The VVF is uniquely positioned to bring together governments, businesses, and individuals to accomplish great things and take on big challenges.
Recognizing the broader needs of our community, the Vail Valley Foundation has officially added ‘Community’ as its fourth pillar to reflect decades worth of work, rising to meet community challenges. For decades, the Vail Valley Foundation focused on arts, athletics, and education.
What areas?
Childcare and Housing have been identified by the community engagement committee, as two key areas to provide immediate and mid-range support. The community engagement committee was established in 2021 after the VVF’s work supporting our local response to the pandemic.
Partnerships
The VVF is not taking on these challenges alone, our partnerships including the Town of Avon are essential to uniting the community toward solutions that alleviate our community’s most pressing issues.
In Childcare
The Eagle River Valley is currently a childcare desert, and the situation has reached a point where nearly half of the Valley’s childcare needs are not being met. Many people manage childcare needs through informal and unlicensed friends, family, neighbors’ solutions, and a significant portion of our population have no viable childcare solution.
To address this critical need, the VVF is piloting the Eagle River Valley Childcare Initiative by building an early childcare center in Avon. This will be an employer-sponsored center that will provide childcare to approximately 165 children in our valley. While the VVF does not plan to run the childcare centers, it will provide financial oversight and create a replicable model allowing multiple centers to open throughout the Vail Valley.
Read the Article by the Vail Daily
In Housing
Our organization is working together with entities throughout Eagle County to identify and support partnerships that can lead to improved workforce housing conditions.
