Phil Castle, The Business Times An upcoming event in Grand Junction will offer information about commercial real estate, work force development and a variety of other topics affecting business and economic conditions in the region. The keynote presentation will address the power of social impact to grow businesses while improving communities. The Grand Junction Economic […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The unemployment rate continues to drop even as the labor force grows in Mesa County, diverging trends that reflect improving conditions. The seasonally unadjusted jobless rate dropped seven-tenths of a point to 3.3 percent in April and the labor force topped 75,000 for the first time in four years, according […]
An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to signal growth through the remainder of the year, although the pace of that growth could slow. The Conference Board reported its Leading Economic Index rose four-tenths of a percent to 109.4 in April. Separate measures of current and past economic performance also increased. “April’s […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The latest group of graduates from the Young Entrepreneurs Academy in Grand Junction recognize problems when they see them, along with opportunities to address those problems. Madison Hawkins, for example, wanted to find a better way to cope with anxiety and developed a kit to help others like herself. After […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Nick Silzell was frustrated — nearly to the point of giving up on his ambitions to create a new product and launch a business, not to mention continue participating in an instructional program for young entrepreneurs. The 12-year-old Grand Junction boy says he learned a lesson in the process about […]
Western Colorado residents frequently visit public lands and believe their proximity to public lands improves the quality of life, according to the findings of a study conducted by Colorado Mesa University for the Bureau of Land Management. The study looked at the factors affecting people’s decisions to move to and remain in rural Colorado. “As […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. Kirk Clifford looks forward to what joining Community Hospital in Grand Junction will add to his orthopedic spine surgery practice as well as what the arrangement will take away. The hospital has added to the practice sophisticated imaging technology that assists surgeons in operating more precisely, Clifford said. The […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. Mitch Copeland doesn’t expect patients to notice any major differences after the orthopedic and sports medicine practice with which he’s longed worked joins Community Hospital in Grand Junction. One of the differences to which Copeland said he’s looking forward is the additional time he’ll have to spend with those […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mesa County tax collections continue to increase, with year-over-year gains in a range of industry sectors. “These are all good numbers,” said Eleanor Thomas, budget manager for the county. Mesa County collected a total of nearly $3 million in sales and use taxes in April, an 8.7 percent increase over […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The interior of the massive warehouse at Record Management Systems appears a bit like the final scene in “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.” Stacks of boxes fill shelves from floor to ceiling and extend as far as the eye can see. There’s definitely a method, though, […]