VisualEyes Eyecare in Fruita has opened a new facility at 332 E. Aspen Ave. The nearly 4,000 square foot facility includes a retail optical center and area for comprehensive exams and offers space for a larger selection of products. The building also includes 900 square feet of office space for lease. “We are very fortunate […]
All About Lavender has scheduled an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 9 at its location in the Shabby Chic Boutique, 2586 Patterson Road in Grand Junction. The open house will include presentations on making specialty cupcakes at noon, aroma therapy oils at 1 p.m., gardening with lavender at 2 p.m. and […]
Barnes & Noble Booksellers has scheduled a release party and book signing event for Nov. 12 and 13 at the Grand Junction store at 2451 Patterson Road. A release party set for 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12 will feature Sherry Ficklin and Tyler H. Jolley, co-authors of “Extracted.” A book signing event set for 2 to […]
Great Clips hair salons will offer free haircuts to active and retired military members as part of a promotion to thank them for their service. Customers who purchase a haircut at a Great Clips salon on Veterans Day on Nov. 11 will receive a card for a free haircut to give to a member of […]
Three Grand Junction businesses will serve as collection points for an annual children’s coat drive organized by 9-year-old Landon Grossnickle. New and gently used coats for children age birth to 18 years old may be dropped off at all Mesa County District 51 schools. Coats also may be dropped off at Bookcliff Family Hearing Center, […]
Four Western Slope hospitals rank among the 10 most affordable hospitals in Colorado in an analysis of the cost of the 100 most common treatments. Montrose Memorial Hospital ranks third on the list compiled by NerdWallet.com, a financial services information website that also offers information about health care. Delta County Memorial Hospital ranks sixth, while […]
A Grand Junction-based organization that works to conserve farm and ranch lands, open spaces and wildlife habitat in and around Mesa County is in the process of renewing its accreditation. The Mesa Land Trust has applied to renew its accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission. The Mesa Land Trust first earned accreditation in 2009, […]
A Grand Junction company selling advertising on digital displays continues to grow along with the popularity of indoor billboards. Since Local Focus Digital Media was launched in 2009, the number of its advertising locations has increased from four to 30 and now includes locations not only in Grand Junction, but also Aurora, Delta, Denver and […]
There’s a not-so-subtle theme in many of the stories published in this issue of the Business Times. While the result was unintentional, it’s no less clear or surprising: For better or worse, the federal government exerts tremendous influence over business. Even as Western Slope officials and business leaders worry about the economic effects of proposed […]
Battery technology developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder that could enable electric vehicles to travel twice as far on a charge has moved closer to becoming a commercial reality. The Technology Transfer Office at CU has completed an agreement with Solid Power — a spinoff company founded by Se-Hee Lee and Conrad Stoldt, […]