To fund, or not to fund: A cultural center for Pagosa Springs
The Pagosa Springs Arts Alliance (PSAA) is asking for $10,000 from the Town of Pagosa Springs and $5,000 from Archuleta County for a total of $15,000 in taxpayer money to help fund a feasibility study on whether or not Pagosa Springs is ready to build a cultural arts center. More specifically, they are hoping that … Read more
Groundbreaking show is inspirational, originally appeared in The Pagosa SUN, Dec. 1, 2005
In a nondescript warehouse on Bastille Street, in an industrial area of Pagosa Lakes, is a hidden treasure: The Space@Shy Rabbit. Nestled between a wholesale bread distributor and a drywall company, in unit B-4 (the only white door with a black logo of a bunny sitting atop the words Shy Rabbit) is a contemporary art … Read more
Find the unusual and unique in Pagosa Springs, Four Corners Business Journal, Dec. 5-18,2005
PAGOSA SPRINGS – Pagosa area residents spend 47 percent of their total retail expenditures outside Archuleta County. It is not uncommon for residents to drive to Durango or Farmington to do their shopping, particularly for general merchandise, where outflow is as high as 75 percent. However, one of the charming things about Pagosa Springs is … Read more
Pagosa voters approve increase in lodgers’ tax
“The Town is hoping to work with the state to have them collect the tax and work with the lodgers to advise them of the increased tax rate. Currently sales and lodgers’ taxes are collected by the state on a quarterly basis and sent to the county and from the county to the town and … Read more
Healing Water: Mineral hot springs offer physical relief from pain, originally appeared in Four Corners Business Journal “Generations,” Nov 2005
A heavy mist of steam rises above the San Juan River, tendrils of silver incandescent vapors dance against a columbine blue sky. The sound of water splashing, falling, running, tinkling fills my head, but the sound alone cannot soothe the chronic pain I feel pulsing from beneath my left shoulder blade up into my skull … Read more

