Welcoming a New Year Happy New Year! A new year always brings many changes, new opportunities and thoughts of what we would like to accomplish in the year ahead. It also brings a chance to begin again with a renewed spirit and commitment to our businesses and ourselves. Here at the Chamber of Commerce, that […]
New Year Offers New Opportunity “Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, to love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me to live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be my highest […]
Evolution of a Small Town It is the nature of things to change. Times change. Trends change. Economies change. None of this is new. Hence the famous verse in Ecclesiastes 1:9, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” The Montrose Shopping […]
Merry Christmas, “Montrose Falls” What is the first thing that comes to mind when reading the title of this article? If you are like me, it’s the famous line joyfully shouted by Jimmy Stewart in my all time favorite Christmas movie, “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Eleven years ago when my husband and I first discovered […]
A Place Around Town Where You Can Enjoy Life “No man is a failure who is enjoying life.” William Feather ‘Tis the season for merriment and laughter and I hope you are enjoying life with family and friends. One local place you can hang out to relax and enjoy sports, refreshments and good food […]
Christmas Sing-A-Long on Sunday St. Luke’s of the Mountains is hosting a community Christmas sing-a-long and holiday jam on Sunday at 3 p.m. The public is invited to come and sing favorite Christmas carols and holiday songs. Festive refreshments to follow singing. For more information go to: http://stlukeslacrescenta.org/ or call Holly in the church office […]
Shop and Enjoy “Old Town Christmas” In Montrose Last Saturday I had the pleasure of working in my store on Honolulu Avenue. Normally this time of year we play nostalgic Christmas CDs throughout the day. On this crisp and sunny December day we happened to have the Ann Louise Trio set up in the circle […]
Character Building: A Good Thing “People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.” Eleanor Roosevelt One of our members building his character is licensed Keller Williams’s real estate agent Marvin Lee. Keller Williams Realty takes a different approach to real estate, one that is built on […]
MSPA Welcomes New Board Members Please join us in welcoming two new members to the Montrose Shopping Park board of directors. Both Corey Grijalva and Andre Ordubegian may be new to the board but they are certainly not new to the town. Both of these men have young families and well-established businesses. Corey and his […]
Shop Local … Shop Montrose It’s that time of year. All of us are out shopping trying to find the perfect present for everyone on our list. There are so many great and even amazing deals out there. But at some point those deals can eat away at our own local economy and all the […]