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Meeker and county boards hold workshop

RBC | Rio Blanco County Commissioners and the Meeker Board of Trustees met last week for a workshop updating both boards on the progress Better City has made on their proposed projects, and to discuss some other items including the possibility of a sales tax increase, revamping the town, county[Read More…]

February 3, 2017 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker approves budget for 2017, funds in place to further economic development

MEEKER | Citizens are concerned about how and where the proposed Outdoor Adventure Center will be built. “We keep hearing remarks about our property, about us having to sell it or losing it some way, and we’d like it on the record that we object to that,” said Water Street[Read More…]

December 23, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Open house for economic development answers some questions, raises others

MEEKER | More than 50 people filled the community room at Mountain Valley Bank last Wednesday for an open house-style public forum designed to give residents an opportunity to gather information and ask questions of the groups and individuals leading the economic development charge. Rio Blanco County Economic Development Director Katelin[Read More…]

November 13, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Letter: Questions about outdoor center

Dear Editor: Kudos to the town and county for sponsoring last week’s economic development open house. I appreciated the information presented to the public. I feel very strongly at this stage in development that it is important the public stays informed. I did take the time to talk to the[Read More…]

November 12, 2016 by editor Comments are Disabled

Letter: How best to develop the concept the Center for Outdoor Adventure? Public vs. private funding?

Dear Editor: Mr. Magid’s guest editorial in the Oct. 22 Rio Blanco Herald Times “Comments on the financial risk of the proposed Center for Outdoor Adventure”, and the page 1A article by Niki Turner in the Sept. 22 Rio Blanco Herald Times “Proposed Outdoor Adventure Center would be a one-of-a-kind[Read More…]

October 28, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Comments on the financial risk of the proposed Center for Outdoor Adventure

By Jim Magid Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | I have read the plan for the center (“Feasibility Study Meeker, Colo., Center for Outdoor Adventure” by Better City, Draft), and have the following comments: 1) It is an impressive report and review of our community, and makes some obvious and[Read More…]

October 26, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Better City: Center for Outdoor Adventure in the works with wide focus

MEEKER I Prior to the regularly scheduled Meeker Town Board meeting on Aug. 2, representatives from Better City presented a completed feasibility study for the Center for Outdoor Adventure, one aspect of their strategic plan to revitalize the local economy.

August 12, 2016 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled