By Ann Schimke | Chalkbeat Colorado
Voters in three western Colorado communities approved lodging tax measures in Tuesday’s election that will send money to efforts aimed at making child care more affordable and easier to find.
The measures passed easily in La Plata and Grand counties and by a slimmer margin in the City of Montrose, according to unofficial election results.
With Tuesday’s lodging tax victories, the three communities join about a dozen others in Colorado’s mountain resort regions where voters have agreed to allow some lodging tax proceeds to be used for child care efforts. Often, the funding is used to help families pay for child care or to boost wages for teachers.