By Shannon Lukens.
The new Routt County Public Health & Human Services Building at 6th and Oak Street has been officially dedicated. The ribbon cutting was Wednesday afternoon. Kelly Kissling is the Director of Human Services for Routt County.
“We are just really appreciative and grateful to the county for understanding the importance of having a safe and beautiful building for our staff and for the community.”
Art from local artists is throughout the building. One of those artists is Simone White, who is a graduate of Steamboat Springs High School, Class of 2021.
“I’ve been doing my art for two years now, since I graduated and I’ve been trying to pursue it as a full-time act and it is such an honor to be in such a community building but also with all these other amazingly accomplished artists. It’s a super huge deal for me.”
The new Health and Human Services Building holds offices for social services for the county, and Routt County Public Health, a community room and meeting spaces for the county.
The groundbreaking on the building was back in October of 2021.
ROUTT COUNTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES BUILDING IS OFFICIALLY OPEN
The Routt County Department of Human Services has received the 2022 C-Stat Distinguished Performance Award. It recognizes counties that meet their goals for timeliness, safety, and accuracy in their work. This is the second time the Routt County Department of Human Services has received the award.
The Zen Equine Ranch is hosting an Open House for STARS, which is Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports. It’s from 5-7 p.m. today, July 20 at 30100 County Road 14E, west of Steamboat Springs.
Hayden Town Council meets tonight. The meeting in Hayden Town Hall starts at 7:30 p.m.
Partners for Youth is still looking for male mentors. They have 25 youth on the waiting list and 20 of them are boys. Erin Miller is the Mentoring Program Director for Partners for Youth.
“These kids are all lovely, wonderful kids and they all want mentors. They all are really, really wanting a safe, trusted adult in their life to spend time with them on a regular basis.”
Male mentors are needed for both Routt and Moffat Counties. Reach out to PartnersYouth.org if you can help.
PARTNERS FOR YOUTH NEEDS MALE MENTORS
The Steamboat Art Museum hosted their 6th annual writing competition Wednesday night. It’s called “The Painted Words – A Visual Writing Event.” Celebrity readers shared the prose and poems. The top youth winner was Erika Sexton. First place in poetry was Harriet Freiberger. Number one in Prose was Dagny McKinley.
STEAMBOAT ART MUSEUM WRITING CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
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