Yes, we know the leaves are just beginning to turn and we have an entire holiday season to enjoy, but planning is already underway for the 2016 Chamber Annual Banquet slated for January 29th! We invite our members to get involved in several ways: Join the Auction Committee and help us make the Chamber’s Auction…
Sherri Davis-Hafer has joined the Chamber staff as a full-time employee. Members may have already met Sherri when she was a temporary member of the staff last spring assisting with administrative duties. In her new capacity, she will be assuming much of the governmental and legislative workload previously done by Betsy Bair, along with continuing…
With Labor Day upon us, the Chamber takes its level of activity for member involvement up a notch or two and I hope many of you will take advantage of those opportunities. One of the most critical ones that you never even need to leave your desk for is the Annual Membership Survey. This is…
The Chamber’s Board Nominating Committee is presenting a slate of directors who will be appointed to serve a four-year term on the board with approval from the members. They are shown below: Tyler Bittner – WPX Energy Stuart Hall – Olsson Associates Donna Hardy – Dalby, Wendland & Co., P.C. Heather Lambeth – New Image…
The Chamber Board heard a brief presentation at their August meeting regarding a proposal to impose usage fees and impact fees on businesses and residences as part of a strategy by the Grand Valley Drainage District to meet the increased needs of urbanization and regulation regarding management of storm water runoff in the Valley. At…
Have you Googled your business lately? What did you find? Were you happy with the results? Chances are if you are small business you are not taking full advantage of the FREE tools available to assist customers in finding you online. The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce has agreed to be a partner in…
As a business owner, manager, decision maker your time is at a premium. Taking time to look above the stack of papers and problems to assess where your business is and where you want it to go often falls to the bottom of “to do” list. Yet, for the good of your business future it…
The Chamber would love to help support our member restaurant community by awarding you a $50 gift card. All you have to do is assist us with growing the membership during our fall campaign slated to run throughout the month of October. Provide us with a lead and/or help us sell a membership during this…
At least we suspect they do. Even Batman and Superman have to take a little time off fighting crime to network and have fun…and so should you! September has arrived and with it comes the Chamber’s Annual Golf Tournament on September 25th sponsored this year by Shaw Construction and Bank of Colorado. Are you golfing…
The Grand Junction Chamber is a membership driven organization so when the Chamber was asked recently to consider the issue of renaming North Avenue to University Boulevard board leadership directed staff to survey the 43 business members on North Avenue, those most affected, for their input prior to such a discussion. Of the 43 members…