Hilltop Community Resources based in Grand Junction has received a $60,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to help operate domestic violence shelters in Mesa County as well as Delta, Montrose and Ouray counties. The grant also will support the Senior Daybreak program in Grand Junction. “We are grateful to the Daniels Fund for supporting these […]
Capital One provided a $10.6 million loan to refinance the Midlands Village Mobile Home Park, a 313-space manufactured home community in Clifton. Capital One provided financing through the Federal National Mortgage Association fixed-rate loan. Proceeds from the loan allowed the recipient to retire higher-rate debt as well as a second loan on the second phase […]
Alpine Bank has donated a total of nearly $750,000 to nonprofit groups and projects as part of an 18-year-old debit card program the bank offers customers. Alpine Bank donates 10 cents to organizations and projects for every transaction completed with what the bank brands as a Loyalty Debit Card. The cards are available with no […]
Grand Valley Power has retired more than $1.5 million in capital credits in the largest such refund to members in the nearly 80-year history of the electric cooperative. Based in Grand Junction, Grand Valley Power serves a total of more than 17,000 meters in Mesa County as well as in Delta and Garfield counties. The […]
A Grand Junction-based greenhouse gas consulting and verification company once again ranks among the top firms of its type in an annual magazine survey. Ruby Canyon Engineering was voted the 2015 best verification company in North America in a survey conducted for Environmental Finance. The ranking is based on the more than 1,000 votes cast […]
The last few days of 2015 seem at least a bit more merry and bright in the Grand Valley thanks in part to the expectation renewed efforts to promote economic development will help to create more jobs and revitalize a recovery that’s remained stubbornly slow. The consensus among local officials who spoke at a recent […]
A $10,000 contribution from Alpine Bank helped to meet a fund-raising goal for a wildlife-identification and outdoor recreation application under development by the Mesa County Public Library Foundation. The Wild Colorado app will offer a searchable database of Colorado mammals, birds, fish and reptiles that helps users identify wildlife. Users can personalize their wildlife-viewing experience […]
A former public official who served as chairman of a committee that’s installed a series of sculptures in downtown Grand Junction has won the 2015 Champion of the Arts Award. The Grand Junction Commission on Arts and Culture announced that Tilman “Tillie” Bishop will receive the award. The commission will present Bishop with artwork by […]
The Mesa Land Trust has received a nearly $160,000 grant to expand on its efforts to conserve Grand Valley farmland. The Grand Junction-based organization will use the $157,700 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado to work with a Palisade farming family to conserve peach and apricot orchards on East Orchard Mesa. This conservation project will expand […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce honored companies for expanding operations in the Grand Valley. Counting $25 million worth of improvements on the Colorado Mesa University campus in Grand Junction, the total investment in the expansions topped $46 million. The companies created 200 new jobs in the process. The latest numbers bring to 30 […]