Kelly Sloan, The Business Times The Grand Junction City Council looks very different following an election in which challengers unseated incumbents in three races. Rick Brainard, Martin Chazen and Phyllis Norris were elected to the council. Harry Butler also returns to the council by virtue of his victory against two other candidates. Nearly 11,700 Grand […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times When Pete Coors recounts the history of the iconic Colorado company his family has operated for 140 years, he does so in a series of stories about entrepreneurship and innovation. For starters, there’s the story of Adolph Coors, the immigrant who stowed aboard a ship to the United States, made […]
Bonsai Designs sells what it bills as world-class experiences. There’s the heart-pounding thrill of flying down ziplines suspended high above the ground, to be sure. But there’s also the quiet and contemplative pleasures of walking through forests and encountering nature up close and very personal. “We’re all about the experience,” says Thaddeus Shrader, chief executive […]
The Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction has earned more recognition for its efforts to help entrepreneurs start and grow their ventures. The center won the Dinah Adkins Incubator of the Year Award from the National Business Incubator Association. The award was presented during the NBIA conference in Boston. “If there is such a thing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times: Annette Miller likes what she sees in the real estate indicators she’s compiled for the first quarter in Mesa County. As sales increased, property foreclosure activity relented. “This is exactly what you like to see for a recovering market,” said Miller, senior vice president of Heritage Title Co. in Grand […]
A quarterly index tracking optimism among Colorado business leaders has surged on improved expectations not only for the economy, but also hiring, capital expenditures and particularly sales. “When we get significant upticks like we saw in this quarter, it really does give us quite a bit of optimism that businesses are seeing overall improvements in […]
The average Coloradan will work an additional two days this year to earn enough money to pay their taxes, according to the latest results of an annual calculation. Meanwhile, the average American will work five days longer in 2013 than they did in 2012. Tax Freedom Day will arrive on April 17 in Colorado and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tracy Pederson describes the longevity of his document management business with a single sentence borrowed in part from the lyrics of a country western song. “We were shredding when shredding wasn’t cool,” said Pederson, owner of Recordsmaster based in Grand Junction. For nearly 25 years, in fact, Recordsmaster has been […]
A monthly index tracking business conditions in Colorado has climbed to its highest level in a year, buoyed by growing construction and manufacturing activity. “The state’s rapidly expanding construction industry is encouraging expansions for a broad range of industries in the state,” said Ernie Goss, director of the Goss Institute for Economic Research in Denver. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County has retreated from what historically has been the highest level of the year. That decline, albeit slight, coupled with rising labor demand raises hopes the jobless rate will slide farther. “It is in the right direction,” said Suzie Miller, business services manager at […]