Chris and Maria explore their position as young outsiders working within the community they now call home, and share successes, failures, and lessons learned with Epicenter, a community resource center that combines economic development, the arts, and affordable housing in unique ways to serve a rural, desert community.

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14. THIS
IS
GREEN
RIVER
GREEN RIVER: WE NEED LOCAL STORI ES
Help us tell the untold stories of our town using personal objects
and memories, for an upcoming exhibition at the John Wesley
Powell River History Museum.
Contact Maria Sykes at the Epicenter for submission instructions.
This project is made possible through support from Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Emery County
Tourism Bureau, United Way of Eastern Utah, Epicenter, Sincerely Interested, and the John Wesley
Powell River History Museum.
THIS IS
GREEN RIVER