Roundtable highlights stories of housing insecurity, child care strain, health care gaps
A recent Steamboat Pilot & Today article covering U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s visit to Routt County highlighted how local voices are shaping the conversation about affordability in mountain towns. During the roundtable with Routt County leaders, local resident and Steamboat For All Storytelling Ambassador Alexa Dunahoe shared her personal experience navigating the rising cost of living in Steamboat, helping illustrate the real pressures facing workers and families who want to stay in the community they love. Her perspective helped ground the policy discussion in lived experience—exactly the kind of storytelling Steamboat for All is working to elevate through its Storytelling Ambassadors program, which brings together diverse residents to share personal stories that humanize affordability challenges and inspire solutions so the people who keep Steamboat running can continue to live and thrive here.