Phil Castle Business Times The Mesa County unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level in four months even as labor demand continues to increase. “On a snapshot basis, it’s a much improved picture,” said David Porfirio, manager of business services at the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. According to the latest estimates […]
Andrew Webber expects a growing proportion of businesses to offer programs that promote a healthier work force — and counter rising health insurance costs and improve productivity in the process. But at the same time, employees who don’t participate in such wellness programs could face disincentives, including higher insurance premiums. “Over time, I think some […]
Nearly every election in Colorado presents the same grim prospect: Voters will further clutter the state constitution by approving needless new amendments. The upcoming mid-term election is hardly an exception with seven proposed amendments on a lengthy ballot. Even more disconcerting, some of the amendments could add still more knots to what’s already a hopelessly […]
Phil Castle Business Times The director of a regional group and the mayor of Grand Junction urge voters to just say no to three measures on the upcoming election ballot. Reeves Brown, executive director of Club 20, and Mayor Teresa Coons voiced their opposition to Amendment 60 and 61 as well as Proposition 101. Club […]
Phil Castle Business Times Justin Pentelute has been involved in a number of firsts for the solar energy industry in Colorado. His Grand Junction company installed the photovoltaic arrays on the first solar-powered billboard in the state and first solar-powered stand-alone pharmacy in the region. Given the growth of the company, the increasing popularity of […]
Phil Castle Business Times Grand Junction has earned statewide recognition for an effort that literally brings wine connoisseurs to the area by the trainload. The Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau (VCB) received the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Community Tourism Initiative for a five-year program that brings “wine trains” from Denver to the Grand Valley. The […]
Phil Castle Business Times Martin Duarte offers a testimony to the benefits of listing a company in a new online business directory. Within days of adding Premier Signs & Neon to FindItLocalNow.com, the Grand Junction sign company was hired to install signs at a hotel. The response was greater and faster than Duarte, the owner […]
Phil Castle Business Times All that glitters isn’t gold. Nonetheless, the lustrous yellow metal continues to outshine other classes of investment assets in a rally that’s extended 10 years. Teresa Mays, a Grand Junction businesswoman who makes a living buying and selling gold and other precious metals, considers precious metals not only an important component […]
Phil Castle Business Times Regardless of the economic cycle and whether business is booming or slow, Chris Sorensen says construction contractors remain on constant lookout for quality employees. And Sorensen should know: He manages the structural division at Mays Concrete in Grand Junction. To that end, a group of contractors awards scholarships to students studying […]
Phil Castle Business Times Eleni and Jerry Sica took advantage of government-backed small business financing to construct a new liquor and specialty foods store in Grand Junction. The financing allowed the couple to purchase property rather than continue to lease space as well as expand the operation in what the Sicas consider a better location. […]