Mayfly Outdoors is making big moves in Colorado. In an article Sunday in the Montrose Daily Press, the following was announced:
“Mayfly Outdoors President David Dragoo said his company is ready to grow and forever change Montrose for the better.
Dragoo was calm but excited Thursday at Ross Reels in Montrose as he announced in front of Montrose Daily Press reporters and several city officials his company acquired multiple new properties (about 125 acres) along the Uncompahgre River.
The newly acquired land, which is north of Ninth Street and across from the Montrose County Justice Center, will be home to Colorado Outdoors Recreation/Business Park. The project will be what Dragoo called a “world-renowned business park” aiming to attract outdoor-focused industries to relocateto Montrose and include river restoration and high-end commercial, residential and industrial development.
“One of our goals has always been to own our own property,” said Dragoo about Mayfly, a Colorado-based outdoor industry investment company known for its brand names including Abel Reels and Ross Reels. “The vision was to build our own factory, build it on the river and build it in Montrose, because we have a great relationship with the city. But we expanded on it — we asked ourselves what we could do to help the local community and bring jobs here?”
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