{"id":98336,"date":"2018-08-18T16:11:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T22:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-becomes-a-top-destination-for-colorado-life-magazine\/"},"modified":"2018-08-18T16:11:38","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T22:11:38","slug":"cortez-becomes-a-top-destination-for-colorado-life-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-becomes-a-top-destination-for-colorado-life-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez becomes a top destination for Colorado Life magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Gillian Schuenemeyer picks peaches at McElmo Farm and Orchards in 2016. Colorado Life magazine plans a story about McElmo peaches in its September\/October issue.<\/span>The Journal File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

FORT COLLINS \u2013 Colorado\u2019s only statewide general-interest magazine can\u2019t seem to get enough of Cortez and Montezuma County.<\/p>\n

Half of Colorado Life magazine\u2019s 2018 issues have featured or will feature major articles from the Cortez area, said Colorado Life Editor Matt Masich, partly because he and the publication\u2019s writers and photographers look for any excuse to return to the Four Corners region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you visit Colorado towns for a living, you find that each place has its idiosyncrasies, but you also notice a lot of similarities between towns,\u201d Masich said in a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then there\u2019s Cortez, which I find fascinating because it\u2019s so uniquely itself and so unlike any other place I\u2019ve been to in Colorado,\u201d Masich said. \u201cFrom my perspective as a storyteller, Montezuma County is basically a gold mine of great stories waiting to be shared with a statewide audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, after Colorado Life ran a small article on Cortez\u2019s Kelly Place Bed and Breakfast, he received a letter from a couple in Morrison who said the story inspired them to move to Cortez. Encouraged by the positive reception, Colorado Life featured the Four Corners Monument in its May\/June issue.<\/p>\n

A story in Colorado Life\u2019s September\/October 2018 issue, which hits newsstands and subscribers around Labor Day, tells how the \u201cfruit sleuths\u201d of the McElmo Canyon-based Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project are tracking down and saving the county\u2019s heritage apple varieties. Cortez gets its turn in the statewide spotlight with a photo-heavy, eight-page feature in the November\/December 2018 issue devoted to the community\u2019s most interesting people and places.<\/p>\n

Colorado Life\u2019s coverage is making an impact, said Kelly Kirkpatrick, director of tourism for the Mesa Verde Country Visitor Information Bureau.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife in Southwest Colorado has a different pace than much of the state, one that connects the past with the future,\u201d Kirkpatrick said. \u201cThis valley has so much history, but such a vitality in the people that choose to live here. Colorado Life takes these stories of our community and makes them real to their readers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Colorado Life Magazine publishes six issues a year in celebration of the nature, history, wildlife and people of Colorado. The magazine is based in Fort Collins and is family-owned by Chris and Angela Amundson. For more information, call 970-480-0148 or visit www. ColoradoLifeMagazine.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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