Health-education center announces hire
The Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center in Durango announces Mary Dengler-Frey as the new special projects manager.
Dengler-Frey will coordinate the Asthma/Respiratory Toolkit Program, facilitate the regional hub for Connect for Health Colorado and provide support for health professional preceptor recruitment. Dengler-Frey also will be the primary-care liaison for the Center of Excellence in Care Coordination. Center of Excellence in Care Coordination is an 18-month planning grant that facilitates collaboration, shared learning and practice advancement of care coordinators. The grant’s objective is to provide assistance for the improvement of access to quality, coordinated and cost-effective health care and social services.
Dengler-Frey comes to the center from Southwest Colorado Community College in Durango, where she served as an instructor, academic adviser, faculty and staff trainer and mentor as well as interim special assistant to the dean. For more information, visit http://swcahec.org.
Elevation Real Estate announces affiliation
Elevation Real Estate Co. announces its affiliation with United Country Real Estate.
United Country is the only national real-estate franchise that specializes in lifestyle properties in America’s small cities and towns. With a heritage that dates back to 1925, the company supports more than 600 franchisees and 5,000 real-estate agents across the United States and Central America. United Country has recently been named as a top franchise by The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 and The Land Report. It also is partnered with global realty leaders: Colliers International for commercial real estate and PRD Nationwide for exposure in overseas markets.
For more information, call Shane Dawson at 769-2949 or email shane@elevationdurango.com.
Chamber to host Business After Hours
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host December Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at First National Bank of Durango, 259 W. Ninth St.
The cost is $7 for chamber members and guests. The event will feature a holiday menu from the Strater Catering and Events and beverages from Durango Liquor & Wine Co.
For more information, visit www.durangobusiness.org.
Herald Staff


