Phil Castle, The Business Times: Up to 11 Grand Valley restaurants could be included in a what’s considered an influential “Bible” of dining guides. Online voting will continue through May 6 to determine whether or not the restaurants will be included in a new Colorado-specific Zagat dining guide. The implications for the restaurants as well […]
The Union Pacific Railroad has announced plans to invest $4 million in improvements to 27 miles of its rail line between Grand Junction and Cameo. The project, which is already under way and is expected to be completed in May, will include the replacement of 25,200 railroad ties and the spreading of 13,300 tons of […]
An association that represents in part the coal mining industry in Colorado has praised a ruling allowing a legal challenge to plans to close down and convert to natural gas units at three coal-fired power plants on the Front Range. Stuart Sanderson, the president of the Colorado Mining Association, said the ruling by the Colorado […]
Two upcoming events in Grand Junction will offer information about water and land management in Western Colorado. The Colorado River District and Water Center at Colorado Mesa University has scheduled the annual Mesa County State of the Rivers meeting for 6:30 p.m. May 2 at the University Center ballroom at CMU. The Mesa County Conservation […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times On any given day, Dave and Sue Van Wagoner could be recording music, helping a client quit smoking or shooting photographs at a wedding. It could even be all of the above. Their busy and diverse activities constitute business as usual for the Van Wagoners, entrepreneurs gone wild who operate […]
Mesa County commissioners have joined in a regional effort opposing a new federal environmental review they believe could curtail oil shale development. The three commissioners voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling on the Bureau of Land Management to halt plans to prepare a new environmental impact statement for oil shale and tar sand resources […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The numbers quantify what Julie Morey deems the important work of helping entrepreneurs. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) in Grand Junction Morey manages counseled 703 clients during 2011. Those clients in turn created 77 jobs, retained 138 jobs and started 34 businesses. While most new businesses start out necessarily […]
A monthly measure of consumer confidence has inched downward, but continues to reflect cautious optimism business and labor conditions are improving. The Conference Board reported that its Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) slipped three-tenths of a point to 69.2 in April. The decline was the second in as many months for the CCI, although the losses […]
What could be a seesaw pattern of small changes in the monthly unemployment rate in Mesa County edged up in March. But even as the jobless rate climbed two-tenths to 9.5 percent, labor demand in the county as tracked by a separate measure remains at its highest level since before the recession. “Things are improving, […]
A monthly index forecasting economic conditions in the United States continues to increase, signaling growth despite some signs to the contrary. The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Index (LEI) climbed to 95.7 in March, rising three-tenths of a percent over the previous month and 2.7 percent over the previous six months. Separate measures […]