Summer has just started and your kids are probably already asking for cash. Mountain Valley Bank (MVB) is offering a way to help children ages 5-12 ignite their entrepreneurial skills with the return of the Lemonade and Cupcake State Event on Friday, June 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.[Read More…]
Tag: Business
SMALL BIZ OF THE YEAR
Rangely Area Chamber of Commerce President Jodi Dillon presented Sanchez Brothers Boxing with the 2022 Small Business of the Year. Representing Sanchez Brothers Boxing are owners Fidel and Marcelina Sanchez. | EMMA BAKER PHOTO
Blanco Cellars expanding
MEEKER | For those residents who have been around Meeker for a while you will know our small town boasts an incredible and unique shop, run by an incredible and unique woman: Blanco Cellars and proprietor Vanessa Trout. Trout spent more than 20 years in the food and wine industry[Read More…]
Coaches Corner Bar & Grill: Where everybody knows your name
Most people don’t just find Rangely; Rangely beckons them to share their talents and contribute to everything that makes this an extraordinary place to live. That’s what happened with Ashley and Nate Terrin when they each began their trek to Rangely individually, and now are the nervous, yet proud, proprietors[Read More…]
BIZ OF THE MONTH
Meeker Chamber’s Business of the Month is Patriot Heating and Cooling, a locally owned and operated HVAC company. Mike Herrick (center) has worked in the HVAC industry since 1987. He owned his own business in Denver and more recently managed several departments for a Roaring Fork Valley company. With 25[Read More…]
Loose Ends: Apprenticeships
This past week I read an article in The Colorado Sun, a great online newspaper, that led with a breaking news article about our state government’s new financial support of apprenticeship programs. The investigative reporters at this relatively new endeavor can be counted on to research their subjects and report[Read More…]
HT, Chamber launch new business FB group
RBC I The Herald Times and Meeker Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to create an online community for local business owners to connect and grow their businesses. Today they will be launching the county’s first business development Facebook group “RBC Business Insiders.” The group will feature marketing and business[Read More…]
Q&A: Why you need a marketing strategy
The HT recently added marketing guru Haley Turner to our team, and we asked her a few of our biggest questions on the right way to market a local business. Enjoy! Q: Can you introduce yourself? A: My Name is Haley Turner, and my maiden name is McCrary. I was[Read More…]
OUTLET OPENING …
The new owners of Backcountry Outpost, Joshua and Diana Harrison, are pictured along with their friends and family to celebrate the grand opening of the store with a Meeker Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. Visit Backcountry Outpost at 223 Eighth St. Tuesday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m.-12 p.m.[Read More…]
Nichols celebrates rich local history
RANGELY | Nichols Store in Rangely is celebrating its 116th anniversary. In 1904 Fred Nichols (whose father Ben shot one of the attempted thieves in Meeker’s thwarted 1896 bank robbery), moved to Rangely to manage the general store owned by H. Coltharp. He was 20 years old. In 1947, the[Read More…]
Country Raised closing doors
MEEKER | Meeker’s retail therapy options will be down by one in the next few weeks as Country Raised closes its brick-and-mortar space at 610 Main St. Proprietor Makala Barton opened the store, which offers home decor and gifts, in June 2016. In the three years since, she also went[Read More…]
Google-ize Rangely and Meeker Nov. 30 and Dec. 6
Special to the Herald Times RBC | For two days per town (beginning Nov. 30 in Rangely and Dec. 6 in Meeker) Rio Blanco County communities will get Google-ized. The goal is to get 25 businesses or more verified on Google My Business and trained in online marketing. The program[Read More…]