Residents sound off on downtown chimes

With the newly completed renovation at the Clock Tower Park on Flaming Gorge Way, the sound of chimes now echoes throughout downtown Green River.

While a physical set of chimes isn’t installed in the clock tower itself, electronic chimes are played through speakers in the park.

“I hear the chimes every 15 minutes,” Sweetwater County Historical Museum Director Ruth Lauritzen said. “They seem to make the day go by faster.”

Lauritzen said she is getting used to the sound, noticing them less than when they started playing, but enjoys them when she catches the melody.

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