by Alpine Bank Staff | Nov 9, 2023 | Community
A slice of family, community, and entrepreneurial passion Meet Mark Anderson, fondly known as Pappy, a man who transitioned from a 30-year trucking career to become the driving force behind Pappy’s Pizza in Durango. A family-centric endeavor, Happy Pappy’s...
by Alpine Bank Staff | Jun 1, 2023 | Community
Financial literacy nonprofit levels up knowledge in Southwest Colorado For nearly a decade, La Plata County’s nonprofit Know Your Dough has provided financial literacy education to more than 8,000 kids, teens and adults through in-person classes led by volunteer...
by Alpine Bank Staff | Nov 21, 2022 | Community
Reinvigorating the joy of learning in southwest Colorado If given the chance, would you ever go back to middle school? It’s a time of intense cognitive, physical and emotional change for humans. For most, it’s a commonly held truth that those years are among...
by Alpine Bank Staff | Oct 12, 2022 | Community
Loving life & extending the useful life of gear in Durango. There’s a longstanding observation in Colorado mountain towns: The value of a person’s mountain bike and the car rack they put it on often exceed the value of the car itself. It says a lot about...
by Alpine Bank Staff | Jul 27, 2022 | Community
In 1972 Ed Zink founded the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. His original intent was to drive the economies of Durango and Silverton by ensuring the first weekend of summer had sold-out hotels and restaurants. The event could have been anything, but he chose to build on...
