Our Valley is made up of a diverse and vibrant business community, represented by an equally diverse group of business organizations. All of which share a common goal to preserve our strong business climate. Earlier this year, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce, Palisade Chamber of Commerce, and…
Manufacturing, the often-invisible pillar of our community, celebrates National Manufacturing Day on October 7th. The celebration, started by the Manufacturers Institute, helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to open their doors to students, parents, teachers, and community leaders. As manufacturers seek to…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce recognizes how crucial workforce development is throughout the whole year and the community at large. Workforce development leads to prosperous employees, businesses, and local communities. By training and upskilling our workforce, businesses can enjoy happier staff, lower turnover, and exciting growth opportunities. This also helps to support growth…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Mesa University, and the Grand Junction Economic Partnership continue to work alongside each other to help connect graduating college students to career opportunities and resources throughout the Grand Valley through CMU Career Services and the Grand Junction Career Passport Program. The Passport Program launched in Fall 2021…
Our Valley is made up of a diverse and vibrant business community, represented by an equally diverse group of business organizations. All of which share a common goal to preserve our strong business climate. Our Valley is made up of a diverse and vibrant business community, represented by an equally diverse group of business organizations….
Local business organizations align to grow peer-to-peer connections while strengthening partnerships Our Valley is made up of a diverse and vibrant business community, represented by an equally diverse group of business organizations. All of which share a common goal to preserve our strong business climate. On Tuesday, July 26th, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of…
Arguably the largest bottleneck and most challenging aspect when running a business is hiring and retaining a skilled workforce. With our current, difficult employment atmosphere and increasing technology needs within business, this gap is widening further. The Chamber, in partnership with The Business Incubator Center and Mesa County Workforce Center, are excited to continuing collaborating…
Late Wednesday night, May 11th, the Colorado House and Senate adjourned, until the next legislative session in 2023. The final days of the session were plagued with gridlock and indecisiveness. This 2022 legislative session introduced over 600 pieces of legislation and with it, many bills that will be detrimental to the business community throughout Colorado….
Advocacy can take many forms from lobbying on proposed legislation to participating to in federal/state rulemaking processes to working to generally improve the overall business climate. An advocacy effort that the Grand Junction Chamber engaged in long before supply chain issues hit the news nationally, was the ability of our businesses to effectively get freight…
Nominations are OPEN! Annual Grand Junction Chamber Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year Awards Every year the Grand Junction Chamber celebrates members of our community with three, honorable awards – Business of the Year and Citizen of the Year. These awards allow the opportunity for local community members to nominate deserving businesses…