At the March 16th Quarterly Membership Luncheon the Grand Junction Chamber presented the “Hammer Award” to the following companies for expanding their facilities, adding jobs and building a stronger economy: If you are a business that has expanded recently and that has not been recognized by…
The Chamber wishes to congratulate the Young Entrepreneurs that presented their business plans and asked for start-up funding at the Investor Panel on March 11th. This year’s Saunders Scholar, Madelyn Swelstad, is our youngest Student/CEO and a student at Caprock Academy. A beekeeper, she has created a line of lip balms with interesting flavors such…
The Chamber with the very able assistance of sixty volunteers divided into six teams will call on businesses that could benefit from being members of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. This effort to reach out to businesses and share information on how they can leverage their investment in the Chamber to help grow…
They went to Denver. They stayed for 120 days and read hundreds of pieces of legislation. In the end…what REALLY happened? And, more importantly, how will it impact businesses in the Grand Valley? Join the Chamber as we hear from our local and area lawmakers including State Senator Ray Scott, Representative Dan Thurlow, Representative Yeulin…
The CAMA West Manufacturing Summit, a day long program offered by the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance—West Slope Chapter will take place on April 15th at Two Rivers Convention Center. The morning will open with two keynote presentations; “Connecting Western Colorado to Global Markets through Foreign Trade Zones” by Dan Griswold, NAFTZ and “Bridging the Skills…
The June Quarterly Membership Luncheon date has been moved to June 18th in order to accommodate the travel schedule of our keynote speaker, Fiona Arnold, Executive Director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. She was appointed to that position in November of 2014. Prior to joining OEDIT, Arnold was owner and…
On the third Wednesday of each month from 2:00 to 4:00 PM researchers from the Mesa County Library will be onsite at the Chamber to assist in developing lists of potential customers contact information. That date in April is April 15th. Not sure what your potential customers may look like or how best to market…
Three questions often asked by manufacturing firms are: How can I find a supplier closer to my facility? How can I find out what other manufacturers need? What product or capability gaps exist in the local manufacturing space that I might fill with investment in new capabilities? Now there is a way to answer all…
It is with a sense of melancholy that we report that Shari Milholland is retiring effective April 30th from the Grand Junction Chamber. Shari has worn many hats throughout her twenty years of employment with the organization and her expertise and attention to detail (including those monthly requests to the CEO to turn in those…
Chamber members and members of the public are invited to attend the Investor Panel Presentations of this year’s budding CEOs on Wednesday, March 11th, 6:00 PM at Allen Unique Autos. For the first time these middle and high school students will be publicly pitching their companies to a panel of investors composed of this year’s…