Colorado Mesa University has announced plans to open a multipurpose space in downtown Grand Junction. Located at the intersection of Fifth and Main Streets, the space will serve as an extension of the Maverick Store on the main campus, but also offer a venue in which students, faculty and the community can meet for academic, […]
Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction has received a grant to build a mobile learning lab focused on welding and commercial driving. The Colorado Community College System and Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade awarded the $1.1 million grant through the Skill Advance Colorado Mobile Learning Lab Assistance Program. “Receiving this grant […]
Registration is under way for an annual economic development summit in Western Colorado. Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado has scheduled the summit for 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Aug. 16 at the Grand River Hospital Conference Center at 501 Airport Road in Rifle. Early bird tickets sell for $50 through July 31. Afterward, ticket prices […]
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 21 for grants from an opioid crisis recovery fund in Mesa County. The Mesa County Regional Opioid Governance Council seeks proposals for settlement fund grants focused on recovery and treatment as well as education and prevention efforts. United Way of Mesa County will act as grant administrator for the […]
A coalition serving Mesa, Delta and Montrose counties is among the latest recipients of state grants to groups supporting recreation and conservation. The Two Rivers Recreation and Conservation Roundtable received $75,000 through the Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative. The program supports coalitions that represent broad interests in promoting outdoor recreation while also conserving land, water and […]
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced new steps to revise U.S. Bureau of Land Management oil and natural gas leasing regulations. The proposed rules would revise fiscal terms of the onshore federal oil and gas leasing program, including those involving bonding requirements, royalty rates and minimum bids. “The Interior Department has taken several […]
Three events have been scheduled to offer information about the second phase of a dual stream recycling program in Grand Junction. The events are set for 4 to 6 p.m. Aug. 3 at the City Hall Auditorium at 250 N. Fifth St., Aug. 8 at Spring Valley Park II at 2899 Beachwood St. and Aug. […]
Public comments will be accepted through Aug. 7 for a proposed electric vehicle readiness plan for the City of Grand Junction. Online comments can made at the website at https://EngageGJ.org/EV. The plan calls for an increase in electric vehicle charging to accommodate travelers and boost economic development in Grand Junction while also ensuring local drivers […]
A measure of consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level in two years on more upbeat assessments of business and labor conditions. “Headline confidence appears to have broken out of the sideways trend that prevailed for much of the last year,” said Dana Peterson, chief economist at the Conference Board. The New York-based think […]
Applications will be accepted through Aug. 18 for incentives for infill development in certain areas of Grand Junction. “Since 2004, the city has continued to realize the important nature and critical need to invest in and support infill and redevelopment in and around the city’s central core,” said Tamra Allen, community development director for the […]