Phil Castle, The Business Times Bryan Johnson believes the merger of SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare will add up to more than the sum of the parts for operations at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. The combined organization will offer access to more technology as well as accelerate efforts to better care for […]
Doug and Melinda McCaw are willing to take extra steps to help children. Quite literally, a lot of extra steps. The Grand Junction couple ran the length of the Colorado Trail — 490 miles from Denver to Durango — in just 18 days in 2020 as part of a fund-raiser for Elevate Kids, an organization […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Mesa County labor market hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic conditions, but a decreasing unemployment rate and growing labor force constitute what Curtis Englehart considers progress. “We’re going to get there,” said Englehart, director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. Moreover, one measure of labor demand has surged […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Uwe Kirch sees some similarities between independent insurance agents starting their own agencies and mechanics opening their own garages. They have the expertise, but might need some tools. Kirch runs an agency network he says provides those tools, among them access to insurance carriers offering a range of products. He […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A group of water providers, governments and business organizations have appealed a proposed water quality rule for the Grand Valley they contend is based on insufficient information and neglects longstanding improvement efforts. “It’s an unfair way to ask the Grand Valley to deal with the problem,” said Mark Harris, general […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Robert Bray believes a slight pause in residential real estate sales in Mesa County in August could bode well for subsequent activity by replenishing low inventories. “It’s an encouraging time for buyers,” said Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction. Meanwhile, increased commercial sales and higher […]
I love telling stories. I love even more telling success stories. The ones about entrepreneurs whose confidence in their abilities to provide better products and services, their willingness to take risks and then put in a whole lot of work results in financial and personal rewards. Such stories offer not only compelling content for a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jen Taylor envisions the kind of place she’d like to stay. Somewhere near a river that affords scenic views. A cantina that serves salty margaritas, cold beers, and tasty fish tacos. And an eclectic mix of accommodations — everything from tent and RV sites to vintage trailers and surf shacks. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times As he recalls it, Jerome Gonzales said he was something of an accidental entrepreneur when he started his company in 2001. Over the 20 years since then, J.G. Management Systems has grown into an enterprise that offers a range of services to government clients and employs a total of more […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jay Greenberg takes over as general manager of the Mesa Mall in Grand Junction at a time when two new anchor tenants are nearly ready to open in renovated spaces. That’s part of what Greenberg said attracted him to the latest position in his varied career. “Knowing all of the […]