Press Colorado Juice Co. has opened its first retail location at 555 Main St. in downtown Grand Junction. Press Colorado Juice Co. makes and sells all-organic, cold-pressed juices, juice cleanses and nut milks in 16-ounce containers. The business is sharing space in its new location with Bella Balsamic and the Pressed Olive. Stephanie Witwer launched […]
A Wienerschnitzel Express and Tastee Freeze has opened in the Shell convenience store located at 401 30 Road in Fruitvale. The location is the fourth co-branded Wienerschnitzel and Tastee Freez opened by Rocky Mountain C Stores, a Grand Junction firm which operates seven Shell convenience stores in Western Colorado. The company also operates a combined […]
A Taco Bell franchisee, printing company and engineering and surveying firm are the latest recipients of annual awards presented by the Dalby, Wendland & Co. accounting firm based in Grand Junction. Dennis Wagner, a retired principal with Dalby, Wendland & Co., also received a bronze eagle statue as a recipient of the 2015 Spirit of […]
A Grand Junction-based construction firm once again tops a list of Western Slope businesses that rank among the top 250 privately owned companies in Colorado. FCI Constructors moved up eight spots to 13th in the 2015 list compiled by ColoradoBiz magazine. The 2015 rankings are based on self-reported gross revenues for 2014. Companies must be headquartered […]
It’s only natural at the end of one year to wonder what lies ahead in the next year. For business owners and managers making important decisions about their operations, there’s more than just curiosity at work. The business and economic outlook for the coming year plays a role in everything from determining staffing and inventories […]
A monthly measure of optimism among small business owners has retreated on less upbeat expectations for improving conditions, including sales and earnings. The National Federation of Independent Business reported that its Small Business Optimism Index fell 1.3 points to 94.8 in November. The decrease is almost twice as large as the seven-tenths of a point […]
The Grand Junction Visitor and Convention Bureau joined with Powderhorn Mountain Resort to earn a grant that will help fund spring tourism marketing. The VCB and Powderhorn each will provide $3,500 for the effort, funding that will be matched by a $7,000 marketing grant from the Colorado Tourism Office. “We narrowed our focus to market […]
Mesa County continues to drop in an annual ranking of how well small metropolitan areas create and sustain jobs and economic growth. Mesa County fell nine spots from 162nd to 171st in the Milken Institute’s Best-Performing Cities index for 2015. Illustrating the contrast between conditions in Mesa County and the Front Range of Colorado, four […]
The Colorado economy is expected to continue to expand in 2016, although at a pace slowed in part by the effects of low commodity prices on the energy and mining sectors. “Colorado will remain one of the top growth states nationally in 2016. We benefit from being a very desirable state where people want to […]
Job growth continues in the United States with the addition of more than 200,000 new positions to payrolls. The monthly unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, the lowest level in more than seven years. Nonfarm payrolls increased 211,000 in November, according to the latest Labor Department estimates. Moreover, initial estimates for job gains in […]