Girl Scouts of Colorado each year recognizes three extraordinary women as the Western Slope Women of the Year, and the Grand Junction Business Incubator Center’s Helen Roe is one of this year’s honorees. Roe, the director of business funding and loans at the incubator center, was selected along with Laurel Walters and Lisa Martin. “I […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times After 17 years as a municipal court judge part-time in Glenwood Springs and New Castle, Amanda N. Maurer Miller said goodbye to the bench in December 2024 and returned to full-time duty as an attorney. Awaiting her was stewardship of the life-and-legacy-planning law firm, Maurer Miller Law, PC, which she […]
Grand Junction’s Business Incubator Center, 2591 Legacy Way, will host the 2025 Small Business Holiday Expo on Nov. 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. The Small Business Holiday Expo serves as the center’s only annual fundraiser by transforming the campus into a festive European marketplace, which is curated to feature entrepreneurs, who make the Western […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Mesa County Sheriff Todd Rowell told county commissioners on Nov. 6 that proposed budget cuts would reduce deputy staffing and critical operations at a time when call volumes and unfunded, state-mandated costs continue to rise. This also comes as the Sheriff’s Department is going through its collective-bargaining agreement. The presentation, […]
Couple’s chance encounter with Mary’s Mountain Cookies led them to open their own such store in Fruita Tim Harty, The Business Times Justin Adis doesn’t eat sugar. He’s middle-aged, physically fit and wants to stay that way. But Adis can make an exception every once in a great while, like he did in June when […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times As Grand Junction’s largest homeless shelter, HomewardBound of the Grand Valley, prepares to consolidate its two locations into one in January, The Business Times sat down with Joseph Center Director Mona Highline to get an in depth look at what collaboration is happening. Highline first talked about smaller community-based programs […]
Stella’s Fried Pork Tenderloins now has a building of its own and the ability to do more than before Tim Harty, The Business Times Throughout their three years of operating Stella’s Fried Pork Tenderloins inside The Brass Rail Tavern, 476 28 Road, Mike Button and Tyler Polley were always looking for what they really wanted. […]
Jitterz Coffee Hut and Monumental Coffee are sticking to making coffee and letting third parties make their food items Tim Harty, The Business Times Jitterz Coffee Hut owner Alexandra Ruppe wanted more sleep. Monumental Coffee owner Landon Balding wanted to keep up with volume demands. Both businesses were doing some of their own food prep, […]
Adding photo backdrops for braiding clients led to selfie side business at Braid & Beauty Bar Tim Harty, The Business Times Desaray Hutto thought she was merely doing something nice for the customers of her hair-braiding business when she added a half-dozen backdrops to take photos of her work at Braid & Beauty Bar. Turns […]
Joseph Burtard, a Visit Grand Junction board member and owner of JR’s Carriage Service, was selected as a 2025 honoree in the Frontline Tourism Worker category during the Colorado Governor’s Tourism Conference in Colorado Springs on Oct. 23. The award honors individuals for their outstanding contributions to the tourism and hospitality industries in Colorado. With […]