Two Grand Junction facilities are under the management of a new joint venture between a real estate investment trust that owns the properties and senior living management services provider. Solstice Senior Living has assumed management of the Atrium of Grand Valley and Mesa View and renamed the facilities Solstice Senior Living at Grand Valley and […]
A doctor enrolled in the family medicine residency program at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction has received national recognition for his efforts. The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians and American Osteopathic Foundation have named Dr. Matthew Nelson as their 2017 Outstanding Resident of the Year in Family Medicine. The award is the […]
A woman who’s worked in a variety of roles to promote Mesa County will continue to do so in yet another role — executive director of the Grand Junction Economic Partnership. The GJEP board of directors announced it had hired Robin Brown to oversee the economic development organization. In addition, the board promoted Steve […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence remains at its highest level in 17 years on more upbeat assessments of business and labor conditions that bode well for the holiday shopping season and coming new year. The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index climbed 3.3 points to 129.5 in November. With gains in each of […]
The Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction warns people looking for jobs to look out for possible scams. The center discovered a fraudulent employer had been using the Connecting Colorado database to scam job seekers. Scams can happen on platforms outside of Connecting Colorado, and job seekers should remain alert for the potential signs […]
Community Hospital in Grand Junction has earned recognition for its efforts to promote workplace wellness. The hospital received the Gold Well Workplace Award from the Workplace Council of America. The hospital is the only business in Mesa County to have received the award. “We are extremely proud of this award. Our employees are our greatest […]
There’s a natural tendency to view economic indicators from all sides. That’s because indicators seldom offer news that’s either all good or entirely bad. The glass really can be half full and half empty at the same time. Economists similarly parse their pronouncements. While they might not say it in so many words, they use […]
Cynthia Pemberton, vice president of academic affairs at Colorado Mesa University, has returned to Grand Junction following her work as a Fulbright specialist at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in the Kingdom of Jordan. Pemberton worked with faculty and staff to assess the roles and responsibilities of deans and department chairs as well […]
Sarah Maybury has joined Bray Real Estate as a broker associate. Beatrice Perez-Crawford has returned to the Grand Junction firm. Maybury is bilingual and worked in sales management before going into real estate. “I’ve lived in Grand Junction for the past 30 years and am excited about assisting the Spanish-speaking community participate in the strong […]
Three more inductees have been honored by their inclusion in the Girl Scouts of Colorado Women of Distinction program in Western Colorado. The 2017 inductees are: Carma Brown, a personal lines manager with Home Loan Insurance; Sue Conry, director of Hilltop Home Care; and Stacey Mascarenas, community development director for Family Health West. The three […]