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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920356295965653312024-11-01T05:04:37.778-06:00GV Magazine Publisher's BlogKrystyn Hartman is a career journalist based in Western Colorado.Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-70684592372603866092011-06-27T14:28:00.003-06:002011-06-27T14:52:17.650-06:00Basis missing for Mesa County as an “Epicenter for Energy Innovation”

I was surprised to learn that “energy innovation epicenter” not only made the list as a goal in Mesa County’s draft economic development plan, but that it is at the very top of the list.Why? There are many reasons, but the most obvious starting point seems to be with the US Dept. of Energy Office of Science’s 56-page report “Science for our Nation’s Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centers

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-87422059439903036042011-05-31T23:36:00.013-06:002011-06-01T01:12:34.220-06:00Where is our hometown grocer?

I read in the Sunday (5-29-2011) Daily Sentinel Biz Buzz column –- with much dismay, about Kroger’s decision to replace Grand Junction-based Flying Fish Sushi with Los Angeles-based Fuji Foods in 14 of its City Market stores in Western Colorado, costing Flying Fish and our community more than 20 jobs. What wasn’t mentioned in Biz Buzz is that Flying Fish is one of nearly 30 local companies’

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-86968559071461334412011-05-04T00:59:00.004-06:002011-05-04T01:10:35.308-06:00The last issue of GV Magazine

Not a day has gone by in the past few weeks that someone hasn't said to me about one thing or another, "Yep, I'm taking things to the next level." Interesting how that phrase can mean so many different things to so many different people, but essentially what all their "next levels" do have in common is that they are levels involving changes: in their businesses, their educational pursuits, their

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-66106913893144295612011-02-23T19:58:00.025-07:002011-02-23T21:05:01.325-07:00Those frivolous nonessential arts

Ever wonder why the arts are the first to see their funding cut during unstable times? Ever wonder where the idea that arts are “nonessential services” comes from? I used to wonder that too.The movie The Sound of Music had a profound effect on me as a child. I was too young certainly to understand its climate of politics and war and all that (I was only five or six), but what did take hold of me

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-74112942872503711612010-05-04T23:14:00.005-06:002010-05-04T23:20:30.793-06:00Evolution of a Vision

Several people have asked recently, “Where did your vision for the magazine come from?” Where does a vision come from? I hadn’t really thought of it as having “come from” a “where” exactly. Fleeting visions, lingering visions, ah-ha visions, what-if visions, and then all those that beget new and expanding visions. I’ve always believed that humans are visionaries by nature, and like everyone else,

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-72417516429542461002009-12-02T16:28:00.005-07:002009-12-02T20:57:02.864-07:00Gifts of Time and Attention

About a third of the way through a first meeting recently, my host sat back, seeming to share in my enthusiasm, smiled, and asked: Now, what can I do for you? There was a definite emphasis on the I and the you. The question came so unexpectedly and sounded so genuine that I was completely taken aback. What can I do for you?He had done “it” for me by the very sincerity of the question, by

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-63902160454689808542009-10-29T19:54:00.002-06:002009-10-29T20:03:01.296-06:00Exploring Leadership: Expectation and Surprise

It can be such fun meeting someone for the first time — someone about whom I have no preconceived notions or inside information. Every expression, nuance, inflection, or shared story is unexpected, new, filled with surprise. Never mind what I expected: Expectation can mask an incoming surprise with even the tiniest tidbit of bias. It’s the surprises that reveal the softer side of even the

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-1658536224203210072009-06-10T15:35:00.000-06:002009-06-10T22:05:30.772-06:00Worthy of Print

We’ve had a lot of queries from young writers lately. I usually ask them why they don’t do something on line. “It’s not the same,” they say. “Anyone can do that.”With each query, I can’t help but ponder a future where print media exists as the selective, truly archival-worthy media. I think of the old parchments and illuminated books discovered in caves and long-forgotten libraries and how

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-62851578988562431572009-05-08T21:51:00.000-06:002009-06-10T22:07:34.158-06:00Speeding Logos

Last week when I pulled into the first stop of our new Roaring Fork Valley delivery route, I couldn’t help but notice the shiny blue pickup-truck parked in the lot next to my car, a big company logo, phone number, and website prominently displayed on the truck’s rear window. That’s what I need, I thought: A magnetic GV sign on the side of my car for delivery days. Logo and website. Yes, that’s a

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-45973066989121268212009-04-23T02:28:00.000-06:002009-04-27T13:46:21.009-06:00Savor flavor

I learned years ago from an old winemaker that there is no more flavor in a big bite than in a small one. In fact, there is far more flavor in a small bite than in a big one. The pinch of spice thoughtfully added by the cook is completely missed when shoved hungrily past the taste buds, swallowed nearly whole, a wasted flavor nuance. Such a pity too.There is so much more to savor when considering

Krystyn Hartmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913562911086875859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1192035629596565331.post-46879064396186855352009-04-22T23:40:00.000-06:002009-06-10T22:09:39.431-06:00Welcome to our GV Café

You may have noticed that each issue of GV Magazine opens with an introduction of the contributors, followed immediately by food and wine. This is no accident.GV Magazine is our Grand Valley Café for stories each month, with each contributor a host, each reader a friend and special guest. And because we live in an agricultural and wine region, we want of course to welcome our friends and special

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