Tim Harty, The Business Times As wins for the Grand Junction Economic Partnership go, this one was “seismic.” That was GJEP Executive Director Curtis Englehart’s word for what it meant to land Morgan Mining, a Tennessee-based company that chose to expand its business in Grand Junction instead of in its home state. And that means […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times The Palisade Planning Commission has taken a step closer to allowing developers to build on smaller lots in order to increase the availability of housing in residential areas while also preserving agricultural land. During a Feb. 18 meeting, town officials discussed reducing minimum lot size requirements as part of a […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times WHITEWATER — After Grand Junction recently implemented stricter subdivision infrastructure regulations and began a study recommending significant increases in impact fees, developers have increasingly indicated development will shift to areas outside the city limits. That includes building in areas served by the Clifton Sanitation District and Whitewater Public Improvement District […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Colorado District 7 Sen. Janice Rich calls it a bad bill. A couple of Grand Junction firearms retailers agree and say its passage could be disastrous to their stores’ bottom lines. Democrat-sponsored SB25-003, which passed in the Colorado Senate last week and now is making its way through the Colorado […]
The Community Impact Council’s annual breakfast event that honors Mesa County nonprofits – and businesses and individuals who support them – will take place March 4 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Colorado Mesa University’s ballroom. The Community Impact Council is a coalition of 80-plus local nonprofits and their supporters. Members of the public are […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Funded in part by grants, the City of Grand Junction acquired the 21.78-acre “Salt Flats” property. In a news release from the city, the acquisition is called a “significant step in addressing the community’s critical need for affordable housing.” The city received a Proposition 123 grant from the Colorado Housing […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Jenny Smith was a middle-school girl in Fruita with an odd career goal: Work in a home-loan office. Then she went to college, graduated and ended up a long ways away from that middle-school dream. Like in Guatemala far away and working in an orphanage. Then, girl met boy. They […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times A new Bruin Waste Management recycling-collection facility received approval for a special-use permit to operate in a former Halliburton office and warehouse building on D Road. The 58,275-square-foot building, which once symbolized the rise, then fall of oil and gas on the Western Slope after Halliburton laid off 178 employees […]
“Blissfully Satisfied” by Erin Wright was voted the winner by the public to represent the 34th Annual Colorado Mountain Winefest presented by Fisher’s Liquor Barn. Second place went to “Colorado Dancin’” by Wendy Videlock, and “Harvest” by Marilyn Wilcox placed third. Wright said she was thrilled when she found out she was one of the […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times It wasn’t just a rarity when Randy Whetzell was sworn in Jan. 24 as the chairman of the board of the Colorado Association of Home Builders’ executive committee. Apparently it was a first. The CAHB couldn’t confirm it, but its CEO, Ted Leighty, believes Whetzell is the first Home Builders […]