A Colorado-based chain of grocery stores that’s quickly expanded by selling natural and organic products at competitive prices has announced plans to open an outlet in Grand Junction. Sunflower Farmers Market expects to open a 28,000 square-foot store in the Rimrock Crossing Shopping Center next fall. Sage Horner, vice president of merchandising and marketing for […]
A minor league baseball team is expected to begin playing in Grand Junction in June following the approval of a lease agreement to use Suplizio Field. The Grand Junction City Council approved the lease agreement that will accommodate the Grand Junction Rockies, a minor league team of the Colorado Rockies. The Pioneer League team previously […]
Kelly Flenniken brings a new title and a new role to a new approach to economic development. As executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership, Flenniken will oversee efforts to leverage local business connections in proactively developing leads for new and expanding companies. “We’re going to be more aggressive going forward,” she says. Flenniken […]
Opie Johnson has helped reinvent a Grand Junction restaurant, turning what was a franchise diner into a unique operation that serves fare with a thoroughly local flavor. “We’re the absolute epitome of a local eatery,” says Johnson, general manager of Cinnamon Grill. Formerly a Black Bear Diner, the restaurant has dropped the franchise and its […]
A Grand Junction businessman and philanthropist who founded an instruments manufacturing company and supported a variety of community causes has died. Bruce Dixson leaves behind a legacy of innovation as well giving. Dixon died Oct. 24. He was 93. Dixson was founder and majority owner of a manufacturing firm that bore his name. The company […]
While spending for capital projects will increase next year under a proposed budget for Mesa County, the allocation for the general fund will decrease to accommodate an expected drop in property tax revenues. The overall 2012 county budget totals nearly $145.8 million. That’s a decrease of about $1.2 million — or 0.8 percent — from […]
The dollar volume of loans backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration continues to decline in Mesa County even as lending levels elsewhere in Colorado and the United States climb to record heights. While SBA officials and lenders were unable to pinpoint a specific reason or reasons for the diverging trends, they say many small […]
A Grand Valley irrigation district has been awarded $2.8 million in federal funding to line canals and convert ditches into pipelines as part of ongoing efforts to reduce salinity in the Colorado River. Four irrigation districts in Western Colorado will receive a total of $20.1 million in cost-share awards, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced. “Salinity […]
Tinker Barnett foresees problems for businesses unwilling to bridge generational gaps in the workplace. Aging baby boomers, many of them in management and ownership positions, must not only understand their differences with younger employees, but also adapt business practices to those differences to avoid costly turnover and lost productivity. While the issue isn’t as pressing […]
A business district along Horizon Drive in Grand Junction adds more than $300 million to the local economy a year, according to the results of a new study. With 277 businesses and a total of more than 2,600 employees, the Horizon Drive Business District adds more than $300 million in direct, indirect and induced economic […]