This week on the podcast we’re in Cimarron, New Mexico (pop. 1,021) with entrepreneurs Colin and Erin Tawney - and what happened to be a fortuitous stop on our road trip to California earlier this year. We pulled into town just as the Super Bowl was ending and stopped by the only place that happened to be open, and as we got to talking to the owners, we realized we really needed them to share their story on the podcast. So I grabbed my recording equipment and we did this completely on the fly!

Colin and Erin are sharing what led them to bringing a bed and breakfast, brewery, and bike race to their historic town, plus all they’re doing to help bring economic development and positive change to the community. They are a great example of what it looks like to really seize the opportunities their small town has to offer, and even established a nonprofit and scholarship program as a way to give back.

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SHOW NOTES:
Cimarron, New Mexico
Taos, New  Mexico
Angel Fire, New Mexico
Philmont Scout Ranch
Waite Phillips
Main Street Program - Frontier Communities Initiative
Santa Fe Trail Association
Chandler, Arizona
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Lucien Maxwell
Kit Carson
Philbrook Museum of Art
Cimarron Cycle Works
Blue Dragonfly Inn
Blu Dragonfly Brewing
Facebook - @bluedragonflyinn
Facebook - @bludragonflybrewing
Valle Vidal
Vermejo Park Ranch
Leadville Trail 100
Cimarron Challenge
Land Run 100