Pinnacol Assurance has scheduled a risk management symposium in Grand Junction as part of efforts to help businesses keep their employees safe and avoid workplace safety enforcement fines. The symposium is set for for June 29. Courses will cover such topics as basic safety management, claims management, fall protection, fraud and worksite wellness programs. The […]
Timberline Bank, a locally owned operation with branches in Grand Junction as well as Montrose and Aspen, has been accepted into the U.S. Small Business Administration Preferred Lenders Program. “Lenders are carefully selected for PLP status based on their successful track record as an SBA lender. As a PLP partner, Timberline Bank will be able […]
Informed people can disagree over whether or not to change the Colorado National Monument to a national park. But it’s difficult to argue the monument doesn’t deserve national park designation — or at least a serious consideration of that possibility. Regardless of how familiar the experience, a trip over Rim Rock Drive as it snakes […]
An up and down measure of consumer confidence is down again on more pessimistic assessments of present and future business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) dropped more than five points in May to 60.8. The index has seesawed between gains and losses since February, but now stands […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado has rebounded to its highest level in nearly a year on continued growth in the energy sector and exports. The Business Conditions Index jumped more than nine points in May to 62.9. That’s the highest reading since the index stood at 68.4 in June 2010. The index […]
There’s a lot of talk in our nation’s capital these days about putting aside politics and coming together to reduce the federal deficit. To this economist, that sounds good. Unfortunately, some of the people saying its time to drop the politics are either disingenuous or simply don’t understand the economics at work. As a quick […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has dipped, but signals continued growth. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) fell three-tenths of a percent to 114 in April. The monthly decrease is only the second, however, since March 2009. Separate measures of current and past economic performance increased […]
For more than four decades, the U.S. Small Business Administration has acknowledged the extraordinary contributions small businesses make to the economy of our nation by designating a special week in their honor. Proclaimed by President Barack Obama, May 16 to 20 is National Small Business Week in Washington, D.C., where entrepreneurs from across the nation […]
A tire distributor has announced plans to expand with the construction of a new facility in the Grand Valley. American Tire Distributors expects to build an 83,000 square foot facility off 21 1/2 Road. The firm supplies tire dealers, service repair shops and automotive performance shops with products, tools and programs. The Grand Junction Economic […]
Over the past year, Grand Junction has experienced the largest proportional decrease in average apartment vacancy rates among five metropolitan areas of Colorado. According to the latest results of a quarterly survey conducted for the Colorado Division of Housing, the average apartment vacancy rate in Grand Junction fell to 6.3 percent during the first quarter […]