Phil Castle, The Business Times A spike in the monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County doesn’t change expectations for improving labor conditions in 2021. “I think things are going in the right direction,” said Celina Kirnberger, employment services supervisor at the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. Labor demand has increased along with seasonal […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times While businesses can wipe down surfaces to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Randy Schwark offers what he considers a better approach: kill the virus in the air. Schwark operates RCI Environmental Solutions, a Grand Junction-based company that provides systems that have demonstrated in laboratory testing they can to do […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Gretchen Moss has worked a long time as a property manager, but her experience in Grand Junction has been unique. “I’ve never seen anything like this before. It’s just amazing,” said Moss, property manager at the Railyard at Rimrock apartment complex. Only one of the seven buildings at the complex […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Steve Whitehurst envisions a range of applications for the sensors his company has developed — everything from monitoring power poles and natural gas wells to collecting information about weather and earthquakes. Any one of the applications offers a huge market. But the cumulative potential is almost overwhelming, says Whitehurst, chief […]
Could there be anyone who isn’t familiar with at least some of the immortal words of William Shakespeare? Who hasn’t heard the line “To be or not to be” from “Hamlet?” Or contemplate, as Juliet did in “Romeo and Juliet,” whether a rose by any other name would smell as sweet? As it turns out, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate and building activity continue to increase in Mesa County, a trend industry executives characterize as a good start for the year and attribute to strong demand for housing. “I think this is a really good sign in our marketplace,” said Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real […]
It’s only natural to seek out advice from those who’ve achieved success. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel, why not just emulate the creators? Or at least listen to what they have to say on the subject. In business, such guidance often passes on an informal basis from mentors to their mentees. But the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mesa County School District 51 has expanded a program to offer more students an opportunity to simultaneously earn high school diplomas and community college degrees — and in turn, promote work force development. Starting this fall, the Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) program will include medical and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Eight candidates running for Grand Junction City Council voiced support at a virtual forum for more pandemic relief for businesses and additional infrastructure to accommodate growth, but less regulation. The candidates differed, though, on some of the details as well as continued city funding for Colorado Mesa University. The Grand […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A new health sciences center is scheduled to open this fall at Colorado Mesa University, a facility funded in part by an unprecedented donation. SCL Health St. Mary’s Medical Center contributed $3 million to the $13 million project under construction on the Grand Junction campus. That’s the largest donation St. […]