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JUNE 8, 2009
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Vol. 21, No. 136
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S T E A M B O AT S P R I N G S
Locals learn fire trade Residents attempt to master skills, equipment at Steamboat academy Page 3
SPORTS
Steamboat Marathon runners fill the southbound lane of Routt County Road 129 on Sunday. For the story, see page 21.
Vision 2030 looks ahead
With final report ready, project outlines plans for future Margaret Hair
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Rockies win again Page 21
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After two years of surveying, polling, researching and meeting, the Vision 2030 report is ready for its final presentation. A final draft of the report, which sought to “define the future of the Yampa Valley,” will be presented to the Steamboat Springs City Council and the Routt County Board of Commissioners on June 22. The report will be ready to go to print soon, and it should be
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Saturday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 6-7-14-31-32 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
available for Routt County residents by the end of the month, Vision 2030 Project Manager Tammie Delaney said. The final report — which has been in the works since the beginning of the year and has been presented to the commissioners and to town boards in Hayden, Oak Creek, Yampa and Steamboat Springs — is “a guide for the community about our own community,” said Kathy Stokes, a Vision 2030 co-chairwoman. “What’s wonderful about it is that now we feel very confident that we’ve heard from so
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many of the residents of Routt County, and their answers and issues and questions were all very similar,” Stokes said. “So we have good instruction for the future, and those ought to be used by everyone from government officials to interest groups in particular areas to regular citizens who are looking for a way to make a difference in the community.”
The survey Surveys were created and distributed in April 2007.
In November of that year, the project committee hosted roundtable discussions in North Routt, South Routt, Hayden and Steamboat Springs to identify what residents value the most. The surveys were completed by March 2008 with 1,200 residents responding. In the following months, 12 focus groups put together desired outcomes and action recommendations, and in November 2008, the project committee presented See Vision 2030, page 11
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