$650,000 grant to Western State for lost coal jobs
GUNNISON – A co-working center and innovation laboratory in Gunnison will use a $650,000 federal grant to aid efforts to recover from coal-industry troubles, the Daily Sentinel reports.
A Colorado state legislator, however, questioned why a grant intended to aid communities suffering from the coal woes was going to Gunnison.
“I couldn’t believe that somebody is so out of touch that they don’t know where the workforce resides,” said state Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose. “It will be “extremely difficult for Western to (deal with coal-industry upheaval) because they don’t have any coal miners.”
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GUNNISON – A co-working center and innovation laboratory in Gunnison will use a $650,000 federal grant to aid efforts to recover from coal-industry troubles, the Daily Sentinel reports.
A Colorado state legislator, however, questioned why a grant intended to aid communities suffering from the coal woes was going to Gunnison.
“I couldn’t believe that somebody is so out of touch that they don’t know where the workforce resides,” said state Rep. Don Coram, R-Montrose. “It will be “extremely difficult for Western to (deal with coal-industry upheaval) because they don’t have any coal miners.”
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