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Local volunteers propose indoor multi-use arena, ask city to consider site and funding options
Summary
An informal group of Green River volunteers presented a conceptual plan for an indoor multi-use arena aimed at equine and agricultural events, exhibits and RV housing; the group said it has broad community support but has not pursued design or grant funding and asked the council to consider the proposal.
Paul Stevens, representing an informal citizens’ committee, told the council the group developed a conceptual plan for a multi-use indoor facility on the city’s abandoned water-and-sewer property and left a written proposal with staff.
Stevens said the committee toured similar county fairground facilities and envisions a main dirt-floor arena suitable for rodeos and livestock events with bleacher seating and restrooms, an auxiliary warm-up/exhibit arena, about 50 stalls, cattle-holding pens and 100–200 RV hookup spaces. He said the RV hookups are intended to accommodate livestock exhibitors and visiting competitors, not to compete with private campgrounds.
Stevens read a list of organizations that have indicated support for the concept: Green River FFA, Green River 4-H, the Green River Task Committee, Sweetwater Pony Express, Sweetwater Team Ropers and the Green River Horse Corral Committee. He said the committee has not pursued grants or developed cost estimates and asked the city to consider the conceptual plan and, if interested, to pursue funding options and grant identification.
Council members acknowledged the volunteer effort and several councilors said state-level outdoor-recreation organizations and existing coalitions could be a resource during planning and grant-seeking. Stevens and council members stated the group would defer to city staff for professional design, costing and grant development if the council chooses to pursue the idea further.
Stevens said the project would take years to complete and emphasized the group’s intent to contribute ideas and local support, not to execute the technical design or funding on its own.
