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Colorado Mountain College’s Leadville campus hopes its student-run Dutch Henry ski area will expedite training for an industry laboring to retain lift mechanics, equipment operators and other technical workers. Read more: From The Colorado Sun: A tiny chairlift in Leadville offers big opportunities for Colorado Mountain College and the ski resort industry

Colorado Mountain College Vail Valley at Edwards and the Vail Valley Art Guild are hosting the 12th annual Vail Valley Fine Art Show, which kicks off with their anticipated opening reception, the Art & Jazz-ish party, held from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19 at CMC’s Edwards campus. Read more: Art & Jazz-ish reception to launch 12th annual Vail Valley Fine Art Show at CMC Vail Valley at Edwards

The Colorado Mountain College men’s and women’s cross-country teams are invite area runners and cyclists to join them in a fundraising race on Sept. 13 in Leadville to help raise money for a cause with a Vail connection Read more: CMC XC teams help fight ALS: Community invited to join Sept. 13 fundraiser

CMC Ballot measure would restore CMC’s authority to invest in nurses, first responders, and skilled trades GLENWOOD SPRINGS – At a meeting held at CMC’s Spring Valley campus in Glenwood Springs this week, the Colorado Mountain College Board of Trustees unanimously approved placing a measure on the November ballot that would restore its authority to use the mill levy provision approved by voters in 2018. Without imposing any new tax and without exceeding the limit approved by voters, this measure would enable CMC to expand training for nurses, first responders, in-demand skilled trades and develop innovative housing strategies to retain talent in mountain communities for a period of 10 years. In 2018, voters provided the college’s locally elected trustees with authority to adjust the college’s mill levy solely for the purpose of maintaining revenues that would be lost due to statewide property tax assessment rate reductions. Since 2018, the trustees have used this authority responsibly and, over the past two years, the board voluntarily returned $47 million in relief to taxpayers by temporarily adjusting its mill downward to 3.23 mills (from 4.241) in response to rising property valuations and a balanced college budget. However, in 2024 the state legislature enacted HB24B-1001, which caps local governments’ revenue growth at 5.25% above the prior year’s level, thereby restricting CMC’s ability to responsibly adjust its revenues and mill levy in future years, even within the authority voters previously approved. “This November’s vote is about reaffirming the trust voters placed in us in 2018,” said Chris Romer, President of the CMC Board of Trustees. “It is not a tax increase; it’s a restoration of local control, grounded in the investment our communities made in us seven years ago. With this flexibility, CMC will expand programs that are vital to local employers and lead to… Read more: CMC Ballot measure would restore CMC’s authority to invest in nurses, first responders, and skilled trades

Application due date is fast approaching for an opportunity to visit Cuba Read more: CMC offers unique opportunity to visit Cuba this November