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

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