A Grand Junction-based organization has launched a service designed to promote collaboration in addressing the various issues that affect health. Quality Health Network (QHN) launched Collaborise, a service to help organizations and communities work together to address social determinants of health (SDOH), including employment and education as well as access to food, housing and transportation. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times What began as a conversation in his basement a decade ago has culminated in what Chris Thomas believes will become one of the best cancer treatment facilities in the country. Grand Valley Oncology will soon relocate into the James Pulsipher Regional Cancer Center, a four-story, 130,000-square-foot addition to the Community […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Registration remains open for an event organizers expect to not only address some of the most pressing issues businesses face, but also offer provide information about resources available to help them. The Mesa County Workforce Summit is set for 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 25 at the Colorado Mesa […]
Summit Cellars in Palisade is among seven recipients of a total of $500,000 in grants funding projects involving agrivoltaics — the use of land for both solar energy and agricultural production. Summit Cellars will use the grant to compare soil moisture data under solar panels and in a vineyard. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Agriculture […]
The Town of De Beque is among eight recipients of grants intended to strengthen downtown areas across Colorado. The Town of De Beque received a $250,000 grant as one of the final 2023 recipients of Revitalizing Main Street grants. The Town of Olathe received a grant worth $223,512. The Colorado Department of Transportation awarded $1.7 […]
The City of Grand Junction received a two-year grant for a composting and food waste reduction pilot project. The grant includes an allocation of $89,600 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a total of $36,906 in matching funds from the city and Mesa County. Goals for the effort include demonstrating the need for food […]
Employment continued to increase in the United States in December, ending 2023 with what was estimated as a gain of 2.7 million jobs for the year. Nonfarm payrolls grew 216,000 in December and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Initial estimates for payroll gains the […]
Colorado business leaders are more optimistic heading into a new year, according to the latest results of an index tracking their expectations. Leaders believe some of the biggest gains in the state and national economies will come later in the year, although there was less consensus about the specific reasons for their outlook. “Many people […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The monthly unemployment rate remained unchanged in Mesa County for a third straight month, an indicator of stability in the labor market that’s been a hallmark of the past year. “It kind of seems like we’ve settled in,” said Lindsay Bullock, manager of the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Kelly Johnston makes it her business to help businesses, whether that’s mom and pop shops or the hospitals and other health care providers to which her firm provides accounting and consulting services. Johnston plans to pursue the same objective in another, new role for her as chairwoman of the Grand […]