Events are opportunity for GR

With events such as the UW swim meet coming to Green River Saturday and the State Speech and Debate Meet in 2017, local businesses

and the city could see a profit as a result.

With the events come visitors who spend money on meals and hotel rooms, which would help ease the city’s continued revenue

problems. The city earns much of its revenue through sales taxes in Sweetwater County. For several years, the city has dealt with declining revenues, which have resulted in budget cuts each year.

Currently, the city is watching the tax revenues

for the holiday shopping season, as the city currently i...