Alamosa in the San Luis Valley on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.
Since the passage of the CARES Act last year, anytime Congress has considered additional state and local aid, Republicans have described it as a “blue state bailout” a reward for supposedly Democratic-run places that have not budgeted wisely.
But even in many red areas of the country, local leaders are calling for additional funds to help weather the drawn out impacts of the pandemic. And that includes Colorado.
“All of our stores, all of our retailers have suffered tremendous losses over the last 12 months because of COVID,” said Fremont County Commissioner Debbie Bell.
The Grand Junction City Council discussed recommendations at its Monday work session from the Planning Commission on how to regulate marijuana businesses in the city.
Voters will decide if they will allow marijuana businesses to operate in the city in the April election.
However, City Manager Greg Caton said the city was trying to provide voters with a potential framework for how those businesses would be regulated if they are allowed.
âIâm sure council can appreciate weâre creating a framework or an outline of what our community members might anticipate where we could potentially head with this if it is approved by the voters, but yet how much detail do we do before the voters see it,â Caton said. âSo thatâs the balance weâre trying to strike.â
The Grand Junction City Council discussed recommendations at its Monday work session from the Planning Commission on how to regulate marijuana businesses in the city.
Voters will decide if they will allow marijuana businesses to operate in the city in the April election.
However, City Manager Greg Caton said the city was trying to provide voters with a potential framework for how those businesses would be regulated if they are allowed.
âIâm sure council can appreciate weâre creating a framework or an outline of what our community members might anticipate where we could potentially head with this if it is approved by the voters, but yet how much detail do we do before the voters see it,â Caton said. âSo thatâs the balance weâre trying to strike.â
The city of Grand Junction is off to a good start to 2021 fiscally with its first month of sales tax collections coming in higher than the same month a
After a year of work and input from the community, Visit Grand Junction and consulting firm Destination Think unveiled a destination brand strategy for the city at the City Councilâs Monday work session.
The results of the branding process included the development of a font for the city to use to represent its brand, a specially selected color palette and a tagline for Grand Junction â Where Life Leads.
Steve Hanzic, Destination Think creative director, explained to the city council how they took the hundreds of pages of feedback from the community and condensed it down into the three-word phrase.