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In doing that, the board has been looking at the potential of new buildings.
Monday, the directors looked for classroom space in Buena Vistaâs past as well, hearing from representatives of the Buena Vista Heritage Museum, which was first built as a county courthouse, then used as a school after the county seat moved to Salida.
âIn our first grade and kindergarten classes we have over 25 students in each of those three classes, so weâre at the limit of what we can host now. So over the past year the board has been entertaining different ways we might be able to address that with the goal of not going back to our community to increase tax dollars,â said district superintendent Lisa Yates. âWeâve explored with the Chaffee County Community Foundation, and as we were exploring that, we realized that we were sitting on a property â we have a joint building together â and we wanted to present that to you as an option. We think it would serve a lot o
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The Buena Vista Heritage Museum took in substantial donations from the Lettucehead Food Company and the Arkansas Valley Car Club in 2020.
Lettucehead, the specialty grocery store whose own name and logo hearkens back to the Buena Vista areaâs history of growing Buena-kist lettuce, donated $2,000 to Buena Vista Heritage, according to a press release. The Lettucehead emblem is from the Buena Vista Heritage collection.Â
âTom Liverman, the owner, has been a supporter of Buena Vista Heritage for many years,â the release said.
A $1,503 donation from the Arkansas Valley Car Club to Buena Vista Heritageâs courthouse museum will be used to âcreate new exhibits highlighting transportation in the Arkansas Valley explicitly dealing with automobiles.â