Retail business slow in downtown

A few business owners downtown report seeing sluggish business in Green River, with one former downtown business owner saying the area is dying.

Melissa Neher, owner of Kids Corner on Flaming Gorge Way, said she has a hard time getting customers through her door, saying parking along the street is very limited and is taken up by customers going to the nearby restaurant.

For Neher, the problem with parking is only intensified due to the city spending money to create a park near the city’s clock tower as opposed using the space as a downtown parking lot.

Neher also questioned the ability f...