BOCC appoints tourism‑board members to new Economic Development Advisory Committee; staff outlines diversification goals

Jul 1, 2025

Commissioners approved appointing tourism‑board members to a new Grand County Economic Development Advisory Committee to enable dissolution of a prior advisory board and to pursue diversification strategies including creative district development, workforce support and childcare integration.

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Diane Butler, director of Grand County Economic Development, asked commissioners to appoint the tourism board members to serve as the county Economic Development Advisory Committee so the existing advisory board could be formally dissolved and its bylaws amended. Butler said the group will support ongoing work from the EDA/GRIP process focused on shared spaces, small manufacturing and other diversification efforts beyond tourism.

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