It’s the oldest saw for many employees in the business up here: ‘I came for winter but I stayed for the summer.’Which could easily be expanded in general for many workers here: ‘I came to work...  Read More

The business and tourism prognosticators from across the country are saying it loud and clear: This summer will be very busy and most businesses won’t be able staff-up or expand to handle the increa...  Read More

So you want to borrow money from a bank or financial institution . . .My friend and associate Anita Cameron, the director of business lending for the Northwest Loan Fund, likes to emphasize what she c...  Read More

The response to my column two weeks ago about the crisis Grand County is experiencing in housing and employment has been strong.In that column I basically said that the high cost of housing and the un...  Read More

It’s beginning to look like Grand County’s economy is going to open up from many of the COVID restrictions that have been in place for the last year.But there are two restrictions to our economy t...  Read More

Granby has made a mark in the realm of national real estate market recognition, thanks to a top-10 ranking in “The Best 10 Places to Buy a Winter Vacation Home” as tallied by Vacasa.Forbes magazin...  Read More

In the last nine years of working with aspiring entrepreneurs in Grand County I’ve discovered that one area where Grand County is seeing lots of activity is in the realm of arts and culture.The pand...  Read More

Sadly, I’m hearing it more frequently than I expected.Local retail stores, restaurants, coffee shops and other businesses that deal with the public during these COVID times are seeing more and more ...  Read More

The last year has surely been quizzical for business development in Grand County.Quizzical because while there were many difficult and unfortunate challenges for small businesses and small business st...  Read More

While it’s difficult for me to see a way to make hey from the dire economic impacts of COVID-19, I can see some opportunity in the probable response to the East Troublesome Fire.Yes, I think there w...  Read More

Many of my clients across the county are asking: When will the COVID-19 disruption end?Of course, I can’t predict the future accurately. All I can do is make some educated guesses. But my educated g...  Read More

Once a year I like to take the time to update the community on how my work as Enterprise Facilitator with the Grand Enterprise Initiative is proceeding. And I must say, the last year has been a crazy ...  Read More