Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate has retreated in Mesa County even as employers continue to struggle to fill job openings. The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate dropped six-tenths of a point to 6.3 percent in July, according to the latest estimates from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Celina Kirnberger, employment services […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times An upcoming event will explore a range of issues related to economic development even as participants also share their ideas for what Mesa County should look like in the near future. The 2021 Western Colorado Economic Summit is set for Sept. 30 at the Grand Junction Convention Center. The summit […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dave Huerkamp remembers the old-school ways of furnishing classrooms. Straight rows of metal and wood desks weren’t particularly comfortable, he says. Or especially conducive to collaboration among students stuck to their assigned seats. These days, schools are dynamic places in which furnishings are rearranged at a moment’s notice to accommodate […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Flexibility tops the list of considerations that go into designing schools — from the way they’re the constructed to the layout of the interiors to the furnishings that go into them. “That’s the big thing right now that I’ve seen,” says Peter Icenogle, president and director of architecture at BG […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ty Antonides believes golf should be fun. Not just on the course, but also shopping for equipment and apparel. It’s a conviction he brings to the operation of his family’s golf shop in Grand Junction. It’s reflected in the inventory, some of it wildly colorful, he stocks. It’s also evident […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Danielle Trotta grew up in New Jersey and managed a ranch in Eastern Colorado. Living in both urban and rural settings and raising cattle have been useful, Trotta said, in her latest position managing a program promoting Colorado agricultural products. It’s helped in communicating with people whether they live in […]
I’ve long admired farmers, ranchers and others who work in the agriculture industry. I worked on a hog farm a couple of months the summer before I started college. And I occasionally accompanied my best friend and his father, a veterinarian, on some of his house calls. Make that barn and corral calls. But that’s […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate sales slowed in Mesa County in July, but overall activity so far this year remains well ahead of last year. Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction, remains optimistic. “I still think it’s going to be a very good year.” Annette Miller, administrator […]
In the interest of offering a momentary reprieve from what are justifiably more serious topics — among them pandemics, politics and who’s most likely to start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos — I’d like to change the subject and write about something else. Fun. What is fun, really? We’re constantly encouraged to have it. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Curtis Englehart believes it’s important not only for new hires to bring the right skills to jobs, but also constitute good fits for businesses and their staffs. That’s why the director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction says he’s so pleased with the latest numbers for career […]