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ROCC Accomplishments and Initiatives

ROCC 2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS & INIATIVES
1. Continued to support strong regulations for development in the high county of Ouray County. Keep OURay Wild!
2. ROCC's Clean Energy Committee continued to work with the schools in reducing energy usage. In 2017, this committee's work reduced the Ridgway School District electricity usage by 19.3% saving the district $16,500 a year.
3. ROCC's Clean Energy Committee helped get an electric vehicle charging station installed in Ridgway near Town Hall. EV drivers can now charge their vehicle in Ridgway.
4. ROCC continued recycling at the summer concerts and found the community to be very supportive of this effort.
5. ROCC members wrote a grant to help the town of Ridgway purchase bear proof garbage containers.
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ROCC initiatives included:
  • advocating for local and county governments to address the growing crisis in affordable housing in our county. 
  • the Clean Energy Committee's initiative for Ouray County to move toward a “green” energy future.
7. Educational ROCC Talks featured experts and leaders from throughout Colorado.
​8. ROCC Spring Parking Lot Sale.
9. A very successful ROCC Spaghetti Dinner with Art Goodtimes as the guest speaker.


ROCC 2016 ACCOMPLISHMENTS & INIATIVES
1. Support of strong regulations for development in the high country of Ouray County.
2. A very active participant in the Keep OURay Alpine Wild. Keep OURay Alpine Wild was an extensive campaign of letter writing and public comments at hearings that resulted in the Board of County Commissioners voting unanimously to strongly regulate development in the alpine zone. This campaign was a huge success and a testimony to the power of the kind of grassroots civic engagement that ROCC has promoted for the past 23 years in our community. 
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ROCC's Clean Energy Committee spearheaded the conversion from florescent to LED lights in the Ridgway Schools. ROCC also contributed $5000 and some volunteer labor toward this effort. This conversion to LED lights is saving the Ridgway School District $1200 a month.

4. ROCC is responsible for the recycling at the summer concerts and has found the community to be very supportive of this effort.
5. T
he County Commissioner Candidate Forum in Ridgway was sponsored by ROCC and yet another illustration that civic engagement is the core of our organizational DNA.
6.
ROCC sponsored an Affordable Housing Forum that resulted in a great conversation between the public and our elected officials on this issue. 
7. ROCC initiatives include:
  • advocating for local and county governments to address the growing crisis in affordable housing in our county.
  • the Clean Energy Committee's initiative for Ouray County to move toward a “green” energy future.
8. Educational ROCC Talks featuring experts and leaders from throughout Colorado
​9. ROCC Spring Parking Lot Sale

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The Ridgway Ouray Community Council (ROCC) is a nonprofit community organization whose mission is to build, nourish and protect the healthy spirit of our community.  ROCC is dedicated to quality of life issues that will help shape the future of Ouray County.
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