 | Durango Industrial Development Foundation board members from left, Jim Morehart, Don Mapel and Steve Short are part of the board that was created in 1972. Last February, DIDF board members voted to dissolve the entity, a recognition the industrial park had been fully built. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald) |
Durango Herald | May 6, 2024 | Tyler Brown Herald Staff Writer
Durango has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 60 years.
But during the 1960s, the city was still a seasonal tourist town planning for future growth. One of the questions city officials had at the time was where to locate warehouses and manufacturing services, said Steve Short, former chairman of First National Bank of Durango.
It wasn’t until the early 1970s when a collaborative effort led by four banks – First National being one of them – laid the groundwork for a small industrial park on land purchased from the Bodo family south of Durango.
The land would later become what is known as Bodo Industrial Park. The group that started the development would become the Durango Industrial Development Foundation, created in 1972... continue reading article.