Apartment building and dining hall featuring Panera Bread are the Formation District’s newest additions Tim Harty, The Business Times With the Ember Eatery now open and students about to populate the new Centennial Village Apartments, Colorado Mesa University’s future continues to take shape. Or form. That’s the key word in the university’s strategic plan for […]
Orchard Mesa Pool moves closer to November ballot Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Grand Junction voters could decide in November whether to approve a small sales-tax increase to renovate and continue operating the 43-year-old Orchard Mesa Pool after City Council members expressed broad support on Aug. 3 for placing the question on the ballot. According […]
The Museums of Western Colorado plans to reduce its three locations to one, creating a combined, multidisciplinary natural history museum campus in Fruita, where Dinosaur Journey currently resides. Museum of the West will move from its downtown Grand Junction location to the Fruita site throughout 2027, and Cross Orchards Historic Site in Fruitvale will conclude […]
With more than two decades of executive-leadership experience in health care, education and community-based nonprofits, Logan Hood has been hired by the D51 Foundation to be its next executive director. Hood succeeds Angela Christensen, who led the foundation since 2016 and recently retired. The D51 Foundation said in a news release that Hood most recently […]
After a soft opening in July, Coloramo Federal Credit Union announced this month its new full-service branch/headquarters at 2392 Langridge Drive, off 24 Road, in Grand Junction is open. The new three-story, approximately 21,000-square-foot building also is home to Coloramo’s contact center and administrative teams and has 32 employees working there. The building was constructed […]
The City of Grand Junction will break ground on the Salt Flats development Aug. 17 at 10 a.m., marking the beginning of construction on one of the community’s largest mixed-income housing developments. The ceremony will take place at the Salt Flats site, 450 28 Road, and is open to the public. According to a city […]
Western Colorado Community Foundation Vice President Emily Orbanek was selected by the foundation’s board of directors to be the next president and CEO of the organization, effective Jan. 1, 2027. Orbanek will become the third president in the organization’s 29-year history, following Anne Wenzel’s transition into retirement at the end of 2026 after 25 years […]
Protecting your Mesa County property from wildfire before the flames arrive Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times As western Colorado continues to experience drought conditions and elevated wildfire danger, fires have burned across the region this summer, including along the Colorado River corridor and in neighborhoods in Mesa County. Some have been sparked by lightning, others […]
ECOBurn uses air-curtain destructors to burn large amounts of wood quickly and without smoke Tim Harty, The Business Times Sheep grazing led their inquisitive minds to ask a burning question. Research begot an answer that engaged their problem-solving mentality. Then, their entrepreneurial spirit produced their latest business venture: ECOburn. Robert Andrews and his son, Kyle […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted officials from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and the U.S. Department of Labor for separate meetings designed to connect government leaders with Western Colorado businesses. The Chamber said the visits gave state and federal officials an opportunity to hear firsthand how public policy, energy regulation and […]