Mancos

New Director of Mancos Creative District Hopes to Bring Energy, Diversity to Arts Community

By • Aug 15, 2017
Courtesy of Sarah Syverson / Mancos Creative District

The Mancos Creative District hopes to create a “vibrant and sustainable economic hub” and empower a “diverse creative community” in the town of Mancos. KSJD’s Austin Cope talked with incoming Mancos Creative District Director Sarah Syverson about how the organization hopes to increase diversity and improve economic development in the town of Mancos.

How the 2017 Mancos Days Will Celebrate--and Support--the Community

By • Jul 27, 2017
Mancos Days Facebook Page

The 28th Annual Mancos Days celebration happens this weekend. KSJD's Austin Cope spoke with Daria Sparks, president of the Mancos Days Planning Committee, to learn more about what Mancos Days brings to the town.

Volunteer Trail Maintenance and Development Group Forms in Mancos

By • Jul 20, 2017
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A new grassroots trails group is forming in Mancos, and has planned an organizational meeting on Thursday, July 20th at 6pm at the Mancos Public Library. To learn more about the group and what it hopes to achieve, KSJD's Austin Cope talked with Peter Brin D'Amour, one of the group's members. Click below to listen.

 

Full Disclosure: Peter Brin D'Amour is also a volunteer DJ at KSJD.

Mancos Church Provides Sanctuary for Longtime Area Resident At Risk of Deportation

By & • Jun 29, 2017
Austin Cope / KSJD News

A Cortez woman born in Mexico has taken sanctuary within the Mancos United Methodist Church while she seeks to avoid deportation. Rosa Sabido, whose stepfather is a naturalized U.S. citizen and whose mother is a lawful permanent resident, has been living in the church’s fellowship hall since June 2nd after her application for a seventh stay of removal was denied in May. Immigration authorities had approved her previous six applications, which are good for one year each.

Mancos School District Approved For BEST Grant

By • May 22, 2017

Mancos School District Re-6 has been approved for a $19.8 million grant from the state’s Building Excellent Schools Today, or BEST, program. School-board member Monty Guiles gave the news to the Montezuma County commissioners on Monday. The grant – which is for a major renovation of the K-through-12 campus – is contingent on the passage of a local bond issue to raise matching funds of close to $5 million. The question is expected to go to voters this fall.
 

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