Former Evergreen restauranteur charged for misrepresenting and misusing COVID business relief funds - Canyon Courier

Former Evergreen restauranteur charged for misrepresenting and misusing COVID business relief funds - Canyon Courier

Evergreen’s Campfire restaurant sits empty and stripped of all identifiers. The only signs of life are the weeds growing around the patio and neglected ornamental grasses in containers nearby. Once a thriving business, the site’s former owner, Jared Leonard, who closed the Evergreen site in early February, was recently indicted on federal fraud charges. He was reportedly arrested earlier this month in Denver. Leonard also ran a second Campfire l…