
From a financial standpoint, I feel happy that I can allocate more of [...]

In his blog, Let Your Life Speak, Buena Vista resident Dustin Urban writes a poignant letter to Senator Salazar urging him not to hand over a blank check to the big 3.
“I am the proud owner of a Japanese Toyota Prius. I am 24 with a baby on the way, and I am committed to [...]

Last night the second community input meeting for changes on Buena Vista’s East Main St. was held at the BV Community Center. There was a good number of folks there, actively seeking to create a better, safer space down the street. Kristin Cypher of Britina Design Group has been working with the the town planner, [...]

Alan Robinson, GARNA representative to the Chaffee County Heritage Board, writes:
The Chaffee County Heritage Area Advisory Board is just completing a 2-year effort to develop a Heritage Area Management Plan, and is inviting the public to review the full document. This Plan, which has been developed on a parallel track with the County’s Roundtable [...]

Great job tonight, Demons! For those of you who missed the game, BV came back in the fourth quarter from 13 to 36 to tie it up with two minutes left 36 -36. (nice onside kick and conversions). Unfortunately, in those final two minutes, Steamboat Springs scored twice winning 49 to 36. Great game, great [...]

Its hard not to feel that autumn may have just come to an abrupt halt this past week as an early season storm brought freezing temperatures and accumulated snow to the streets of Buena Vista. But never fear, with highs in the low 60’s, the forecast for this weekend is looking quite optimistic. A quick [...]

Folks, we’ve only got 2 weeks left til Election Day.  If you’re anything like me, between the lackluster debates, more TV ads than any campaign in history, and non-stop-People-magazine-politics, I think I’m just about full.  However, the allure of the possibility real change, of having your voice heard and making a difference for your family, [...]

Walking through a bookstore last month, a cover caught my eye, The Transition Handbook - From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins. That was my first introduction to the concept of “transition towns” or towns that are working now to reduce their need for oil and build infrastructure that supports a durable community. [...]