EL PASO COUNTY — Hundreds gathered for the annual State of the Region address for El Paso County Thursday morning at the Ent Center for the Arts on the UCCS campus.
You can watch the State of the Region below:
WATCH: Annual El Paso County State of the Region address
The chair of the El Paso County Board of Commissioners, Carrie Geitner, delivered remarks. She compared the government to a blacksmith with forging the future.
Some of the topics focused on include the following:
- using American Rescue Act dollars for water projects in Calhan and Ramah
- improving roads
- expanding Highway 105 from two lanes to four
News5 asked Commissioner Geitner what her number one priority is for the county looking to the future.
"We talked a lot today (Thursday) about what we do at the county, being focused on core services, and you know, that's what we're going to do," said Commissioner Geitner. "We're going to keep driving innovation and service quality and be looking for better ways to do things more efficiently for less dollars so that we can give taxpayers value."
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