Phil Castle, The Business Times Mark Swain has endured four moves in 20 years, each time to a larger location to accommodate his growing information technology services firm. The last move was the most challenging, he said, in renovating a building in the midst of a pandemic. Swain swears he’ll never move again. But with […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A food distribution company that’s long served Western Colorado will expand its operation with a warehouse store in Grand Junction open not only to restaurants, food trucks and caterers, but also the public. A grand opening for the Shamrock Foodservice Warehouse is scheduled for Nov. 16 with product samples, giveaways […]
Doug Simons, president of Enstrom Candies in Grand Junction, was among the latest inductees into the National Confectionary Sales Association Candy Hall of Fame. Simons was among 10 inductees in the class of 2021 honored during a black-tie event in Tampa. Considered one of the highest honors bestowed in the confectionery industry, induction into the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times T.K. Coleman tells a story about a bank employee with a magic penny that enables him to read minds. The man discovers another employee who feels unappreciated for his long service plans to rob the bank. What should he do? Who’ll believe his account or, for that matter, his newfound […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The United States will lead the way in what’s expected to be strong economic growth worldwide in 2022 and a rapid recovery in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite the depth of the recession in the first half of 2020 — and the unexpected setbacks of the Delta variant […]
Work is expected to begin next year on a new Grand Junction High School after Mesa County voters approved a measure to fund the project. Voters also elected three new members of the Mesa County School District 51 Board of Education whose responsibilities will include overseeing construction of the new high school. Voters approved by […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Even as the number of real estate transactions trends downward in Mesa County, higher prices and large commercial deals push dollar volume to record heights. Robert Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real estate in Grand Junction, sees lower inventories and higher prices as villains in slowing residential sales, while […]
Hiring rebounded in the United States in October as payrolls increased and the unemployment rate decreased. Nonfarm payrolls grew 531,000 and the jobless rate slipped two-tenths of a point to 4.6 percent, according to estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest payroll gain came in closer to the average monthly increase of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Brian Watson knows what it’s like to work remotely — days spent at home in pajamas with no clear boundaries between the times on and off the clock. “It can become all-consuming.” That can make it a relief, Watson says, to go a place that’s more like an office — […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Grand Valley residents benefit from a health care industry that offers advanced services close to home and a collaborative response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the sector faces challenges, among them staffing shortages, thin margins and competition from Front Range providers, local executives say. A panel of five health care […]