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P.O. Box 550

Grand Junction,

CO 81502

 

Phone:

(970) 242-3264

 

Fax:

(970) 245-8300

 

 

 

"About CLUB 20"

 

CLUB 20 is a coalition of individuals, businesses, tribes and local governments in Colorado's 22 western counties.  The group is organized for the purpose of speaking with a single unified voice on issues of mutual concern.  Its activities include marketing and advertising, public education, promotion, meetings and events, and political action.  CLUB 20 is the “Voice of the Western Slope”.  

Founded in 1953 by Western Slope business leaders, CLUB 20 was originally organized for the purpose of getting rural roads paved. At the time, the State of Colorado had been spending only 10 percent of its highway funds west of the Continental Divide, even though more than half the roads were there. With each community lobbying for its own roads, small towns were simply drowning each other out.  It finally became clear that only by agreeing on a single priority list could all the counties be heard. And the process worked.  Within a few years, the State was spending 37 percent of its highway funds west of the divide, and by the end of the 1950s finally had paved most of the major highways on the West Slope.

 The organization continued to grow, incorporating in 1955, and began working on other issues of mutual concern to all the Western Slope communities.  Its activities included water, agriculture and natural resources, energy issues - uranium in the ‘50s, oil shale in the ‘70s - and more recently economic development, public lands, air service, tourism, energy, trails, recreation and telecommunications.  

A Board of Directors makes CLUB 20 policy, which includes voting membership for each of the 22 counties and Ute Indian tribes in western Colorado.  Each has an equal voice, their delegations elected by the members in each county or Tribe.  Management decisions are made by the Executive Committee, which is composed of the elected officers of the Board of Directors.  

The engines that drive CLUB 20 are the standing committees. Most Western Slope policy on key issues originates within one of the several committees, each with broad geographic representation. These committees include Agriculture, Business Affairs, Energy, Health Care, Higher Education, Natural Resources, Public Lands, Tourism, Telecommunications, Transportation and Water. Membership on these committees is open to all CLUB 20 members, and the groups recommend policy to the full Board of Directors.  A vote of the full Board is required for CLUB 20 to take a position on any issue.  

For more than five decades, this organization of all the communities of western Colorado has been providing a forum for the discussion of complex and controversial issues, and representing the interests of the western Slope at all levels of government. The group’s membership is broader and more diverse than at any time in history, and still growing each year. The CLUB 20 leadership is convinced that, by working together to achieve a stronger voice, the Western Slope can help shape the destiny of Colorado and the West, and continue to serve as the “Voice of the Western Slope”.

 

 

 

       Diagram of  CLUB 20's 

               

         Leadership Structure

 

      Issue Management Flowchart

 

  The CLUB 20 Board of Directors adopted    amendments to the organization’s Purpose as defined in the Articles of Incorporation as follows:

 Article II - Purpose and Culture

  Purpose

        The purpose of CLUB 20 shall be:

  • Section 1. To formulate, through careful analysis, plans and progress for the development, improvement and general welfare of the Western Colorado community; to promote, develop, protect and improve, through coordinated action, all resources, in order to support a strong economy and responsible stewardship of the environment for a stable community throughout the Western Slope.

  • Section 2. To influence the outcome of public policies for the betterment of the CLUB 20 region.

Culture

To accomplish its purpose, CLUB 20 shall carry out its work through a representative and democratic structure and process as defined by the board of directors, and in accordance with the following principles:

  • Section 1. CLUB 20 will strive to provide a forum for balanced and informed dialogue in the spirit of cooperation, seeking to understand all relevant perspectives, and with the goal of building consensus solutions which benefit the Western Slope community.

  • Section 2. In its discussions, CLUB 20 will respect both the will of the majority and the opinions of the minority.

  • Section 3. Recognizing that the Western Slope is constantly changing, CLUB 20 will strive to be proactive in shaping that change for the greater good of Western Colorado.

  • Section 4. CLUB 20 will be non-partisan in all its deliberations and decisions.

  • Mission Statement:

    "To Promote and Protect the Western Slope"

         

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