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From Headlines to Homegrown Solutions: Momentum Builds in Silverton
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Capacity Building in Glenwood Springs
Located at the mouth of the Roaring Fork Valley, Glenwood Springs has faced growing pressure on its housing stock over the last decade, driven in part by rising costs up valley...
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Flowing Forward: Lessons from the Eagle River
When local leaders from the Town of Eagle attended Community Builders’ Leadership Training in 2015, they were searching for ways...
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Hamilton, MT: Six Years Later
In the wide open spaces of the west, cities are often defined by their quaint downtowns and the routes that connect them to the next urban area...
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Northern Arizona Counties Land Economic Home Runs
At first glance, the coal counties of Northern Arizona and the movie “Moneyball” have very little in common...
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A mindset shift transforms community building in Alamosa
Five years after the City of Alamosa and its partners attended our Building Better Places Training (BBP), this mindset still permeates City Hall.
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3 Years of the CO Affordable Housing Toolkit
In June 2025, Community Builders completed a three year contract for The Colorado Affordable Housing Toolkit for Local Officials (“Toolkit”).
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Watt’s Next? A Guide to Re-Energizing Coal Communities
Coal transition is an enormous challenge for impacted communities. These often small, rural communities have excelled at one thing for decades…
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