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Vetter has served the district since 2019, and her last day will be June 11. Vetter will be moving to Gresham, Oregon to serve as its City Manager. In Vetter’s two years with the district, she said she believes that progress on important initiatives have been made and community engagement has increased; she credits the team she’s worked with for that. “We have a great team here in Pueblo West,” Vetter said. “We have made a lot of progress on the fire sales tax, building Fire Station 2. We have also made terrific progress on the aquatic center which was a voter approved initiative that has been in the works for many years. ....
In Monday’s Pueblo West Metro District board meeting, Economic Development Specialist Tyler Purvis, came before the board to discuss an airport property master plan and easement. Known as the former airport property that lays on McCulloch and Purcell Boulevards, Purvis said in a previous executive session the board had discussed the future of the property. There was discussion in the executive session about whether to approve an easement of the property going from an overhead line, down to Parkview Medical Center to give them redundancy in their electricity, Purvis said. “The board elected to move forward in those discussions,” Purvis added. “So, we have notified them of that, and they are going to be putting together the legal descriptions so we can properly get that done.” ....
The Pueblo West Metro District recently discussed its 2020 annual report and employee survey, and while most of the feedback was positive, employees did report there is room for improvement. “2020 was obviously a very challenging year for many, and as a local government we couldn’t just stop doing our work,” District Manager Nina Vetter said. “Our staff did a phenomenal job of really making sure we could continue to provide the community with services despite the challenges COVID gave us. Despite the pandemic, single-family home construction applications in Pueblo West went from 352 in 2019 to 422 in 2020. Vetter also noted there were 378 water taps, up from 262 in 2019, and 3,511 fire department calls in 2020, up from 3,312 in 2019. ....
In its second meeting of 2021, the Pueblo West Metro District Board unanimously decided to move forward for a design build of an aquatic center, approved the sale of 24 single family home lots and more. Director of Parks and Recreation Carol Cosby addressed the board Monday as a part of the Aquatic Center Committee asking for board direction. The district developed the Aquatic Center Committee in 2019, and is comprised of a metro board member, two community members, one county commissioner and three Pueblo West Metro District employees. Cosby said the committee was able to meet four times over the course of 2020. ....
No. 1: COVID-19 pandemic In Pueblo West 2020 was the year of coronavirus concerns which changed everything about day-to-day life and made new heroes for the community. Frontline workers like medical staff became heroes in the fight against the virus while grocery store employees saved the community from going hungry. Since March, the community has seen shutdowns, stay-at-home orders, outbreaks and quarantines. While COVID-19 pushed schools to mostly online classes, forced restaurants and bars to do business via takeout and had many employees working from home, things like online meetings became the new normal. In Pueblo West, one local baker whose livelihood was idled by coronavirus concerns Brenda Huffman, owner of Foodhearts Custom Cakes sewed more than 1,500 face masks deploying them to Parkview nurses and anyone else in need of some extra protection. ....