Sales tax collections, one measure of retail activity, edged upward in Mesa County on a year-over-year basis. The county collected more than $4.3 million in sales taxes in June. That’s an increase of almost $4,000 and a tenth of a percent over the same month a year ago. June collections reflect May sales. Tax collections […]
Two Grand Junction-based firms are among the latest winners of an annual awards program recognizing fast-growing Colorado companies. JFS and SG Aerospace & Gas were named 2024 Colorado Companies to Watch winners. Two more Grand Junction-based firms — In8Sync and Skyhook Solar — were finalists. The Colorado Companies to Watch program honors so-called second-stage companies […]
Grand Junction is included among 100 United States cities dubbed “hidden gems” for business startups. Grand Junction ranked 12th based on the results of a survey conducted by MarketBeat.com, on online platform with real-time financial data, market analysis and news. Loveland ranked 39th. MarketBeat.com conducted an online survey among 3,000 business executives to identify cities […]
A total of more than $151,000 in grants were awarded to support natural resources stewardship and land conservation in Mesa County as well as construct a dark sky facility at Highline State Park. Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) announced the grants, the latest proceeds from the Colorado Lottery to fund parks, recreation, conservation and open space […]
The City of Grand Junction has launched a pilot project intended to slow the speed of traffic along Fourth and Fifth streets. Between Ute Avenue and North Avenue, Fourth and Fifth streets will become one-lane, one-direction streets. The first phase of the project includes curb work, chip seal and restriping. During the pilot project, vehicle […]
A Carbondale rancher has stepped into his new role as president of the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA). Tom Harrington began his one-year term at the CCA annual convention in Colorado Springs. Harrington has served on the CCA board of directors since 2015 and also has been involved in local, state and national cattlemen’s associations. Harrington […]
Food Bank of the Rockies has purchased a refrigerated trailer to distribute food thanks to a grant from the Vera and Joseph Dresner Foundation. “This new trailer allows us to increase our capacity and provide more fresh produce to our neighbors across the Western Slope,” said Sue Ellen Rodwick, director of the Food Bank of […]
A measure of optimism among small business owners has climbed to its highest level of this year, but remains below its historical average. The National Federation of Independent Business reported its Small Business Optimism Index rose a point between May and June to 91.5. That’s the highest level since the index stood at 91.9 in […]
Employment continued to trend upward in the United States even as the unemployment rate inched up to its highest level in more than a year and a half. Nonfarm payrolls increased 206,000 in June and the jobless rate edged up a tenth of a point to 4.1 percent, according to the latest estimates from the […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, Western Colorado Area Health Education Center and Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction are among the organizations and institutions selected to participate in a new effort to promote apprenticeship programs in Colorado. The chamber and Western Colorado Area Health Education Center were among 14 industry intermediaries selected […]