WM of Colorado, formerly Waste Management, on Dec. 5 unveiled its new 16-stall compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station during a ribbon-cutting event at its 5.74-acre Grand Junction campus, which is home to WM’s local hauling site and area recycling facility. The company has invested $7.8 million in CNG infrastructure, the purchase of 14 cleaner […]
Delta Air Lines flights, operated by SkyWest Airlines, resumed at Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) on Dec. 3. The direct flights to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) restore nonstop connectivity between the two destinations and provide GJT travelers with expanded hub connectivity. “Restoring connectivity to Delta’s Salt Lake City hub has been the top […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times Heading into the holidays, retail-theft arrests in Grand Junction are up 21 percent this year, according to Grand Junction Police Department data. Why Is Retail Theft On The Rise? Commander Sean Crocker of the Grand Junction Police Department said he believes factors contributing to the rise in retail theft include […]
CLOTHES FOR ALL WOMEN Store owner Emily Kempton said The Barn Boutique is intentional about bringing in brands that offer a variety of sizes. “We try to cater to both curvy, plus-sized women as well as petite smaller women,” she said. “Size 16 is the average size of the American woman, and yet many women’s […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times The feeling was familiar, comforting and satisfying for Emily Kempton when she opened The Barn Boutique’s doors to customers in September at 210 E. Aspen Ave. in Fruita. As it should. She and her women’s clothing store had been there before. The Barn Boutique resided for a year in that […]
Brandon Leuallen, The Business Times During a stakeholder meeting Nov. 19, interim City Manager Andrea Phillips and Community Development Director Tamra Allen presented data about how linkage fees would be calculated and utilized by the City of Grand Junction. Stakeholders at the meeting included local builders, business owners and mortgage brokers. The meeting is available […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times November 28 remains the latest day Thanksgiving can land on the calendar, but it’s not the unwelcome houseguest it used to be for retail stores. Thanksgiving falling on Nov. 28 as it did this year leaves a mere 26 days of shopping until Christmas. But the shortest possible traditional holiday-shopping […]
On Tuesday Nov. 19, when Munchies Burgers co-owner Mike Searcy turned the sign on for opening day, he was hoping for a “soft opening.” So, when lunchtime business was slow, he didn’t mind. But word got out, and come dinnertime, people aplenty found the restaurant near the corner of 29 and D roads. “We got […]
Prescient, Mike Searcy is. Textbook prescient. Put-his-photo-next-to-the-word-in-the-dictionary prescient. When he saw the lot at 383 29 Road soon after declining to pursue another lot that someone had told him would be “the best place to put a Munchies” restaurant, Searcy knew he was looking at the actual “best place.” On that lot immediately to the […]
Cloudrise, a data-security company headquartered in Grand Junction, has been acquired by Paris-based Exclusive Networks, a global leader in cybersecurity with offices in more than 45 countries and the ability to serve customers in more than 170 countries. Exclusive Networks announced the acquisition Nov. 21 in a news release, saying it acquired 100 percent of […]