Colorado business leaders are more optimistic about the months ahead and what they foresee as an economic recovery, according to an index based on the results of a quarterly survey. The Leeds Business Confidence Index rose 2.9 points to 67.3 for the third quarter. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity continues to increase in Mesa County, topping $1 billion in sales in the first half of 2021. Robert Bray, for one, expects the trend to continue in the second half. “I still feel good about the remainder of the year,” said Bray, chief executive officer of Bray […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Richard and Jean Tally have long maintained a relationship with Stephen Smith, one that’s changed the wine industry in the Grand Valley. Smith, an industry pioneer who at one time owned the largest wine grape-growing operation in Colorado, encouraged the Tallys to open a hotel in the midst of the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Robert Bray counts three boom and bust cycles in Mesa County since his grandparents started his family’s real estate business 75 years ago. Competitors have come and gone. Technology and the ways real estate is bought and sold have evolved. What hasn’t changed over three quarters of a century, Bray […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Andrew Levy wanted to start an airline from scratch — and knew he didn’t want to replicate competing operations. “You have to do something different.” What Levy came up with is a combination of low fares, convenience and customer service he expects to build business for Avelo Airlines. “We think […]
Grand Junction ranks among the best places in Colorado in which to move and open in a business, according to the latest results of readership poll conducted for a business magazine. Alpine Bank also fared well in the poll. Grand Junction was among four runners-up for the best places to move and open a business […]
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has acquired a 177-acre parcel to improve access and conserve habitat along the Colorado River west of Grand Junction. The Crow Bottom parcel, one of the last inholdings in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area, includes 1.5 miles of shoreline and provides access for boating as well as camping, […]
A public hearing is scheduled for July 30 in Grand Junction, one of a series of hearings planned for across Colorado to gather comments about proposed new maps for congressional and state legislative districts in the state. “This roadshow of public hearings is an important piece of this work and is an opportunity for Coloradans […]
A public listening session is set for July 28 in Grand Junction to gather comments about wolf restoration and management in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Keystone Policy Center has scheduled 14 of the sessions across the state. In Grand Junction, the session is set for 5 to 8 p.m. at the Mesa […]
The City of Fruita leads a regional team participating in the Colorado Rural Residency and Recovery Roadmap program. Other partners in the team include the Business Incubator Center; City of Grand Junction; Colorado Mesa University; De Beque School District; Downtown Grand Junction Partnership; Grand Junction, Fruita and Palisade chambers of commerce; Grand Junction Economic Partnership; […]