Welcome to Jane’s Place!

Chaffee County is a special place built around an incredible landscape and close-knit community. Yet our valley faces myriad challenges, and principal among these challenges is access to housing for the diverse and growing workforce, families and individuals in crisis, Americorps volunteers, and more who all strive to call this place home. The Chaffee County Community Foundation (CCCF) together with the Chaffee Housing Authority (CHA) propose an innovative and flexible housing project near the heart of downtown Salida at the intersection of 3rd & Highway 291 called Jane’s Place.

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Make a Gift to Jane’s Place

This unique and incredible project relies on the support of individual donors to reach completion. Please consider making a gift of any size to the Jane’s Place Fund at the Chaffee County Community Foundation. Your tax deductible gift will help make Jane’s Place a reality.

Gifts made after 1/1/2022 will be subject to a 2% administrative fee that allows CCCF to continue investing in collaborative community projects and driving local solutions.

Ways to Give:

Check: Checks should be made out to CCCF and should include Jane’s Place in the note. Please mail to PO Box 492, Buena Vista CO 81211

Card: Donate online by clicking the Donate Now button below

Stocks, IRA or other Disbursements: Please have your advisor contact us at betsy@chaffeecommunity.org for instructions.

Jane’s Place was featured on Next, with Kyle Clark!

Janes Place was featured on the October 20, 2021 segment of Word of Thanks, with Kyle Clark. Kyle’s segment, highlighting this important project, prompted hundreds of donations, big and small, in support of Jane’s Place.

We are thrilled with the outpouring of public support and positive feedback from Kyle Clark’s program.

The Jane’s Place Celebration and Fundraiser on September 23, 2021, graciously hosted by Don and Pam Dubin, was a HUGE success.

June 1, 2021

Salida City Council unanimously approved Jane’s Place for development! A month later, another unanimous decision allocated an initial grant of $50,000 for pre-development was also approved!

Chaffee Housing Report Interview

Have a listen to a two-part April 20th interview with Housing Director Becky Gray and CCCF Director Joseph Teipel about Jane’s Place with local radio Chaffee Housing Report host Ken Matthews on KHEN!

Each part of the interview is about 30 minutes, and the topics covered dive into almost every aspect of the development concept!

Public Documents

*These are for concept purposes only and will evolve as the construction documents are created and refined to meet local building codes.

Completed Pledge Forms or any questions about this project can be emailed to Joseph Teipel.

Some of Jane’s closest friends and relatives have stepped forward to contribute to make Jane’s Place a reality. Through their generosity they hope to inspire you to donate, whether you can give a gift of $50,000 or $50 - every contribution counts.

Gifts made after 1/1/2022 will be subject to a 2% administrative fee that allows CCCF to continue investing in collaborative community projects and driving local solutions.

A few Jane’s Place donors:

• The Molly Grether Fund

• Michael & Colleen Kunkel

• The Don & Pam Dubin Charitable Fund

• Lindi & Lewi Lewis

• John & Susan Sulley

• Lee Hunnicutt

• Barbara Tidd

• Eric Thurber

• First Colorado Land Office & Jeff and Katy Post

• Jeannie Peters and Chuck Rose

• Gruffie Clough & Bob Roark

• Elizabeth Ritchie

• and more than 95 others!!

Informational Meetings!

We’ve held two open meetings so far discussing Jane’s Place - March 4th and March 18th, both via Zoom. See below for a full recording of each meeting!