Maria Sykes worries that the world is becoming âa bit homogeneous.â
It seems that as places grow together, they also grow more similar. So in Green River, her home since 2009, she co-founded an organization dedicated to preserving the uniqueness of the southeastern Utah oasis: Epicenter.
âEvery city in the world can improve,â says Sykes, who serves as Epicenterâs executive director. âI donât think that Green River is exceptional in that it can benefit from architecture design and care.â
Before settling in Green River, Sykes earned her degree from Auburn Universityâs School of Architecture and worked in Atlanta, Ga. Then the 2008 recession hit, and she found herself in Green River working on what would become the townâs community center. A summer visit to the town then suddenly turned into 12 years.
Photo of Beth Southern provided by Riverside Artisans.
OSWEGO – The Riverside Artisans co-operative welcomes Beth Southerden, an accomplished multimedia artist to its shop in downtown Oswego.
Southerden enjoys working in and experimenting with a variety of media, materials and processes. Her work is best described as intuitive painting, where according to Southerden, the expression “becomes a dance and conversation between myself and the painting.”
Much of her work is abstract, but carries a definite theme or mood. Different media allow her to use them to create compositions that are colorful, engaging and visually delightful.
“Since I was young, I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t creating something drawing, painting, crafting, gardening and poetry projects,” Southerden said.
OSWEGO — “The Next Great Idea Oswego County Business Plan Competition” is calling for entries for this year’s competition which culminates with $80,000 in prizes, said NGI Chairperson Austin Wheelock,
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A collaborative effort between Zions Bank and community housing providers will create affordable housing opportunities for more than 100 low-income families and individuals from Brigham City to Green River.
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines announced that $1.4 million in Competitive Affordable Housing Program grants have been awarded to four Utah affordable housing projects:
The Magnolia, a permanent supportive housing facility in Salt Lake City $750,000
Central Village Condominiums, affordable housing in Park City $149,000
Neighborhood Improvement Project Phase 4, program helping low-income homeowners in designated areas of Brigham City make improvements to their homes $345,400
Canal Commons, affordable apartments in Green River $150,000