Tim Harty, The Business Times On the heels of four consecutive top-five finishes, with a best showing of third place, it appeared Graig Medvesk’s bid to become the Colorado Auctioneers Association’s state champion auctioneer was just a matter of time. And experience. “The old saying,” Medvesk said, “is you can’t buy experience.” But the 32-year-old […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times During a Jan. 13 workshop, the Grand Junction City Council considered the pros and cons of amending the city charter via ballot measure and moving its municipal elections to November instead of April. City Manager Mike Bennett started the workshop by explaining some of the background information and the pros […]
Overhead Door Company of Grand Junction’s John MacElhaney, left, and David Preuss traded places in the company to start the year as Preuss bought the business from MacElhaney, who will remain with the company at least another year as an employee. If MacElhaney decides to stay a little longer after that, he can hit the […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Grand Junction City Council joint meeting on Jan. 14 with stakeholders of the current Impact and Linkage Fee Study stood out for an obvious reason. It’s not something the council has done previously. And that was not lost on the stakeholders, which included representatives of local Realtors, contractors, home […]
Municipalities across the country are grappling with the challenge of funding infrastructure to support growth, from roads and schools to utilities and parks. Impact fees — charges imposed on new developments to offset these costs — have become a preferred tool for local governments. However, their application often has far-reaching consequences that undermine broader community […]
Dear Editor, As the Grand Junction City Council is currently discussing moving its elections from April to November, could this also be a good time to look at making our mayor an elected position? Currently the general public does not directly elect the Grand Junction mayor or mayor pro-tem. The seven-person city council elects amongst […]
Several Grand Junction-area ranchers and producers donated 1,300 pounds of beef to several local nonprofits, including Food Bank of the Rockies, Clifton Christian Church, Canyon View Vineyard Church, Hope of the Grand Valley, Catholic Outreach and The Joseph Center. The ranchers, who wish to remain anonymous, reached out to a local producer with cows it […]
Fiona Bautista has been promoted to closing agent for Land Title Guarantee Company, 2454 Patterson Rd, Suite 100. Bautista joined Land Title in 2022, beginning her career as an assistant on Jessie Carlson’s team. “It was soon apparent that her attention to detail, focus and passion for the transaction process, as well as her natural […]
The second annual Mesa County Workforce Summit will take place Jan. 29, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Colorado Mesa University Ballroom, 1455 N. 12th St. in Grand Junction. A variety of speakers and sessions are planned throughout the day, including a breakfast keynote speech from Colorado Mesa University President John Marshall. Andreas Mueller-Schubert, […]
Grand Valley Power will receive $13 million in grant funding over 15 years from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. The funding will be used for Grand Valley Rural Power Lines Inc. to procure more than 26 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from the Garnet Mesa Solar agrivoltaics facility […]