{"id":46629,"date":"2021-05-25T18:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T00:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lor-foundation-launches-presence-in-cortez\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:32:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:32:52","slug":"lor-foundation-launches-presence-in-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lor-foundation-launches-presence-in-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"LOR Foundation launches presence in Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=82d9bd28-6931-51fe-8fbb-b6902300d0ae&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2800\" alt=\"The LOR Foundation\u2019s new Cortez Program Officer, Nicci Crowley, has lived in Cortez since 2006. (Courtesy of Nicci Crowley)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The LOR Foundation\u2019s new Cortez Program Officer, Nicci Crowley, has lived in Cortez since 2006. (Courtesy of Nicci Crowley)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The LOR Foundation, a family foundation that works to improve quality of life in rural areas, has begun operating in Cortez.<\/p>\n<p>According to a news release, the nonprofit has hired Cortez local Nicci Crowley to lead its efforts in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s goal is to improve and promote livability, opportunity and responsibility in rural Mountain West communities. LOR efforts in the past have included initiatives to fight food insecurity, repair homes for veterans and provide housing assistance to seniors.<\/p>\n<p>Last fall, LOR helped the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe secure a \u201cCensus Instagrant\u201d to improve response rates to the U.S. Census.  The tribe ended up reporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-journal.com\/articles\/ute-mountain-utes-report-100-success-rate-on-census-count\/\" id=\"link-32b2e46e891295bb60d167657ed2161b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">100% success rate<\/a> on the census count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really encouraged to see the LOR Foundation coming to Cortez,\u201d Crowley said in the release. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to have an opportunity to help carry its mission forward in a place I\u2019ve lived for many years and care so deeply about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crowley has lived in Cortez since 2006. She most recently served as the deputy director of Onward! A Legacy Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Crowley said she has been scheduling between four and five meetings per day to meet with community members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now I\u2019m really just listening to community members,\u201d Crowley told <em id=\"emphasis-c7e12a5c92f54d75a39fbfa0c8bbee84\">The Journal<\/em>. \u201cThis is the opportunity for us to set priorities for our community. So the more people I get to talk to, the more educated I\u2019ll be. Even though I live in our community, I don\u2019t want it to be my perceptions. I want it to be community perceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in sharing ideas or suggestions with the foundation can <a href=\"https:\/\/lorfoundation.org\/about-us\/\" id=\"link-c409eaccb45ee971edd31b9f061f5b39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">do so on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nonprofit aims to connect community with resources to improve livability in rural areas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-46629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86958,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46629\/revisions\/86958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46629"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=46629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}