This Week in Moab: Housing Crisis, Senior Volunteers, Skate Moab

Like so many communities in the Intermountain West that depend on a tourism economy, Moab faces an affordable housing crisis. On this episode of This Week in Moab, host Celia Alario talks with Johanna Blanco, Secretary of the Housing Taskforce and AmeriCorps VISTA at the Moab Area Community Land Trust, Laura Harris who chairs the Housing Task Force and serves as Development Specialists at the Housing Authority of SE Utah, and Katie Murphy, Planning Technician for Grand County Utah about a Housing Survey that hopes to gather the vital information needed to tackle the crisis. Also this week, Cheri Engberson, a social worker at Moab Regional Hospital highlights the AmeriCorps Senior Volunteer Program and support groups available to the community. And Skate Moab prepares to help the City of Moab celebrate its Dark Skies Designation.