Phil Castle, The Business Times Mesa County offers attributes that could attract more businesses to the area, among them scenic surroundings, recreational opportunities and quality of life. But challenges remain in improving the process to recruit companies, according to two executives with economic development and marketing consulting firms: among them compiling and properly presenting information […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Annette Miller used to describe her outlook for the Mesa County real estate market as skeptically optimistic. But after a strong first half with year-over-year gains in transactions and especially dollar volume, Miller has changed her assessment. “The skepticism has been removed. It’s a solid optimism,” said Miller, senior vice […]
Job growth continues in the United States even as the proportion of people who are either working or looking for work has declined to its lowest level in almost four decades. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates for June, nonfarm payrolls increased 223,000. The unemployment rate slipped two-tenths of a point to 5.3 percent, […]
Colorado ranks among the top five states for business in the latest results of an annual study that takes into account more than 60 measures of competitiveness. Colorado finished fourth in the America’s Top States for Business ranking compiled for the CNBC cable television network. Colorado moved up four spots from last year to return […]
Colorado business leaders remain mostly upbeat going into the third quarter, but also concerned about several factors that could slow the economy, according to the latest results of a survey tracking their outlooks. The Leeds Business Confidence Index retreated 3.4 points for the third quarter, the largest decline since the second quarter of 2013. But […]
Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of October on a recording and production studio operated by the Mesa County Libraries. The facility, named 970West Studio, will be built on vacant land owned by the library near the intersection of Fifth Street and Ouray Avenue in downtown Grand Junction. The studio will offer […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has increased sharply on more upbeat assessments of business and labor conditions, a gain that could translate into increased spending in the months ahead. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index climbed 6.8 points to 101.4 in June. Components of the index tracking present conditions and expectations […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Kathi Pewters has experienced the difficulties and frustrations of meeting single people in the Grand Valley. Dates set up by well-meaning friends haven’t worked out for the active woman in her 50s, and she’s reluctant to try to meet people in night clubs. She’s not impressed with online dating sites, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tim Loncarich has been involved in the procurement process from both sides in searching for government and business contracts and compiling information about those contracts for others. But the serial entrepreneur and former Grand Junction resident hopes to expand the process to a far larger scale in making bid leads […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times John Nelson was looking for a Web site platform that could meet the varied needs of the varied companies he operates — not only in building and hosting Web sites, but also handling commerce, e-mail marketing and social media sharing. What’s more, he wanted something that was affordable. In other […]