After many years helping her husband with his trucking business, Sue Bowker, owner of Mail Call at 233 Rogue River Highway, felt she needed a change of pace.

“We visited Grants Pass in the summer of 1977 and loved it so much we moved here,” Sue said. “There wasn’t a lot of work, but my husband always drove a truck, so we started Action Transfer in the early 1990s.

Downtown Grants Pass seems to be alive with a lot of new, unique stores, and Ann & Shan’s Bark Avenue/Gallop ‘n Glitz (224 SW 6th Street) is a perfect example. Ann Jackson and Shannon Holder got to know each other while sharing a storefront on 6th Street a few blocks down from their current location.

Real estate brokers John and Kathy Aitchison like to refer to the themselves as “The A Team” at the office of Century 21 JC Jones American Dream, located at 858 NW 6th Street in Grants Pass. They joined the firm in early 2015 after moving to the Rogue Valley from the Coast.

Springtime is here, and it’s time to dust off all that old camping equipment and get your outdoor clothing organized. Helping you out with that assignment will be Skeeter Trujillo and Jennifer Wilkinson at Three Rivers Outdoor Store, which opened just five months ago at 208 SW G Street in the Caveman Plaza.

The latest update at the Mid Rogue Imaging Center (1619 NW Hawthorne Avenue) is that they have added a new FujiFilm DR X-ray system. This digital radiography equipment produces exceptional images and creates a more efficient workflow, allowing patients to be seen in less time. There is also less radiation exposure and improved patient comfort.