Phil Castle, The Business Times The growing ownership team at Atlasta Solar Center expects to grow even more. In addition to adding two more partners, the team will offer purchase agreements to all the employees of the Grand Junction-based solar contractor. Lou Villaire, one of five partners at Atlasta Solar, views the effort as a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Steve Jozefczyk considers the economic news more good than bad for Mesa County. The unemployment rate has dropped even as sales and lodging tax collections have increased. So have passenger enplanements on commercial flights at Grand Junction Regional Airport. Moreover, Mesa County ranked 57th in the latest comparison of how […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The agriculture industry plays a substantial role in the Mesa County economy, but also faces encroaching development, changing attitudes and other difficulties. “It’s an ongoing challenge,” said Bruce Talbott, co-owner and operator of Talbott’s Mountain Gold in Palisade. Talbott was among three Mesa County producers who discussed the future of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times John Marshall keeps in his office a scale model of a barn, one built by an Ohio carpenter to show his new design. Marshall said his great-grandfather developed the design to provide more space inside barns and in turn offer his neighbors something better. Colorado Mesa University similarly could serve […]
The retired president of Colorado Mesa University and a geographic data company were honored for their contributions to economic development as well as their community involvement. Tim Foster received the Joseph Prinster Leadership Award. Kaart received the Charter Communication Spirit of Economic Development Award. The Grand Junction Economic Partnership presented the annual awards as part […]
Tax collections, a measure of sales activity, continue to increase in Mesa County. Mesa County reported collecting more than $3.7 million in sales tax in September, a 16.8 percent increase over the same month last year. The county also collected more than $472,000 in use taxes — nearly all of it on automobiles purchased outside […]
Four Grand Junction-based firms are among the latest winners of awards honoring fast-growing Colorado companies. Aspen Technologies Group, Cloudrise, Growl Agency and Phoenix Haus are among the 50 winners in the 2021 Colorado Companies to Watch program. MLS Senior Care and Timberleaf Trailers were finalists. The awards will be presented in a gala scheduled for […]
Payrolls keep growing in the United States, albeit at a slower pace, and the unemployment rate continues to drop. Nonfarm payrolls increased 194,000 and the jobless rate dropped four-tenths of a point to 4.8 percent in September, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The latest payroll increase was about […]
Bank of Colorado has scheduled a grand opening celebration at its new location in Grand Junction. The grand opening is scheduled for 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 13 at the branch at 2452 Patterson Road near Mesa Mall. Prizes will be given away, including an iPad and Traeger grill. The branch opened Sept. 30 in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A combination of higher prices and large commercial transactions has pushed one measure of real estate activity to new heights in Mesa County. With three months still left in 2021, the dollar volume of real estate sales has reached a record $1.729 billion. That tops the previous peak of $1.72 […]