gjep by the numbers
FY 2020
Last updated: 1.8.2021
Prospect Development
In 2020, we welcomed SaaS company INFOCU5 to the Grand Valley, as well as three bike-related businesses: Canfield Bikes, Kappius Components and Prostart. We also added three businesses to the Rural Jump-Start Zone, ending the year with the following stats:
general
leads
prospect level I
prospect level II
prospect level III
wins
jump start
leads
prospect level I
prospect level II
prospect level III
wins
TOP SOURCES
- DIRECT INQUIRY 47%
- REFERRAL / DIRECT 29%
- OTHER 20%
- TRADESHOWS 4%
TOP Industries
- OUTDOOR REC 33%
- Other (Aviation/Aerospace, Energy, Food/Beverage, Healthcare) 26%
- TECH 13%
- Manufacturing 13%
GJEP IN ACTION
Tradeshows and Events
- Techstars Startup Week Western Slope (virtual event)
- Senator Gardner visit, including outdoor recreation roundtable and tour of new RockyMounts facility in Riverfront at Las Colonias Park
- GJEP Business Brand launch
- Palisade Plunge press conference and “sneak peek” ride
- Global Entrepreneurship Week (virtual event)
- DORA Hemp Panel
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many 2020 events and travel were postponed or cancelled.
EARNED MEDIA
461 placements
$1.6 million in ad equivalency
reach of 175 million
Grand Junction welcomes new contact center advising company
"CX Partner Source opened for business on Nov. 24. It’s an advisory firm for businesses that want to utilize business process outsourcing call centers, which is industry lingo for outsourcing a call center. It focuses on small to medium-sized BPOs rather than larger...
“Bigger than a Trail”
Grand Valley's Palisade Plunge set to open after 10 years of planning, partnerships The work of three federal land agencies, three municipalities, landowners and mountain bikers yields not just Colorado’s most anticipated trail, but a model for how communities can...
French BMX Business Opens U.S. HQ in Grand Junction
The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) is pleased to welcome Prostart to Colorado’s Grand Valley. The French manufacturer of gates and related accessories primarily for Bicycle Motocross (BMX) has selected Grand Junction for its first U.S. office. This will be...
paid advertising
Reached a target audience of 3.6 million
Ads ran in the GJ Chamber Business Update, COBizmag.com, Innovation & Technology Today, Spoke + Blossom, The Business Times, Smartbrief: National Association of Manufacturers, and on the Internet (ongoing audience targeting, site retargeting)
website
GJEP.org had
total unique visitors
Traffic is down YOY, but the number of pages per session and session duration are up. Meanwhile, the bounce rate dropped more than 12%