Tim Harty, The Business Times RonSon Roll Offs started as a roll-off-dumpster business in late spring 2020. A couple years later it added trash hauling. Humpty Dumpsters Rentals started as a roll-off-dumpster business in April 2020. Three years later it added trash hauling. Big Foot Waste Solutions started as a roll-off-dumpster business in January 2022. […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Before WestCo Brewing Co. opens in the former Edgewater Brewery, 905 Struthers Ave., it will return brewing capability to the building. An ownership group led by Handlebar Tap House co-owner/operator Adam Kinsey finalized the purchase of Kannah Creek Brewing Company’s former second location on Feb. 27. The new owners have […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Dr. Joshua Thun passed the threshold to qualify Community Hospital’s Western Orthopedics & Sports Medicine for the designation of Elite Center for Lapiplasty a long time ago. Like 115 surgeries ago. Lapiplasty, by the way, is a surgery that corrects the root cause of bunions, those often painful bumps on […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Intermountain Health Bloomin’ Babies Birth Center is closing March 28, but the building won’t be without a birth center for long. Tender Gifts Birth & Wellness Center plans to open its doors at the 2241 N. Seventh St. facility in May. The birth center will be modeled after the Tender […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Amid reports that the city of Grand Junction’s marijuana revenue fell short of projections by $800,000 and that statewide marijuana revenue has declined by more than 41 percent since its peak in 2020-2021, The Business Times reached out to Melanie Trujillo, chief financial officer of Mesa County Valley School District […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times While Mesa County and the rest of the state of Colorado are experiencing a housing shortage and an affordability crisis, Mesa County is preemptively updating its building codes to align with the 2021 energy standards, aiming to avoid the more stringent and costly requirements set to be enforced by the […]
February’s 187 residential real estate sales in Mesa County were up 8 percent over February 2024, while listings were 31 percent higher year over year for February with 561, according to data gathered by Bray & Co. Real Estate. February’s median price of $394,000 was up 10 percent year over year, while the average of […]
After a successful summer treatment plan, Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction are celebrating an 85 percent reduction in Japanese beetle populations. Found in the city of Grand Junction in the summer of 2022, Mesa County declared the beetle a public nuisance species in March 2023. Joined by the Colorado Department of Agriculture, […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times After news broke in mid-February that fabric and craft retailer Joann will close all of its stores nationally by the end of May, questions arose about which retailers might gain Joann’s former customers. Retail news service Retail Dive reported that a Numerator survey suggests Hobby Lobby and Michaels stores stand […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A proposal to develop housing on part of a 14-acre parcel at the front of Matchett Park, directly off Patterson Road, has sparked a range of reactions from local residents, reflecting differing views on affordable housing and whether housing is the proper use for land originally donated for recreation and […]