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PRUF proved there was an appetite for its New York-style slices when customers lined up around the corner during its opening weekend in January. Now, seven months later, the owners are ready to find out what the business can do without being constrained by a small kitchen and dining room. PRUF opened Wednesday in its […]
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Well over 100 people gathered in the parking lot outside City Market’s south Montrose store Wednesday morning as the company celebrated the completion of an $18.5 million expansion. Customers stood alongside store employees as City Market handed out door prizes, recognized workers and cut the ribbon on a project that added 20,000 square feet and […]
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Amazon’s new Montrose delivery station is designed to take days off local delivery times while processing as many as 28,000 packages per week. The company provided a behind-the-scenes look at the facility, located on County Road near the airport, Monday morning during a small tour and ribbon-cutting attended by members of the press, local economic-development […]
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Two dozen local businesses were recognized Thursday evening as Our Town Matters celebrated entrepreneurship during its fifth annual Small Business Awards at the Holiday Inn & Suites. Business owners, community leaders and supporters filled the venue for the cocktail reception and awards ceremony, where 24 businesses were honored after being selected through a community nomination […]
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There are businesses that sell things, and then there are businesses that ignite a love for something bigger than themselves. Ed’s Fly Shop, tucked right in the heart of downtown Montrose at 432 E. Main Street, is unmistakably the latter. Owner Ed LeViness has spent more than two decades chasing trout on some of the […]
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Three years after losing the contract to operate the food and beverage concession at Montrose Regional Airport, The Coffee Trader is back. The longtime Montrose-based coffee company recently reopened its airport café after successfully bidding to reclaim the concession contract, replacing San Juan Coffeehouse, which had operated the space since 2023. For Dee Coram, who […]
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Ten years ago, a simple question from Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) members set in motion one of the most significant infrastructure projects in the region’s recent history. As DMEA was installing fiber-optic lines to modernize its electric system, members began asking whether that same technology could be extended to homes and businesses. At the time, […]
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A longtime chiropractor is returning to practice in Montrose with a new approach, opening a clinic centered on noninvasive fat-loss treatments while also offering chiropractic care and functional medicine services. Doug DeShazo recently opened Montrose Fat Loss Center at 310 S. Ninth St., where patients can receive noninvasive body-contouring treatments using FDA-cleared laser technology, along […]
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One of fly fishing’s most recognizable names is officially calling Montrose home. Mayfly Outdoors announced Tuesday that it has relocated Renzetti’s manufacturing operations from Titusville, Florida, to the company’s Colorado Outdoors campus, bringing production of the high-end fly-tying vises and tools alongside fellow heritage brands Ross Reels and Abel Reels. The relocation comes nearly two […]
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Ask anyone who has built a business in Montrose County and they will tell you the same thing: agriculture is not background scenery. It is the economic engine that helped build this region and continues to drive it. From the moment the Gunnison Tunnel opened in 1909 and transformed the Uncompahgre Valley into one of […]
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