Developers and Grand Junction city officials are looking inward for economic opportunities downtown. Organizations like the Downtown Development Authority see the vacant buildings and empty lots that pepper the area as necessities to creating a vibrant downtown and are focusing efforts on that. “Right now, these areas are vacant and they’re not contributing anything positive […]
West Tenn. — Several robberies at Dollar General stores have been reported across West Tennessee. Hardeman County Sheriff’s Office received a report that the Dollar General store in Toone had been robbed around 10 this morning. The store is located off Highway 100 near Toone. Wbbj was told the store was robbed by a black […]
On Saturday, Woodland’s County Fair Fashion Mall held the now weekly indoor pop-up event filled with local small businesses. The business pop-up will run every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.for the foreseeable future, according to Mall Manager Victor Rodriguez, and is an attempt to increase exposure to its storefronts and allow small businesses […]
It is critical for the American economy to be in full swing before the Federal Reserve starts to step on the monetary breaks and make rate hikes, an expert told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. “I don’t think the Fed should begin to raise rates until it is clear the economy has returned to full employment […]
Though many employers throughout the country seem to be shying away from policies requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for their workers, Puerto Rico may be one place bucking the trend. Small businesses in Puerto Rico, a United States territory, are far more likely to say they are requiring workers to get their shots compared to the national […]
Amid a global pandemic that shut down large sections of the world’s economy, 2020 was a tough year to do business. So tough that only 56 companies qualified for the Chronicle 100, which uses criteria focused on profits, stock market performance and growth. For the second year in a row, the energy companies that dominate […]
How to set your business up for success so you can step away once in a while. Summer travel season is back in full swing this year, with one in four Americans planning to take at least one vacation thanks to a rebounding economy, easing COVID-19 restrictions and a growing number of fully vaccinated U.S. […]
Building permits, the first step someone must take to begin a construction project in the city, are on the increase, city officials said. “We have several ongoing construction projects or those about to begin,” said Joseph Gerardi, city Bureau of Codes administrator. The city averages $250,000 up to $300,000 a year in revenue […]
Bringing people together with a meal: that’s what the program “Dinner for a Dollar” has been all about. On Friday night in Hamden, Grace and St. Peter’s Episcopal Church celebrated 10 years of giving back and breaking bread through Dinner for a Dollar. “I noticed people were experiencing hardships, food hardships,” said Allison Batson, founder […]
Ask SCORE by Dean Swanson In my recent conversations with small business CEOs, I hear a common theme related to the frustration of finding employees to hire. As our economy is starting to recover from the devastations of the pandemic experience, I have tried to remind folks to be careful of putting aside best practices […]
