Phil Castle, The Business Times: While sales tax collections in Mesa County continue to outpace last year, the latest report reflects the smallest monthly gain since November. The City of Grand Junction reported strong sales tax collections for the month, but a sharp drop in use tax collections. Overall, sales tax collections continue to exceed […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Business owners and managers face difficult decisions about health care coverage for their employees under sweeping federal legislation even as the clock starts ticking on implementing many provisions of the law. “Now’s the time to get educated,” said Ross Manson, a principal with an accounting and consulting firm that’s developed […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times After experiencing the largest proportional, year-over-year gains among metropolitan areas in Colorado in payrolls and housing prices, Grand Junction is poised to continue to outperform other areas of the state, according to an economist with Wells Fargo. The overall outlook for the state is less upbeat, however, with the prospect […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Theresa High owns and manages a business that essentially turns sunshine into products — more specifically apricots, cherries, peaches and wine grapes as well as an assortment of garden vegetables. So it only makes sense, High said, to harness the sun in other ways, including generating the electricity that powers […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Depending on who you talk to, the Supreme Court ruling upholding federal health care legislation constitutes a disappointing decision that will impose one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history, a move that stabilizes the framework under which the health care system […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jack Hays attributes the success of the companies he’s launched in large part to that most basic of entrepreneurial tenets. “We find a need and fill it,” Hays says. “We provide solutions.” By providing solutions to energy companies exploring for and producing natural gas and oil — particularly in managing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A large building that once housed an equipment manufacturer has been sold and leased to a growing energy services company. Katie Worrall, an agent with Re/Max Commercial in Grand Junction involved with the transaction, said the deal constitutes a good fit between the Montrose real estate development group that bought […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Despite some slowing in June, real estate activity in Mesa County during the first half of 2012 outpaced last year with increased sales and dollar volume. With a few caveats, continued improvement is expected for the remainder of the year. “We’re seeing definite […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Barb Bowman takes into account a number of factors in her upbeat assessment for travel and tourism business in the Grand Valley. The year is off to a comparatively good start, gasoline prices have dropped, pent-up demand for travel likely will be unleashed and a variety of upcoming events will […]
Phil Castle,The Business Times A Grand Junction man has launched a technology startup company offering what he bills as the easiest-to-use online video editing software in the world. Bill Baird is president, chief executive officer and founder of Loopster. His Web site, located at www.loopster.com, offers free online software that allows users to edit raw […]