Despite continued growth in U.S. payrolls, the unemployment rate rose in April for the first time in five months. According to the latest Department of Labor estimates, nonfarm payrolls grew 244,000. Moreover, initial estimates for job gains in March and February were revised upward 46,000 to a total of 456,000. Nonetheless, the jobless rate edged […]
Mesa County reported the highest property foreclosure rate among metropolitan counties in Colorado during the first quarter of 2011. While foreclosure filings fell more than 30 percent during the quarter compared to the same span last year, foreclosure sales increased slightly. According to the latest statistics from the Colorado Division of Housing, Mesa County reported […]
Real estate activity in Mesa County remains mostly unchanged from a year ago, neither dropping significantly below 2010 levels nor yet exhibiting a substantial recovery. Annette Miller, senior vice president of Heritage Title Co. in Grand Junction and a long-term observer of the local real estate market, said this of the latest sales figures: “They’re […]
The Business Incubator Center in Grand Junction will host a free panel discussion about the outdoor recreation industry in the Grand Valley. The Business Over Breakfast event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. May 11 at the center, 2591 Legacy Way. While no admission will be charged, reservations are requested. For reservations or more information, call […]
Tom Kenyon has been elected mayor of Grand Junction. Kenyon, the District A representative on the Grand Junction City Council, was elected by the council to serve a one-year term as mayor. Bill Pitts, who fills an at-large seat on the council, was elected mayor pro tem. The council selects a mayor and mayor pro […]
Alyssa Hampson and Tanner Lindt believe they have a good idea to help new students at Mesa State College. Hampson and Lindt have proposed a networking organization that connects juniors and seniors with new students. Upper classmen could help lower classmen with information about professors’ teaching styles, what classes to take and where to rent […]
Sue Tuffin enjoys nothing more than combining separate components into one whole. And that’s just what Tuffin did in helping to to establish the Mesa County Workforce Center and in the process bring a variety of programs offered by an assortment of agencies under one roof in Grand Junction. For those efforts and others, Tuffin […]
A Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce plan to recruit volunteers to work in classrooms garnered attention both for its efforts to try to improve education and, until its announcement, anonymity to some local community leaders. The Grand Junction Forum, a committee of chamber members, sought to recruit 500 volunteers to tutor elementary students for […]
Mesa County School District 51 has long ranked near the bottom in per pupil funding in Colorado, a victim of an allocation formula that gives more weight to districts with more or fewer students and also funnels more money to areas where teachers face a higher cost of living. Due to the lower level of […]
Jerry Greenfield believes opportunities abound for entrepreneurs to enjoy the same degree of success Greenfield and partner Ben Cohen enjoyed in turning a single ice cream shop into a $300 million ice cream empire. In addition to doing well, though, entrepreneurs can do good in emulating Ben & Jerry’s commitment to social and environmental causes, […]