Posted by Erin Eddy
By Kati O'Hare
Daily Press Writer
Published/Last Modified on Friday, November 21, 2008 4:16 AM MST
MONTROSE — City council members and staff were presented a first glance at the community's view of its services and performance Thursday evening.
Tom Miller of the National Research Center presented the council with results of the 2008 household survey conducted recently, during a council work session. The full results will be available next week and citizens can view it on the city's Web site.
"There's nothing in here that's a big surprise," said Mayor Erica Lewis Kennedy.
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Council was impressed with the high satisfaction ratings residents gave in regards to their interactions with city staff.
However, Lewis Kennedy said she also understands there is room for improvement in other areas.
Of a list of problems in Montrose, responders ranked low paying jobs, lack of job opportunities, high cost of living and traffic congestion as concerns.
"The survey couldn't have gone out at a worse time in the matters of economics and cost of living," said David Spear, the city's public information officer. Referring to the economic concerns nationally, he wasn't surprised those were high concerns with Montrose residents.
Eighteen-percent of responders were dissatisfied with how the city government operates; 5 percent were very dissatisfied. The numbers were consistent with the 2006 survey and the national benchmark, Miller said.
Many city services ranked high in satisfactory including sewer, drinking water, appearance of city parks and trash collection. Services that ranked below 70 percent included sidewalk and street maintenance and repair, snow removal and code enforcement.
Council member Gail Marvel said council is currently looking at and addressing those items that ranked low.
Lewis Kennedy said some city staff have shifted roles and are enforcing codes.
The city approved in its consent agenda during the regular meeting Thursday, a Safe Routes to School grant application for up to $250,000 in federal funds through the Colorado Department of Transportation to complete sidewalk, bicycle and crosswalk connections.
The prior council also approved a resolution to move about 0.25 percent of the budgeted general funds into the capital improvement funds for hard infrastructure.
Lewis Kennedy said council would continue to work to improve those issues.
"A lot of these things deal with finance," said council member Ed Ulibarri.
The survey did show high support, 72 percent, for some sort of funding, either sales and use tax increases, bonds, property taxes or a combination of the three, if it was dedicated to funding street and sidewalk improvement projects.
Services for seniors and youth ranks low on the satisfactory scale. According to the study, only 25 percent were "very satisfied" with services to seniors and only 7 percent were very satisfied with youth services. Miller said the full report breaks down the answers so that council can see how seniors rated their services, instead of looking at the whole population of responders.
Spear said the results might be of interest to other groups, such as the hospital, school and recreation district.
Responders ranked medical services the highest importance when it comes to quality of life in Montrose.
The survey was mailed to all households within the city of Montrose. The city had a 22 percent response rate, receiving 1,563 completed surveys. Results were weighted by gender, age, housing tenure and ethnicity. The margin of error was plus or minus 2percent.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Montrose High Upsets Top Team
By Jonathan Maness
Posted by:
Erin Eddy
www.ourayland.com
www.ridgwayland.com
DENVER – Eighth-seeded Montrose High came into the Class 4A state volleyball tournament with a chip on their shoulder and it showed Friday.
Montrose upset top-seeded Cheyenne Mountain in five games, 16-25, 25-19, 25-22, 19-25 and 15-13.
“It was huge beating Cheyenne,” said MHS head coach Shane Forrest. “The girls came out and played hard. We were disappointed with our seed, it was a slap in the face and the girls wanted to prove they were better than that.”
Montrose's Courtney Geesing goes up for the block during the Lady Indians' match against Mullen Friday afternoon. The Lady Indians are back in action today. See Sunday's Daily Press for final results. (Jonathan Maness / Special to the Press)
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It also helped that the team saw the No. 8 seed defeat the top-seed in the first round of the last season’s tournament.
“That helped, after seeing that we knew we could do it,” Forrest said.
Things didn’t go well early for the Lady Indians as they lost big in the first game. However, they used a 20-9 advantage in the second game to gain the momentum and win three of the next four games.
Montrose took the momentum into its match with No. 5 Mullen as the Lady Indians went on to win the first two games against the Mustangs before losing 25-21, 25-20, 12-25, 18-25 and 10-15.
A pair of aces by Anna Finley and kills by Darby Jones and Brianna Verble helped the Lady Indians jump out to 16-15 advantage. Back-to-back kills by Kelsie Dardis sealed the victory for MHS.
The Lady Indians led the entire way in the second game. A kill by Jones pushed the advantage to 21-16 and a block by Courtney Geesing gave Montrose a two-game lead.
However, Mullen wouldn’t go away and jumped out to an 8-0 lead and cruised to a 25-12 victory in the third.
The Lady Mustangs continued its success in Game 4, jumping out to a 22-13 advantage. An ace by Abby Wolverton and a pair of kills by Darby Jones cut Mullen’s lead to 22-18.
However, that was as close as MHS could get.
“Mullen didn’t start playing until the third game and that was when we started to let up,” Forrest said. “We fell apart and started to get timid. You can’t do that against a team like Mullen that plays that good of defense.”
The Lady Indians have to win today's match against Windsor to advance to the semifinals and Forrest wouldn’t expect anything less.
“Our expectations are high. We want to win it,” She said. “We have no doubts we can get the victory. If we win, we are in.”
Posted by:
Erin Eddy
www.ourayland.com
www.ridgwayland.com
DENVER – Eighth-seeded Montrose High came into the Class 4A state volleyball tournament with a chip on their shoulder and it showed Friday.
Montrose upset top-seeded Cheyenne Mountain in five games, 16-25, 25-19, 25-22, 19-25 and 15-13.
“It was huge beating Cheyenne,” said MHS head coach Shane Forrest. “The girls came out and played hard. We were disappointed with our seed, it was a slap in the face and the girls wanted to prove they were better than that.”
Montrose's Courtney Geesing goes up for the block during the Lady Indians' match against Mullen Friday afternoon. The Lady Indians are back in action today. See Sunday's Daily Press for final results. (Jonathan Maness / Special to the Press)
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It also helped that the team saw the No. 8 seed defeat the top-seed in the first round of the last season’s tournament.
“That helped, after seeing that we knew we could do it,” Forrest said.
Things didn’t go well early for the Lady Indians as they lost big in the first game. However, they used a 20-9 advantage in the second game to gain the momentum and win three of the next four games.
Montrose took the momentum into its match with No. 5 Mullen as the Lady Indians went on to win the first two games against the Mustangs before losing 25-21, 25-20, 12-25, 18-25 and 10-15.
A pair of aces by Anna Finley and kills by Darby Jones and Brianna Verble helped the Lady Indians jump out to 16-15 advantage. Back-to-back kills by Kelsie Dardis sealed the victory for MHS.
The Lady Indians led the entire way in the second game. A kill by Jones pushed the advantage to 21-16 and a block by Courtney Geesing gave Montrose a two-game lead.
However, Mullen wouldn’t go away and jumped out to an 8-0 lead and cruised to a 25-12 victory in the third.
The Lady Mustangs continued its success in Game 4, jumping out to a 22-13 advantage. An ace by Abby Wolverton and a pair of kills by Darby Jones cut Mullen’s lead to 22-18.
However, that was as close as MHS could get.
“Mullen didn’t start playing until the third game and that was when we started to let up,” Forrest said. “We fell apart and started to get timid. You can’t do that against a team like Mullen that plays that good of defense.”
The Lady Indians have to win today's match against Windsor to advance to the semifinals and Forrest wouldn’t expect anything less.
“Our expectations are high. We want to win it,” She said. “We have no doubts we can get the victory. If we win, we are in.”
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Daily flight service between Montrose and Chicago
Posted by Erin Eddy
Source: Telluride Watch
by Watch Staff
MONTROSE – United Airlines will begin daily flights from Chicago to Montrose/Telluride Regional Airport on Dec. 11 this year. The new Chicago non-stop flight brings the total of daily non-stops to/from the Montrose Regional Airport to five cities.
Other daily non-stop flights operating to Montrose Regional Airport in the winter season come from Denver on United, Dallas on American Airlines, Houston on Continental, and Salt Lake City on Delta Airlines. The Chicago Service will be operated by a CRJ 700 Regional Jet, which has 66 seats including a first class cabin.
“We’re very excited to be offering service non-stop from Chicago,” said Tom Hess, president of the Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization. “Chicago is one of the top visitor markets for the Montrose/Telluride area and these flights will provide excellent service to travelers. This new service also enhances our competitive positioning.”
TMRAO works on stimulating economic development through the air service development. The organization estimates that over $100 million in direct guest spending occurred in the Montrose/Telluride region in 2007 due to the air service.
“The increasing diversity of daily non-stop markets is a great benefit to local businesses and business development,” said Sandy Head, TMRAO board member and executive director of the Montrose Economic Development Corporation.
“We’re always pleased to see local and regional residents have more non-stop flight options and the new Chicago service will provide some great connecting flight options on United,” said Lloyd Arnold, Montrose Regional Airport Director and TMRAO board member.
Flights will depart Chicago at 8:40 a.m., arriving Montrose at 10:40 a.m.; and depart Montrose at 11:14 a.m., arriving Chicago at 3:04 p.m.
Source: Telluride Watch
by Watch Staff
MONTROSE – United Airlines will begin daily flights from Chicago to Montrose/Telluride Regional Airport on Dec. 11 this year. The new Chicago non-stop flight brings the total of daily non-stops to/from the Montrose Regional Airport to five cities.
Other daily non-stop flights operating to Montrose Regional Airport in the winter season come from Denver on United, Dallas on American Airlines, Houston on Continental, and Salt Lake City on Delta Airlines. The Chicago Service will be operated by a CRJ 700 Regional Jet, which has 66 seats including a first class cabin.
“We’re very excited to be offering service non-stop from Chicago,” said Tom Hess, president of the Telluride Montrose Regional Air Organization. “Chicago is one of the top visitor markets for the Montrose/Telluride area and these flights will provide excellent service to travelers. This new service also enhances our competitive positioning.”
TMRAO works on stimulating economic development through the air service development. The organization estimates that over $100 million in direct guest spending occurred in the Montrose/Telluride region in 2007 due to the air service.
“The increasing diversity of daily non-stop markets is a great benefit to local businesses and business development,” said Sandy Head, TMRAO board member and executive director of the Montrose Economic Development Corporation.
“We’re always pleased to see local and regional residents have more non-stop flight options and the new Chicago service will provide some great connecting flight options on United,” said Lloyd Arnold, Montrose Regional Airport Director and TMRAO board member.
Flights will depart Chicago at 8:40 a.m., arriving Montrose at 10:40 a.m.; and depart Montrose at 11:14 a.m., arriving Chicago at 3:04 p.m.
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