Phil Castle, The Business Times: Three quarters of the way through the year, real estate activity in Mesa County remains on pace to exceed last year in both sales and dollar volume. Counting slight year-over-year increases reported in September, real estate transactions reported during the first three quarters of 2012 remain nearly 12 percent ahead […]
By Phil Castle, The Business Times James Swanson tells what he considers the “other side” of media stories focusing on bad economic and financial news. Despite election-year reports to the contrary, the news is mostly good, Swanson contends. The United States economy remains stable with record corporate profits, rising consumer spending and an improving […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the upcoming annual meeting of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership. Hickenlooper is expected to discuss how Western Colorado fits into what’s been a grassroots effort to develop a statewide economic development initiative. “We’re very excited to have him speak,” […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A Grand Junction business that manufactures day planners, calendars and other accessories for academic and commerical makets was among the companies honored for their participation in summer jobs programs. Action Publishing was among the companies honored at a Grand Junction event that included representatives from the Mesa County Workforce Center, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The United Way began in Colorado in 1887 as an effort to marshal community resources to meet community needs. The concept endures 125 years later in Mesa County in an organization that solicits and combines the contributions of individuals, businesses and organizations to help support health and human services programs. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Thirteen businesses in the Grand Valley have invested a total of more than $5 million and added a collective 54 positions to their payrolls, according to the latest results of a quarterly tally of expanding operations. The Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce compiles a list of expanding businesses to […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Rob Benjamin views cloud-based computing not so much as a revelation, but a migration. While the cloud often is marketed as something new, the concept of providing services on the Internet has been around nearly as long as the Internet itself. Companies using e-mail to communicate with customers are, in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ed Branson draws on a sports metaphor to explain the importance of accounting in managing a business. If a scoreboard was covered up and the final score wasn’t revealed until after the fact, it would be far more difficult to motivate players to perform at their best during the game. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has dropped below 9 percent for the first time this year as the latest labor estimate finally reflects what’s been rising labor demand. There’s hope, too, that hiring at several new retailers will lead to additional jobs elsewhere and the start of a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The pace of sales tax collections, a key indicator of retail sales, continues to slow with year-over-year decreases in both Grand Junction and Mesa County. According to its latest monthly report, sales and use tax collections in the city dropped 2 percent, the first decline since November. Sale tax collections in […]