Entries will be accepted through Dec. 31 for an annual photography contest showcasing the Colorado agriculture industry. Awards will be presented in six categories: cuisine, crops, livestock, people, wildlife and an open category for professionals. A top award with a $150 prize also will be presented. For an entry form as well as complete rules, […]
Entries will be accepted through Oct. 21 for a business video competition in which FirstBank will award $20,000 each to winning firms in Colorado and Arizona. More information about the 90 Seconds to Success Business Contest — including submission guidelines, rules and deadlines — is available at www.efirstbank.com. Contest entrants submit a 90-second video in […]
Donations will be accepted at Tiara Rado Animal Hospital in Grand Junction between Oct. 14 and Nov. 15 for an annual pet food drive to benefit the Community Food Bank. “We host this pet food drive to ensure that pets in need in our community have food going into the winter months,” said Bob Marquis, […]
Peterson Plumbing in Grand Junction will donate up to $500 to a cancer survivorship program in an annual fund-raiser in which participants take photos of the company’s pink truck. The Spot the Pink Truck campaign runs through Oct. 31. Participants who post photos of themselves and the truck on the company’s Facebook page will be […]
A Grand Junction real estate company and marketing firm have teamed up to offer three-dimensional home tours using virtual reality technology. RE/MAX 4000 joined with Synergy Marketing Consultants to provide 3-D tours. “We knew that by bringing this to the Grand Valley, we would be raising the bar,” said Joe Tripoli, managing broker of RE/MAX […]
A museum featuring exotic animals in natural habitats is scheduled to open this fall in the Mesa Mall in Grand Junction. The Children’s Nature Center will be located near Boot Barn in the Sears Wing of the mall, located at 2424 U.S. Highway 6 & 50. “Mesa Mall is honored to welcome the Children’s Nature […]
One of the privileges of editing a business journal is telling stories about successful companies, especially those that demonstrate that certain knack for doing things right. That’s certainly the case with the cover story about Timberline Bank. The bank — which operates locations in Grand Junction as well as Montrose and Aspen — is among […]
There are a lot of good reasons to operate a business in Colorado, not the least of which is the opportunity to work and live in a state this beautiful. The halcyon days of fall with their crisp mornings, warm afternoons and changing foliage only serve to drive home the point. But as a more […]
Entries for the upcoming U.S. Bank Rim Rock Run have already topped the number of runners who participated last year, prompting projections the 2016 event could be the most well-attended ever. The run, set for Nov. 5, includes a marathon, marathon relay and half marathon that wind up and over Rim Rock Drive in the […]
The Grand Junction Lions Club has presented a total of nearly $13,000 in grants to three recipients, the last of $125,000 the club has given away this year. The club also has started the process for determining grants for next year. The Grand Junction Lions Club presented checks to three recipients: $8,750 to Community Hospital […]