Farm invites community to ‘Pick Your Own’ hemp educational event
Business, Community
Farm invites community to ‘Pick Your Own’ hemp educational event
By Justin Tubbs | MBT 
September 16, 2025
Typhoon Farma is opening its gates to the community next weekend with a hands-on hemp event designed to educate, demystify, and let visitors take home part of the crop themselves. On Saturday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Montrose-based hemp company will host its “Pick Your Own” event at 162...
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Bridging the childcare gap: City to open its own daycare
Business, Community
Bridging the childcare gap: City to open its own daycare
By Justin Tubbs | MBT 
September 11, 2025
The City of Montrose is moving forward with plans to transform a former school district building into a new childcare facility, a project officials hope will address one of the most pressing challenges facing families in the region: finding affordable, reliable care. The $850,000 project calls for r...
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City looks at possibility of a new Urban Renewal Authority — this one in downtown
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City looks at possibility of a new Urban Renewal Authority — this one in downtown
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
September 4, 2025
The City of Montrose is taking its first steps toward determining whether a new Urban Renewal Authority could be created to encourage redevelopment in the city’s historic downtown district. This week, the City Council approved a contract to retain legal counsel that will study whether a downtown URA...
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The PRUF Is in the Pizza: New pop-up stand serves New York-style slices
Business, Food & Beverage
The PRUF Is in the Pizza: New pop-up stand serves New York-style slices
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
August 28, 2025
At the Montrose Farmers Market this past Saturday, the scent of bubbling cheese and roasted tomato sauce made its way through the air. Customers frequently meandered over to see what the smell was. Few walked away without placing an order. On top of the pop-up tent read “PRUF,” the name of Montrose’...
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Baker Justina Reeves builds sweet future in Montrose with Cakes Baby!
Business, Food & Beverage
Baker Justina Reeves builds sweet future in Montrose with Cakes Baby!
By Tonya 
August 21, 2025
When Justina Reeves fires up her mixer, she’s not just baking cakes. She’s continuing a lifelong passion that has carried her through motherhood, loss, and starting over. Together with her husband, Ryan, she’s turned her love of baking into a thriving custom cake and dessert business called Cakes Ba...
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Group opening a downtown Asian noodle bar will let you try their food early — out of a truck
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Group opening a downtown Asian noodle bar will let you try their food early — out of a truck
By Tonya, Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
August 13, 2025
The team behind one of Montrose’s forthcoming downtown restaurant projects will start serving early—out of a truck. Ms So (stylized MSSO) opens Thursday, Aug. 14, in the parking lot of The Association at 39 W. Main St., offering a rotating menu of Asian-inspired street food. The food truck is a prev...
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Winners of the 2025 Montrose Small Business Awards honored at ceremony
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Winners of the 2025 Montrose Small Business Awards honored at ceremony
By Montrose Business Times 
August 7, 2025
Seventeen local businesses were recognized last Thursday at the 2025 Small Business Awards, held Thursday, July 31, at the Montrose Pavilion. The annual event celebrates excellence in entrepreneurship and the vital role small businesses play in the Montrose community. The event was hosted by Our Tow...
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50 years in Business: Davis Service Center brings power sports to the West Slope
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50 years in Business: Davis Service Center brings power sports to the West Slope
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
July 30, 2025
If you ask Lincoln Davis what’s kept Davis Service Center in business for 50 years, he won’t tell you it’s about flashy marketing or cornering the market on side-by-sides. He’ll point to something far simpler—and harder to replicate. “It’s the way people are treated when they walk into your business...
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Montrose pushes back on Black Canyon National Park fire perceptions: ‘We’re open for business’
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Montrose pushes back on Black Canyon National Park fire perceptions: ‘We’re open for business’
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
July 24, 2025
As the South Rim Fire continues to burn inside Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, local business leaders are pushing back on a growing misconception: that Montrose itself is closed, smoky, or unsafe. It’s not. “We’ve had sunny skies and clear air nearly every day this week,” said Anthony Ru...
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Les Schwab Tires aims for July soft opening in Montrose
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Les Schwab Tires aims for July soft opening in Montrose
By Justin Tubbs Montrose Business Times 
July 10, 2025
Les Schwab Tire Centers will open a new, full-service store in Montrose on July 23, bringing more than a dozen jobs and a range of automotive services to the community. The 10,500-square-foot store at 1528 Montrose Drive will feature seven interior bays and provide tires “from a little hand cart all...
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