A network has been launched to provide additional resources to Colorado manufacturers. The Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Association joined with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Economic Development Council of Colorado, Sustainment Technologies and Manufacturer’s Edge to launch the Colorado Manufacturing Network (CMN). Access to the platform is free for manufacturers and […]
Registration is expected to open in December for the annual conference of the Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (CFVGA). The keynote session will address production challenges in the face of drought and climate change. “With drought that is unprecedented in our lifetimes, agriculture is aware it must quickly find solutions to raise the food […]
Colorado received $146.2 million in the latest disbursement of revenues from energy production on federal lands in the state. The money was part of more than $21.5 billion disbursed by the U.S. Department of Interior Office of Natural Resources Revenue during the 2022 fiscal year. The offices makes most disbursements monthly from the royalties, rents […]
A group of 10 business and industry organizations in the Grand Valley and Western Colorado have called on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to support efforts promoting growth in rural areas of the state. The leaders of the Fruita, Grand Junction and Palisade chambers of commerce and Grand Junction Economic Partnership sent a letter to Polis. […]
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Payrolls continue to increase in the United States, but at the slowest pace in nearly two years. Nonfarm payrolls grew 261,000 in October as the national unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a point to 3.7 percent, according to the latest estimates from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The October increase was the smallest monthly job […]
Colorado ranks 21st among the 50 states in the latest comparison of how tax systems affect businesses. Colorado fared well in the 2023 State Business Tax Climate Index for lower corporate and individual income taxes, but less so for property and sales taxes and unemployment insurance. The Tax Foundation — a nonprofit, nonpartisan tax research […]
A manager has been hired to oversee the McInnis Canyons and Dominguez-Escalante national conservation areas in Western Colorado. Amber Koski is scheduled to begin her new role at the Grand Junction Field Office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Nov. 6. Koski will be responsible for two national conversation areas covering a total […]
Pamela Drake has joined Lighthouse HR Support in Grand Junction as an unemployment insurance business partner. Drake brings to her latest role more than 35 years of experience in unemployment and human resources. She worked in New Mexico as a hearing officer and then directed unemployment claims programs and provided human resources consulting to the […]
Three agents with Bray & Co. Real Estate were among those honored at the annual Grand Junction Area Realtors Association banquet. Tyler Harris received the Realtor of the Year Award, the highest honor GJARA bestows, one based on business accomplishments; involvement in the community; and participation in local, state and national associations. “Winning the Realtor […]