Homegrown Prosperity

December 6, 2024

A Community Conversation in Montrose!

Nearly 50 members and supporters came together to talk about life in Montrose County at the second annual Community Conversation hosted last night by Uncompahgre Valley Alliance
March 24, 2022

Help coal communities re-invent their economies

“The mining jobs are gone and aren’t coming back. We need real investment to make sure communities have sustainable jobs for future generations.” — Roger Carver, […]
March 3, 2022

ARPA kidding me? Be in the know!

We’re two years in and COVID continues to be woven into our daily lives. Our communities continue to suffer hardships due to the loss of jobs, […]
June 18, 2021

The RECLAIM Act sets the stage for a “Just Transition” for coal communities

As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the COVID-19 crisis, the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities […]
April 2, 2021

The path to homegrown prosperity

As national politicians debate infrastructure spending bills and how to “build back better,” Colorado has led the nation by creating a first-of-its-kind plan to transition communities […]
March 10, 2021

RECLAIM Act & Abandoned Mine Land Fund Reauthorization Introduced

Ensures Coal Communities Are Part of America’s Economic Recovery  As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the […]
January 8, 2021

Just Transitions to Homegrown Prosperity webinar series

We know that the county is still absorbing the events that took place yesterday in Washington D.C. We are living through historic times and tests of […]
August 27, 2020

Tri-State and new green legislation

On June 1, Tri-State filed its first Phase 1 documents for the historic Electric Resource Plan underway at the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. In 2019, both […]
August 27, 2020

Good News in the Coalfields: Reclamation Jobs a step closer to reality

This summer, as fossil fuel markets around the globe crashed and left many a rural economy on shaky ground, work was a afoot in the Halls […]