Our view: New store is a boost for the city's economy

Well, this is exciting, isn’t it?

Green River will get a new store later this year as Bomgaars will establish a branch at the old Shopko building. This is an amazing development. When a store closes, it seems to take a long time before someone comes along to use the vacated space. Look to Rock Springs and Harbor Freight for example. What used to be a Hastings and sat vacant for a couple of years before that was turned around.

There’s still the massive vacant building K-Mart used to occupy and it’s been several years since the last blue light special lit up that space.

The fact a business took interest in Green River and invested in one of the largest retail spaces in town and plans to open up shop nearly a year after it became vacant says a lot about Green River’s economy.

The city is a viable place to expand a business or build one from scratch and Bomgaars’ recent announcement is proof of that. There are businesses eyeing Green River and with developments west of the city looking to expand, the area will likely get more attention in the future.

We’re happy to see Bomgaars expand into Green River and hope the company finds success here.

Hopefully this is the first of many exciting developments coming to the city in the future.