The Grand Junction Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 12th year of the Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!). This program exemplifies the Chamber’s dedication to fostering the next generation of business leaders by providing middle and high school students a unique opportunity to bring their entrepreneurial ideas to…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce has released the 2024 Investment Report detailing key strategies, activities, and impacts on our business community and economy. A year of representation, resources, and relationships, 2023 signified immense growth for the organization. Representing over 700 members and serving over 35,000 employees, investment in the Chamber is a significant…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneurs Academy Class of 2024 graduation took place last Tuesday, May 7th, at the Maverick Innovation Center. With that, our eleventh YEA! class has officially completed the program as CEOs of fully formed and functioning businesses. Congratulations to these students and their new businesses! Alison McCaw, Everything…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce held the annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Trade Show last Saturday, where our eleventh class officially revealed their business products and services to the public. This marks a very exciting milestone for our students in the program and the culmination of months of hard work and dedication, from…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to offer the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) to Mesa County, turning students as young as 11 into the CEOs of their very own businesses and developing future business leaders of our community. Throughout the program, students gain valuable, hands-on experiences from a diverse set of activities…
On Tuesday, our Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) class had the opportunity to hear and receive guidance from some of our local business leaders at the 11th Annual CEO Roundtable, held at the Eureka McConnell Science Museum. YEA! turns students as young as 11 into the CEOs of their very own businesses, developing the skills necessary…
This upcoming fall will be the 11th year of our local YEA! program here at the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce. We are recruiting middle and high school students who are looking to build valuable life skills for their futures! YEA! is a 26-week academic program that will be meeting starting in early October…
This year, the Grand Junction Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Investor Panel selected Alivia Nicodemus, the CEO of Home-Town Macrame, as the 2023 Grand Junction Young Entrepreneurs Academy Saunders Scholar finalist. All students pitched their business ideas, in March 2023, to the investor panel with a five-minute presentation which was followed up by a Q&A portion…
The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneur’s Academy (YEA!) has an exciting month approaching with their YEA! Trade Show scheduled on May 6th and class graduation on May 9th. The YEA! students are ages 11 to 18 and are taught by local entrepreneurs and introduced to guest lecturers, successful entrepreneurs, and business mentors….
For the past ten years, the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce has been proud to offer the Young Entrepreneur Academy (YEA!). This important program turns students as young as 11 into the CEOs of their very own businesses, helping to develop the skills necessary to be successful members of our future workforce and economy….