Patrick Brower

2 weeks ago | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

A regional news item about the expansion of Gross Reservoir, owned and operated by Denver Water, has significant implications here in Grand County. A U.S. district judge has put a hold on construction for the expansion at Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir until environmental review processes are redone. Although the judge granted work to continue for a few more weeks, the longer implications of the ruling could impact the Fraser River in particular.

1 month ago | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

The second Rise and Thrive business series event takes place at 9 a.m. Tuesday, March 18, at the Granby Library. It couldn’t come at a better time. Numbers from NerdWallet and other entities, such as the federal reserve bank of St. Louis, state that entrepreneurs started 4.38 million new businesses in 2020, and that number has been increasing annually ever since. Grand County has been an important part of that trend, with businesses starting and expanding.

2 months ago | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

The goal of a new series of business classes is to help make local business dreams become realities and not nightmares. With that in mind, anyone in Grand County who is pondering starting or expanding a business — or even just dreaming about the idea — should carve out some time for the upcoming Rise and Thrive: Grand Business Series, which is set to start at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Granby Library and continue on the third Tuesday of each month.

Jan 24, 2025 | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

What’s the economic good of it being so cold up here in Grand County? Let me list the ways. Benefit No. 1 is the tons of free publicity for this remote section of the world. News of the minus 44-degree weather on the Fraser Flats near Tabernash got lots of attention across the state and on national news. The Associated Press, the premier national news service that doesn’t double as propaganda, had the story on the wire, which means it went across the nation — even to international news sites.

Nov 13, 2024 | skyhinews.com | Patrick Brower

The Grand County Office of Economics and the Grand County Colorado Tourism Board want Grand County businesses to be resilient on their roads to success. That’s why they are hosting the 2024 Economic Summit, themed “Road to Resiliency” Nov. 20 at Sun Outdoors in Granby. The Grand Enterprise Initiative also wants businesses in Grand and Jackson counties to be resilient.