Phil Castle, The Business Times Perhaps it’s indicative of the drive Jen Zeuner and Anne Keller bring to their business: The two were so busy working in their Fruita pizzeria they didn’t pick up in person their award as Entrepreneurs of the Year. To be fair, their selection had been kept a secret. And Zeuner […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Like most successful business executives, Merritt Kinsey spends part of his time thinking outside the box, the well-worn metaphor for considering different perspectives or unconventional approaches. But Kinsey can be forgiven for spending a lot of time thinking inside the box and what literally goes into packaging a wide range […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity in Mesa County continues to heat up along with the spring weather with year-over-year increases in the number and dollar volume of transactions. “The good spring selling season continues,” said Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction. Annette Miller, senior vice president […]
The Mesa County Federal Mineral Lease District has awarded a total of nearly $720,000 in grants, including more than $500,000 for a library expansion and renovation project at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction. The district oversees the distribution of federal mineral lease revenues to local public entities that provide community services. The district awards […]
A team of students and their adult mentors fared well in two regional competitions testing its ability to construct a robot to stack recycling bins. At an event in Phoenix, the Hi Fives robotic team won a creative engineering award sponsored by Xerox. The team is comprised of a total of 30 teen-age students from […]
A team that created an application to notify travelers of delays along Interstate Highway 70 in Colorado and direct them to businesses offering them discounted products and services while they wait placed first in a regional competition hosted at the Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction. The center was one of five locations in Colorado […]
HUD homes continue to offer opportunities for homebuyers and real estate investors. HUD is an acronym for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which obtains homes through foreclosures when the mortgages were issued by the Federal Housing Administration. HUD properties are appraised, evaluated, priced competitively and offered for sale. HUD homes initially are offered […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times A Grand Junction ice skating arena will serve as home for a new Junior League hockey team. The Glacier Ice Arena will bring to the area the Glacier Yetis as a part of the newly formed Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. Junior hockey is a step above AA and geared […]
Visitors to the Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction contributed $31 million to the local economy in 2014, according to the latest results of an annual analysis conducted by the National Park Service. The cumulative economic impact of visits to national parks was estimated at $552.1 million in Colorado and $29.7 billion in the United […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Colorado voters could be asked to extend a transportation financing program to fund $3.5 billion in projects across the state, including two major projects in Mesa County. If enacted by the State Legislature, Senate Bill 272 would authorize a November ballot initiative asking voters to extend the Transportation Revenue Anticipation […]