Phil Castle, The Business Times Growing up the son and grandson of doctors, Ryan O’Dell never doubted he’d one day join in the family business. Now that he’s returned to the Grand Valley, he’s the third generation of physicians to care for patients at Community Hospital in Grand Junction. The 34-year-old O’Dell joined Surgical Associates […]
The best part about Thanksgiving and the holiday season — along with all the delicious food, of course — are the remainders this time of year provides about what’s important. That includes family, friends and all the other blessings we enjoy. It’s been a challenging couple of years with a pandemic, political and social unrest […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate continues to trend down in Mesa County, although at a slow pace. “We’re seeing movement in the right direction, but it’s a very gradual movement,” said Curtis Englehart, director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. Labor demand remains strong, particularly in the health care […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ben Parsons named his latest winery after a pub in his native England. The Ordinary Fellow doesn’t seem to apply to Parsons or his extraordinary efforts that have changed the Colorado wine industry. After kickstarting both a fast-growing urban winery and the equally fast-growing trend of canned wines, Parsons has […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mark Swain has endured four moves in 20 years, each time to a larger location to accommodate his growing information technology services firm. The last move was the most challenging, he said, in renovating a building in the midst of a pandemic. Swain swears he’ll never move again. But with […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A food distribution company that’s long served Western Colorado will expand its operation with a warehouse store in Grand Junction open not only to restaurants, food trucks and caterers, but also the public. A grand opening for the Shamrock Foodservice Warehouse is scheduled for Nov. 16 with product samples, giveaways […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times T.K. Coleman tells a story about a bank employee with a magic penny that enables him to read minds. The man discovers another employee who feels unappreciated for his long service plans to rob the bank. What should he do? Who’ll believe his account or, for that matter, his newfound […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The United States will lead the way in what’s expected to be strong economic growth worldwide in 2022 and a rapid recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite the depth of the recession in the first half of 2020 — and the unexpected setbacks of the Delta variant […]
One of my jobs as editor of a business journal is to pay attention to various indicators and what they, well, indicate, about the economy. Consequently, I spend a good portion of my time writing about unemployment rates, real estate sales and tax collections. I’m also something of a geek. Perhaps in another life […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Even as the number of real estate transactions trends downward in Mesa County, higher prices and large commercial deals push dollar volume to record heights. Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real estate in Grand Junction, sees lower inventories and higher prices as villains in slowing residential sales, while […]