It’s a KZMU radio special! Welcome to Moab - A Service Story. On today’s menu is the housing crisis served with a side of worker shortages. Comes with free burnout.

It’s clear that the housing crisis turned worker shortage is threatening to gut employment sectors at every level in Moab. In this special, we zero in on our local restaurants, arguably the most public-facing businesses in our service industry. You’ll hear from restaurant employees across different types of eateries talk about their experience working in Moab at this moment. They’re working in an ongoing pandemic, in the busiest longest most harrowing of seasons. A season where there’s more business than ever but business owners themselves are worried about keeping the doors open as everyone struggles to find and keep housing. You’ll hear how local independent restaurant owners are scraping it together and their thoughts on the future. And you’ll hear a bit about mental health, too.

Many thanks to Ann, Jen, Natali, Alex, Wes, Bella, Mardee, Ruth, Louis, Meghan, Jacqueline, and Cozy for sharing your stories on our airwaves and illustrating how restaurants help keep communities vibrant.

Show Notes:

Ghost Town, A Film By Passenger Media:

www.gofundme.com/f/ghost-town-pro…_source=customer

Work in the local restaurant industry? Want to share your experience with the Ghost Town filmmakers? Contact:

Jen Zeuner

970-216-3768

Music and other sounds heard in today’s special:

Crowded Park by TravieDoodle

bar chatter by SoundsExciting

FunkBox by Ketsa

Way-to-West by Ketsa

Chillflow (makaih.com) by Makiah Beats

The Journey by Audiobinger

Happy-Chappy by Ketsa

Note: this special contains language that has been un-beeped for the podcast.