by GJEP Admin | Jul 18, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
By Robin Brown, GJEP Executive Director And just like that, the Avelo flight is gone before anybody even knew about it. That certainly was one of the odder economic development events of the last few years. And that’s saying a lot considering we’re coming off the...
by GJEP Admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
I received an email from a reader following a story that ran earlier this week about our low vaccination rates and the impact to our businesses. He was visiting his mother in Pueblo, which has a higher vaccination rate than Grand Junction. He made the comment that...
by GJEP Admin | May 16, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
I had to cancel lunch with a colleague a few weeks ago because I had scheduled a heligunnery for that Friday afternoon. It was one of the more fun emails I’ve gotten to write cancelling a meeting as I don’t often have the opportunity to throw around the term...
by GJEP Admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
The announcements this week that both Frontier and Avelo airlines are bringing new service to the Grand Junction Regional Airport are encouraging headlines in our continued recovery. While the rest of the country is still grappling with the COVID recession, we’re well...
by GJEP Admin | Mar 21, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
Every year the Milken Institute publishes its Best Performing Small Cities report and Grand Junction has climbed again in our ranking of the top 200 Best Performing Small Cities. We first appeared on the list at #189 in 2017. We jumped to #131 in 2018, #81 in 2019 and...
by GJEP Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Daily Sentinel Economic Focus
In March 2020, the Brookings Institution published a report predicting the cities whose economies would be most impacted by COVID. Grand Junction was #40 on that list, right behind Greeley at #39. Farther down were Denver at #113, Colorado Springs at #131, Ft. Collins...
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