A monthly measure of hotel and motel stays in Grand Junction continues to track ahead of last year. According to a Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau report for July, lodging tax collections totaled 134,864. That’s a 2.8 percent increase over tax collections reported in July 2011. July reports reflect hotel and motel stays in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The pace of sales tax collections in Grand Junction and Mesa County has slowed, but year-to-date totals remain ahead of last year. Grand Junction reported only a slight gain in monthly sales and use tax collections in July, while Mesa County reported a nearly 1 percent drop in sales tax […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Doug May sees a disconnection between the U.S. economy and financial markets: While the economy has stabilized, the markets don’t yet fully reflect the change. “In my mind, the market is still skittish, much more skittish than the economy deserves,” says May, president and chief investment officer of May-Investments, a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times While indicators point to generally improving economic conditions in Mesa County, Diane Schwenke isn’t celebrating — at least for the time being. Many of the business owners with which Schwenke talks nearly every day tell her they’re concerned about sales as well as the potential effects of federal health care […]
Learning to balance life, with calmness and positive thinking is what yoga is all about. Yoga means “to join or yoke together” the body and mind into one experience. Practicing Yoga dates back over 5,000 years. It combines three main areas: breathing, exercise and meditation. Breathing techniques are […]
It’s all about jobs. Job growth in the Grand Valley has been trending in a negative direction since the 4th quarter of 2008. We see an anemic commercial and residential real estate market because job growth has left the area. Obviously, it’s business or government that creates projects that hire […]
Before you make any extra mortgage payments, consider some factors. Should you own your home free and clear before you retire? At first glance, the answer would seem to be “absolutely, if at all possible.” Retiring with less debt—isn’t that a good thing? Why not make a few extra […]
You have probably heard the saying, “Do what you love and the money will follow.” In truth, there are wealthy and successful entrepreneurs that don’t love what they do, and those who are doing what they love and not experiencing financial abundance. The converse is also true. However, the […]
With the Grand Junction economy looking up, real estate expected to follow trend Special to The Business Times from Vectra Bank While slower in its recovery than the rest of the state or the country, Grand Junction’s economy is brightening. Even in an election year, when legislative decision-making grinds to a halt, and with the […]
Local real estate report continues to show improvement in key arenas Special to The Business Times from Bray & Company Real Estate In July’s Bray Report, Robert Bray points to continued signs of improvement in the Mesa County residential real estate market. The report shows that sales of homes continue to improve. Year-to-date sales of […]