New signs for Riverside

Improving town economies and land areas was a topic at Thursday’s Riverside Town Council meeting.

Stacy Crimmins, Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, first spoke and passed out flyer invitations regarding two presentations by Strong Towns, a non-profit, non-partisan organization helping America’s towns achieve financial strength and resiliency. The two Strong Towns presentations would be at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 8 at the Platte Valley Community Center, and cover strategies for working with the economic realities facing America’s towns.

“The Wyoming Rural Development Council called the Chamber of Commerce and asked if we would be interested in facilitating a presentation by Strongtowns.org,” Crimmins said. “It is being sponsored by the Sonoran Institute, and we said we would help facilitate. I’m just getting the word out about this presentation, and although this is geared for communities and community councils, it’s definitely something the public would be interested in as well.”

Town clerk Jan Cook asked about ordering a new stop sign for safety reasons. Cook said the new stop sign would replace an older, faded one in Riverside. She said she had received complaints about the sign, located at the intersection of First and Carbon streets.

“I want to order a new sign because that one there is pretty faded,” she said.

Council member Fred Lorenz also suggested ordering a new 20-mph speed limit sign for Second Street near the Prospect Avenue intersection. The stop sign and speed limit sign were approved.

The council discussed Wednesday’s meeting regarding postal service delivery. At that meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at Encampment Town Hall, community members, government officials and the U.S. Postal Service will meet to discuss the issues.