Despite COVID-19 insecurity, Kevin Dean, a professional land surveyor, and his wife, Kat Jahnigen, recently opened Central Rockies Land Surveying in Salida.
The business offers licensed and professional land surveying services throughout the central Colorado region. Dean worked for other surveying companies for 16 years and opening his own company was the logical next step.
âOwning our own company allows us to contribute more directly to the community we call home,â Dean said. âWeâve lived in Salida four years but Iâve always worked for companies outside the area.â
His background includes a number of high-profile civil infrastructure projects for which he has been a team leader, among then major Colorado airports, bridges and highway projects as well as private developments.
Kat Jahnigen, a local Salida writer, is working with the Department of Parks and Recreation for our second session of our Virtual Youth Writing class.Â
This program, which offers separate, age-appropriate instruction will be offered on Fridays from Feb. 5 through March 5.Â
Kat Jahnigen aims to nurture a love of wordplay and offer a creative outlet during the winter and spring months.
âThe beauty of writing is that we can do it whether we are physically distancing or when other activities arenât permitted because of virus transmission,â Jahnigen says.
Jahnigen, a freelance writer who has lived in Salida for three and a half years, was inspired to begin offering creative writing classes â both through Salida Parks Rec and online through her own program, YouthWrite â because of concerns about the emotional toll the restrictions and isolation of the pandemic are having on kids and teens.Â