Phil Castle, The Business Times Real estate activity has picked up in Mesa County in part on the strength of large commercial deals. The number of transactions edged up in February compared to the same month last year, while the combined dollar volume of those deals surged more than $10 million. “It was good February held […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Eric Goertz believes it’s important for manufacturers to make connections with other manufacturers, to learn more about what could be not only potential suppliers, but also customers. There’ll be no better chance than at a summit offering a one-stop networking venue for area manufacturers, says Goertz, chairman of the Western Colorado Manufacturing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Matt Shmigelsky works as an energy coach, a consultant whose duties include helping businesses and government entities analyze whether or not to fuel their vehicles with compressed natural gas. Priced at $1 to $1.50 less than the equivalent of a gallon of gasoline or diesel, the savings associated with CNG quickly […]
Five businesses received awards for their efforts in a fund-raising campaign that fell short of the goal, but still collected nearly $1 million for United Way of Mesa County. As of Feb. 26, the 2013 and 2014 United Way campaign had raised $950,557. That’s 88 percent of the $1.1 million goal and 3 percent less […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has slipped on less optimistic expectations for business and labor conditions. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index retreated 1.3 points to 78.1 in February. The decline was attributed to a more than five-point drop in a component of the index tracking short-term expectations. A separate component […]
Colorado ranks ninth among the 50 states in the latest census tracking the number of people employed in manufacturing and installing solar energy systems. While more than 3,600 people in the state worked in the sector in 2013, job growth has leveled off. “The sky’s the limit on solar power. But to get solar growing […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to rise, signaling growth in the year ahead. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Indicator advanced three-tenths of a percent to 99.5 in January. The index has increased 3.1 percent over the past six months. Separate measures of current and past economic […]
A statewide competition that attracts more than 1,200 athletes and their families will return to Grand Junction this summer. Special Olympics Colorado announced that it will bring its state summer games back to Colorado Mesa University on May 31 and June 1. “I know we were hoping for a return engagement this year, and I think […]
A program that for 15 years has promoted agricultural products from Colorado has joined forces with a new marketing effort promoting businesses. The Colorado Proud program will continue to promote food and agricultural products grown, raised or processed in the state. A new sister program dubbed byCOLORADO will help producers as well as nonagricultural businesses […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times How does a business loan fund promote economic development in Mesa County? Dean DiDario counts the ways. The fund just passed the $20 million milestone in total financing allocated since its inception since 1985. That money in turn has leveraged an additional $58 million in financing from traditional lenders, helped 390 […]