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Planning department renamed to highlight natural resources; new regional sustainability role to run greenhouse‑gas inventory and pursue diversion grants
Summary
The county renamed its planning office to the Community Planning & Natural Resources Department, announced a new regional sustainability contractor and said an RFP for a greenhouse‑gas inventory contractor and a letter-of-intent for a state waste-diversion grant are underway.
Chaffee County commissioners on July 16 approved an organizational change in which the former Planning and Zoning department will operate under the new name Community Planning & Natural Resources. Staff said the change better reflects current workloads and programs — including the county’s Common Ground grant program, a record‑of‑deeds "record doctors" initiative and the weed/vegetation functions that will be folded into the planning group.
Julie Moth, the county’s contracted regional sustainability coordinator (funded through a Colorado Energy Office grant managed by the City of Salida), told commissioners she and a small team plan to begin a countywide greenhouse‑gas (GHG) inventory for 2023 as soon as a…
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