OCTOBER 1 - 8, 2025
VOLUME 32, ISSUE 38
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Spark Summit brings big-city experience to GJ Brandon Leuallen
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n its inaugural year, the Spark Summit brought national-level insight and hands-on leadership training to Grand Junction without the travel or expense of a big-city business and leadership conference. Rather than relying on theory, organizers Robert Beaver and Kristin Donahue designed the day as a “working summit,” where business owners, executives and aspiring leaders could get personal with the speakers and find immediate application for the information. With nationally recognized business consultants, including keynote speakers Carl Lubbe, Susan Frew and Carolyn Strauss leading the way, and a schedule of breakout master classes, the event offered the kind of high-level professional advice and information typically reserved for larger markets. Here are some of the highlights: A keynote on conflict and questions The morning keynote came from Carl Lubbe, founder of Curiosity Coach, who illustrated his point about curiosity with a story from his own family. He said he did not learn until his mid-twenties that his grandmother, as a child in London during World War II, had been evacuated to the countryside where she visited the home of A.A. Milne, the author of Winnie the Pooh. See story Page 5
What do you do when the lights go out? Homeowners have back-up options that take care of basics or power the whole home. — See Page 2 Jack Minor, service advisor for Atlasta Solar Center, checks a breaker panel for an Enphase battery backup system designed to power homes during outages and peak hours. Photo by Brandon Leuallen.
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