News Archive
Mader wins city startup competition with drone services plan
December 13, 2023 - This week, the City of Craig’s Economic Development Advisory Committee announced the winners of its inaugural Craig Business Plan Competition. The competition launched this past summer. It was initially conceptualized as a way to support existing businesses and encourage potential startups, with a $15,000 prize for the winner of...
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Community theater and indoor playspace coming to Craig
December 13, 2023 - Craig resident Jeana Womble recently shared her plans for a new community space geared toward Craig’s kids. On Monday, Womble was awarded second-place in the startup division in the first Craig Business Plan Competition, coordinated by the City of Craig’s Economic Development Advisory Committee and Colorado...
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Housing Shortages Are Making Recruitment and Retention Even More Challenging for Some Rural Healthcare Providers
December 13, 2023 - In late 2021, as the most chaotic, early stages of the pandemic receded and vaccines proliferated, Jennifer Riley was looking forward to a return to some semblance of normalcy at Memorial Regional Health in Craig, a small town of around 9,000 in northwest Colorado. After over 10 years with the organization, she had...
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Regional Solar Garden has its moment to shine
September 18, 2023 - Mayor Derek Duran billed it as a “great day” for Craig and the Yampa Valley. Local and regional community leaders and guests gathered on Sept. 8 to dedicate the newly constructed Yampa Valley Regional Solar Garden. Collaboration was a key component of the project’s success,...
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City shares latest update on River Project
September 18, 2023 - Early-rising community members were treated to an update on the widely anticipated Yampa River Corridor Project. City of Craig staffer Melanie Kilpatrick spoke at Thursday’s Community Conversations meeting presented by Memorial Regional Health. Recalling the origins of the project, Kilpatrick noted that it’s been nearly 10 years...
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Craig Housing Authority breaks ground on townhomes
September 6, 2023 - The Craig Housing Authority recently broke ground on a new 20-townhome complex that will house essential workers. The monumental development is the first of its kind in more than 40 years. On Aug. 25, the Craig Housing Authority celebrated a milestone in their years-long quest to create affordable housing in Craig that...
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Craig Urban Renewal Authority approves restaurant funding proposal
September 6, 2023 - The Craig Urban Renewal Authority recently approved a proposal presented by Pete and Ann Seewald for two new restaurants in Craig. On Aug. 9, CURA commissioners heard a presentation for the proposed conversion of the former Village Inn restaurant. The property at 1103 W. Victory Way is within Urban Renewal Authority Area...
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Owner of Mountain Pine Manufacturing says $160K federal grant will allow sawmill that reuses beetle-kill trees to realize its dream
June 16, 2023 - The owner of Mountain Pine Manufacturing is feeling grateful and optimistic after learning the local business that specializes in WoodStraw — a unique, alternative form of erosion control — just got a big federal grant. In March, Mountain Pine Manufacturing hosted a tour to showcase how the mill at 10 Moffat...
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Craig lands $1.5M for 8th Street Redevelopment Project, but the city will have to spend that money fast
March 23, 2023 - The 8th Street Redevelopment Project in Craig got another boost this month with news the city has been awarded $1.5 million through the Innovative Housing Incentive Grant Program from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs. If the affordable housing project at the former Memorial Regional Hospital site between Tucker and Russell...
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Mountain Pine Manufacturing seeks to further develop innovative reclaimed wood production facility
March 16, 2023 - Mountain Pine Manufacturing hosted a tour Thursday, March 9, to showcase how the mill has grown and share the innovative products being created locally. To reach its full capacity, though, the facility at 10 Moffat County Road 27 in Craig needs help from a U.S. Forest Service grant funding program.
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