Phil Castle, The Business Times Caren Vogt believes sitting at a desk all day can be hazardous to your health. The slumped shoulders, protruding neck and compressed organs can cause not only minor aches and pains, but also lead to such serious conditions as nerve damage and digestive difficulties. One antidote, Vogt said, is Pilates, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Brandon Stam has been impressed with downtown Grand Junction since his first visit — including the artwork, streetscaping and businesses operating there. “It has a lot of things going for it.” But as the newly hired executive director of the Downtown Development Authority, Stam now looks at downtown from a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jeff Taets likes to tell the origin story of five people who believed there was a place in Western Colorado for what he describes as a community bank — a locally owned and operated institution that understands and meets the needs of its customers. Rather than try to […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Waitresses, football coaches and players, medical school professors and mothers all offer examples of the key competencies human resource professionals require to realize success, according to an executive who’s achieved success in his own career. Integrity ranks chief among those competencies, Jack Smalley said. “Make every decision the one that […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jerry Moorman jokes about the idiom that those who can, do, and those who can’t, teach. But he knows from personal experience that’s not true. Even as Moorman taught college students how to manage businesses, he’s also managed ventures of his own. “It’s easier to teach than do it. But […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has retreated for a second straight month with an increase in payrolls and a decrease in the number of people counted among those unsuccessfully looking for work. The downward trend in the jobless rate typically continues through the end of the year as […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times City and county officials blamed lower sales and use tax collections in August in part on some unusual events. But as the overall trend continues downward, officials are adjusting budgets for the remainder of this year as well as next year. “We’re very cautious, and we’re going to be extremely […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Matthew Breman believes voters across Colorado should have a say in amending the state constitution, not just those on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. That’s one of the reasons the businessman and chairman of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors said he supports a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Construction is scheduled for completion in about a year on a new building at Colorado Mesa University housing a growing engineering program as well as a math and science center. Speaking at a groundbreaking event, CMU President Tim Foster said the project constitutes a result of partnerships between CMU and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity continues to increase in Mesa County with what one long-time executive described as “exceptional” year-over-year gains in sales and dollar volume reported in August. While the pace is expected to slow in the fall and winter, year-end numbers for 2016 will exceed 2015, said Robert Bray, chief […]