A golf tournament may sound like just a great networking opportunity on a Friday in late September when the weather is spectacular but you can also use it to promote your business! Where else can you put your business brand/name in front of 200 business professionals from around the Grand Valley during a time when…
SizeUP is a free service that lets you benchmark your business, map your competitors, suppliers and customers, and determine the best place to advertise locally. The website is very easy to use with graphics that help you quickly understand the results. There is a short video demonstrating how to use the site. You must register,…
NerdWallet, a consumer finance website, recently conducted a study to find the best places in Colorado to start a business and results were released in late June. Grand Junction ranked 11th. To determine this ranking, NerdWallet examined 85 places in Colorado with populations of 5,000 or more and analyzed the following factors: Business climate Average…
The 2015 fiscal year for the Grand Junction Area Chamber is half over and it is important for members to know how their investment of time and resources have been put to use over the past three months to help grow the local economy and be the voice of business. Here are selected highlights: Coordinated,…
The Mesa County Workforce Center, School District 51 and the Grand Junction Area Chamber have entered into a unique partnership to fund a fulltime workforce coordinator position within the Chamber that will: Provide leadership and program management of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy including recruiting students and business volunteers that will assist middle and high school…
The year is half over which is simply incredible to me but as I reflect on the past six months; I see the key word that I would like to have characterize this year at the Chamber. That word is “collaboration.” As defined in the dictionary, collaboration means the action of working with someone to…
The fall Energy Briefing schedule is slated to kick off on August 19th with members of the Western Colorado Delegation sharing their experiences from attending the largest international petroleum show in the world. State Treasurer Walker Stapleton is waiting in the wings to share the “numbers” around energy development in the state and the region…
The Western Colorado Delegation, comprised of a diverse group of local governments, economic development organizations and energy-related businesses dedicated to enhancing job growth, returned late last week from the Global Petroleum Show which is held annually in Calgary, AB. The delegation had a booth, made calls on fellow exhibitors, held briefings with corporate companies active…
At the second quarter membership luncheon the following businesses were recognized for adding jobs and capital investment to make our local economy stronger; Click here to download the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce July 2015 Newsletter.
Colorado’s transportation system is critical to our state’s economy, but right now it is increasingly becoming overburdened, underfunded and, in some cases, crumbling. Unfortunately, during this past legislative session, lawmakers were not able to address our basic transportation infrastructure. Despite plenty of debate amid two different legislative proposals, no meaningful action was taken to maintain…