San Juan County, Utah Need:
According to the 2010 Annual Report on Poverty in Utah, San Juan County:
- has the highest unemployment rate in Utah (11.8%);
- has the highest rate of poverty (28.1%);
- has the highest rate of children in poverty (30.6%);
- and has the lowest per capita income in Utah ($18,705)
Return on Investment (ROI) from the CCDC
For the City of Monticello and San Juan County:
The building of our new campus, the Canyon Country Discovery Center will:
- Create 23 new jobs/sustain 10 jobs
- Fill 9,391 motel rooms annually
- Increase TRT/Sales Tax $229,376 annually
- Serve 35,000 onsite/97,000 outreach people annually (50% Native American)
- Invest $2,282,995 in construction costs locally
- Produce an estimated Social ROI of $9.8 MIL annually*(*Based on the monetized social value of teacher retention/renewal programs, student education/motivation programs, professional certification programs, workforce development/ youth employment programs, scientific research in San Juan County and the CO Plateau)

