The Durango Business Improvement District has relocated its office to 850½ Main Ave., Suite 2, upstairs from Beads & Beyond.

This is BID’s first standalone office since its inception in 1997. The BID office formerly was in the Bank of Colorado building, 1199 Main Ave., and it shared space with the city’s downtown business development manager, Bob Kunkel. He has moved into city offices in the Carnegie Building on East Second Avenue.

The new BID office will be staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, though Executive Director Tim Walsworth and Community Relations Coordinator Pam Glasco might out of the office from time to time.

The BID board of directors meets monthly – now at the new location – from 3 to 5 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month.

For more information, visit www.downtowndurango.org, call 375-5068 or email [email protected]. For general inquiries, call 375-5067.

Firefighting support workshop will be Jan. 14

The U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center will offer a local fair for area small businesses interested in providing equipment, supplies or food services to support wildland firefighting efforts.

The free workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 14 at San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Court.

Small businesses that want to work with the Forest Service are invited. Topics will include updates on regulations, contracts, the ordering and payment process and types of services needed.

Services and equipment needed to support firefighting include meals, copiers, heavy equipment, refrigerated trailers, ice, hardware, showers, toilets, hand-washing stations and lodging.

For more information, call Ginger Domingos at 385-1245 or email [email protected].

Herald Staff