When did sleep become such an important health issue facing so many people? I don’t remember a time as a child when I couldn’t sleep. I do remember not wanting to go to bed, like most children, but actually climbing in bed and not being ABLE to sleep – it didn’t happen. I didn’t lay […]
What is the one business that, if you work in that business, you are expected to not only to provide expert advice, but that advice will normally be given out for free? Yes, you guessed it, real estate sales and leasing. We constantly provide free advice to property owners and tenants, primarily in the hopes […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Daniel Hannaher has been helping small businesses since he was a child working at his family’s office furniture dealership in North Dakota. Of course, the role is considerably different today for Hannaher, who’s in charge of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in a six-state region that includes Colorado. Still, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Having served during some of the best and subsequently worst of economic times in Mesa County, Craig Meis says he’s heartened by indications conditions are slowly improving again. “As a community, we have cause for optimism,” said Meis, a Mesa County commissioner since 2005. Sales tax revenues have increased even […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Brad Stieg keeps an old photograph of his grandmother standing next to long shelves stocked with food she’d canned in glass jars. Stieg said his grandmother was a stickler for correctly processing foods and wouldn’t use inferior canning lids — even if her son had invented them. It’s a testament, […]
The City of Grand Junction and Colorado Department of Revenue will present two free sales tax classes. The first class is set for 10 a.m. Feb. 29 at the City Hall Auditorium, 250 N. Fifth St. The class will cover tax licenses, sales tax rates, use tax requirements and available resources. The second class is […]
Registration remains open through Feb. 29 for a workshop that will offer Colorado farmers and ranchers information about agritourism opportunities for their operations. The workshop is set for March 3 at the El Paso County Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Colorado Springs. The event will include sessions on available resources, liability, marketing and price development […]
Green dry cleaners. Green car washes. Green puppy food. Green wall paints. Green is everywhere. It’s taught in the first grade. It’s at the center of many corporate manufacturing and marketing policies. And whether you believe in climate change or still have doubts, consumers demand green. Adopting environmentally friendly and energy efficient business practices provides […]
Human potential is an expandable resource. However, it becomes static when it doesn’t receive the stimulation it needs to grow and expand — thus the terms “I’m in a rut” and “I’m stuck.” Reflect on a time when you got out of a rut or got yourself unstuck, and you will see that this happened […]
The staff at the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce recently attended a conference of chamber professionals to recharge our batteries and get ideas on how to serve businesses even better in 2012. While at the conference, I visited some old friends with which the chamber has partnered for years and rediscovered why the Grand […]