Twenty-five food service businesses in Mesa County have earned awards in an annual program recognizing superior sanitation practices. The Mesa County Board of Health presents Blue Ribbon Awards to food service businesses that receive no violations of a critical nature during inspections conducted during the calendar year. To qualify for the awards, businesses must provide […]
Old West Oil Field Services, a Grand Junction-based drilling services company, has been acquired by a North Dakota-based firm. Headquartered in Belfield, N.D., MBI Energy Services provides a range of services to the drilling industry, including waste fluid disposal, workover and wireline services. MBI also provides short-haul crude oil trucking. The company ranks among the […]
Powderhorn Mountain Resort has donated $1,000 each to Mesa County Partners and Colorado Discovery Ability, a portion of lift ticket sales on opening day. “As part of our 45th anniversary celebration, we made the decision to support two charities that are ingrained in the community and throughout the Grand Valley. Partners and the CDA were […]
Job growth continues to accelerate in the United States even as the jobless rate drops. According to the latest Labor Department estimates, nonfarm payrolls grew 243,000 in January as the unemployment rate edged down two-tenths to 8.3 percent. The January increase was the largest monthly gain in payrolls in nine months. The jobless rate has […]
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Founder of what is affectionately called the “God Squad” helps local businessmen network with God first. I think it is very unique to find a group of business guys willing to give up their early Friday mornings to come and talk about spiritual things,” says Scott Holzschuh, “Too often networking […]
Business Times’ panel of local professionals agrees that the best networking is face to face At its core, a business network is a type of social network whose sole reason for existing is to assist business people and their places of business generate sales and activity. And with the […]
The Grand Valley business community has multiple associations and networks where businesspeople can join together to promote their businesses, build relationships, assist one another through leads, share information and understand regulations and obstacles that affect their businesses. “We switched from using the word ‘networking’ to ‘building business relationships’ […]
The Grand Valley is truly blessed with three great service organizations with its Lions, Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. And while networking is either forbidden, discouraged or not the purpose of these organizations, it is obvious to the members and others who know them that the relationships developed within the […]
When it comes to networking in the Grand Valley, as it does across the country, the favorite spots for locals revolve around a cup of coffee. Perhaps the biggest problem the valley’s networkers face is in deciding where to meet, as our area boasts many great coffee houses—whose specialties […]