All Entries in the "Economy" Category
PCDI Transitioning to PEP
Prowers County Economic Development will undergo a change by mid-September to become PEP, Prowers Economic Prosperity. This will be more than just a name change, according to Rick Robbins, PCDI President, and Brad Segal, the President of Progressive Urban Management Associates, a study group that has been contracted by PCDI and joint funded by the […]
2016 CROP PRODUCTION – JULY 2016 COLORADO HIGHLIGHTS
Winter wheat production in Colorado, based on conditions as of July 1, 2016, is forecast at 95.40 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 16 percent from the June 1 forecast and 20 percent […]
Tax Break Donations Sought to Help Fund Fairground Improvements
The Prowers County Commissioners are developing a state administered donation program to fund improvements at the fairgrounds. Southeast Colorado Enterprise Development, SECED Executive Director, Stephanie Gonzales, met with the board July 11th to discuss details for an application for Enterprise Zone credits for donors. Working with an arm of the State Office of Economic Development and International […]
Comments Open for Highway 50 Pueblo to Kansas Project
Add one more study for the highways in southeast Colorado. Prowers County has the long-discussed Reliever Route, the Ports to Plains Corridor which has been upgrading Highway 287 for years, the start of Lamar’s Main Street renovations set to begin this October and now the CDOT Highway 50 East Corridor project which was presented to […]
City Sales Tax Revenue Shows Steady, Modest Gain
The City of Lamar May Sales and Use Tax collected in June showed a 3.37% climb compared to the same month last year for an increase of $8,834.77 and Total Sales and Use Tax collections were up 1.65% for an increase of $4,713.70 for the same period. Taxes collected for the month were $290,173.92 […]
Colorado Open for Future Growth in High-skilled Jobs
DENVER – Mon., July 11, 2016 – The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), in partnership with Mercer Consulting, today announced the results of an economic analysis on Colorado’s future economy. The study was conducted to determine how occupations in Colorado are suited for current and future state, national and global trends, […]
Council Approves Replacement Equipment for Fire Department
The council authorized the purchase of a breathing air compressor with fill station for the Lamar Fire Department. Chief Burkhart explained that the current model, now 21 years old, has a failed compressor and will no longer charge the breathing apparatus used by the department. The item, estimated at $51,502 is not a budgeted item […]
WPA Properties Sold to Become Local Community Corrections Center
The Prowers County Commissioners have sold the East Maple Street properties to open the way for a community oriented corrections facility which will be owned and operated by Doug Carrigan. The decision followed several weeks of negotiations for the property at 800 East Maple Street, consisting of five, one-story sandstone buildings situated on 3.55 acres […]
Holly Commercial Club Recaps June, Early July Events
125 meals were expected and 125 were served on Friday night for the kick-off of this year’s Bluegrass Festival in Holly, according to Tracie Kalma. Net profits from the event were $600 and Viola Melcher informed the monthly gathering that there were plenty of positive comments generated about the meal and the bluegrass jam session […]
Healthy Places receives $10,000 grant to fund the Skatepark Construction Project
Healthy Places of Lamar has received a $10,000 grant from Huddleston-Butler Memorial Foundation to fund the Skatepark Construction Project at Willow Creek Park. The grant will be used to leverage more funding to complete the project. “Our community considers a skatepark to be a top priority in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. We are […]
Commissioners Meet with New Action 22 President
Action 22 recently announced its new leadership team as Chairman Ivor Hill and President and CEO Jennifer Herrera. Herrera is replacing John Marrin who is stepping down as president of Lamar Community College at the end of July. She has been the Action 22 President/CEO for the past six weeks. Herrera was in Lamar July […]
Council Briefed on Syringe Exchange Program Proposal
A discussion concerning a program to reduce the increase of Hepatitis C in Prowers County was presented to the Lamar City Council by members of the County Health Department. Tammie Clark, Director of Public Health for Prowers County, was accompanied by public health nurses Morgan Bennett and Ryann Wollert, who presented health-related concerns regarding local […]
Lamar Transportation Projects Noted at City Council Meeting
Transportation in one form or another was a topic of discussion for the Lamar City Council during their Monday meeting, June 27th. The council approved an agreement between the city and Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad for the replacement of sidewalks across the Main Street tracks which will be built by CDOT during the […]
LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER – MAY 2016 – UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.00 billion pounds in May, up 5 percent from the 3.81 billion pounds produced in May 2015. Beef production, at 2.03 billion pounds, was 5 percent above the previous year. Cattle slaughter totaled 2.51 million head, up 6 percent from May 2015. The average live weight […]
Searching for Dollars, County Considers Tax Capture Plans
Lamar and Prowers County loses approximately $80 million in leakage sales each year. That’s from shoppers buying out of town, either when traveling to a destination point or online shopping. In an effort to reclaim some of that leakage, if only in sales tax on construction materials purchased outside the county, the Prowers County Commissioners […]
