Partners and Funders
The foundations, local businesses and neighbors funding skilled-trades training across the Pagosa Springs region.
Where the money comes from
Grants and foundations
We receive support from local, state, and federal government organizations as well as private funders to support students, fund programs, facilitate equipment puchases, and more.
Local business
The contractors, lumber yards, banks and clinics who hire our graduates put money back into the training that produced them. Sometimes in cash, often in kind.
Our Neighbors
Unrestricted gifts go where the need is sharpest, without waiting on a grant cycle.
Why they back us
“A lot of these things, like this program here, is really remarkable. I mean, I spend a lot of time hearing about a lot of apprenticeship-type programs around the country— this is special, it really is.”
US Senator John Hickenlooper
“This funding respresents an investment in our future and the community."
USDA Rural Development State Director for Colorado Sallie Clark
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.
Join the Build Pagosa community
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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Photos from build days, program updates and the occasional celebration. The quickest way to see the work as it happens.
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A short note every so often: what has been built, who has been trained, and what we need next. Easy to leave whenever you like.
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Hiring a student, sponsoring a program, teaching a session, or just curious how any of this works. Start a conversation.
