Endorsers

We’re proud to have earned support for our Service District proposal from the following community leaders and organizations

Organizational Endorsers Include

  • Access
  • Advocate Safehouse Project
  • Age-Friendly Carbondale
  • Aspen Community Foundation
  • Aspen One (parent co of Aspen Skiing Co)
  • Aspen Valley Hospital
  • Basalt Chamber of Commerce
  • Blue Lake Preschools
  • Bright Balanced Therapy
  • Buddy Program
  • Castle Valley Children’s Clinic
  • Colorado River BOCES
  • Colorado River Valley Chamber
  • Community Health Services
  • Dr Brynne Gordon Dentist
  • Focused Kids
  • Garfield 16 School District
  • Gary Advocacy
  • Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association
  • Glenwood Springs Education Foundation
  • Glenwood Springs Kiwanis Club
  • Gould Construction
  • Grand Valley/Parachute Kiwanis Club
  • Great Expectations
  • Growth Early Childhood Behavior Coaching
  • LiftUp.org
  • Meat and Cheese Restaurant Aspen
  • Mountain Family Health Centers
  • Mountain Pearl
  • Mountain Voices Project
  • Parachute/Battlement Mesa Parks & Recreation
  • Post Independent Editorial Board
  • Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute
  • Rocky Mountain Early Childhood Council
  • Rowland + Broughton Architecture & Urban Design
  • Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley
  • Thompson Schoolhouse
  • Town of Basalt
  • Town of Newcastle
  • Town of Parachute
  • Two Rivers Community Foundation
  • Yampah Mountain High School
  • Valley Health Alliance
  • Valley Settlement
  • Valley View
  • Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action
  • White River Books

Individual Endorsers Include

  • Dr. Jennifer Baugh, Garfield-16 Superintendent
  • Basalt Town Council
  • Christine Benedetti, Aspen City Council Member
  • Hannah Berman, Basalt Town Council Member
  • Claudia Flores Cruz, Parachute Town Council Member
  • Eagle County Board of County Commissioners
  • Heather Henry, Aspen One VP of Housing & Childcare
  • David Knight, Basalt Mayor
  • Kathryn Kuhlenberg, Roaring Fork School District Board Member
  • Colin Laird, Carbondale Trustee
  • Hunter & Breanna McCallum, community leaders
  • Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Becky Musselman, Faculty, Colorado Mountain College
  • New Castle Town Council
  • Our School Inc., Board of Directors and PAC
  • Dr. Rebecca Percy, MD, Pediatrician
  • Peg Portscheller, West Garfield County Trustee, Colorado Mountain College
  • Adrian Rippy-Sheehy, community leader
  • Jess Robison, Carbondale Trustee
  • Sumner Schachter, Glenwood Springs City Council Member
  • Sydney Schalit, community leader
  • Snowmass Village Town Council
  • Rob Stein, former Roaring Fork School District Superintendent
  • Vincent Tomasulo, Garfield-16 Board of Education President

“Childcare investments should be considered infrastructure investments.”

-Mark and Lindsay Gould, Gould Construction

“Investing in early childhood education now will improve outcomes for our children in the future while supporting the workforce in the valley today.”

-Dr. Jennifer Baugh, Garfield 16
School District Superintendent

“Parents should have a financially feasible option to stay in the workforce.”

-Hannah Berman, Aspen One (formerly Aspen Skiing Company)