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Show A10 WASATCH Ban COUNTY JANUARY 3, 2001 COURIER ing On Downtown Heber _ Heber Valley. Bille Move Highlights: Year in Business DEREK JENSEN| COURIER ot mo O nn Sept. 14 Heber’s Main Street got a little richer _~ 3 literally. After receiving their charter earlier this year, Heber Valley National Bank moved into the remodeled Bank Block Building on that September ‘date. The bank now anchors the 3,200 square foot structure designed after the Heber Mercantile building | ‘that burned down'in 1937." ... “The building, originally. constructedin 1904, served as a bank before the - Depression. Later, it played host to a Heber Valley National Bank in its new Main St: locale. °° hardware store and an auto parts store. The building remains the one spot on Heber’s: Main Street with ade; quate parking. Heber Valley. National Bank is pri- » <<. marily a community bank, though the president boasted they can match larger banks in services including same-day loan approval. The independent charter marks the fruition of Grand: ‘Valley. Corp., a Grand Junction, Colo. company with a. vested interest in small town banking. —“Heber’s got a lot of. what: we like i in a community,” said John Stevenson, President of Heber Valley National Bank. “We like the small town atmosphere.” Several other sihecs occupy the __ upstairs of the Bank Block Building Year1 Ends ¢on Said N ote For yi yan Midway POR )/interton’ Ss. Institution Can’ 't t. Compete With Modern Supermarkers DEREK JENSEN COURIER STAFF = including Old Republic: Title ci an oe: attorney: Ss office. - grocery institution since the late 19th century, closed forever. _ Winterton’ s Market, a | sein Sih: aac firser stores like Heber’s Smith’s and King’s. 7 “T think I’ve been cured of the smiill _business bug,” he joked. The 99 E. Main building miguel locally owned mom and pop store for the past five years, closed in late December — . citing sluggish sales. It marks the end of an era for. the Midway Main Street locale, which served as a: convenient grocery stop for the community for well over 100 years. | . There’s no one more disappointed than Jam,” said owner -Kent Winterton. “It's like any small busi opened as a market in the late 1800s before changing ownership several times. In the mid-‘50s the store tripled in size, adding a new tile floor to the old. wood base. Though it was remod- eled later, the market always maintained it’s quaint, no frills charm. ness. You put your heart and soul into it, and to abandon all that in a matter of weeks is kind of traumatic.” . Winterton, who along with’ ‘roti s Paul opened the latest incarnation of : the oe ae eae end that while mien _EEpE EERE ss erry Ry : at ico “Bel dates This sign in front of the mom and pop market spells Winterton’ s demise. the whole community is “bummed “out” there was no way he could com- y — Winterton said he has until Jan. 15 to liquidate the rest of the store’s items. At that point he suspects the building will be for lease, offering “to whom or what I have no idea.” |