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PRCA Chooses Cheyenne Partnership Over Staying in Colorado Springs
kdvr.com, Approved, Local

PRCA Chooses Cheyenne Partnership Over Staying in Colorado Springs

By Ashley Eberhardt | KDVR (COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) has announced that it will move from its current headquarters in Colorado Springs to Cheyenne, Wyoming. According to a press release from the PRCA, the Board of Directors has approved a “non-binding memorandum of understanding to seriously consider relocating the organization’s headquarters, along with the PRCA Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy, to Wyoming.” The PRCA said the move to Cheyenne would bring rodeo to a state where rodeo is recognized as the official sport. “The relocation represents a strategic move for the PRCA and underscores Wyoming’s deep-rooted connection to western heritage, rodeo and the cowboy way of life,” the PRCA said. Co...
Property Rights Violated? GJ Business Says City Crossed the Line
Local, The Business Times

Property Rights Violated? GJ Business Says City Crossed the Line

By Brandon Leuallen | The Business Times This article is a follow-up to “CDOT Sells Used Car Dealer a Lemon,” published June 4 in The Business Times. In that story, we reported about CDOT acquiring the GJ Auto Sales property through the threat of eminent domain for a planned mobility hub. This expanded report traces the project’s timeline, revealing a process — jointly coordinated by CDOT, the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County’s Regional Transportation Planning Office — that began before the property owners ever found out and ended only after the property owners accepted a final offer just before condemnation proceedings could begin. For 22 years, Mike and Amber Martinez had operated GJ Auto Sales from a downtown Grand Junction corner, building up their small family business ...

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