{"id":69097,"date":"2017-07-26T15:26:07","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/maggie-goodell-hired-as-mancos-valley-chamber-of-commerce-administrator\/"},"modified":"2017-07-26T21:26:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T21:26:07","slug":"maggie-goodell-hired-as-mancos-valley-chamber-of-commerce-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/maggie-goodell-hired-as-mancos-valley-chamber-of-commerce-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie Goodell hired as Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Maggie Goodell has been hired as the new administrator for the Mancos Valley Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center after Marie Chiarizia announced her retirement from the position.<\/p>\n

Goodell started work on July 20 and has been undergoing training from Chiarizia. The longtime Mancos resident is comanager of Brad Goodell Fine Art and has a long career in property management and office administration.<\/p>\n

Journal: Can you tell me a bit about your background and how you got interested in this position?<\/div>\n

Goodell: I\u2019ve been living in Mancos for about 15 years. My husband and I run our own business. He\u2019s the muralist who did (\u201cHarvest Time, McElmo Canyon Peaches\u201d) in Cortez, and the new mural on the side of the Mancos Common Press building. I saw the ad that they were looking for someone to fill in the position, and \u2026 it goes in line with a lot of the things I\u2019ve done for my own business. I have a little more free time \u2013 my oldest is in college, and my youngest is a senior in high school \u2013 so I thought I had some time and I could take on a new challenge.<\/p>\n

Journal: What are you most looking forward to about the job?<\/div>\n

Goodell: I think it\u2019s going to be a great opportunity for me to learn things about Mancos that I didn\u2019t know. I\u2019ve been here for 15 years, and I\u2019ve already discovered there\u2019s much more to the town that I hadn\u2019t experienced yet. I like learning new things, and I like a challenge, and this is going to be both of those.<\/p>\n

Journal: Have you come across any particular challenges yet?<\/div>\n

Goodell: The thing I\u2019ve noticed the most is how impressed I am with what a good job Marie has done. That\u2019s really refreshing. I can only hope I can do as well as she has in this position. The one thing I find the most challenging is \u2026 I\u2019ve been hiking, I\u2019ve been camping, I\u2019ve been coming up here since 1990, and then we\u2019ve been living here for 15 years. I thought I knew the area, and I\u2019m learning so much about places I hadn\u2019t even thought about going yet. Someone comes in and says, \u2018How\u2019s the such-and-such at this campground?\u2019 and I\u2019m going, \u2018There\u2019s a campground there?\u2019<\/p>\n

Journal: Do you have plans to do anything differently at the Visitors\u2019 Center or Chamber?<\/div>\n

Goodell: I just plan to expand on some of the things Marie has started. Marie has a great website set up, and I plan to continue to expand on that. One thing that we don\u2019t have is (a place) where you can pay on the website for your Chamber membership. I\u2019m hoping to add that. \u2026 It\u2019s such a new thing for me. I don\u2019t have any plans until I can actually get in and see what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

Journal: Do you plan to work with the Cortez and Dolores chambers at all?<\/div>\n

Goodell: Yes. I met with Rocky (Moss of the two chambers) \u2026 yesterday and had a very nice conversation with her. She\u2019s really enthusiastic about doing more things jointly, and I think it\u2019s a great idea.<\/p>\n

Journal: Do you have a favorite place to visit in or near Mancos?<\/div>\n

Goodell: Sand Canyon. I love hiking Sand Canyon. And I just like Mancos. This town is so diverse, and people really get along well. Mancos is a nice place to live. It\u2019s a great place to raise kids, too.<\/p>\n

Chiarizia\u2019s last day on the job will be Thursday. She has held the Chamber administrator position for about 2\u00bd years, but she said she felt it was time to \u201cgo back into retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Note: Goodell will continue to co-manage the art business while working for the Chamber. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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