(Photo supplied by Sandy Engle/Special to the Times)

Kinnon Entertainment proprietor Mike Blecha stands along with his spouse Chelsea subsequent to the enterprise of the month signal. Blecha’s firm was named October Business of the Month.

Mike Blecha had solely seconds to spare on Tuesday night on the Fort Morgan City Council assembly earlier than they moved to the part of the assembly the place Blecha’s firm, Kinnon Entertainment, was formally named the October Business of the Month.

“It’s great to be honored, recognized, for something that we just do because we love it and it’s a great way to help the community, too,” he mentioned.

Blecha, a 2002 Fort Morgan High School graduate, wasn’t even a decade faraway from FMHS when he began the corporate. He formally began it in 2008 after it started as a aspect hustle, nevertheless it needed to evolve swiftly.

In 2007, he was working for a corporation in Boulder working cables for pc and telephone techniques. In December of that yr, he was laid off, so he needed to “figure out how to make a living.”

Over the final 15 years, he has achieved greater than make a dwelling. He has lived a rockstar way of life since reworking a aspect hustle into an organization that spans the nation. Kinnon Entertainment’s important responsibility is live performance manufacturing and dealing with the technical aspect of reveals.

From lights, levels, LED screens, and every thing else technical, Blecha and his employees deal with it. Locals have seen the corporate each July for Bobstock because it has been placing the present collectively since day one. His firm additionally has booked the nationwide musical acts for Bobstock for the final 5 years and has booked different musical acts for different live shows throughout the nation.

Other native work he’s achieved might be discovered on the fairgrounds in Morgan and Yuma counties the place he upgraded the sound techniques and enhanced the general expertise.

His work is even present in downtown Denver at Jackson’s Sports Bar the place he handles all of the TVs and sound within the bar.

“We never have a shortage of work,” he mentioned.

From Vanilla Ice to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Blecha has labored with a powerful record of artists over the past 15 years. He mentioned subsequent yr he might have the chance to be on tour with Good Charlotte, one among his favourite bands, and Weezer in Australia.

He mentioned the last word artist he needs to work with is famous rapper Eminem. The largest occasion he has desires of manufacturing one Sunday in February can be a testomony to the arduous work he’s put into his firm through the years.

“I want to produce the halftime show at the Super Bowl,” he mentioned. “That’s what I want to do more than anything.”

Catching flights across the nation and world is the hardest a part of the job, he mentioned. He might be catching flights to the East Coast within the coming months as he’s trying to open up one other store in that space or Las Vegas or Texas. However, regardless of the place he goes or what artists he rubs elbows with, the sensation of coming residence to Fort Morgan on the finish of the day is unmatched.

“I always tell people that I love being able to come home to a small community.”

He thanked his employees, a lot of whom have been with him for years, and his spouse Chelsea for making the enterprise what it’s immediately.