FEBRUARY 12-19, 2025
THE DEFINITIVE SOURCE FOR GRAND JUNCTION BUSINESS & COMMUNITY NEWS SINCE 1994
In this issue n You get a car! You get a car! Red Rock Auto was driven to reward District 51 Foundation White Iced award winners with a car.
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VOLUME 32, ISSUE 6
THEBUSINESSTIMES.COM
Quality Counts
Sweet Coloradough, now open three days a week, strives to make great doughnuts and doesn’t apologize for the cost — See story, Page 2
n SparkLab launch, budding businesses
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Homegrown Pathways looks to spark rural youth entrepreneurship with SparkLab launch.
n Local housing crisis addressed at summit
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The Housing and Building Association of Western Colorado’s 2025 Housing Summit, brought together experts, developers and local government officials to address Mesa County’s ongoing housing crisis.
n Film Fest returns The 2nd Annual GJ Jewish Film Festival will take place Feb. 15–16 at The Art Center on Seventh Avenue.
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n Education for firsttime homebuyers Stewart Cruickshank, sales manager of Bray & Co. Real Estate, gives tips for first-time homebuyers.
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Aaron Badolato stands behind the case of doughnuts at Sweet Coloradough, which opened in the former Daylight Donuts location at 1410 North Ave. in Grand Junction in November. Badolato co-owns the doughnut shop with his wife, Anne, and daughters Lilli and Ari. They own three other Sweet Coloradough stores, including the original one, which opened in Glenwood Springs in 2013. Badolato said his Sweet Coloradough stores have donated nearly 3 million doughnuts, and they try to bring smiles to customers’ faces. “If we can make people’s day better, hopefully they go out and make other people’s day better,” he said. Photo by Tim Harty.
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