MONTROSE P DAILY RESS MONTROSEPRESS.COM 75 CENTS • SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017 RELIGION SPORTS What if? Indians gear up. Page A6 Page A9 Diesel spill discovered at road and bridge site • Fuel found likely leftover from six ground monitoring previous uses wells on the property,” • Won’t halt new construction Norris said Thursday. The wells were tested • County hiring specialty irm to over a two-month period, mitigate issue at the time, yielding a clean bill of health, and the county went forward BY KATHARHYNN HEIDELBERG with the purchase. MONTROSE DAILY PRESS SENIOR WRITER Ridgway Valley Enterprises, the con- tractor for the road and Construction of Montrose bridge building, is in- County’s new Road and Bridge stalling underground Department facility hit a snag waterlines for domestic when crews digging trenches water and fire protection apparently hit diesel-saturat- purposes. As part of this ed soil. work, the company began The discovery means work running trenches. In one in the directly affected area is area, on the east side of on hold until an environmen- the 14-acre parcel, there tal firm can be brought in to was a strong diesel smell address the fuel to the state’s for about 100 to 150 feet, satisfaction, County Manager Norris said. Ken Norris explained. “At that point, we The discovery does stopped all trenching ac- not mean all work at the tivities and called time- Lasalle Road site has halted, Construction crews at the Montrose County’s new Road and Bridge facility found what appears to be diesel- out until we figured out Commissioner Keith Caddy saturated soil while digging a trench on the east edge of the location. (Paul Hurschmann/Montrose Daily Press) what to do,” he said. said. In the meantime, wa- The county purchased the terlines elsewhere have parcel about two years ago concrete and asphalt batch- “Before we purchased the result of that, we determined from United Companies. ing, plus sand and gravel property, we did a phase-one we would also do a phase-two The site’s prior uses include production. environmental study. As a study, which involved placing See SPILL page A3 Montrose Chamber of Commerce gets new home Old location sold to local contracting company SPECIAL TO THE MONTROSE DAILY PRESS OPENING The Montrose Chamber of Commerce an- nounced Friday it has moved all operations inside Proximity Space, 210 East Main St. The move has been long anticipated as the Chamber’s former location, 1519 East Main St., has NIGHT been for sale for nearly two years. John Renfrow, of Renfrow Realty, was key in finding the right match in a buyer (for the build- ing), according to Chamber Executive Director Chelsea Rosty. As of April 3, the building will be occupied by local contracting company, Proset Construction Inc. Proset Construction Inc. is a general contract- ing company focused in the Western United States region, with its emphasis being commercial modular construction. Proset focuses on hotels, apartments, assisted living complexes, as well as See HOME page A8 Kenney LaCroix and his friend Joanna MCormick were the first in line at the Star Drive-In on Miami Road Friday for the opening night’s double feature: ‘The Boss Baby’ and ‘Hidden Figures.’ (Paul Hurschmann/Montrose Daily Press) Hospital earns new honor STAFF REPORT directors and the facility’s 700- Montrose Memorial Hospital, plus staff members. previously named as one of the “Our mission is to provide top 100 rural community hospi- health care services to our com- tals in the country, now sits as munities with excellent service, one of the top 20 rural hospitals, compassion and fiscal responsi- according to the National Rural bility,” Hannah said in a news Health Association’s recent release. ranking. “This achievement demon- Montrose Memorial stands strates that we live up to our val- alone among Colorado hospitals ues and deliver to our friends to receive the enhanced rank- and family the excellent health ing, which is based on overall care services they deserve and performance from a composite expect.” Staffers and the medical rating in the categories of inpa- and quality of care. It is very community earned the hon- tient market share, outpatient hard to excel in all eight facets or through determined efforts market share, quality, outcomes, they evaluate in ranking hos- to provide high-quality care in patient perspectives, costs, pitals for this award — rank- a fiscally responsible manner charges and financial stability. ing in the top 20 is a tremendous MMHI Chairman Ron Courtney The top 20 hospitals were se- accomplishment.” said, also in the news release. lected from iVantage’s top 100 The data analysis compared “What is especially gratify- rural community hospitals list MMH to about 800 other rural Montrose Chamber of Commerce Executive Director ing to me is that this award that was released in February. community hospitals. It and Chelsea Rosty shows off her organization’s new home at is based on a 360-degree view Hospital CEO Steve Hannah the other hospitals in the top 20 Proximity Space on Main Street in Montrose. (Submitted of our health system, includ- thanked Montrose Memorial will be recognized during a May photo) ing service, financial strength Hospital Inc.’s board of awards ceremony in San Diego. CALENDAR ..... A2 RELIGION .....A6-7 Published for the Uncompahgre Valley OBITUARIES .... A4 LOCAL......... A8 and Norman Ryser of Montrose INDEX COMICS ....... A5 SPORTS ......A9-10 LOCAL A8 SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2017 MONTROSE DAILY PRESS in our fixed costs so that we could relevant again,” she said, “This been taking place for some time,” HOME put the majority of our expenditures move is our very physical statement Proximity Space CEO Josh Freed FROM PAGE A1 into programs for our businesses,” of that initiative.” said. “We are fortunate to see suc- Rosty said. “Additionally, Proximity Proximity Space was created and cesses come from the connections Space is a melting pot for small busi- founded by Josh Freed, Dennis between our members and the com- high-end custom residential in re- ness, entrepreneurs, and startups. It Lankes and Travis Scheidegger. munity. The Chamber of Commerce sort markets. makes perfect sense that we be phys- Its philosophy is “We believe the being centrally located and involved The Montrose Chamber made the ically centered in that world.” Proximity to each other, in a con- in the conversations of today and the decision to leave its large build- Rosty added that to her knowledge, nected Space, will produce the oppor- ones yet to take place will continue ing on East Main and downsize to the Montrose Chamber of Commerce tunities of the future.” to push Montrose forward in innova- Proximity Space for several reasons, is the first of its kind to operate out “Seeing the chamber join tion and community engagement.” according to Rosty. of a coworking space. 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