After nearly 40 years helping shape, shepherd and sustain unincorporated Pitkin County, longtime Community Development Director Cindy Houben announced her retirement Wednesday.
As director of Pitkin County’s human services department for 31 years, Nan Sundeen advocated to bolster public services across the county. Sundeen discusses her career, accomplishments and what lies ahead.
A year off skiing in Aspen changed the direction of Nan Sundeen’s life and led to more than three decades of looking out for Pitkin County’s most vulnerable residents.
While the nonprofit that runs the day shelter for Aspen’s homeless population has decided to close it, Pitkin County’s Human Services staff are trying to figure out a way to keep it open.
Pitkin County commissioners as well as Aspen and Basalt town councils on Tuesday unanimously supported the creation of a nonprofit housing coalition for the Roaring Fork Valley and beyond to try to address the area’s lack of affordable housing options. The elected officials all agreed to chip in $10,000 each toward the effort.