Phil Castle, The Business Times Barbara Bowman has seen the views from the Devils Kitchen picnic area in the Colorado National Monument a thousand times. A slick rock canyon opens nearby, the bottom clogged with a jumble of boulders. The Grand Valley lies in the distance, the Bookcliffs and Grand Mesa delineating the horizon. Taking […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Representatives from four groups have voiced their support for a proposed increase in the Grand Junction lodging tax and in turn funding to promote tourism, air service and sports events. A committee comprised of members from the same groups also has been formed to campaign for the lodging tax measure […]
An entrepreneurial couple have made a big splash literally and figuratively in opening a cable wakeboarding park in Fruita. Since Victor and Kodi Imondi opened Imondi Wake Zone in June, more than 1,000 people have come to the park. Of those, 70 percent have come from outside the Grand Valley — some from as far […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The June jobless rate has once again jumped in Mesa County, spiking from what had been its lowest level in more than a decade. But after the seasonal speed bump, what’s been a trend of lower unemployment rates and a growing labor force is expected to resume, said Curtis Englehart, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Most business owners and managers keep close tabs on assets, whether that’s equipment, inventories or accounts receivable. But Craig Madsen believes owners and managers also should pay attention to another important asset: the employees who work for them. Regardless of the opportunities or problems businesses face, employees play a crucial […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Western Slope employers expect to increase average wages in 2019 by the largest proportional amount in more than a decade, according to the latest results of an annual compensation survey. Pay raises are projected across Colorado next year as employers compete to recruit and retain workers, said Sue Wolf, director […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Christopher Meinzen applied to family medicine residency programs across the country, but was accepted to what he says was his first choice — the program offered at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction. Three years later, Meinzen has started the next phase of his career at St. Mary’s as […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Page Tucker promotes collaborations between his company and Colorado Mesa University, hiring students as first interns and then employees. CMU graduates prefer to remain in the Grand Valley, and Tucker’s only too happy to help keep local talent local, he said. “I think there’s lots of opportunities and lots of […]
Sales tax collections, a key indicator of retail activity, continue to increase in the Grand Valley. The City of Grand Junction reported a 6.9 percent increase in sales tax collections for June compared to the same month last year. The proportional increase was even larger at 8.8 percent for Mesa County. Grand Junction lodging tax […]
Mesa County will receive nearly $3.6 million in the latest payment in lieu of taxes on more than 1.5 million acres of public land. The payment is the single largest to a Colorado county out of a record $40.1 million in so-called PILT payments in the state for the 2018 fiscal year. Four neighboring Western […]