by Alpine Bank Staff | Nov 23, 2021 | Community
The romance started in Lake City, Colorado. That’s where Scott Stalker and Mary Carkin met and fell in love: with one another, the mountains and the forest and their entrepreneurial ambition to establish a small business, a retail gift store. That’s the backstory to...
by Alpine Bank | Nov 19, 2021 | Community
Dan Gearig is a serial restaurant entrepreneur. (And yes, we’re saying that like it’s a good thing.) In his 20s he bought a little pizzeria in Fenton, Michigan, called Pro Pizza. Past customers still rave about the famous Pro Dip that was served with breadsticks....
by Alpine Bank | Nov 19, 2021 | Community
Delta Hardware is an independent Ace Hardware that’s been Kendrick-family-owned since 1971. Jim Kendrick’s ownership began in 1981, when he purchased the business from his parents. Together with his wife Jonni, the couple have run this longstanding business for four...
by Alpine Bank | Nov 17, 2021 | Community
Pet parents across Colorado flock to Chow Down Pet Supplies, a family-owned and -operated Colorado business with a history spanning 25 years. Its stores are located in Evergreen, Grand Junction, Fruita, Pagosa Springs and Montrose. A pet retail shop that also offers...
by Alpine Bank | Nov 17, 2021 | Community
Erick G. Perez and Erick D. Perez have been cultivating coffee since they were little, in their native Guatemala, where they were both born and raised on a coffee farm named El Diamante located in Aguadulce, Huehuetenango. They’ve also been baking wholesome old-world...
