Ami Schiffbauer, development director for Mesa County Libraries, has long known that a library can play a crucial role in promoting literacy, education and lifelong learning. And she knew that Clifton, the unincorporated community between Grand Junction and Palisade, with the second-highest population in Mesa County, faced many economic challenges. Not the least of those [...]
Mandy DeCinoDirectorSmall Business Development CenterLocated at the Business Incubator Center Mandy DeCino serves as the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Director at the Business Incubator Center. As an entrepreneur and previous business owner herself, Mandy has been educating, equipping, and supporting entrepreneurs in western Colorado for over 20 years. After earning her MBA from Colorado [...]
We hosted our first Agri West community meeting on June 27. Despite the tricky weather, traffic accidents and a power outage during the entire meeting, we are so grateful to everyone who joined us for such a robust discussion. The fact that over one hundred producers stayed with no electricity is a testament to our [...]
For 31 years, HopeWest has provided the only comprehensive hospice and palliative care service within a 250-mile radius of Mesa County. It provides in-home and nursing-home and hospital care, assisted living and a state-of-the-art inpatient hospice care center. There is a generosity of spirit that pervades the entire HopeWest organization. Consider: In 2024, HopeWest is [...]
