Of the people, by the people, for the people… We are Marble’s first-ever community center, visitor information, WiFi Hot-Spot, coffee bar, chamber of commerce, local arts/crafts and, upstairs; a consignment shop, “The Attic,” located in the Marble City State Bank building at 105 West Main Street.
The Marble Hub is a grassroots economic/fundraising co-operative consisting of 6 local non-profit organizations; Marble Charter School, Marble Community Church, Crystal Valley Preschool, Crystal River Heritage Association, Marble Crystal River Chamber, and Crystal River Civic Commission that was seeded with a rural initiative matching-fund grant by a private philanthropy, The Laura Jane Musser Fund (musserfund.org).
Each organization’s liaison recruits volunteers from their groups to host at The Hub, who then donate/log their time to their favorite non-profit. Proceeds from sales, donations and hosting go back to the non-profits as dividends for their own group’s goals and also circulates amongst the Marble community-at-large through coffee, bakery, arts/crafts and consignment sales. If you would like to be part of this wonderful community endeavor, go to Contact Us under the “About” link to become a Hub host or if you’d like to donate to our cause-click on the secure Paypal “Donate” button on the right!
| It is certainly true what they say about “location, location, location.” The Marble Hub could not be in a better location than right on Main Street in the heart of Marble in the one hundred year-old Marble City State Bank building, a National Historic site. This “perfect location” was possible when the property’s owner-Gunnison County-allowed this not-for-profit community co-operative to use the vacant building to create this much- needed local gathering place. | Thanks go to Gunnison County Commissioners Paula Swenson, Hap Channell, and Phil Chamberland, and especially to Marlene Crosby, Director of Public Works. The Town of Marble supports The Hub by providing utilities and cleaning services. Thanks go to Mayor Tony Petrocco, Robert Pettijohn, Charlie Manus, Joy Galiciano and Jim Aarts and especially to Karen Mulhall, Town Manager. | Hub hosts love to share Bank stories and photos to visitors about its early days in the 1900s when Marble was a thriving mining town of 2000+ people. They needed a concrete vault in which to stash their valuables back then. Today, that vault holds our locally-roasted organic Defiant Bean coffee, specialty cold drinks, and other coffeebar snacks and goodies… also considered “really valuable stash” in this remote mountain community! |
The Marble Hub opened Memorial Day weekend, 2011 in a town of less than 100 and less than 300 full-time residents throughout the valley on our side of Gunnison County.
In its first 8 months, The Marble Hub served visitors from 35 states, plus Washington, D.C. and these 11 countries; Australia, Belize, Canada, England, Honduras, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Thailand, and The Netherlands.
- Provided over $8,000.00 dollars to our six participating non-profits and local-area small businesses, authors, artists, crafters and consignors.
- Some 1200 Hub Host hours donated by locals (from 7-to-89-year-olds) for daily operations.
- Some 3000 professional services hours donated by locals for small business set-up, operations, finance and marketing.
- Provides first-ever indoor public restroom, telephone and WiFi service in Marble!
- Serves as contact for emergency back-county rescue and as public service to advise of dangerous GPS/Mapquest errors.
- Immeasurable communal social, educational and business benefits as folks meet and connect at The Marble Hub.
Pour Over Coffee at the Marble Hub
Crystal River Civic Commission
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chairman: Jodi Taylor
Secretary: Connie Hendrix
Treasurer: George Smith
Directors-at-large: Graden Walter and Ernest Bradley
ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
Executive Director: Charlotte Graham
Marketing Director: Connie Hendrix/CHendrix Studios
Finance Director: Lisa Dupre
NON-PROFITS LIAISON TEAM- Monique Villalobos, Liaison/Volunteer Coordinator;
Bettie Lou Gilbert, Barbara Rynearson, Julie Leslie, Andi Wofford, and Jason Rusby.
WEB TEAM
Glenn Smith, Connie Hendrix, Charlotte Graham, Gary Wagner
