THE CONFLUENCE CENTER
Starts With You
Help Shape our Land and Water Future
The health of our rivers is more important than ever, and the seven basin states and tribal nations understand this. Decreasing snowpack, extended drought, and increased population are creating a drastically altered landscape. The Confluence Center will play a pivotal role in addressing these growing challenges for land and water resources in our region and community.
Nestled adjacent to the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers, this regional hub will provide a natural laboratory for like-minded partners to come together and converge their respective disciplines and science-based expertise. Once built, the Confluence Center will become a distinctive fixture for land and water education, conservation, stewardship, restoration, and sustainable agriculture in our community, region, and, ultimately, nation.
Collaborating for Lasting Impact
The Confluence Center brings together mission-focused, nonpolitical organizations working at the confluence of land and water science, education, agriculture, and stewardship to magnify our impact and ensure the longevity of our natural resources for future generations.
At a time of increasing drought conditions and relocation to the West, the potential to scale work through greater collaboration at The Confluence Center will lead to a magnified impact regionally and nationally.
The Building
The Confluence Center will include:
Nonprofit Working Space: working offices, a shared conference room, and shared storage space for education and outdoor learning supplies
Land and Water Resource Hub: a collaborative and informational site for work on western river systems as well as public and agricultural lands
Childcare Center and Preschool: a STREAM (Science, Technology, Rivers, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics) employer-based childcare center and preschool
Interpretive Lobby: educational and interpretive resources for the public to gain a better understanding of land, water, science, agricultural, and recreational resources of our region
This project not only unites mission-focused organizations but also introduces the STREAM Preschool and Childcare Center, which will have a profound impact on economic growth, childcare accessibility, and early childhood education opportunities in our community.
Who We Are
The Confluence Center of Colorado Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization formed from a collaborative partnership of local nonprofits in Mesa County who are committed to the same mission-driven work of land and water stewardship, education, recreation, restoration, and agriculture.
Learn about our mission, values, and the nonprofit organizations involved.