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Spring/Summer Events Discussed at Holly Commercial Club
The monthly meeting of the Holly Commercial Club was held Wednesday, April 6th at the United Methodist Church with special guest, Cathy Garcia, former President of Action 22 and current Regional Director for U.S. Senator Gardner’s Pueblo Office. There are now 20 full time Commercial Club members with the Holly Historical Society joining as an […]
Lamar Sales Tax Takes Dip and Rise
Sales and Use Tax collections for the City of Lamar for February, collected in March, showed a slight drop with City Sales Tax down for the month at 1.2% for a drop of $2,877. Total Sales and Use Tax collections were also off by 2.46% for a loss of $6,623 for the same period. Monthly […]
Diana Lynn Fashion, Lamar Chamber’s Business of the Month
Downtown Lamar has recently gotten brighter with the help of a new pink and purple storefront. Diana Lynn Fashion, located at 211 S. Main St. in Lamar, celebrates its First Birthday in Downtown Lamar this April and also celebrates being April’s Chamber Business of the Month. Founded in November, 2014 by Diana Smith Woller, Diana […]
PUMA Details Early Economic Survey, Requests More Responses
Prowers County representatives and PCDI Board members received a preliminary overview of the economic study recently conducted by PUMA, Progressive Urban Management Associates, on the last day of their most recent visit, Wednesday, May 25th. “We’re at the mid-way point of our mission with you,” explained Brad Segal, President of the economic development firm hired […]
PCDI Hosts Annual Meeting, New Director Vote
The annual Prowers County Development Incorporated annual meeting held Tuesday, March 29th at the Rodeway Cow Palce Inn was brief and had a low attendance, as was anticipated on both counts. Minus an executive director for over a year by choice and circumstances, there was no annual director’s report to summarize developments from the preceding […]
Lamar City Council, Prowers County Discuss Funding Rail Line Upgrades
Rick Klein, La Junta City Manager, detailed the unique success story of how local funding from numerous small communities in three states, has directly related to 127 miles of improvements for railroad tracks and infrastructure. The latest funding effort marks the third year the Lamar City Council has joined with other communities in Colorado, Kansas […]
Lamar Partnership Group Discusses Spring/Summer Promotions
Because the Hotter than Hell summer music and crafts event held in Lamar the past two July’s cost more money than it produced, the LPI board discussed some alternatives for the approaching summer season. The downtown event last July went into the red by about $4,000. Board members, during their monthly meeting March 23rd, leaned […]
Colorado Revenue Forecast Indicates Slower Growth Rate
DENVER — Friday, March 18, 2016 — The Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) today released its quarterly economic forecast. Colorado’s economy continues to grow at a slower pace than in recent years with General Fund revenue forecasted to increase just 1.5 percent in FY 2015-16. Several factors are converging to cause the […]
Lamar Racing Club, Bluegrass Festival Receives Lodging Panel Funding
Three events were presented before the Prowers Lodging Tax Panel for funding, Tuesday, March 15th. Angel Munoz from the Lamar Racing Club requested advertising funds for the 2016 racing season at the Lamar Speedway for ten events, twice the number held last year. Munoz, the president and promoter of the Club explained the additions, “We […]
