In addition to fine art, West Winds Gallery will provide wine-tasting and custom framing Tim Harty, The Business Times Quicker than a dab with a paintbrush, Cindy Duff and Greg Tapp had proof there’s a need for their new business, West Winds Gallery of Fine Art, in downtown Grand Junction. The gallery at 504 Main […]
West Winds Gallery of Fine Art announced it will open its “new fine art destination” at 504 Main St. in Grand Junction, former home of Main Street Cafe, with two grand-opening events during the first week of March. The public is invited to celebrate at each event: the Full Moon Grand Opening on Tuesday, March […]
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce has been recognized by the Western Association of Chamber Executives with the Outstanding Chamber Program Award for Large Chambers for its regional workforce initiative, WestSlope Works. The award goes to chamber programs that demonstrate measurable impact, strategic leadership and the ability to be replicated by chambers across the […]
United Way of Mesa County stayed in house for its next executive director, hiring Cassidy Lujan. The Board of Directors of United Way of Mesa County announced the move in a Feb. 19 news release. Lujan has three-and-a-half years of experience with the organization and most recently served as donor and grants manager. The board […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Mesa County Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing March 10 on an appeal involving a previously approved solar project near Palisade. It’s a case residents say could influence how fire-protection requirements are applied to future industrial development outside established fire districts. The appeal concerns administrative decision […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A $600,000 school-finance “glitch” that temporarily threatened Mesa County Valley School District 51’s funding has been corrected through a supplemental bill at the Colorado Capitol, but longer-term budget uncertainty remains, according to the district’s lobbyist. Amy Atwood, who represents District 51 at the state legislature, told the school board during […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Space has been leased for classrooms. A headmaster has been hired. Students are being sought. Money is being raised. And come August, Grand Junction will have a Catholic high school: Chesterton Academy of St. Carlo Acutis. Brian Sargent, currently a math teacher at Palisade High School, will be the high […]
Fruita Family Dental needed more space, and Lybrook Dental wanted to sell to a dentistry that needed it Tim Harty, The Business Times When Dr. Dane Christensen started thinking about expanding his dental practice, Fruita Family Dental, about a year-and-a-half ago, he experienced something reminiscent of the adage: “When the student is ready, the teacher […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A panel convened by the Housing & Building Association of Western Colorado during its second annual Housing Summit on Feb. 5 highlighted rapid growth in Mesa County Valley School District 51’s Careers in Construction program. Program leaders reported student interest has continued to grow heading into next school year. “We’re […]
As electricity demand accelerates and planning decisions increasingly lock in infrastructure for decades, the Club 20 Research & Education Foundation announced in a Jan. 29 news release it is launching a new Energy Impact Analysis designed to fundamentally improve how major U.S. electricity system options are compared over the long term. The effort is being […]