{"id":65519,"date":"2019-11-23T00:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T00:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-takes-part-in-festival-of-trees\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T14:33:39","slug":"cortez-takes-part-in-festival-of-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-takes-part-in-festival-of-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez takes part in Festival of Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Cortez is joining in the Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad\u2019s Festival of Trees this holiday season, and a student-decorated tree is now posted up in the Colorado Welcome Center as part of the fundraiser for Community Connections.<\/p>\n

This is the 16th annual Festival of Trees, and it will feature 35 trees and wreaths decorated and sponsored by businesses and families around the region.<\/p>\n

The Cortez tree was provided by a local sponsor and decorated by students from the Children\u2019s Kiva Montessori School with handmade paper ornaments reflecting themes of peace, justice, community and love.<\/p>\n

Community Connections<\/a> provides comprehensive supports for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Southwest Colorado. The nonprofit is headquartered in Durango but also operates out of two Cortez sites, and serves over 300 clients and families in Southwest Colorado every year.<\/p>\n

The tree will be up at the Welcome Center in Cortez from Nov. 15 to Dec. 10, and families will be gathering gifts to be placed with the tree as part of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n

The Festival of Trees will happen from Dec. 6-8 from 1-6 p.m. at 479 Main Ave. in Durango. It\u2019s free and open to the public, with food and entertainment provided. Attendees can also vote for their favorite trees and wreaths, with categories including Best in Show, Best Theme, Kid\u2019s Favorite, and more.<\/p>\n

The festival also will feature a raffle for four nearby getaways: \u201cGet Your Hot Springs On\u201d Pagosa package, a \u201cRod & Reel\/Rest & Relaxation\u201d anglers package, \u201cCanyon Country Here We Come\u201d package and \u201cAll Aboard the Durango-Silverton Mining Heritage\u201d package.<\/p>\n

ealvero@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

at Colorado Welcome Center, fundraiser for Community Connections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[849,21,28,1753,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-65519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-community-connections","tag-cortez","tag-headlines","tag-holiday-or-vacation","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65519","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=65519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91623,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65519\/revisions\/91623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65519"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=65519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}