Grand Junction residents know eBricks as a fun, downtown LEGO retailer. The shop offers unique LEGO sets and hard-to-find classic collector’s items, making it an attraction for LEGO lovers of all ages. And while the storefront is definitely noteworthy, boasting a hands-on interactive building station, a huge and colorful minifigure statue and a complex LEGO [...]
Dear western Colorado Ag Producers— June 27 marks the first facilitated AgriWest discussion to identify the current concerns and common needs of ag producers in western Colorado. As a reminder, AgriWest was one of 65 initiatives awarded to the Business Incubator Center in February from the federal Economic Development Administration from the more than 500 [...]
Hi Five Robotics brings a new level of excellence to the engineering climate in Grand Junction. This April, the Grand Valley’s premier robotics team, made up of 13 high school students from various educational settings across the valley, went to Worlds, the highest level of competition in a national program called First Robotics. This is [...]
Kodi and Victor Imondi are a couple of dreamers with a passion for water sports. That passion and lot of hard work led to the creation of the Imondi Wake Zone on a 30-acre lake west of Fruita. Building a water sports park in the middle of the high desert of western Colorado may not [...]
My team and I have been putting the final touches on BIC’s annual report and I am so proud of what we accomplished last year for our community and region. In 2023, BIC fortified the infrastructure critical to our community's entrepreneurs, directly impacting economic growth and sustainability. As Colorado's longest-operating business incubator, we prioritized, strengthened [...]
On any given day, one might find Ben and Sarah Fogle working side–by–side. Maybe they are framing a new house, a house that will soon be home for a western Colorado family. Or maybe the day’s agenda calls for them to install cabinets, or to texture drywall in preparation for painting tomorrow. Fogle Custom Homes [...]
Trail Cookie owner Desi McGee is merging her love of baking and the great outdoors, by creating decadent cookies made to be savored on the trail. Desi is a veteran and takes pride in the fact that Trail Cookie is a veteran-owned business. The values of the Army resonate deeply with her—selfless service and integrity. [...]
I'm excited to bring you some news from our recent trip to the International Conference on Business Incubation in San Antonio, Texas. Joined by our Board Chair, Nathan Wallace, and Vice Chair, Kileigh Sperber, I am thrilled to share that the Business Incubator Center was nominated, selected as a finalist, and secured the runner-up position [...]
Brandi Norsby has always had a love affair with the food industry. It all began with her first job at Rosie’s, a truck stop diner in Cameo when she was in high school, and eventually led her to enroll in culinary school. But life, as they say, sometimes gets in the way of dreams, and [...]
As we get ready to launch the third cohort of our Strategic Training for Nonprofits and Agencies Program at the Business Incubator Center, I’d like to reflect on the success of our past sessions, which foster economic development through capacity building in our nonprofits.Strategic Training for Nonprofits and Agencies Program at the Business Incubator Center [...]
