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Bioregional Outdoor
Education Project (BOEP)

Outdoor Education for K-8 Teachers

 Canyon Country
Youth Corps (CCYC)

Employment, Education, and Leadership

 Southwest
Ed-Ventures (SWED)

Adventure Education with a Mission and Expert Guides

 Discovery Institute for Conservation Education (DICE)

Place-based Learning about the Colorado Plateau

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Return on Investment

San Juan County, Utah Need:

  • Has a 5% - 11% unemployment rate
  • Only 11.8% of the population over age 25 holds a college degree
  • As much as 30.3% of population lacks a high school diploma
  • In 2007 had 95% of the Rural Distress Factors identified by the State— highest in the state of Utah

Return on Investment (ROI) from the CCDCsolar

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)