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Colorado teacher salaries are up — housing prices are up even more

Colorado teachers earning average salaries can afford to buy fewer than a fifth of the homes in their school districts — and homeownership is more out of reach in districts with higher wages. But raising wages alone won’t fix the problem, according to a new report from the Keystone Policy Center that says the government needs to consider new housing policies to help teachers and other middle-income public sector workers live where they work.

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Community tours available this Saturday at current East Street School reno project

Urban Neighborhoods Inc., a Denver-based historical preservation company trying to revitalize an old Trinidad school, announced an open house for people to see the project, still currently underway. East Street School, located at 210 East Street in Trinidad, will be open to the public for timed tours Saturday, from 1:30 p.m.

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