There really is a business angle to the imminent return of the Rainbow Family of Living Light to Grand County this summer.Press reports and hearsay are stating that the Rainbow Family is planning a 50...  Read More

Early childcare is an important aspect of economic development and community development.This simple reality is becoming increasingly clear in Grand County as employers continue to struggle with ongoi...  Read More

What’s the price of war here in isolated Grand County? Higher prices.It’s hard to imagine that the Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine could have much of an impact half-a-world away high in the snow...  Read More

When I first took this job offering business management coaching in Grand County I was told by a business associate that I was on a fool’s errand.He looked at me with a conspiratorial twist on his l...  Read More

As I sit here watching the snow dump on our already snowed-in landscape, I am reminded of the article written by John Meyer that ran in the Denver Post way back on November 27 of 2021.In the realm of ...  Read More

In Grand County, smart public and private partnerships can spur new business and provide jobs.That’s just what has happened with clients the Grand Enterprise Initiative worked with in Kremmling. Gra...  Read More

Wow. Business, and public sector business, is booming in Grand County.And I don’t write that as if I was a chamber of commerce, all-growth-is-good sort of booster. I’m just pointing it out, really...  Read More

When it comes to mask and vaccination mandates, follow the money.It’s way too easy to blame these impositions on our lives as meddlesome government intrusions and myth-based molly-coddling. It’s t...  Read More

They say demographics are destiny.Which makes me think that the low-population (comparatively) and low workforce numbers Grand County has been enduring for years are likely to continue. I’m referrin...  Read More

It’s just plain, flat-out counterintuitive.The last nine years of my work for the Grand Enterprise Initiative has put me and our team in contact with 460 entrepreneurs in Grand County. These are peo...  Read More

Yeah, we all know the joke: Everybody’s talking about the weather but nobody’s doing anything about it.But first, consider these past, present and future changes in the weather that have happened ...  Read More

The headline last week said it all: “Grand Lake declares crisis.”A crisis, that is, in the realm of workforce housing because businesses in Grand Lake and the rest of the county are either closing...  Read More