The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Fruita & Palisade Chamber of Commerce’s, are proud to announce the new CATALYST | CONVENER | CHAMPION – Webinar Series. Focused on issues facing business owners, employees, and the community, these helpful webinars will be held bi-weekly and are complimentary to attend. Hear from…
Many of our businesses are in need of help navigating measures to assist their employees and continue business operations. This issue of the newsletter is filled with information on programs available to you along with links to webinars the Chamber will be presenting later this week. We hope our timely deployment of the data and…
I’ve struggled with how to craft a message to you, the chamber membership, this month. A few short weeks ago I would have never imagined that my dining out options would be limited to take-out and dining in…or that a haircut was just going to have to wait for thirty days. This is as all…
Being strong advocates for business was cited by 40% of the Chamber’s membership in the 2019 annual survey as the top priority for the Chamber. This time of year, the organization is particularly focused on reaching out to policy makers in Denver and in Washington D.C. to ensure that local small businesses have a voice…
Last month, 235 members, just over 17% of those asked, responded to the Chamber’s Annual Membership Survey. Their input was invaluable to the Chamber Board and Staff as the 2020 business plan development process got underway. There were no surprises when it came to what keeps our business community members up at night. Shortage of…
The Chamber led a coalition of four business organizations that pleaded with the Grand Junction City Council not to raise development fees and implement new fees to an extent that could hamper economic development and growth last month. Members of the Grand Junction Area Realtor Association, Housing and Building Association of Western Colorado, Western Colorado…
For the past two years, Congress has passed a bipartisan resolution declaring September as National Workforce Development month and will likely do so again once they are called back into session after the summer recess. Closer to home, the Chamber and its valued partners in workforce development have chosen to shine a spotlight on all…
It started with complaints from businesses that do business globally…they could not reach their customers and their customers could not reach them in a timely fashion. That conversation in 2015 led to establishment of a task force that ultimately grew to be the Grand Junction Regional Air Service Alliance, a 501c6 organization that is working…
As I was thinking about what to write for this Chairman Column it hit me between the eyes…the year is HALF OVER! Heck, soon it will be time to pick the theme for the 2020 Annual Banquet! It might also be time to take a look back at where we’ve come in the past six…