Business

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Biz Buzz, March 10, 2013

After 40 years of making a name for itself on the Western Slope, Alpine Bank is expanding its reach to the Front Range. The $2.4 billion bank expects to open its first location east of the Continental Divide in the lower downtown area of ...

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Marketing director focused on helping downtown with digital media

At its essence, the Grand Junction Downtown Partnership is a network of all the key players charged with keeping the downtown area vital. So it seems a natural fit that the newly hired marketing and communications director is committed to ...

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Biz Buzz, March 3, 2013

Three years ago, Kristina Haws opened a clothing boutique in Fruita. She thought it would be something simple, a way to get out of the house and keep her occupied when she wasn’t spending time with her husband and four children. But it ...

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Delta/Loma cows, March 2, 2013

Delta Sales Yard: Market report for Feb. 28: 400 to 500 lbs., $1.55 to $1.81; 500 to 600 lbs., $1.50 to $1.71; 600 to 700 lbs., $1.42 to $1.57. 700 to 800 lbs., $1.32 to $1.44; 800 to 900 lbs., $1.30 to $1.32. Bulls: $.95 to $1.08; Medium ...

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Biz Buzz, Feb. 24, 2013

Atlasta Solar Center had eyeballed a plot of land on South Seventh Street essentially since the city of Grand Junction completed construction of Riverside Parkway in 2008, giving motorists a new east-west bypass to get around town. The ...

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Questions linger about cable firm’s sale

Local cable television customers were probably just getting used to the new brand name Optimum when it was announced last week that they’ll need to prepare for yet another rebranding of their TV provider. Quickly growing cable giant ...

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Bennet sponsors business workshop

Western Colorado businesses can learn about how to expand into the international marketplace at a workshop this month sponsored by U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. Attendees of the workshop, “Beyond Colorado: How to Bring Your Products ...

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Biz buzz, Feb. 20, 2013

Junct’n Square Pizza, a downtown staple for more than three decades, is getting a modernizing face-lift. Its menu, though, will take diners back to the 1970s. A three-week renovation will come to an end when the restaurant at 120 N. ...

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Tipton forms caucus for small businesses

A 19-member small-business caucus has been established in Congress to foster economic certainty for entrepreneurs and small ventures. U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton R-Colo., founded the caucus with Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, to increase awareness ...

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Biz Buzz, Feb. 3, 2013

Wintertime is typically slow in Palisade — so much so that some businesses close and reopen in the spring. That was an option seriously considered at the beginning of the year by the owners of the Red Rose Cafe, 235 Main St., the east ...

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