Dear Editor, As the Grand Junction City Council is currently discussing moving its elections from April to November, could this also be a good time to look at making our mayor an elected position? Currently the general public does not directly elect the Grand Junction mayor or mayor pro-tem. The seven-person city council elects amongst […]
Several Grand Junction-area ranchers and producers donated 1,300 pounds of beef to several local nonprofits, including Food Bank of the Rockies, Clifton Christian Church, Canyon View Vineyard Church, Hope of the Grand Valley, Catholic Outreach and The Joseph Center. The ranchers, who wish to remain anonymous, reached out to a local producer with cows it […]
Fiona Bautista has been promoted to closing agent for Land Title Guarantee Company, 2454 Patterson Rd, Suite 100. Bautista joined Land Title in 2022, beginning her career as an assistant on Jessie Carlson’s team. “It was soon apparent that her attention to detail, focus and passion for the transaction process, as well as her natural […]
The second annual Mesa County Workforce Summit will take place Jan. 29, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Colorado Mesa University Ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St. in Grand Junction. A variety of speakers and sessions are planned throughout the day, including a breakfast keynote speech from Colorado Mesa University President John Marshall. Andreas Mueller-Schubert, […]
Grand Valley Power will receive $13 million in grant funding over 15 years from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. The funding will be used for Grand Valley Rural Power Lines Inc. to procure more than 26 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from the Garnet Mesa Solar agrivoltaics facility […]
Bray & Company Real Estate announced it has hired Lila Dere to join its team. Dere is a lifelong resident of Grand Junction, and Bray Real Estate said in a news release, “Lila brings not only a deep-rooted connection to the community, but also a wealth of real estate experience that began at an impressively […]
The City of Grand Junction will host Coffee with the City Manager on Jan. 30 at 7:30 a.m. at Main Street BagelS, 559 Main St. in Grand Junction. These events are an opportunity for members of the community to have a conversation with the city manager and members of city staff and hear about upcoming […]
By Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times During a Jan. 13 workshop, the Grand Junction City Council considered the pros and cons of amending the city charter via ballot measure and moving its municipal elections to November instead of April. City Council will have a second reading of the proposed ballot measure at the regular Wednesday […]
Legacy Furniture moved into its store in mid-December, giving it room to do more custom woodworking Hazen Hackett smiled and chuckled before he answered the question about how much experience he had with woodworking before opening a business that does custom woodworking. “None,” he said. OK, no prior work experience, but certainly the 32-year-old former […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times The Jan. 1 sale of Ryan/Sawyer Marketing to Julie Hober and Bridgett Gutierrez pushed former owner and business namesake Dan Ryan to the edge of retirement. Before the 65-year-old Ryan fully commits to the plunge into the life of leisure, however, he’ll help his former employees for two months as […]