Now the Colorado Futures Center at CSU predicts the Colorado economy will continue to grow modestly this year. This on the heels of a report from University of Colorado Leeds School of Business that e...  Read More

Many people starting or expanding businesses in Grand County tend to be involved in partnerships. To make things simple, I’ll call a partnership any venture that has two or more people as the owners a...  Read More

Back in the old days when I ran the local newspapers we frequently ran shop at home campaigns that, through a series of ads and perhaps a news story or two, urged people to shop at home.These campaign...  Read More

The headline in the Denver Post did not really answer any questions about the chances of a recession in Colorado. It asked: “Can state dodge recession again?”Since the newspaper was unwilling to stick...  Read More

As a local resident who truly wants to own an electric car I’ve had to accept several drawbacks about electric cars in a place like Grand County.First, since I live in Granby, and my work involves a f...  Read More

When comparing Grand County’s most recent batch of economic development stats to the numbers for our northwest region, one thing becomes clear.Grand County is not the big kid on the block. In terms of...  Read More

The entire business of renewable energy, carbon pollution and local energy self-sufficiency comes to mind for me as debate continues about the massive oil trains that could be coming through Grand Cou...  Read More

Grand Lake and the Grand County creative community have just heard the good news about Grand Lake receiving a $3 million Community Revitalization Grant.I know, that sounds vague. But it isn’t. That $3...  Read More

A new entertainment option for Granby, combined with a new firearms store and firearms training center, has opened its doors in Granby.Troublesome Tomahawks and High Mountain Firearms are officially o...  Read More

Yes, we work with several non-profits here at the Grand Enterprise Initiative. Heck, this initiative is a non-profit.That being the case, I sometimes get approached by people with good business propos...  Read More

I’ve just returned from a conclave of non-profit entities in northwestern Colorado and I was struck yet again by the number of not-for-profit entities and agencies in just the northwestern part of Col...  Read More

It may seem hard to believe, but applications for new businesses in Colorado continue to outpace previous years. In Grand and Jackson counties, those applications are on par, but not exceeding, past r...  Read More