A video photographer has teamed up with the owner of a real estate company in creating a media company in Grand Junction. Scott Stuart has joined with Todd Conklin, owner and chief executive officer of Coldwell Banker Distinctive Properties and Coldwell Banker Commercial Prime Properties, to launch Step Beyond Media. The venture initially will serve […]
Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction has joined in an effort to launch a polling service. CMU and the Rocky Mountain Public Broadcasting Service have partnered with Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania to introduce the new CMU-RMPBS poll. “No one understands the diversity of opinions across the state of Colorado more than Coloradans,” said […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Waitresses, football coaches and players, medical school professors and mothers all offer examples of the key competencies human resource professionals require to realize success, according to an executive who’s achieved success in his own career. Integrity ranks chief among those competencies, Jack Smalley said. “Make every decision the one that […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jerry Moorman jokes about the idiom that those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach. But he knows from personal experience that’s not true. Even as Moorman taught college students how to manage businesses, he’s also managed ventures of his own. “It’s easier to teach than do it. But […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has retreated for a second straight month with an increase in payrolls and a decrease in the number of people counted among those unsuccessfully looking for work. The downward trend in the jobless rate typically continues through the end of the year as […]
Lodging tax collections continue to come in at record levels in Grand Junction, an indication of increasing business for local hotels and motels. The Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau reported collecting $160,265 in lodging taxes in August, an increase of nearly $8,000 and 5.1 percent over the same month last year. The latest total […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times City and county officials blamed lower sales and use tax collections in August in part on some unusual events. But as the overall trend continues downward, officials are adjusting budgets for the remainder of this year as well as next year. “We’re very cautious, and we’re going to be extremely […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Matthew Breman believes voters across Colorado should have a say in amending the state constitution, not just those on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. That’s one of the reasons the businessman and chairman of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors said he supports a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Construction is scheduled for completion in about a year on a new building at Colorado Mesa University housing a growing engineering program as well as a math and science center. Speaking at a groundbreaking event, CMU President Tim Foster said the project constitutes a result of partnerships between CMU and […]
A monthly measure of optimism among small business owners has slipped as uncertainty has dampened expectations for improving economic conditions, earnings and sales. “Uncertainty seems to be the major enemy of economic progress, and the political climate is a major contributor to the high levels of uncertainty that we’ve seen,” said Bill Dunkelberg, chief economist […]