Colorado business leaders are less upbeat heading into the final months of the year as concerns mount over the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation and supply chain issues. The Leeds Business Confidence Index retreated 11.2 points to 56.1 for the fourth quarter. The index was lower at 47.9 for the fourth quarter of 2020. The index is […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ed Krey recounts the comments he’s heard from business owners to whom he’s provided human resources services. If only they’d taken advantage of those services earlier, their experiences running their ventures would have been different. It’s a response Krey says he not only appreciates but also one that goes to […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Bryan Johnson believes the merger of SCL Health and Intermountain Healthcare will add up to more than the sum of the parts for operations at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. The combined organization will offer access to more technology as well as accelerate efforts to better care for […]
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland intends to move the headquarters of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management back to Washington, D.C., as part of what she termed efforts to rebuild the agency. Grand Junction will remain the western headquarters, however, with an expanded operation. “There’s no doubt that the BLM should have a leadership presence in […]
Low-interest loans are available to small businesses in Western Colorado affected by the closures of Interstate Highway 70 through Glenwood Canyon. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said the U.S. Small Business Administration approved a disaster declaration for Mesa County as well as Eagle, Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco and Routt counties in Colorado and Grand and Uintah […]
A Grand Junction clinic has opened to offer more access to primary health care services. SCL Health Medical Group celebrated the grand opening of the clinic located at 2570 Patterson Road. The 22,000-square-foot facility offers a full range of primary care services, including imaging and laboratory services as well as mental care. SCL Health Medical […]
An economic development group expects to soon launch a community effort to envision what the Grand Valley should look like as it emerges from economic distress. The Grand Junction Economic Partnership plans to start the effort as part of the Western Colorado Economic Summit set for Sept. 30. The survey subsequently will expand to the […]
Western Colorado Pediatric Associates in Grand Junction donated $7,500 to a program providing food to children who might otherwise go hungry over weekends. A division of Primary Care Partners, Western Colorado Pediatric Associates made good on a promise to donate $5 for every well-child checkup completed between July 14 and Aug. 9 to the Kids […]
A new video series details the efforts of a workforce development liaison connecting Colorado Mesa University students and Grand Valley employers. The Mesa County Workforce Center and CMU presented the video series as part of Workforce Development Month. The video series can be viewed online at mcwfc.us/aim-higher-get-hired. “We recognize that workforce development in Mesa County […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Mesa County labor market hasn’t returned to pre-pandemic conditions, but a decreasing unemployment rate and growing labor force constitute what Curtis Englehart considers progress. “We’re going to get there,” said Englehart, director of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction. Moreover, one measure of labor demand has surged […]