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Changing
Over
Communities in Economic
transition is a Cooperative Extension national partnership initiative
that involves six southwestern states (Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah) working together to help rural
communities establish and maintain diverse economic environments and
local area entrepreneurship that will support local employment,
income and public revenues.  Networking with nearby communities in
southwestern Colorado and southeast Utah, Cooperative
Extension assisted Dolores County in writing grants, created
business-oriented workshops and incentives, identified sources of
business financing and development, helped with business retention
and expansion and leading-edge business skills. As a result, the
county’s economic base was strengthened by the establishment of
seven new businesses, expansion of a forest-based-product company,
grant funding for a public-access cable channel, and dollars for
development of a planning commission.
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