It seems like Washington can’t agree on anything these days, except maybe one thing: small business. It seems everyone in Washington loves small business — or pretends they do. If you watch the news or listen to the ads, you’ll hear candidates on both sides of the aisle vow to help small businesses grow and […]
Yep, I’m talking about the talk-meister in chief, our president, who took time out of his busy, soak-the-rich fund-raising efforts to talk with all us little folks here in Grand Junction. Well, not all of us. Some of us had to work. Some of us had to make money to pay taxes so Barack Obama […]
Several times a year, the indicators tracking various components of the Mesa County economy all seem to come out at once. When that confluence occurs, it only makes sense to take a more thorough look at what the assembled pieces of the puzzle portray and to try to answer the question that invariably arises: What’s […]
I recently attended a meeting of the White House Rural Council focusing on a coordinated response to historic drought conditions affecting communities across rural America. Our goal at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and across the administration is to make sure hard-hit communities have the tools and resources they need to recover from these […]
An index forecasting economic performance in the United States has rebounded, signaling continued, but slow, growth in the months ahead. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) increased four-tenths of a percent to 95.8 in July, erasing a four-tenths of a percent decline in June. Separate measures of current and past economic […]
Registration is under way for the Colorado Entrepreneurship Marketplace scheduled for Oct. 5 at the Pueblo Convention Center. The annual event brings together in one place in one day information and resources for those starting and running businesses. Admission is $35. Mikal Belivoce, a business strategist and columnist and contributor to Entrepreneur magazine, is scheduled […]
The search is on for a new public trustee in Mesa County. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced in a news release that Paul Brown is among the public trustees who won’t be reappointed to their posts. Hickenlooper asked all 10 appointed trustees in the state to resign after media reports detailed some of their spending […]
A small business advocacy group has launched a campaign to stop what it calls a “tidal wave” of proposed federal regulations that could inundate businesses and the economy. “We must address the damage this administration is doing if we are to create jobs and growth,” said Tony Gagliardi, state director of the National Federation of […]
Candidates for state and federal offices in Western Colorado have been invited to debate as part of the Club 20 fall meeting in Grand Junction. “Now, more than ever before, it is imperative to engage with our elected officials so we have a voice in shaping the landscape of the Western Slope, both literally and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Apartment vacancy rates in Grand Junction have dropped to their lowest levels in three years, according to the latest results of a quarterly survey. And without the substantial construction of new apartments, the situation is likely to persist for a while, said Cindy Hoppe, manager of Bray Property Management in […]