Tracy Brinkman Tracy Brinkmann has launched Plan Ahead Events-Western Colorado, a full-service meeting and event management business based in Grand Junction. Brinkmann brings to her venture more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, including corporate positions in sales, marketing management and training. During that time, she planned regional incentive trips, sales meetings […]
Studies that attempt to quantify economic effects tend to elicit the skeptical response the numbers are overblown. Using mistaken assumptions and unrealistic multipliers, studies invariably purport that a given industry sector or even an individual business contributes billions and billions of dollars to the economy. Fortunately, that’s not the case with studies detailing the economic […]
A restaurant that’s served pizzas, pastas and salads in downtown Grand Junction for more than 35 years is scheduled to soon reopen with a new look. Junct’n Square Pizza is set to reopen no later than Feb. 11 following the renovation of the restaurant at 119 N. Seventh St., said Sara Donaldson, who took over […]
The Colorado and United States economies are expected to continue to recover in 2013, although challenges likely will persist. Three speakers shared their outlooks for the year ahead during economic forecast breakfasts hosted by Vectra Bank Colorado in Boulder, Colorado Springs and Denver. Patricia Silverstein, president of Development Research Partners, said Colorado outpaces the country […]
The final version of federal regulations hold not only doctors, hospitals and other health care providers responsible for securing patient records, but also the businesses with which they work. “The new regulations hold more businesses responsible for security and privacy of other’s information. Not only can the physician or covered entity be responsible for a […]
Community Hospital has joined with four doctors in a joint venture offering a new program to treat obesity. Andrew Morse, Teyen Shiao, James Hanosh Jr. and Eric Hanly — all board-certified general surgeons — will offer a range of services through the bariatric program at the Grand Junction hospital. Surgical weight-loss solutions will include LapBand, […]
Dr. Sandy Horvath-Dori has joined Family Health West to treat patients at a new arthritis center in Fruita. The Arthritis Center of Western Colorado is located at 576 Kokopelli Blvd. The center will offer evaluation, consultation and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis as well as such conditions as ankylosing spondylitis, mixed connective tissue disease, myositis, polyarthritis, […]
Trends in the U.S. labor market continue in the new year much the same way they did last year with slowly accelerating job growth, but not yet enough to pull down jobless rates. According to the latest estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payrolls grew 157,000 in January even as the national unemployment […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado has edged up as gains in the manufacturing and construction sectors more than offset declines in the energy sector. The Business Conditions Index advanced six-tenths of a point to 54.4 in January and continues to signal growth in the months ahead. “Both durable and nondurable goods expanded […]
Consumers begin the new year less confident in business and labor conditions, according to the latest results of a monthly index tracking their outlook. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) slumped more than eight points to fall to 58.6 in January. Declines in each of the last two months erased all […]