With several business idea brainstorming classes under their belts, these students are well on their way to launching their own enterprises. Soon, they will be turning their ideas into a business plan, pitching that business plan to a panel of investors, and debuting those businesses at a Trade Show! When these students graduate in May,…
“It isn’t going to happen to me. I am just a small business on the Western Slope.” This is a narrative that many businesses tell themselves every day regarding cyber-attacks, more specifically, ransomware. The fact is, if you are connected to the internet, you are at risk. The media has done many of us a…
October 20th the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce partnered with numerous healthcare organizations throughout the Grand Valley and Colorado to provide relevant and timely healthcare topics for the 2021 Healthcare Summit. Topics included details on healthcare benefits, changing employment law and pandemic mandates, focusing on employee mental health, and the future of healthcare in…
The past few years have been filled with new ideas, innovations, and pivots in order to keep our Mesa County business community afloat amongst new challenges throughout the nation and world. This year, more than ever, has presented opportunities to innovate, impact, and progress the cities, neighborhoods, and communities around us. The Grand Junction Area…
Over the past couple of years, we have been talking about the Grand Junction Area Chamber being a “3C Chamber”. You’ve seen the billboards and the televisions ads, but as a refresher, the 3 C’s refer to the Chamber as: A Catalyst for Business Growth A Convener of Leaders and Influencers Who Make Things Happen…
Take a moment and reach out to say hello to these fellow local businesses. Gerber Collision & Glass 569 25 1/2 Rd Grand Junction, CO 81505-6929 Larry Maska – (970) 243-2244 www.gerbercollision.com Auto Body / Collision Repair Automobile Glass Grand Valley Insurance Service, Inc. 575 32 Rd Clifton, CO 81520-7624 Charles Wallis – (970) 434-5548…
This past year has put a spotlight on the variety of ways that “healthcare” can impact your business. The pandemic has made employee health a critical part of keeping your businesses running. It wasn’t just the efforts to prevent virus spread that our employers had to balance, but also the mental fatigue of the uncertain…
The COVID-19 pandemic has put business leaders in the challenging and unenviable position of making decisions about how to best support employees and the community at large as we navigate through the seemingly arbitrary and ever-changing business, regulatory, and public health landscape. Our local health care facilities are the site of protests against vaccination mandates…
Why Does the Grand Junction Chamber Endorse Candidates? The Chamber first began endorsing candidates for public office in 2008 and it has been somewhat controversial with some GJ Chamber members since that time. It is not unusual for Chambers to endorse candidates with a recent Western Association of Chamber Executives Association poll indicating about 30%…