Darin Carei brings all of his business enterprises together in a unique Grand Valley housing development that will offer energy efficient homes equipped with solar power. Moreover, the homes will offer affordability with models priced from $179,000 to $224,000. “We’re changing the way people think about new homes because we’re delivering it all,” Carei said. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction is one of two finalists for an award recognizing efforts to help entrepreneurs start and grow their ventures. The Business Incubator Center is a finalist to receive the Dinah Adkins Incubator of the Year Award from the National Business Incubator Association. The award […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sales tax collections continue to decline, but local government administrators remain hopeful the trend soon will change. According to the February report, sales tax collections dropped 3 percent for Mesa County compared to the report for the same month last year. Sales and use tax collections dropped 2.3 percent for […]
Mesa County continues to experience the highest property foreclosure rate among metropolitan counties in Colorado despite a substantial decline in foreclosure activity over the past year. According to the latest statistics compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, a foreclosure rate of one completed foreclosure for every 1,022 households was reported in Mesa County in […]
An index forecasting economic conditions in the United States has increased for a third straight month, pointing to continued, albeit slow, growth in the months ahead. Separate measures of current and past economic performance also increased. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) climbed five-tenths of a percent in February to 94.8. […]
Lodging tax collections have dropped for a third straight month, a reflection of decreased business for hotels and motels in Grand Junction. According to the Grand Junction Visitor & Convention Bureau for February, $60,416 in lodging taxes were collected, 2.7 percent less than what was reported for February 2012. Since lodging tax reports lag a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Vicki Filz and Christi Vogt know beauty is more than skin deep. That’s why the two have opened a unique venture that cares for the outsides and insides of their patients, offering not only a range of cosmetic skin treatments, but also stroke and heart attack prevention and education services. […]
A monthly measure of optimism among small business owners continues to increase, but not yet enough to signal substantial changes in hiring or spending. The National Federation of Independent Business reported its Index of Small Business Optimism rose 1.9 points to 90.8 in February. While the index has posted gains in each of the last […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County once again spiked in January, but at 9.2 percent was at the lowest level for the month since 2009. Other measures of the local labor market offer at least some consolation conditions are slowly improving, said Suzie Miller, business services manager at the […]
The Business Times sent questionnaires to the 10 candidates in the Grand Junction City Council election asking the same six questions: 1. Why do you seek election (or re-election) to the city council? 2. What, in your view, are the roles of city government and the council? 3. What are your top priorities and how […]