The Grand Valley might not rival Silicon Valley in terms of the overall economic output of innovative technology companies. But there’s ample anecdotal evidence of a growing tech sector locally involved in work unrivaled anywhere in California — or elsewhere, for that matter. By evidence, consider if nothing else the increasing number of stories published […]
What’s your resolution for 2019? What’s your business resolution, that is? What do you hope to accomplish at work during the coming year? Most business owners and managers just naturally strive to do better in one fashion or another: to better manage employees and processes, provide better products and services to customers and ultimately make […]
Christmas comes early in the latest version of an annual forecast characterizing the business and economic outlook for Mesa County in 2019 as not just positive, but “extremely positive.” That’s the verbatim summary of a section on Mesa County in the 2019 Colorado Business Economic Outlook compiled by the research division of the Leeds School […]
Where are shoppers spending their money this holiday season? Inside actual, honest-to-goodness brick and mortar stores or in virtual stores on the internet? All of the above, according to businesses and organizations tracking the trends. The news is generally promising for retailers in the midst of what for many of them is the most wonderful […]
Quick quiz: How does the United States compare to other countries in terms of its tax structure? How competitive is the U.S. internationally as a result? There’s good news and bad. Thanks to federal reforms enacted under the Tax Cuts and Job Act, the U.S. moved up four spots in the 2018 International Tax Competitiveness […]
The Business Times extends its congratulations to Robert Bray for his selection as one of the latest recipients of the Bill Daniels Being a Difference Award. The honor couldn’t be more prestigious — or well-deserved. Bray, chief executive officer of Bray Real Estate in Grand Junction, personifies the goal of the awards program in recognizing […]
There’s one straightforward way to find out what candidates running for elected office think about various issues: ask them. While the Q&A exchanges that frequently occur during candidate forums can be enlightening, it’s even better to have candidates commit their responses to writing. That way they can express their opinions in their own words, and […]
Here’s something upon which everybody should agree, even in a partisan environment in which politicians and political parties seem more intent on doing what’s best for their interests than what’s best for their constituents. Children are our future. Nelson Mandella put it this way: “Our children are the rock on which our future will be […]
The maddening thing about economics is there’s always more than one way to look at the numbers. On the one hand, the latest unemployment rate in Mesa County rose another three-tenths of a point in July. On the other hand, rising sales tax collections in the county and City of Grand Junction, reflect increasing retail […]
There’s growing evidence a transmountain diversion of a different sort is under way in Colorado. Weary of fighting traffic and paying the increasing costs of renting and buying housing in the Front Range and Denver, people are moving to the West Slope and Grand Junction. Certainly some of the migrants are retirees who cash out […]