Ninth annual auction raises more than $60,000

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April 17, 2026
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Ninth annual auction raises more than $60,000
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April 17, 2026
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Our ninth annual auction raised more than $60,000 to grow and support CTE education in Pagosa.

Build Pagosa held our 9th annual auction on Friday, April 17, 2026, raising more than $60,000 to grow and support CTE Education in Pagosa. These funds will be used to support teacher grants, including investing in new equipment and supporting accreditation opportunities.

The event featured items created by our Career & Technical Education (CTE) students as well as items generously donated by local businesses. Building Trades classes built items such as picnic tables, planter boxes, and dog houses while the automotive and welding classes built rocket stoves. Students from health sciences took blood pressure readings and practiced loading attendees on stretchers.

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$4.3M raised

of the $6.5M needed to break ground on the Regional Workforce Center

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