A business that offers a variety of services and products for outdoor enthusiasts has moved into a new location in downtown Fruita. Element Outdoors and Overland has moved into a newly renovated retail space in the Fruita Arts Recreation Marketplace (FARM) at 125 S. Mulberry St. “The Grand Valley is a wonderful place to inspire […]
A celebration is scheduled to mark the opening of a national discount retail store in Grand Junction. Burlington Stores announced its opening at its new location on Nov. 4 in the Grand Mesa Center, 2424 U.S. Highway 6 & 50. The new location will bring to 15 the number of Burlington stores in Colorado as […]
A Grand Junction company is among the recipients of the latest grants promoting the development of attainable housing across Colorado. Phoenix Haus is among three Colorado-based panelized manufacturers to receive grants through the Innovating Housing Incentive Program. The incentives division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade manages the program. The latest […]
About 150 high schools from across Western Colorado are expected to attend an annual economic leadership conference in Grand Junction. The Freedom & Responsibility Education Enterprise (FREE) Foundation and Foundation for Economic Education have scheduled the conference for 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in the Colorado Mesa University Center ballroom. Based in Grand […]
A nonprofit health care organization that provides services to people affected by human immunodeficiency virus and other diseases has opened in a newly renovated location in Grand Junction. The Colorado Health Network celebrated a grand opening for the 5,000-square-foot facility, located at 1001 Wellington Ave. The Grand Junction-based team provides a range of services — […]
Children’s Hospital Colorado has opened a new outpatient care clinic in Grand Junction. The clinic is located on the first floor of the Primary Care Partners medical building at 3150 N. 12th St. The 3,100-square-foot facility includes 10 examination rooms, a pulmonary function testing laboratory and procedure room. The facility consolidates a number of services, […]
A cable transportation company expects to open next year its largest operation in the United States in a new facility in Utah. Leitner-Poma of America recently purchased 5 acres in Grand Junction to also expand an operation that already includes a 100,000-square-foot facility. Officials with Leitner-Poma joined Utah Lt. Gov. Diedre Henderson, Tooele Mayor Debbie […]
Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to drain Highline Lake west of Grand Junction as part of additional efforts to eradicate an infestation of zebra mussels. “We understand that this isn’t ideal for our boating and angling community,” said Alan Martinez, manager of Highline Lake State Park. “What we hope is that people see this and […]
A quarterly measure of confidence among business executives has retreated on a more cautious outlook for the United States economy, The Conference Board reported its Measure of CEO Confidence fell two points for the fourth quarter. At 46, the latest reading reflected more negative than positive responses to the survey upon which the index was […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to decline, signaling weakness and what could be recession. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index decreased seven-tenths of a point to 104.6 in September. Separate measures of current and past conditions increased. Justyna Zabinska-La Monica, senior manager of business cycle indicators at […]