Health department announces new hire
San Juan Basin Health Department welcomes Claire Ninde as its new healthy living/worksite wellness program manager.
Moving to Durango 16 years ago, Ninde has worked at both for-profit and nonprofit organizations locally in various capacities, including business management, program administration, advocacy and fundraising. Most recently, Ninde worked at Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency as development and leveraging coordinator.
Ninde will be working with interested local businesses to help them develop wellness programs at their work sites and support employees’ efforts to improve their health.
For more information, call 335-2044 or visit www.sjbhd.org/worksite-wellness.
Durango Herald to host Readers Choice awards
The Durango Herald will host the Readers Choice awards.
Paper ballots will be inserted in four editions, starting June 2. More than 100 categories range from the best in food service to legal and medical services. Winners will be announced Aug. 11 in a special section inserted into the Herald.
During the first round of voting, which will continue through June 17, readers write the names of their choices on ballots. The top five mentions from the first round will be placed on a second ballot, when readers choose the top three.
The second round of voting will end July 10.
First-place winners will receive a plaque; second and third place will receive a certificate.
Voting is free and requires about 15 minutes. Paper ballots must be returned to the Herald from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday or mailed to The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 81302. Photocopied ballots will not be allowed. To vote online, visit http://durangoherald.com/section/ReadersChoice. Online voting will be monitored to ensure people are not voting more than once per day.
Insurance, financial advisers to meet
The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors will meet at noon Wednesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave.
Dan Almuti from Franklin-Templeton Investments will speak. Almuti will discuss domestic and global market conditions and the outlook from the Franklin-Templeton investment team.
Chamber to host Tuesday Talk on June 4
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host Tuesday Talk at 7:45 a.m. June 4 at Carver Brewing Co., 1022 Main Ave.
This is a casual networking event, and free coffee will be provided. Reservations are required.
To register, visit www.durangobusiness.org or call 247-0312.
Region 9 offers updated retail data
The Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado has updated retail data for each of the five Southwest Colorado counties.
These reports measure how each community’s retail sales compare with others of similar size across the state. Retail trade sectors also are looked at to see whether there is a sales surplus, demonstrating whether communities are drawing in shoppers from outside the region, or leakage, identifying what goods are being purchased outside the region.
Region 9 last updated this report in 2006, and the current document now is on Region 9’s website at www.scan.org under “regional data.”
For more information, call 247-9621.
Herald Staff
