College seeks community input

Summit County residents will have the opportunity to help improve services and classes at the local Colorado Mountain College campus, with centers in Dillon and Breckenridge, by completing a community survey being mailed in late September.

The simple, three-page survey will be mailed to a random sampling of residences in Silverthorne, Dillon, Frisco, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Keystone. The survey should be completed with a return postmark dated Oct. 10 or earlier. As a token of appreciation for completing the survey, all participants have the option to return a postage-paid entry for a drawing for one of three $250 Visa gift cards. Survey participants who submit an entry for the drawing must be at least 16 years old and may not be employees of the college.

The survey will ask residents about their educational goals, preferred times and formats and what programs and classes (including work-related training programs) they would like to see offered. Survey participants will be asked what CMC can do to help students achieve their educational goals, ranging from career counseling, to financial aid, to tutoring.

The college regularly seeks feedback from residents served by its seven campuses in north-central Colorado. This fall’s Summit County survey is a significant expansion of a survey that was previously conducted door-to-door.

Campus leaders encourage residents to watch for the survey in the mail and to fill it out completely.

The survey also will let locals know a little more about what the Summit Campus offers, including public access to the college’s libraries, dual enrollment classes, facilities for community use, a Small Business Development Center, distance learning and more.