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Tom Turner still advocating for people with intellectual disabilities on his last day at Community Options

Courtesy of Community Options
Tom Turner, center, accepts the Jane Covode Award.

On his last day before retirement, Community Options director Tom Turner talks with KVNF's Gavin Dahl about the future of care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in our area, funding disparities in an anti-tax political climate, and what he sees as his biggest accomplishment.

Gavin Dahl is a writer and producer with a passion for community media. He worked for KVNF from July 2020 to July 2022. He won awards and recognition for his KVNF reporting from the Colorado Broadcasters Association and Society of Professional Journalists. His writing has been published by The Montrose Press, The Sopris Sun, Boulder Weekly, Raw Story, Radio Survivor, Boise Weekly, and The Austin American-Statesman. He graduated from The Evergreen State College with a BA in media production and community organizing.