Fruita winemaker wins top awards in competition

Kathy Ondrus, a Fruita woman working on her enology specialization technical certificate at Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, has earned top honors in an international competition for amateur winemakers. Ondrus won the award for the grand champion wine and also was named winemaker of the year in a competition organized by Winemaker Magazine. […]

Group honors financial advisor and professor

Matthew Rosenberg, president of RoseCap Financial Advisors and professor at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, has earned recognition for his professional and community work. The American Institute of CPAs presented Rosenberg with its Outstanding Young CPA Award and Personal Financial Planning Standing Ovation Award. The Outstanding Young CPA Award honors a certified public account […]

Real estate firm honors best-selling agents

Mary Kruse, Cynthia Castaneda and Jon Nash were honored as the top-performing agents for May at Weichert Realtors-Heiden Homes Realty in Grand Junction. Kruse posted the most closed transactions and highest dollar volume in sales for the month. Castaneda and Nash tied for the most new listings. Weichert Realtors-Heiden Homes Realty operates offices at 735 […]

Realtor earns residential specialist designation

Peggy Cutter, a broker associate with Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction, has earned the Certified Residential Specialist designation from the Residential Real Estate Council. To earn the CRS designation, Realtors must complete training, demonstrate their achievement in residential real estate and follow a code of ethics. Just 3 percent of Realtors have earned the […]

Bicycle manufacturing exec earns economic development award

Tim Fry, president and chief executive officer of the Mountain Racing Products bicycle components manufacturer in Grand Junction, is the latest winner of an annual award honoring contributions to economic development. The Grand Junction Economic Partnership presented the Joseph C. Prinster Leadership Award to Fry. Fry founded MRP in 2000 after working as a corporate […]

Soup owners honored for community efforts

Joya and Terry Piland, owners of Zoup in Grand Junction, are among the latest winners of annual awards presented during an annual conference for restaurant franchise owners and their team members. The Pilands won the Community Connection Award in recognition of their efforts to give back to the community. They were honored at the Zoup […]

Search under way for library director

A search is underway to hire a Mesa County Libraries director to succeed Joseph Sanchez. Sanchez announced he will leave this summer to take a position as librarian of the University of Hawaii. Shana Wade, associate director of Mesa County Libraries, will serve as interim director until a new director is hired. Sanchez joined Mesa […]

Land planner joins Western Colorado firm

Bailie Tomlinson has joined Colorado Land Advisor as a land planner. Tomlinson will work with land development, site design, stormwater management and urban planning in the Grand Junction and Breckenridge areas. Tomlinson brings to her new duties experience on the land development team with Red Bridge Energy and Development in Texas. She attended Colorado Mesa […]

Broker associate earns residential specialist designation

Barb Hecht, a broker associate with Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction, has been awarded the Certified Residential Specialist designation by the Residential Real Estate Council. To earn the designation, Realtors must complete training, demonstrate their achievement in residential real estate and follow a code of ethics. Those who earn the designation specialize in helping […]

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