Phil Castle, The Business Times: Even in the midst of the demolition, the remodeling and the other renovations under way at the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building and Courthouse in downtown Grand Junction, Jerry Burton hasn’t lost sight of the ultimate goal. “We’re still reaching for net zero,” says Burton, assistant project manager with the U.S. General […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Financing activity under federal small business loan programs held steady in Colorado through the first half of the year, according to numbers from a leading lending organization in the state. Colorado Lending Source was involved in issuing 121 loans through the first six months of the year, 10 more than the […]
A monthly index tracking conditions for small businesses in Colorado increased for the first time in five months on improving labor trends. The state economy likely would fare even better were it not for a weak national economy, said Jeff Thredgold, a corporate economist who calculates the Vectra Bank Colorado Small Business Index. “The Colorado […]
Over the five years she’s operated her Grand Junction real estate firm, Tina Harbin has never been busier. The owner and managing broker of Real Estate West attributes part of the trend to the increasing number of government-owned properties her firm lists and sells. But Harbin also credits what she describes as an “opportunity market” […]
Two Grand Junction companies continue to rank among the fastest-growing firms in the nation as well as the top minority and women-owned businesses in the state. JG Management Systems and Rocky Mountain Sanitation are included in the 2011 Inc. magazine listing of the 5,000 fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States. JG Management Systems […]
A monthly index tracking labor trends continues to decline, but still signals slow job growth in the months ahead. The Conference Board Employment Trends Index slipped two-tenths in August to 100.8, but remains 4.1 percent higher than this time last year. “While the Employment Trends Index has been on a slightly declining trend in recent […]
Slowing job growth in the United States ground to a halt in August with no monthly gain in payrolls for the first time in nearly a year. The national unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.1 percent. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, the loss of 17,000 government jobs exactly offset a gain of 17,000 […]
Lou Villaire, sales manager at Atlasta Solar Center in Grand Junction, has received the Competent Communicator Award from Toastmaster International. Villaire completed the self-paced program designed to help individuals improve their speaking and leadership skills in a club environment. Atlasta Solar offers a range of services to commercial and residential customers, including solar and wind […]
Jerry Pradier, president of Progressive Business Development Network in Glenwood Springs, has been appointed to the 2011 board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. Pradier is among 500 representatives from industry, nonprofits, professional and trade groups and education and health care organizations who will evaluate applications for the Malcolm Baldridge Award. Examiners […]
Christi Reece, a broker associate at Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction, has been selected as the exclusive agent for new homes constructed by Senergy Builders to meet Energy Star standards for energy efficiency. Synergy Builders in Grand Junction constructs single-family homes and townhomes in the Brookwillow Village and Halls Estates subdivisions on 24 1/2 […]