Congrats to the City of Rifle!! Rockin the slope with the obvious intentions of continuing to blow right by the economic growth of everyone else in the neighborhood.
This..is terrific news.
Janelle Ericsson:
"RIFLE, Colo. -- Changes are coming to part of Garfield County. The city of Rifle is expanding it's downtown to be more pedestrian friendly and bring new businesses to the area.
The city of Rifle received an $800,000 grant from the federal government to improve the town. City officials say they have had a lot of success in the past with developments and they have high hopes for this project too.
One of the most important things the city of Rifle is looking to do is make the downtown area more visually appealing and a place where businesses would want to open. It hopes by bringing new businesses to town it will benefit the current community as well as bring more tourists through Rifle.
"We're really taking a hard look at the market reality and which projects will actually fly given the economic situation that we're in currently but also looking forward to where the economic situation can change and how do we actually make a deal happen to make projects go forward," city planner Nathan Lindquist said...." (Read more? Click title)
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
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This is wonderful news for Rifle. They have certainly shown what a good and solid community approach can do.
Some of the same crony issues that we have in Glenwood Springs but not with the same kind of power.
It will be very good to see downtown district improved.
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