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Climatic Data | Area FYI | Senior Services
Collegiate Peaks Golf Course | Airport Facilities | Correctional Facility
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Summer Average High Temperature (July)	84° F (29° C)
Winter Average High Temperature (January)	55° F (13° C)
Winter Average Low Temperature	12° F (11° C)
Growing Season	112 days
Annual Rainfall	11.37" (29 cm)
Annual Snowfall	46.02" (117 cm)
Average Wind Velocity	SW 23.5 MPH (22 KPH)
Number of Frost Free Days	78 days
Number of Sunshine Days	300 days
Elevation	7,964 ft (2,146 m)

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A Sport Ute is not an Indian athlete. It’s slang for a Sport Utility Vehicle.

ATM’s are located at City Market, Collegiate Peaks Bank, Commercial Bank and Leever’s Fresh Foods.

"The Ride" is a van that provides public transportation within a 6 mile radius of Buena Vista. The cost is $1.00 for a one way trip. Mondays and Fridays they travel to Salida in the morning and return before noon. Call 221-7433 (cellular).

UPS drop off is in the Coast to Coast store. Their phone is 395-8057.

New Beginnings is a second hand store. They can give you a tax receipt for your donation if you request one. Located at 624 East Main, they are open Tuesday through Saturday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Their phone number is 395-6295. The monies collected from their sales are used for scholarships and to help people down in their luck.

Besides the two clinics in town, Buena Vista also has an eye doctor, a massage therapist, an acupuncturist, and two chiropractics (see page 56).

New residents in town can contact the Howdy Lady (395-6065) for a welcome basket filled with certificates offering discounts at numerous Buena Vista and Salida businesses.

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Area Agency on Aging Buena Vista Nutrition Site 715 E Main St Buena Vista, CO 81211 (719) 395-2060 & (719) 539-3341 Services provided: Information and referral, advocacy, handyman, Health Fair, Friendly Visitor, legal, OAP Dental Services, and Weatherization. Congregate Meals: Tues/Wed/Thurs Home Delivered Meals: Tues/Wed/Thurs Emergency Assistance LEAP (Low Income Energy Assistance Program) Department of Social Services 7405 US HWY 50 Salida, CO 81201 (719) 539-6627 Public Health Nurse Buena Vista — (719) 395-8493 Blood Pressure Clinic/Home Health Visits

Buena Vista Community Center 715 East Main Street Buena Vista, CO 81211 (719) 395-2060 Services provided: AARP (meets every 4th Monday of each month), Young At Heart Potluck (every 2nd Wednesday of each month), Learning to Play Bridge Class. Tax Service Information: (719) 395-2060 Social Security Information: (800) 772-1213 Medicare Claims: (800) 332-6681 Housing Sunrise Manor Apartments Buena Vista, CO 81211 / (719) 395-2862 Chaffee County Veterans Services Officer Information of benefits, assistance (719) 539-6627 / 1-800-332-6742 WOMEN'S Resource Center Services provided: Information and referral, crisis intervention. (719) 539-7347

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28775 Fairway Drive
Buena Vista, CO 81211
(719) 395-8189

Open 7 days a week! Tee times on weekends and holidays!

The Collegiate Peaks Golf Course is one of the most breathtaking, beautiful and challenging golf courses in Colorado and it lies only 1.3 miles west of the stop-light in Buena Vista.

We have nine holes, with 18 teeing grounds, a rough that is not too heavy, though wild shots can get you in trouble. Fairways are wide in most areas. There are four lakes and you have the challenge of hitting across Cottonwood Creek twice.

Small children under 12 play free with an adult on weekdays. Juniors 12-18 years may play weekdays, all day for $4. Weekends are regular price.

Men's and Ladies' Leagues sign up by May 15. Couples' leagues sign up by the second week of June. Substitutes must have a JHIN handicap card.

FEES

Green Fees

9 holes $13.00

18 holes $21.00

Cart Rental

9 holes (riding) $9.00

18 holes (riding) $18.00

9 holes (pull) $2.00

18 holes (pull) $3.00

** Annuals are available **

No charge for practice green!

Offers a full service bar and awell equipped snack bar, with sandwiches and cool drinks.

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Golfers - at this altitude your drive will carry further . . .
And so will your slice!

Central Colorado Regional Airport
27960 County Road 319 / PO Box 1213
Buena Vista, CO 81211

In addition to major highways, the area can also be accessed by private and commercial airplanes. The Buena Vista Municipal Airport is located two miles southwest of Buena Vista. This airport has a 8,300 foot by 75 foot lighted runway with fuel (including Jet A) and an airport services building with a large modern hangar, reception area, offices, restrooms, fixed base operator and other services.

Hours 0730 - 1900 (Summer) 0730 - 1700 (Winter) Fuel Phillips 100 L/L Av Gas Jet "A" with Prist Runway 8300" x 75' 15/33 Traffic pattern west of airport 15 — Right hand traffic Lighting, etc. Rotating Beacon, MIRL runway lights, 5x Illuminated windsock on Terminal Windsocks located at approach end of runway 15/33 and midfield

Services Aircraft tie-down Heated hangar rental Repairs of airframe & engine Courtesy Car Oxygen & Nitrogen Pilot lounge, training room conference room, modern lobby vending machines restaurants within 5 minutes F.B.O. Arkansas Valley Aviation Managed by Dana Brenner of Golden Eagle Aviation (719) 395-2496 FAX (719) 395-6570

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The Buena Vista Correctional Facility (BVCF) is located approximately one mile south of Buena Vista, Colorado, in the shadow of the Collegiate Peaks Mountain Range.

The complex is comprised of three separate components: the main facility which houses 826 medium and close custody inmates; the Buena Vista Minimum Center (BVMC) which houses 214 minimum-restrictive custody inmates; and the Colorado Correctional Alternative Program (CCAP) or Boot Camp which houses 100 minimum custody inmates.

BVCF originally opened in 1892 as the Colorado State Reformatory (CSR), a facility for juvenile offenders. It was constructed in 1891 by inmates from the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, Colorado. During the early years, all able-bodied inmates worked primarily in ranching assignments on the 1,000 acres appropriated to the reformatory. By 1922, CSR housed 209 boys in a facility designed for 106. A small medical unit was built in 1920 and in 1947 an academic school program was inaugurated.

The reformatory evolved from a juvenile facility to a medium-custody adult prison in 1978 and was renamed the BuenaVista Correctional Facility. A modular component, now the Buena Vista Minimum Center, was added in 1984 and the CCAP in 1991. Today, the BVCF complex in one of the state’s largest correctional facilities with a population of 1,140 inmates. The facility is approximately 65% double bunked.

The main facility consists of five housing units including an isolation unit, a new medical infirmary, gymnasium, library, kitchen/dining facilities, visiting area, mental health area and administrative offices. BVCF also features an extensive academic and vocational program housed adjacent to the main facility. A fish rearing unit, operated in conjunction with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, is located on grounds. The entire complex covers some 510,000 square feet in 68 buildings. Currently, almost 70,000 square feet are under construction.

The BVMC is situated within the security perimeter fence of the complex. Currently housing 214 inmates, the minimum center’s modular housing units are being replaced with three multi-story housing units, new administrative/security buildings and recreation facilities. The unit also houses the Correctional Work Program (CWP) which supplies inmate labor to the surrounding communities. The program saves taxpayers over $500,000 per year, based on in-kind services.

The CCAP or Boot Camp houses Colorado’s only shock incarceration program for adults. This highly cost-effective program has reduced prison bed costs by $8.4 million since its inception in 1991.

The mission of the facility is to (1) assure the protection and safety of the public through offender incarceration and the utilization of sound security systems; (2) confine and control offenders in a safe, humane, and orderly environment; (3) develop and maintain a highly trained, culturally diverse staff through mentoring and by fostering continued professional growth; (4) provide a broad offering of work, academic, vocational, recreational, medical, mental health, and religious programs to enhance inmate management and vacilitate the self-improvement and personal growth of offenders; and (5) demonstrate appropriate fiscal responsibility through the efficient utilization of all resources, including human budgetary, energy and physical plant.

The facility has a proud heritage of attracting quality, highly professional staff at all levels. The management believes in empowering staff in the decision making process and in the effectiveness of a culturally diverse workforce. Career opportunities exist in Custody and Control (housing and security), clerical, academic and vocational education, the business office, clinical services (medical, dental or mental health treatment), food services, Physical Plant (maintenance), and other more specialized areas. Call (719) 395-2404 for more information.

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For the first few months you live here, you’ll be early for work, appointments and social engagements.
A herd of elk may be your morning work hour traffic.
You can get anywhere in town in four minutes or less; so relax and enjoy the scenery!!

The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area is a landmark cooperative effort by the US Bureau of Land Management and the Colorado Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation. By pooling efforts to manage public lands and recreation on the Arkansas River, the agencies can give visitors the best of all worlds along this legendary river and care for recreation and natural resources at the same time.

The Arkansas River begins its 1,400-mile journey to the Mississippi among some of the loftiest peaks in the Rockies, including 14,443 ft Mount Elbert, the highest mountain in Colorado. In its first 125 miles, the river tumbles 5,000 vertical feet, through open valleys, among the granite boulders of Brown Canyon between the 1000 ft walls of the Royal Gorge. It also flows by the valley towns of Buena Vista, Salida, Canon City, Florence and on to Pueblo, nearly 150 miles from the beginning of the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area.

For more information, please contact:

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area
PO Box 126
Salida, CO 81201
(719) 539-7289

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