When Diana Knez, owner of the OP Bar and Grill was able to take the tape off of cordoned-off tables inside the popular eatery, a sense of happiness spread through her.
Bear Coal Soda Fountain will upgrade the front of its building through a recent round of city s Small Business Grant Program. (Joshua Carney / Craig Press)
The city of Craig’s Economic Development Committee awarded more than $30,000 in its first round of the 2021 small business grant program Monday during its monthly meeting at city hall.
With the start of the new funding cycle, five businesses applied for funding in hopes of sprucing up city businesses, improving the aesthetics of the local businesses.
At Monday’s meeting, Bear Coal Soda Fountain, the Popular Bar, Draper Insurance, Mountain Pine Manufacturing, and Jackson’s Office Supply applied for more than $63,000 in funding for improvement projects.
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Following a call to join Rio Blanco’s Wolf Reintroduction Sanctuary stance, Moffat County commissioners stated that while they remain steadfast in the opposition of wolves, they will not be joining in on Rio Blanco’s resolution, instead focusing their efforts on requesting a local governmental role in the planning process.
Rio Blanco’s resolution stated the county would allow for the natural migration and repopulation of Gray Wolves, but would not allow for artificially introduced wolves, further stating that “designated lands” for artificial reintroduction must not include Rio Blanco County or any other county in the state that adopts the Sanctuary County Resolution.
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Moffat County commissioners Donald Broom, Melody Villard and Tony Bohrer on Tuesday made official their opposition to President Joe Biden’s plan to conserve 30% of the nation’s land and water by 2030 as part of the new administration’s efforts to address climate change.
The Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2021-23, opposing the land preservation goal.
In the resolution, it cited that many of Moffat County’s businesses and its residents are involved in, or otherwise depend on industries that utilize federal lands and their resources, including the forest products industry, livestock grazing, oil and gas exploration and production, coal mining, precious metal mining, and mineral development, recreational industries, hunting and other outdoor recreation.