Author: Wade Haerle

An era of renewed promise has begun on the Western Slope. The Club 20 Research and Education Foundation has announced a mission to tackle the most pressing issues shaping the economic future of the Western United States. The independent and nonpartisan organization will sharpen its focus on the pillars of communication, energy, transportation and water….

In 1953, Preston Walker and 13 founding members created CLUB 20 to address a simple – but urgent – problem: Western Colorado was receiving only 10 percent of the state’s highway dollars, despite vast needs west of the Continental Divide. At the time, U.S. Highway 6 was the only continuously paved road in the region….