| SiteMap | Water Quality Report for 2008 is available The Town of Blanca's Annual Water Consumer Confidence Report for the calendar year 2008 is available here and is available for viewing at Blanca Town Hall, 601 Main Street. Any person can review the report or pick up a copy during normal business hours. Another Main Street Update The Main Street Project is almost finished. The curbs and sidewalks are in. The new decorative lighting is installed. There is some "touch up" work to do and the new benches and flowerboxes still have to be installed. See the progress here. Centennial Celebration was a great success. The Centennial Celebration was held August 8th and 9th. The festivities began with a street dance and ice cream social on Broadway next to Main Street on Friday evening, August 8th, from 6:30 pm until close to 10 pm. The main celebration was on Saturday, August 8th with a parade, bands, dancers, vendors, games and more. The entertainment represented Blanca's three cultures -- Anglo, Hispanic and Japanese. Please check back a link to pictures and stories. (August 10, 2008) 2008 Election Results Mayor Myrrl W. Smith ran unopposed in 2008. Four citizens ran for three trustee positions. The incumbants, Kenneth Cole Wakasugi, Edward G. Roybal and Paul Wiescamp were reelected for four year terms. National League of Cities honors Blanca The Blanca Beautification Committee has been listed on the National League of Cities' Examples of Programs for Cities database. This database includes proven city solutions that the NLC provides as examples to its 18,000 member cities on a wide range of issues. Cheryl Glaubinger, of the NLC Research and Municipal Programs section, sent the Town a copy of Blanca's new entry which highlights the work of the volunteer Beautification Committee in obtaining the CDOT grant for the Main Street Revitalization and its organization of the First Blanca Harvest Festival to help raise the required matching funds for the grant. (August 12, 2005) Blanca receives statewide attention The Town was highlighted in the April edition of the quarterly magazine Colorado Municipalities published by the Colorado Municipal League. The magazine, sent to elected and appointed municipal officials throughout Colorado, published a two page article on the Town's efforts to revitalize the downtown area. Spotlighted were the Blanca Beautification Committee, the beautification grant, and the 2004 Blanca Harvest Festival. In an email to the Town, the Editor said, " ...just want you to know that (the article) makes my heart sing ... On all counts: the writing, the great story, the energy, the team effort." (April 12, 2004) |
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