Pueblo and Southern Colorado (Pueblo West, Rye: 2009, homes, shop)

[McGowdog]

I think that Thatcher Building on 5th and Main (??) or the one up the block on 6th is where my massage therapist resides. Janetta! If you go there, go to the 3rd floor and tell her McGowdog sent ya! You'll still pay and arm and a leg, but I'll get 20 minutes free.

Nice pics and I love the ones from the parking garage. I haven't thought of going there yet, much less taking pics from the thing. Glad to see you met Vegas. Now when you get a chance, check out his photo tours and I'd also suggest looking at DenverAztecs! They are both brilliant in totally different ways.

I've been pictured out lately, but after seeing Vegas' Cherry Creek photos, I'd like to get back out there. It was almost 60° today.

[la junta econ devel]

Josseppie.....thanks for starting the thread and including Southern and Eastern Colorado in it. It gives us all a chance to showcase an important agricultural area of the State that has lot more to see than many people think.

I have some aerial pictures of La Junta and the surrounding area that I will post in a few days. I will also post websites, etc. that provide information about the Arkansas Valley.

McGowdog graciously posted some photos back in September (La Junta and Bent's Fort Photo Thread last visited on the 26th of October; a Wiley McClave Hasty Photo thread last visited on the 9th of September and a Lamar Photo thread on the 8th of September.)

We are truly an area of Colorado that is overlooked and under appreciated...new businesses coming to areas (Vestas to Pueblo, Liqcrytech and Bonnie Plants to La Junta, one in Rocky Ford and another in Lamar) friendly people, great schools, low cost of living, close enough to mountains (1hr 40 min to our property in Cuchara), and even close enough to Denver to have season tickets to the Broncos! Not a bad trip to DIA or COS to fly to Vegas to bet the Broncos or the Rockies!

Not to mention that many of us live on the longest coast to coast highway in the US.....the great 3,073 mile long Highway 50 from Sacramento to Ocean City, MD. We are on the Santa Fe Trail and a full service AMTRAK stop at La Junta on the great Southwest Chief to Los Angeles or Chicago. Plus golfers play golf 300+ days a year on at least 7 golf courses beginning at Fowler.

Come down and see the Picketwire Canyonlands with the largest assemblage of dinosaur tracks in North America; see the Rock Art in the Comanche National Grasslands ; visit Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site; the world famous Koshare Indian Musuem, Otero Museum, Boggsville, Sand Creek Massacre site, Big Timbers Museum and Camp Amache National Historic Site; and the list goes on. My apologies for leaving some out!

We will help keep the thread alive and I am confident that folks east, west, south and north will do the same.

Thanks again!

[Josseppie]

La Junta -

Welcome to our site! I Cant wait to see your pictures of La Junta, hopefully that inspires people from all over south east Colorado to talk about and post pictures of their cities.

Also, at the state fair last year I was at the La Junta booth and met Liqcrytech, that is a great that you guys are the home for such a innovating company! That is jut one reason why our region is going to be a renewable energy center!

[la junta econ devel]

The region covered by the thread also includes some great opportunities for Higher Education. Josseppie mentioned the outstanding CSU-Pueblo and other 4 year schools include Adams State in Alamosa and Western State in Gunnison ("just a little" west of Salida) and both are excellent schools offering 4 year and post graduate programs.

Our Community College System in Colorado is excellent and is represented by Pueblo Community College, Trinidad State Junior College, Lamar Junior College and Otero Junior College in La Junta. The last three offer quality athletic and extra-curricular programs in addition to strong academics and the chance to transfer to other 4 year programs in the State.

[Josseppie]

Agreed, those are very good schools. It would be nice if we could get people from those campuses to post pictures along with information about their schools.

Gunnison, you are defiantly part of our region! I apologize for not meanting you in the opening post.

That brings me to my next point, if you want to talk about a city that is close to our region that does not have a page of their own feel free to do so. Some examples are Leadville, Fountain and Durango.

Perhaps one way to view this thread would be the delivery area of the Pueblo Chieftain?

Any thoughts on this?

[Josseppie]

This is a picture of the new 6 lane, 4th street bridge being built in Pueblo!

[la junta econ devel]

I think the delivery area of the Chieftan sounds good. They do a good job of covering the entire area.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Josseppie

Agreed, those are very good schools. It would be nice if we could get people from those campuses to post pictures along with information about their schools.

Gunnison, you are defiantly part of our region! I apologize for not meanting you in the opening post.

That brings me to my next point, if you want to talk about a city that is close to our region that does not have a page of their own feel free to do so. Some examples are Leadville, Fountain and Durango.

Perhaps one way to view this thread would be the delivery area of the Pueblo Chieftain?

Any thoughts on this?

Actually, that is what the general Colorado forum is supposed to be for. It might get more readership there. Some of us don't visit the COS forum very often.

[Josseppie]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Actually, that is what the general Colorado forum is supposed to be for. It might get more readership there. Some of us don't visit the COS forum very often.

I am not sure what you mean since this thread is in the general Colorado room?

[Katiana]

My mistake; I thought this was on the Colorado Springs forum. City-Data does not have "chat rooms". They will decide to make a Pueblo/S. Colorado forum when there is enough traffic about them to warrant it.