<div>                Congrats Gary! This is exciting. Thank you for all of your advocacy work with RTD and on the 16th Street Mall project over the years.<br><br>Cody<br>            </div>            <div class="yahoo_quoted" style="margin:10px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid #ccc;padding-left:1ex;">                        <div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#26282a;">                                <div>                    On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 04:12:59 PM MDT, Maureen Nietfeld via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:                </div>                <div><br></div>                <div><br></div>                <div><div id="yiv6506839018"><div>This is so incredible Gary!!! We are so proud of you!!! Thank you for all the work you do<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;line-height:15.4px;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maureen Nietfeld<br clear="none">Director of Student Services</span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Pronouns: she/her/hers</span></p><p style="margin:0in;line-height:15.4px;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><span lang="EN">Colorado Center for the Blind</span></b><span lang="EN"></span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Phone: <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline;">303.778.1130 Ext: 233</span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Fax:   <span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline;">303.778.1598</span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline;">2233 W. Shepperd Ave.</span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span dir="ltr" style="text-decoration:underline;">Littleton, CO 80120</span></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Colorado Center for the Blind is a training center and community of blind and low vision people, proudly affiliated with the National Federation of the Blind.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We believe blind people can do anything. Every day, we encourage and challenge each student—and they come to understand their potential as they build the skills and confidence to live the life they want. Because when you believe in yourself and experience a thriving community of positive blind people, nothing can hold you back from pursuing your dreams.</span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://cocenter.org/">cocenter.org</a></span></p><p style="margin:0in;" class="yiv6506839018MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/coloradocenterfortheblind">Facebook</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/cocenter4blind">Twitter</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/cocenterorg">YouTube</a></span></p></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 22, 2023, at 4:05 PM, Peggy Chong via Colorado-Talk <colorado-talk@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div><style>#yiv6506839018 filtered {}#yiv6506839018 filtered {}#yiv6506839018 filtered {}#yiv6506839018 p.yiv6506839018MsoNormal, #yiv6506839018 li.yiv6506839018MsoNormal, #yiv6506839018 div.yiv6506839018MsoNormal {margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana, sans-serif;color:rgb(67, 67, 67);}#yiv6506839018 span.yiv6506839018EmailStyle17 {font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;c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