{"id":75239,"date":"2017-10-23T19:26:43","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T01:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-contractors-invited-to-annual-cdot-event\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T01:26:43","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T01:26:43","slug":"local-contractors-invited-to-annual-cdot-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/local-contractors-invited-to-annual-cdot-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Local contractors invited to annual CDOT event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Colorado Department of Transportation and with the Colorado Contractors Association and Connect2DOT invite area contractors and subcontractors to an informational session about planned construction work in Region 5, Southwest Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>This annual \u201cproject opportunities\u201d event will be held Friday, Nov. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CDOT Region 5 Maintenance Facility, at 20581 U.S. Highway 160, in Durango.<\/p>\n<p>The event is open to contractors and subcontractors interested doing  business with CDOT and other agencies, according to a news release from CDOT communications manager Lisa Schwantes. Engineers and representatives from CDOT will discuss upcoming projects in Southwest Colorado. Representatives from the La Plata-Archuleta Water District, the cities of Durango and Cortez, and Cortez Sanitation also will be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity for contractors and subcontractors to get a head start on marketing and networking efforts,\u201d said CDOT Civil Rights Specialist, Kelly Whaley. \u201cWe\u2019ll also have a discussion about CDOT\u2019s ADA (Americans with Disabilities) Transition Plan, changes to specifications and upcoming projects exclusive to ESB\u2019s (Emerging Small Businesses).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lunch will be served, sponsored by Connect2DOT, CDOT\u2019s partnering agency for small business development. Registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Whaley at 970-385-1405 or Kelly. <a href=\"mailto:Whaley@state.co.us\">Whaley@state.co.us<\/a>. Register at: <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2018region5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2018region5<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Department of Transportation and with the Colorado Contractors Association and Connect2DOT invite area contractors and subcontractors to an informational session about planned construction work in Region 5, Southwest Colorado. This annual \u201cproject opportunities\u201d event will be held Friday, Nov. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the CDOT Region 5 Maintenance Facility, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[202],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-75239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-briefs"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75239","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=75239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75239"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=75239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}