NEW INDUSTRIAL PARK COMING: County commissioners have unanimously approved the conceptual development plan for a new industrial park on about 220 acres of land, adjacent to and northwest of the Durango-La Plata County Airport.
Bobby Lieb, representing the Durango Chamber of Commerce and the applicant Durango Commercial Development LLC, was excited about the outcome and now plans to put specifics into the project. "We want to respect Commissioner (Wally) White's wishes and make the area aesthetically pleasing," Lieb said. "We want to design a place where people will want to work." White said he is concerned because the property, which is along the Florida River, potentially could be a scenic corridor.
Lieb said the bonuses of the location are that it is centralized in the county, consistent with the airport master plan, and it will provide Bayfield and Ignacio residents with jobs. "We are at a shortage of commercial space in the county, primarily at Bodo (Industrial) Park and the Durango Tech Center," Lieb said. While the recently approved gravel operation will start before the business park, at some point they hope to operate the two concurrently. Construction on the gravel pit will begin within the next couple months, said Lieb.
Several people from the public commented on the importance of the project. "This reminds me of the initial development of Bodo Park in the '70s," said Doug Shand, a founding member of the Durango Industrial Development Foundation, which created Bodo. "This project definitely parallels that." Commissioners also were positive about the impact of the future park.
It is good for the community to have more live and industrial commercial space," Commissioner Sheryl Ayers said. "I agree entirely with the fact that we need it."
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