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Dear Rico Neighbor,
We are excited to share the Rico Land Collaborative (RLC), a new, Rico- centric non-profit, developed by Jordan Carr (President), Teal Stetson-Lee (Treasurer), Skippie Zeller (Secretary), and Dave Nesis (Newest Member). In one year’s time, we established a partnership with the Montezuma Land Conservancy and the Trust for Public Land. We applied for our first grant through Great Outdoors Colorado, with the intent of stewarding historic private mining properties to preserve their value for residents of Rico. Stewardship of holistic, local land management practices will secure access, in perpetuity, to our most local natural places, with a focus on conservation, education, recreation, and other land use, based on community vision. In addition, we’ve developed a plan for a community garden and greenhouse space on Piedmont for an opportunity to cultivate local food by and for Rico residents through personal growing plots, right here in town. RLC has been working closely with the newly reinvigorated Rico Geothermal Coalition (RGC) to explore the opportunity for utilizing the local geothermal/hydrothermal resource for community benefit. RGC is a team of 5 local community members, industry experts, consultants, and Western University. RGC applied for their first grant through the Department of Energy in Oct, 2022 with the hope to supply the community with a cheaper, more reliable district heating source. If you are interested in learning more about Rico Land Collaborative or any of these initiatives, we invite you to attend our community roundtable gathering on Sat, April 1st at 4pm at The Fireweed Cafe. Roundtable question for consideration: What is it about Rico that is special to you? With Love, Jordan, Skippie, Teal and Dave Jordan- 970-343-2741, Skippie- 970-317-4981, Teal- 970-764-5866 Dave- 425-765-4202
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