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Mobile coffee shop expands to campground
Business

Mobile coffee shop expands to campground

July 14, 2015

The Silver Bean coffee shop has added a location at the Dolores River Campground. Manager Steve Marty, right, stands with campground owners Billy and Lainey Beyhan, and their children.Regan Umberger/The…

Ag Business 101
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Ag Business 101

July 14, 2015

Cortez Middle School students learn the business side of farming

Business Briefs
Business

Business Briefs

July 14, 2015

Ilg The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host Lunch & Learn at noon July 22 at the Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave. Nicola St. Mary will present “Making…

Long-awaited rules aim to strengthen housing act
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Long-awaited rules aim to strengthen housing act

July 11, 2015

Last week, the Obama administration announced long-awaited rules designed to repair the law’s unfulfilled promise and promote the kind of racially integrated neighborhoods that have eluded deeply segregated cities such…

Condo prices in Queens soar to record $575,339
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Condo prices in Queens soar to record $575,339

July 11, 2015

The average price of a Queens condo sold was $575,339, up 20 percent from a year earlier, according to a report Thursday from appraiser Miller Samuel Inc. and brokerage Douglas…

How to price your home for a successful sale
Business

How to price your home for a successful sale

July 11, 2015

First, analyze past sales in your neighborhood and check out similar homes in other neighborhoods. This can be difficult in the Durango and Bayfield areas because many of the homes…

Rising rents aren’t just a problem in big cities
Business

Rising rents aren’t just a problem in big cities

July 11, 2015

Rising rental prices are creating new financial pressures on Americans across the country. The jump in rental costs isn’t just affecting families in big cities. In fact, rental prices jumped…

Business Briefs
Business

Business Briefs

July 7, 2015

James Foster of Durango, chairman of Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Network for the past two years, has been named lifetime chairman emeritus by a resolution of the organization’s board of…

Homeownership rate expected to keep falling
Business

Homeownership rate expected to keep falling

July 4, 2015

New homes will still be built, such as this one in Three Springs, but a new report from the Urban Institute forecasts that the homeownership rate in the United States…

Home efficiency upgrades fall short, don’t pay
Business

Home efficiency upgrades fall short, don’t pay

July 4, 2015

The study, which used data from a random sample of 30,000 low-income Michigan households that were eligible for an Energy Department home weatherization program, found that the projected energy savings…

Financing condos can be challenging
Business

Financing condos can be challenging

July 4, 2015

There are a number of reasons that lenders scrutinize condominium loans more carefully than those for townhomes and single family homes. During downturns in the market, condominiums tend to decrease…

Durango, calling all small-business entrepreneurs
Local News

Durango, calling all small-business entrepreneurs

July 4, 2015

Zalneraitis Durango had a natural disadvantage because it is so far from Denver, but a high average revenue, at $723,278, and low unemployment rate, at 4.1 percent, helped the town…

Business Briefs
Business

Business Briefs

June 30, 2015

Alpine Bank was voted “Best Bank” and “Best Mortgage Broker” by readers of ColoradoBiz Magazine as part of the publication’s inaugural Best of Colorado Business Choice Awards. To determine the…

Celebrate our freedom downtown
What's Up Downtown

Celebrate our freedom downtown

June 30, 2015

The day will start with a Pancake Breakfast by the Rotary Club of Durango and a 5-kilometer fun run/walk by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department, both held at Rotary…

A little help learning tourism lingo
A Take on Tourism

A little help learning tourism lingo

June 30, 2015

Like any industry, tourism has an ever-evolving lexicon and inventing new words, phrases, and acronyms involves a lot of “creative strategery” and well-designed “marketecture”. See what I mean. Have you…