Bonsai Designs sells what it bills as world-class experiences. There’s the heart-pounding thrill of flying down ziplines suspended high above the ground, to be sure. But there’s also the quiet and contemplative pleasures of walking through forests and encountering nature up close and very personal. “We’re all about the experience,” says Thaddeus Shrader, chief executive […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Annette Miller likes what she sees in the real estate indicators she’s compiled for the first quarter in Mesa County. As sales increased, property foreclosure activity relented. “This is exactly what you like to see for a recovering market,” said Miller, senior vice president of Heritage Title Co. in Grand […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tracy Pederson describes the longevity of his document management business with a single sentence borrowed in part from the lyrics of a country western song. “We were shredding when shredding wasn’t cool,” said Pederson, owner of Recordsmaster based in Grand Junction. For nearly 25 years, in fact, Recordsmaster has been […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has retreated from what historically has been the highest level of the year. That decline, albeit slight, coupled with rising labor demand raises hopes the jobless rate will slide farther. “It is in the right direction,” said Suzie Miller, business services manager at […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Laurie Hammond believes the food, service and atmosphere that have made a Grand Junction restaurant a popular venue for nearly 30 years also will attract patrons to a second location for the family operation. While the newly opened Loree’s restaurant in downtown Grand Junction won’t be identical to Garfield’s, Hammond […]
Scott Fasken tells horror stories about what happens to businesses when they don’t protect confidential medical and financial information. Thieves break into an office and steal computers. A thumb drive is lost. Bins full of documents headed to a shredder tumble off the back of a truck and wallpaper a busy city street. Endings are […]
Darin Carei brings all of his business enterprises together in a unique Grand Valley housing development that will offer energy efficient homes equipped with solar power. Moreover, the homes will offer affordability with models priced from $179,000 to $224,000. “We’re changing the way people think about new homes because we’re delivering it all,” Carei said. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction is one of two finalists for an award recognizing efforts to help entrepreneurs start and grow their ventures. The Business Incubator Center is a finalist to receive the Dinah Adkins Incubator of the Year Award from the National Business Incubator Association. The award […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sales tax collections continue to decline, but local government administrators remain hopeful the trend soon will change. According to the February report, sales tax collections dropped 3 percent for Mesa County compared to the report for the same month last year. Sales and use tax collections dropped 2.3 percent for […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Vicki Filz and Christi Vogt know beauty is more than skin deep. That’s why the two have opened a unique venture that cares for the outsides and insides of their patients, offering not only a range of cosmetic skin treatments, but also stroke and heart attack prevention and education services. […]