The Steamboat Springs City Council signaled broad support Tuesday for Routt County’s early childhood education initiative, but organizers said they are now looking at a longer public education campaign before bringing any funding measure to voters.
Meg Franges of First Impressions of Routt County and consultant Kyle Blakely of Avant Strategies told council members that the Routt Thrive by Five effort — presented to the Routt County Commissioners in late March — is moving into a new phase built around public outreach, coalition-building and voter education.
The phase comes after April polling efforts showed there is interest in the issue but…