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Post Independent correspondent A handful of Glenwood Springs residents asking the city to erect a security fence near their property will likely have to look elsewhere for help. Glenwood Springs City Council on Thursday denied a proposal asking that two private fence replacements be included in existing public projects, at partial or total cost to the city. First, two Hagar Lane residents asked the city to consider building a 300-foot-long fence on the east side of a planned sidewalk near their...

Locally owned restaurants hardest hit by the latest coronavirus restrictions shutting down indoor dining will be given priority for $165,000 worth of city of Glenwood Springs year-end relief grants. Those choosing to follow Garfield County’s more lax restrictions, as well as national chains, fast-food restaurants and places like coffee shops that don’t rely heavily on the sit-down dining experience, need not apply — for now. Those were the criteria established by City Council in a 6-0 vot...

Glenwood Springs Post Independent The old American Furniture Warehouse building sits empty in south Glenwood, but perhaps not for long if Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply follows through on plans to open there in the spring. Chelsea Self / Post Independent The Roaring Fork Marketplace commercial center in south Glenwood Springs is preparing to welcome Murdoch’s Ranch & Home Supply as a new tenant, coming in spring 2021 if all goes as planned. The Murdoch’s store would occupy the space that f...

Kind Castle will be the first marijuana retail shop to open at the Glenwood Meadows commercial area. Glenwood Springs City Council last week voted 4-3 to approve the proposal by Kind Castle to construct a new 4,504-square-foot, two story building at the corner of Wulfsohn Road and Flat Tops View Drive. The location is at the southeast corner of the larger Glenwood Meadows planned unit development (PUD), near the Glenwood Green Apartments. The retail marijuana shop is planned to take up 3,270 sq...

John Stroud/Post Independent Glenwood Springs businesses operating under Garfield County’s modified COVID-19 restriction — rather than the state’s level red rules — will not be eligible for forthcoming city assistance grants. City Council Thursday night also issued a strong word of caution about following the county commissioners’ guidance — in the form of a Wednesday resolution — that only orange-level restrictions, and certain yellow-level variances, would be enforced. “We hav...

Garfield County’s “rainy day” reserve funds, as Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathan Godes referred to them this week, might best be described as a chance for isolated cloudbursts here and there. While it’s true that Garfield County government is sitting on a projected $81.8 million in reserves come the end of 2021, County Manager Kevin Batchelder said it’s important to point out that the vast majority of those funds are committed for very specific purposes. From $43,408 sitting sitting in...

That’s what Mayor Jonathan Godes said during a Garfield County commissioners meeting Monday. However, there remains confusion for restaurants and other business sectors after the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) last week imposed tighter restrictions, including suspending indoor dining, while the commissioners have said they can continue to operate at 50% indoor capacity, along with takeout services and open-air dining. County commissioners have scheduled a special...