Alpine Bank employees enjoy not only the paid vacations and federal holidays, stock ownership plan and health and dental insurance. They also enjoy less tangible benefits — the casual dress days, the family events and the way they’re encouraged to voice their opinions about operations. At Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado, the employees […]
While one measure of real estate activity in Mesa County holds steady, another measure continues to decline. According to figures compiled by Annette Miller, senior vice president of Heritage Title Co. in Grand Junction, 235 real estate transactions worth a combined $48.32 million were reported in Mesa County during July. The number of transactions was […]
Tim Hatten has taught entrepreneurship from the Russian Far East to Iceland. Regardless of the location, though, the Grand Junction professor becomes a student of sorts himself in gaining a better understanding of foreign cultures and the way they conduct business. At the same time, he also gains a broader perspective of business back home […]
Ernie Goss offers something of a mixed message in his second-half forecast for the Colorado economy. “Our numbers say it’s going to be good, but not as good as we’d like.” Goss, director of the Denver-based economic research institute that bears his name, tracks the Colorado economy for a monthly business index. And like other […]
When Chantal Unfug talks about building bridges in her new role as Mesa County administrator, she speaking both literally and metaphorically. One of the responsibilities of county government is to build and maintain roads and bridges to ensure safe and efficient transportation, Unfug said. At the same time, Unfug believes its her responsibility to build […]
While the unemployment rate moves higher in Mesa County, a combination of a shrinking work force and increasing labor demand has actually made it more difficult for some employers to fill job openings. According to the latest estimates from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE), the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in Mesa County […]
An energy equipment supplier has moved three times in three years in the Grand Valley as the company has outgrown successively larger facilities. In its latest move to a 58,000 square foot building in a Fruita business park, Frank Henry Equipment has increased the available space for its fast-growing operation nearly five fold. “We’ve been […]
A new energy center and efforts to promote additional research into energy technologies were among the most popular ideas to come out of the latest in a series of economic development brainstorming sessions in Mesa County. The establishment of a western center for energy independence in Grand Junction was the top choice among the ideas […]
Robert Bray considers himself “cautiously optimistic” about the Mesa County real estate market. By one measure, the number of residential real estate transactions reported in the county during the first half of 2011 was up 28 percent compared to the first half of 2010. “Most of the low-end stuff is seeing tremendous activity,” said Bray, […]
Real estate sales held steady in Mesa County during the first half of the year, but the combined dollar volume of those sales fell compared to the first half of 2010. The effects of large transactions skewed the numbers. But the median sales price of residential properties continued to drop in part as a result […]