Rotarians to hear from relocation group
Roberta Eickman of the New In Town Welcome Service will speak to the Rotary Club of Durango at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Strater Hotel, 699 Main Ave. Her company’s representatives will meet people who have relocated to Durango to introduce them to local businesses, services and organizations and to answer questions about the area. Visitors are welcome.
For more information, call Bruce Rodman at 385-7899.
Concerts benefit disabilities nonprofit
Southwest Center for Independence, a local nonprofit that helps people with disabilities live well in the community, has been selected as one of 12 nonprofit beneficiaries of the Rochester Hotel’s Secret Garden Concert series.
The series will feature a different nonprofit and musical talent every Wednesday. The concert from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday will feature the Southwest Center for Independence and local musicians The Assortment. Staff members from the Southwest Center for Independence will be available to talk about the services they offer people with disabilities in the area.
For more information, call 259-1672.
City welcomes public to budget workshop
The city of Durango has started the process of planning for the 2016 budget, and it will hold a public workshop at 5 p.m. Wednesday in City Council Chambers at City Hall, 949 East Second Ave.
In addition to learning more about the city’s budget and budget process, interested residents are encouraged to bring their ideas and suggestions. The public’s ideas and suggestions will be considered by the city manager and staff members during the budget process. The budget is usually adopted at a City Council meeting in December, and it goes into effect the first of the year.
To submit ideas for consideration, email CityManager@durangogov.org or mail to City Manager’s Office, 949 E. Second Ave., Durango, CO 81301. Comments are due Aug. 7.
Dharma offers help dealing with trauma
For people interested in cultivating compassion for related suffering and finding new ways to forge connections that effectively address floods, fires, oil spills and climate change, the Durango Dharma Center will offer a free community talk and two-day workshop presented by meditation teacher, Belinda Griswold.
The program called “The Work that Reconnects: Creativity and Empowerment in Troubled Times” will begin with an introductory presentation from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and continues from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday. The talk and workshop will be offered at the Dharma Center, 208 East Animas Road (County Road 250).
Through a series of creative, experiential exercises, the talk and workshop will open space for radical truth-speaking, leading to personal and collective empowerment. Drawing on deep ecology, systems theory and engaged Buddhism, this open-source body of work builds motivation, solidarity and vision. Griswold is a national and global-media strategist for environmental groups. She has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for more than 20 years, and she is a meditation teacher and sangha leader. She serves as chairwoman of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship board of directors, and she lives in Boulder.
To register or for more information, visit durangodharmacenter.org; call Terry Leonard at 799-0084 or email tleonard@frontier.net.
City to spray weeds in several areas
The city of Durango Parks and Recreation Department will be spraying weeds through Aug. 10.
The areas to be sprayed, weather permitting, are:
City road right-of-ways.
Skyridge southern open space.
The city has contracted with Scott’s Pro-Lawn for turf fertilization and noxious-weed abatement. The herbicide that will be used is called Vessel Broadleaf Herbicide.
For more information, call 375-7380.
Herald Staff
