This article was originally published in The Daily Sentinel on November 20, 2022. Our local economy is strengthened through the relationship between our public partners and the private sector. Beautiful things happen throughout our community when these two entities...
On April 27, 2022, The Daily Sentinel published an article highlighting Dr. Nathan Perry’s keynote speech during the 2022 Western Colorado Economic Summit. His report found that by quite a few metrics, Mesa County’s economy is outpacing national economic...
Award Nominations Due by Aug. 31 The Grand Junction Economic Partnership (GJEP) has announced the return of the Western Colorado Economic Summit to an in-person event.The summit returns on Thursday, Sept. 30, and will be held at the Grand Junction Convention Center to...
For the past decade, Mesa County has been labelled a distressed county. This isn’t just a descriptive term, but an actual definition of our economy with criteria that we must pass (or fail, depending how you look at it) in order to claim the title. As a result of...
On February 7, 2010, my husband and I were in Port Barre, Louisiana at Willy Joe Godchaux’s house watching Super Bowl XLIV. The Saints were playing the Colts in their first ever Super Bowl appearance which is why they were called- by their own fans- the Aints. The...
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