Tim Harty, The Business Times Having been mentored early in his working career by some prominent Grand Junction business and community leaders – Max Krey, Pat Gormley and Herb Bacon among them – Dave Huerkamp believes successful businesses should give back to the community that helped them succeed. By no means does Huerkamp, owner and […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Dave Milo was working out in his home gym one morning about a year and a half ago when the powerfully built owner of Grand Junction-based Komodo Pickleball was overcome with despair. Komodo Pickleball, a designer, maker and retailer of pickleball paddles and accessories, was about to go bankrupt, and […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Porcia Chen Silverberg is a flaming extrovert. By the way, that’s her self-description. “I love talking to people. I have no problem making connections, but that’s who I am,” she said. She also knows many people are not built that way. “They’re not extroverts. They’re very cautious when it comes […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times Randee Bergen started playing pickleball at Lincoln Park about 11 years ago when there were only four courts there to play a sport that was steadily growing and gaining a foothold nationally. Not long after that, the pickleball craze dwarfed the court availability, which in turn quelled Bergen’s desire to […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times After the original concept of a pizza restaurant and brewery turned into more of a bar/nightclub, and the dancing turned toward country line dancing on weekends, then pretty much country every night, Mama Ree’s is taking the next step in its evolution: No more pizza. Gone is a linchpin-turned-vestige of […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times The COVID-19 pandemic stopped a lot of people from doing a lot of things in 2020 and 2021, but golf wasn’t one of them. Because golfers are outdoors, making it easy to stay six feet away from people, the Grand Valley’s golf courses got the blessing of the Mesa County […]
City of Grand Junction, Bruin Waste Management target mid-2026 for recycling-sorting center to be ready Tim Harty, The Business Times Their motivation is different, but their conclusion is the same. The City of Grand Junction and Bruin Waste Management agree Grand Junction needs a center to sort materials for recycling. And the discovery of their […]
They have 40 taps for you to pour your own beer. Or wine. Or mixed-drinks. But mostly beer. And what pairs better with beer than pizza? Don’t think too hard about that one. Just say nothing pairs better with beer than pizza, and let’s move on. Palisade Pizza & PourHouse, which opened March 1 and […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times RonSon Roll Offs started as a roll-off-dumpster business in late spring 2020. A couple years later it added trash hauling. Humpty Dumpsters Rentals started as a roll-off-dumpster business in April 2020. Three years later it added trash hauling. Big Foot Waste Solutions started as a roll-off-dumpster business in January 2022. […]
Tim Harty, The Business Times In late January the Colorado Beverage Coalition announced Colorado “lost” 41 craft-beer breweries, taprooms and brewpubs in 2024. When The Business Times asked for the list of the businesses that closed, the number climbed to 44. Regardless, after 35 closures of Colorado craft-beer breweries, taprooms or brewpubs in 2023, the […]