Club Car Wash, one of the fastest-growing express car wash companies in the United States, hosted its grand opening June 7 at 691 24 Road, its first location in Grand Junction. This summer it will open a second location on North Avenue. According to a Club Car Wash news release, the 24 Road site offers […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times For 22 years, GJ Auto Sales was a fixture in the Grand Junction community, a family-run business operated by Amber Colunga Martinez and Mike Martinez. But now, the lot at 320 S. First St. will be transformed into a state-led mobility hub, part of Colorado’s climate-focused transportation plan. Selling the […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Saying PBG Advisors outgrew its former location in Fruita isn’t enough. Not when there’s a good anecdote to make the point. PBG Advisors had a staff of about a dozen people when it resided at 138 S. Park Square in Fruita, but the approximately 2,400 square feet there didn’t allow […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Grand Junction City Council convened for a special meeting May 29, following a grassroots campaign urging the council to reconsider its decision to end the Fourth and Fifth Street pilot program. After hearing public comments, the council unanimously approved a compromise. The adopted motion calls for a two-lane configuration […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times By the time Dawn Martin and her husband, Lewis Martin, finished listing all of the things the Fruita Copy Shop does – well, maybe not finished; instead, let’s say they listed all of the things they could remember – they wondered if maybe it would’ve been quicker to list the […]
WineAmerica, the National Organization of American Wineries, released its 2025 Economic Impact Study of the American Wine Industry, which estimates the economic contributions made by the wine industry in each state and to the United States as a whole. The 2025 study concluded the production, distribution, sales and consumption of wine in Colorado generates nearly […]
Alpine Bank announced Chief Financial Officer Eric Gardey will retire at the end of 2025, and San Juan and Mesa County Regional President Mike Burns has been named as Gardey’s replacement. Meanwhile, Tyler Dahl, current Mesa County market president, has been promoted to Burns’ regional president position. Gardey started at Alpine Bank in 1989 and […]
The National Federation of Independent Business released two new digital tools to help small-business owners, policymakers and the public in Colorado understand the significant economic impact of the 20% Small Business Tax Deduction and what’s at stake if Congress fails to make it permanent. The new tools include an interactive map that allows users to […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Some first-quarter economic numbers for Mesa County were released recently by the Colorado Mesa University Davis School of Business, and the numbers led the professor who writes the report to mention the “R” word. CMU economics professor Nathan Perry compiles and analyzes the data for the Mesa County Economic Update […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times A new law aimed at reducing litigation exposure that Colorado building contractors face when building multi-family homes such as condominiums is being viewed primarily as a step in the right direction by Grand Valley stakeholders. But they don’t see it being an affordable-housing panacea. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed HB25-1272 […]