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Photo of a cup of coffee and scattered coffee beans. Includes text that says ‘Coffee with the County’ and the Montezuma County logo.
2025 Montezuma County Lodgers Tax Grant Application Guidelines

    2025 Montezuma County Lodgers Tax Grant Application Guidelines   Applications for Lodgers’ Tax funds should be submitted via e-mail to the committee by no later than April 15, 2025.    Applications received after this date will NOT be eligible for consideration.   Please e-mail your completed application for 2025 to the committee members shown below:     Chairman Lee Cloy:                             lee@willowtailsprings.com Secretary Brian Bartlett:                   alaskanbri@outlook.com     One hard copy of your application and supporting collateral should be mailed to the committee secretary at:   Brian Bartlett PO Box 1613 Cortez, Co. 81321   The following information should be

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Photo of a cup of coffee and scattered coffee beans. Includes text that says ‘Coffee with the County’ and the Montezuma County logo.
Public Notice – Coffee with the County

March 2410:00 am to 11:30in the BOCC meeting room,109 W Main Street, Room 250 Coffee with the County Join the Commissioners each month for a time to sit and visit while enjoying a cup of coffee and a treat. Bring your questions, your concerns, and even your possible solutions and talk face-to-face about local issues most important to you and your family. Related Posts

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GreenLight A Vet
GreenLight A Vet

The Meaning of Green “Green is the color of hope, renewal and well-being. “Greenlight” is also a term commonly used to activate forward movement. The simple action of changing one light to green is intended to spark a national conversation regarding the recognition of veterans, and “green light” them forward as valued members of our communities.” What is Greenlight a Vet? America’s veterans are some of our nation’s bravest, hardest-working men and women. However, it is hard to show them the appreciation they deserve when, back home and out of uniform; they are more camouflaged than ever. Green light a

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Montezuma County Emergency Alert System

After recent local problems with the Nixle system, as well as the widely publicized issues with the alert and notification systems during fires in Boulder County and Maui, Montezuma County has launched a new Emergency Alert System.  This new system will allow you to receive emergency alerts for severe weather, road closures, evacuations, missing persons, and more.   This is a more reliable and accurate system, which allows us to tailor alerts to specific neighborhoods or groups of people who face an imminent threat rather than a notification to the entire county. This is an “opt-in” system.  You choose what kinds

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