Here’s a preview of a story that will appear in the July 14-27 print issue of the Business Times. Read the paper or check back online for more details. For people who’ve lived through the booms and busts of energy development in Western Colorado, the scenario sounds all too familiar. A small city experiences a […]
Western Colorado employers pay an average of 8 percent more for health care insurance compared to last year, according to the latest results of an annual survey. While employers continue to pick up most of the cost of health benefits and insurance premiums constitute a growing proportion of payrolls, employees are paying more for benefits, […]
Sales and use tax collections for the City of Grand Junction continue to follow a pattern the city manager forecast last fall for the first half of 2011. Whether or not a dire prediction for the second half of 2011 comes to fruition remains up for speculation. According to the city report for May, sales […]
A Grand Junction firm with more than 50 years of operation in the Grand Valley has been acquired by a Washington, D.C. based company. Grand Junction Pipe and Supply now works under the umbrella of Summit Materials, which also acquired Elam Construction in Grand Junction earlier this year. Ron and Marie Tipping, owners of Grand […]
Darin Carei draws a distinction between the home construction techniques required by building codes and the techniques required to meet Energy Star standards for energy efficiency. “The code is the way we can build and Energy Star is the way we should build,” says Carei, owner of a Senergy Builders in Grand Junction. Carei expects […]
A monthly statistical snapshot of consumer confidence shows less upbeat assessments of not only current conditions, but also short-term expectations. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) dropped more than three points in June to 58.5, the lowest reading this year. Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said a two-month decline […]
As the summer tourism season swings into high gear, lodging tax reports reflect something of a mixed bag for the hospitality industry in the Grand Valley so far this year. Lodging tax revenues reported in May were down from the same month last year. But total collections reported for January through May remain up slightly […]
Colorado set records for overall visitors, overnight visitation and visitor spending in 2010, according to the latest results of research commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office. With a slower than anticipated post-recession recovery nationwide, Colorado bucked several national trends, according to Longwoods International: Colorado remained the country’s top-ranked ski destination, with a 20 percent share […]
Exports of agricultural products from Colorado remain well ahead of last year with increases in the exports of meat, dairy and baking-related products. “Colorado’s farmers, ranchers and food processors are helping Colorado return to a strong, diverse economy,” said John Salazar, the state agriculture commissioner. “I am confident that our continued focus on expanding exports […]
It’s official: Come August, Mesa State College becomes Colorado Mesa University. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law legislation granting Mesa State College university status and changing its name to Colorado Mesa University effective Aug. 10. “This is the moment when the transition happens,” Hickenlooper said at a signing ceremony at the College Center. “It […]