The Wine Country Inn has officially opened Caroline’s, a new fine dining venue at the Palisade hotel. “We are happy to offer a new venue for classic food prepared in the French tradition in an elegant, intimate setting,” said Joseph Scanlon, general manager of the Wine Country Inn. “We will highlight fresh Colorado foods such […]
We’re more than seven months through the current fiscal year. Is anything really changing after the massive increases in federal spending over the past few years? Unfortunately, though unsurprisingly, the answer is no. Keep in mind that federal outlays from 2007 to 2011 jumped by 32 percent — from $2.73 trillion to $3.6 trillion. Due […]
Although the presidential campaign is increasingly clogging the nation’s news outlets with partisan tit for tat, there’s a nasty political struggle in Europe these days that should be getting equal air time for it could affect Americans’ lives even more than November’s election results. Across the Atlantic, some nations are facing bankruptcy. Unemployment is rising, […]
North Avenue once served as one of the busiest thoroughfares in Grand Junction and one of the busiest business districts in the city. So it’s disconcerting to those with long-term perspectives to see some of the changes that have occurred over the years: the businesses that have closed or relocated and the rundown and outdated […]
Woody Walcher, that is. If you’re anything like me, there are just some things you see or hear that rub you the wrong way immediately. And then they stick in your craw, enhanced by their repetition. Such is the case with Woody’s latest set of campaign radio ads that now seem as if they’ve been […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP have entered into a strategic alliance to provide counseling and training to older entrepreneurs who want to start or grow a small business. Through SBA online training courses and the federal agency’s nationwide network of business mentors and counselors, the SBA and AARP have set a goal to […]
Two new programs offer a total of $17 million in funding to help small businesses in Colorado secure capital. The programs — Colorado Capital Access and Cash Collateral Support — are designed to help businesses with 750 or fewer employees obtain loans from their local banks for working capital, inventory, real estate or equipment purchases […]
Wells Fargo was the top lender in Colorado and Timberline Bank the top lender in Mesa County for a popular government-backed business financing program through the first half of the 2012 fiscal year. According to figures from the U.S. Small Business Administration office in Denver, Wells Fargo issued 117 loans worth a collective $35.8 million […]
A Grand Junction program offering housing and other services to adults with traumatic brain injuries has earned accreditation for another three years. The Hilltop Life Adjustment Program has earned its sixth three-year accreditation from CARF International. The Hilltop program has been continuously accredited by CARF International since 1997. Founded in 1966 as the Commission on […]
The president and chief executive officer of Family Health West plans to retire at the end of June, brining to an end a nearly 30-year career with the health care organization in Fruita. “I have confidence in the new administrative team. They are well-poised to take Family Health West to the next level of exceptional […]