The Grand Junction Area Realtor Association has launched a new Web site designed specifically for consumers. The site, located at www.grandjunctionhomehelp.com, offers assistance to buyers and sellers in searching for Realtors and properties throughout Mesa County and surrounding areas. The site lists GJARA Realtors and affiliated members, including lenders, home inspectors, insurance agents and landscapers. […]
A new energy center and efforts to promote additional research into energy technologies were among the most popular ideas to come out of the latest in a series of economic development brainstorming sessions in Mesa County. The establishment of a western center for energy independence in Grand Junction was the top choice among the ideas […]
A team of 11 participants in a national youth service program has joined in efforts to promote energy efficiency in Grand Valley businesses and homes. The team from the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) will help promote two energy efficiency programs — the GreenBacks program offered through local chambers of commerce and the Red […]
More than 57,000 people were counted among the employed in Mesa County and their weekly wages averaged $800, according to the latest quarterly numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). According to a BLS report on county employment and wages in Colorado for the fourth quarter of 2010, employment totaled 57,289 in Mesa County. […]
A construction materials firm that’s operated for more than 50 years in the Grand Valley has been acquired by a Washington, D.C.-based company. Grand Junction Pipe and Supply now works under the umbrella of Summit Materials. Summit Materials also acquired Elam Construction in Grand Junction earlier this year. According to records from the Mesa County […]
Now that the Mesa County School District 51 Board of Education has approved a budget for the upcoming year, the district is proactively asking voters if they’d support a November ballot measure designed to raise more money for education from property taxes. In a direct mail flier sent to voters in early July, the district […]
Robert Bray considers himself “cautiously optimistic” about the Mesa County real estate market. By one measure, the number of residential real estate transactions reported in the county during the first half of 2011 was up 28 percent compared to the first half of 2010. “Most of the low-end stuff is seeing tremendous activity,” said Bray, […]
For people who’ve lived through the boom and bust of energy development in Western Colorado, the scenario sounds all too familiar. A small city experiences a dramatic increase in high-paying jobs. The unemployment rate drops as workers flood to energy jobs. Opportunities abound for businesses that build and sell houses, broker mortgages and provide basic […]
It’s sometimes considered one of the soft drivers in a community — an industry that provides plenty of intellectual and emotional inspiration, but one whose economic effects can be hard to quantify. Even as various organizations promote the artistic and cultural benefits of a small city in Western Colorado, they realize support for the arts […]
So you have a degree in art, theater or dance. Now what? As head of the theater department at Mesa State College, Tim Pinnow is used to hearing such questions. They can come from students worried about paying the bills while also pursuing a career they enjoy. They can come from parents worried about whether […]