CityTalk Gunnison Times Podcasts

In this episode of CityTalk, Gunnison Country Times publisher Alan Wartes talks with a pair of enterprising young entrepreneurs about their food delivery start-up called GunniGrub. Erik Riego Jordan and Luke Hylton share their story and their dreams in launching a restaurant-to-door delivery service that covers the whole Gunnison Valley.

In this episode of CityTalk, Times publisher Alan Wartes talks with City of Gunnison Mayor Diego Plata — about his personal backstory as an immigrant from Venezuela and his vision for the future of the Gunnison Valley.

In the episode of CityTalk, Times publisher Alan Wartes talks with Gunnison City Clerk Erica Boucher and Community Outreach Liaison Ricardo Esqueda — about city efforts to build bridges of communication and inclusion to underrepresented segments of the community.

In this episode of CityTalk, Times publisher Alan Wartes talks with Shamai Buckel, co-owner of Buckel Family Wine in Gunnison. She and her husband Joe specialize in creating craft wines in the "old-world" style.

In this episode of CityTalk, Times Publisher Alan Wartes talks with Briana Wiles, founder and owner of Rooted Apothecary. Wiles started the herbal products business 10 years ago with a farmers market booth and has since grown into two retail locations in Gunnison and Crested Butte and a thriving online store. She's also the author of two books on how to wildcraft medicinal and edible plants in the Rocky Mountains.

In this week's episode of CityTalk, City of Gunnison Finance Director Ben Cowan opens the books to Times Editor Sam Liebl for an in-depth conversation about the present and future state of city finances.