Electronic data technology has helped companies store information that would take up hundreds of offices full of paper files. Computers sort the data to make it easy to archive and easy to access. Yes, there are plenty of reasons to celebrate business technology in 2011. Yet, electronic data storage also can present a dangerous problem […]
As technology advances, it’s inevitable that rooms that once stored paper files now house electronic equipment. Such is the case at St. Mary’s Hospital, which continues to upgrade its technological capabilities in the wake of opening a $270 million, 12-story patient tower in 2010. Officials at the Grand Junction hospital plan to open three cardiac […]
A Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce plan to recruit volunteers to work in classrooms garnered attention both for its efforts to try to improve education and, until its announcement, anonymity to some local community leaders. The Grand Junction Forum, a committee of chamber members, sought to recruit 500 volunteers to tutor elementary students for […]
Mesa County School District 51 has long ranked near the bottom in per pupil funding in Colorado, a victim of an allocation formula that gives more weight to districts with more or fewer students and also funnels more money to areas where teachers face a higher cost of living. Due to the lower level of […]
When it comes to projections for energy development over the next quarter of a century, oil shale remains about where it did a quarter century ago. In 1986, when the Grand Valley reeled from the effects of an oil shale bust, oil shale held promise as an alternative to conventional oil and coal. But market […]
If rising sales and use tax collections in Grand Junction are an indication, a slow but steady economic recovery has legs. For a 10th consecutive month, the City of Grand Junction reported a year-over-year increase in sales and use tax collections. According to the March report, tax collections totalled $3.64 million, 11.2 percent higher than […]
When Chuck Myers made plans to expand his metal business to include salvage storage near the Fifth Street Bridge in Grand Junction, he didn’t count on a long-term comprehensive plan that envisions the area as a more enticing entry to the south side of downtown. But that’s what’s happened. Myers believes city government is throwing […]
As the rising price of gasoline takes a bite out of company and family budgets, travel-related firms in the Grand Valley likely will feel the effects. But whether those effects will include an increase or decrease in business is difficult to determine. “The strategy that we return to is to yet again focus on the […]
During economic downturns, people often plan their vacations with an eye toward staying close to home. And if one happens to live in a beautiful state known for its variety of outdoor attractions, such a scenario can be as enjoyable as spending thousands of dollars to travel thousands of miles. Such is the case with […]
It can be easy to overlook amenities in your own backyard coveted by people who live elsewhere. When the spring mud season hits the high country in places like Breckenridge or Aspen, people from the mountains often gravitate toward the desert of the Grand Valley, where the mountain biking season can begin in February and […]