About Build Pagosa
Build Pagosa ensures individuals have access to necessary training to advance their careers.
Our story
Our mission
Build Pagosa’s mission is to provide a skilled workforce for the Pagosa Springs community and surrounding area through public-private partnerships, financial support and workforce training.
Our service area
Our reach extends across five counties, Archuleta, Conejos, Hinsdale, and Mineral in Colorado, and Rio Arriba in New Mexico, covering one of the most rural and underserved workforce regions in the Southwest.
Our approach
Pagosa Springs has the jobs. We’re building the pipeline. By working with local partners to deliver training, credentials, and connections, we’re ensuring our community doesn’t have to leave to find the opportunity.
Our history
Almost a decade ago, a group of local contractors began meeting to discuss the challenges they faced hiring skilled, local talent. Out of these conversations, Build Pagosa was formed.
Working with the local school district, Build Pagosa helped start a woodworking and construction class which served sixteen students, all with completely donated materials. These classes, which began as a way to keep students engaged, grew to be much more.
How we operate
Over the years, Build Pagosa has worked with the high school to invest in teacher development, and improve equipment and facilities for our Career & Technical Education (CTE) Pathways.
Moving forward, we will partner  with the Archuleta School District, Pagosa Springs Community Development Corporation, Pueblo Community College, and industry across the region. We will connect people to trainings, internships, and hands-on opportunities that people need to build a career here, in Pagosa Springs.
Our team
Our team is passionate about our community and workforce development.
Roxanne runs Build Pagosa's programs on the ground: CTE support at the high school, the boot camp, internships and industry-requested trainings.
Will leads Build Pagosa day to day: the programs, the partnerships with the school district and the colleges, and the push to get the Regional Workforce Center built.
Larry chairs Build Pagosa's working board, which sets the direction for the organization's programs, partnerships and fundraising.
Adam serves on Build Pagosa's working board, contributing to decisions on programs, partnerships and how the organization invests.
Doug oversees Build Pagosa's finances and reporting as treasurer of the board, tracking where every dollar raised is put to work.
Emily serves as secretary of the board, keeping the organization's records and governance in order as the work grows.
Help us build a better future
Your support goes toward training space, equipment and credentials for people who want to build a career without leaving the region.
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Build Pagosa runs on people showing up, employers offering placements, tradespeople teaching a session, neighbors giving what they can. Here are the easiest ways in.
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