The Chamber is hosting a New Member Mixer in conjunction with the YEA! Tradeshow on Thursday, April 28, 2016 from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the Mesa County Workforce Center. All members are invited to stop by and learn more about the newest additions to the Chamber family which include restaurants, dance studios, retail,…
Hunden Strategic Partners was engaged by the City of Grand Junction to analyze the market opportunity for a new arena in downtown Grand Junction. The financial feasibility of any such project will depend on the participation of local companies and organizations via the purchase or lease of premium suites, club seating, naming rights, entitlement rights,…
Join the Chamber on Thursday, February 11th for the monthly Energy Briefing Luncheon, 12:00PM at the Mesa County Workforce Center featuring Trent Yang, Director, Private Equity, AMG National Trust Bank who will be sharing information on geothermal power generation. Geothermal resources are reservoirs of hot water that exist at varying temperatures and depths below the…
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 customer contact information. That date in February is February 17th. Not sure what your potential customers may look like or how best to market…
The Chamber Business Plan is ambitious and we can simply not achieve all of our goals without the assistance of our members. Shown below are the 2016 Committees along with a short description of what they do and when they meet. All committee meetings take place in the Chamber conference rooms. If you are interested…
Do you have a couple of hours over a ten day period to meet up to ten new business people and deliver our 2016 Chamber membership materials? If so, we will buy you breakfast on February 24th! The annual Chamber Directory Delivery Drive needs up to 60 volunteers willing to call on their fellow Chamber…
The first class of a newly created program, Hire Me First, begins on Monday, January 11, 2016, for area high school students. The class is held at the Mesa County Workforce Center from 4-6 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. The program is designed to take students on a journey of career exploration, workplace skill development,…
As a direct result of the North Star Economic Development Marketing Study, the Chamber will be taking the lead on helping existing businesses grow. Assistance will be provided by the other economic development partners including GJEP and the Business Incubator Center. With funding from Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction, the Chamber will…
The battle lines have been drawn and the droids are fired up! The 2016 Chamber Business Plan is a well-coordinated attack on the factors that are keeping the local economy and local businesses from being more successful. The major goals are: Develop a skilled workforce that meets the current and future needs of employers by…
Commercial tar sands mining has come for the first time to the U.S., where U.S. Oil Sands and MCW Energy Group, both Alberta-based companies, have begun producing tar sands from mines literally right next door in eastern Utah. Learn about the new technology that is being employed and how the mining may be impacting our local economy at…