Job losses in Mesa County in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic are forecast to total 3 percent by the close of 2021, according to the results of survey conducted to assess the effects of the pandemic on local businesses. “Our findings indicate that Mesa County has experienced a relatively low impact from the COVID-19 […]
Local business owners and managers have a variety of concerns about applying for additional funding if the effects of the coronavirus pandemic continue. Responding to the latest survey conducted by the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce, some owners and managers said they’d apply for funding only if the loans were forgivable or they were […]
Phil Castle The Business Times Jarad Usher used to live in Beijing, so he knows from personal experience the effects of poor air quality. His eyes burned, he donned a face mask — well before the coronavirus pandemic made them de rigueur — and had to carefully consider whether or not to venture outside. Fast […]
A search is under way for a successor to lead a clinically integrated health care network based in Grand Junction. Stephanie Motter, chief executive officer of Monument Health, announced she’s leaving the organization she’s led since its inception in 2016. “While I am thrilled to join the team at Indiana University Health and be closer […]
The Counseling & Education Center in Grand Junction is among the latest recipients of grants from the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation. The $15,000 grant will help the center provide counseling to clients of all ages regardless of their income levels or insurance coverage. “We are thrilled and grateful for the continuing generosity of the Rocky […]
A group of health care professionals have joined in an effort to turn a long-vacant building in Grand Junction into a new kind of medical facility. Renee Williams, a biochemist and health coach, and her husband, Dr. Nathan Williams, an anesthesiologist, lead the effort to renovate the former Grand Junction Athletic Club building at 2515 […]
An organization that’s conserved a total of 125,000 acres of agricultural lands, open spaces and wildlife habitat in Mesa County and Western Colorado has once again earned national distinction for its efforts. The Colorado West Land Trust based in Grand Junction earned renewed accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, a program of the Land […]
Registration is underway for a conference offering information on managing change in laws, work forces and other aspects of business operations. The Western Colorado Human Resource Association has scheduled its fall conference for 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20. The conference will be conducted at the Colorado Mesa University Center ballroom in Grand Junction […]
Tax collections, one measure of sales activity, have increased, although at different rates for Mesa County and the City of Grand Junction. County sales tax collections increased 9.2 percent in July compared to the same month last year. City collections edged up three-tenths of a percent. Meanwhile, city lodging tax collections, a measure of hotel […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times An investment management firm is accepting applications for a microloan program offering Western Colorado businesses up to $50,000 at low interest rates. The program is intended to assist businesses struggling in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions, but also builds on broader efforts to provide capital to […]