The holiday spirit and creativity of the Grand Valley community is on display this week and through the holiday season at Community Hospital where the 2025 Gingerbread Showcase is now officially on display.

Every year, families, businesses and other community members submit handcrafted gingerbread houses as part of the Palisade Gingerbread Contest, which is part of the Palisade Chamber of Commerce’s Olde Fashioned Christmas event. Those pieces are then put on display at Community Hospital.

“We’ve had a standing partnership with them where after the event many of our competitors will bring their pieces over to Community Hospital to be on display for the rest of the season,” Palisade Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jessica Burford said. “Not only is it open to the public for them to

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