Phil Castle, The Business Times Heading into the busy summer season, the Mesa County real estate market remains as hot as the weather. But even with the pace of new home construction at its highest level in a decade, low housing inventories could create a chilling effect. Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real […]
It’s a seductive and, therefore, popular concept: Everything you need to know can be gleaned from a single source. Robert Fulghum provides the best — and, I’d contend, most compelling — example in his book claiming right in the title “Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.” It’s difficult to dispute the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Diane Schwenke considers a lot of factors in tracking business conditions in the Grand Valley, among them labor estimates, tax collections and housing starts. But Schwenke also considers the anecdotal information she gathers from the business owners and managers with which she talks nearly every day and what she hears […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Erica Browderson believes one of the most important things she’s learned about business is its ubiquitous role. “It’s intertwined with everything.” It’s a lesson that’s stressed in a program that teaches Browderson and other students at Grand Junction High School about not only the basics of business and economics but […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sales tax collections continue to increase in Grand Junction, reflecting what one city official describes as a strengthening and growing economy. “Clearly, it’s all positive,” said Jodi Romero, finance director for the City of Grand Junction. The city reported collecting a total of nearly $5 million in sales and use […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times An upcoming event in Grand Junction will offer information about commercial real estate, work force development and a variety of other topics affecting business and economic conditions in the region. The keynote presentation will address the power of social impact to grow businesses while improving communities. The Grand Junction Economic […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate continues to drop even as the labor force grows in Mesa County, diverging trends that reflect improving conditions. The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate dropped seven-tenths of a point to 3.3 percent in April and the labor force topped 75,000 for the first time in four years, according […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The latest group of graduates from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy in Grand Junction recognize problems when they see them, along with opportunities to address those problems. Madison Hawkins, for example, wanted to find a better way to cope with anxiety and developed a kit to help others like herself. After […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Nick Silzell was frustrated — nearly to the point of giving up on his ambitions to create a new product and launch a business, not to mention continue participating in an instructional program for young entrepreneurs. The 12-year-old Grand Junction boy says he learned a lesson in the process about […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. Kirk Clifford looks forward to what joining Community Hospital in Grand Junction will add to his orthopedic spine surgery practice as well as what the arrangement will take away. The hospital has added to the practice sophisticated imaging technology that assists surgeons in operating more precisely, Clifford said. The […]