Economic Development Partnership helping Routt County businesses sustain, grow

Grass Sticks founder Andrew Beckler is in British Columbia this week working to open a new production facility in Revelstoke to help the Steamboat Springs-based business expand sales in the Canadian market.

Beckler said the Grass Sticks expansion effort received financial assistance to help with travel and legal costs through a recently awarded Colorado Advanced Industries Export Grant. The company’s connection to the grant program was facilitated through a summer workshop on international export opportunities hosted by the nonprofit Routt County Economic Development Partnership.

“They (RCEDP) have been able to point me in the right direction and connect with a lot of state grants specially with OEDIT,” the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Beckler said. “There is a lot out there, but it’s hard to navigate it all.”