Success Stories

Ristorante Pantuso: Celebrating Authentic Italian Cuisine and Unwavering Commitment to Quality

2024-10-17T09:21:31-06:00October 16th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

The oldest Italian restaurant in Grand Junction might not be around were it not for the Business Incubator Center – and the determination and hard work of Chris and Krista Watson. The Watsons own Ristorante Pantuso. They pride themselves on offering authentic Italian dishes. Chris is the head chef and Krista the general manager at [...]

Meet Ben Graybeal, the Army Veteran Behind Valkyrie Recovery Systems Inc.

2024-10-17T09:22:22-06:00October 16th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

Ben Graybeal is the visionary behind Valkyrie Recovery Systems, an innovator in developing complete recovery systems for the aerospace industry. Valkyrie specializes in cutting-edge parachute technology and is dedicated to safeguarding the integrity and success of aerospace and space missions by ensuring the return of spacecraft. Their systems are [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: Mesa County Public Library Clifton Branch

2024-09-11T15:04:19-06:00September 11th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: HopeWest and the Value of Enterprise Zone Designation to its Mission

2024-08-21T11:57:11-06:00August 13th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: eBricks

2024-07-16T10:51:44-06:00July 17th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Brilliant Youth Sparking Innovation Through Robotics

2024-07-10T12:32:12-06:00June 13th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: Imondi Wake Zone

2024-07-10T12:32:12-06:00June 8th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: Fogle Custom Homes

2024-07-10T12:32:12-06:00May 14th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: Trail Cookie

2024-07-10T12:32:13-06:00April 23rd, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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. [...]

Incubator Business Spotlight: Brandi’s Kitchen

2024-07-10T12:32:13-06:00March 25th, 2024|Categories: News, Success Stories|

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 [...]

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