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A few weeks ago U.S. Highway 6 and I-70 shut down in both directions for hours due to a traffic accident that ignited a wildland fire causing gridlock, headaches and worry. The responses ranged from...

What happens when teachers can only afford to live hours away from schools?

Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley, for the first time in its 27-year history, is building at two job sites concurrently. With permits received in July from the town of Gypsum, eight homes are under construction...

A recent Colorado Health Foundation study showed housing affordability as a top concern for Coloradans. Housing affordability and the cascade of issues that it creates for our communities are well known. A few weeks ago,...

The El Pomar Foundation, a philanthropic organization based in Colorado Springs, has donated $25,000 to the Family & Intercultural Resource Center as it seeks a new base of operations.  The resource center, in partnership with...

We just welcomed 16 new families into Habitat for Humanity, which got me thinking about the “Habitat family” and how my work here has allowed me to see firsthand how people volunteer to their strengths....

“I started crying in front of my class. … I let them know and they clapped their hands! I can’t believe it! I am so lucky and blessed. Thank you. A big weight is lifted....

Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley is piloting modular housing in a 16-unit Eagle housing development that, with collaboration from the Eagle County School District, the town of Eagle and Eagle County, will be hitting the...

The housing crisis in Eagle County makes headlines each week, but the sold-out crowd at Habitat for Humanity Vail Valley’s annual Carpenters’ Ball put a dent in the number of homes needed by raising $850,000...

For those of you who have volunteered at a Habitat Build Day, you know that you are often joined on the job site by a Habitat family contributing to their required volunteer hours. On a...