Phil Castle, The Business Times The Colemans have had to change the way they do business over the years in terms of the products and services they offer and locations they operate. That’s because their clientele has evolved, too. But one thing hasn’t changed a bit at Western Implement, and that’s a commitment to customer […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Bobby Noyes said he found what he was looking for in relocating his bicycle rack manufacturing company. “Grand Junction is the last cool, affordable town in Colorado.” Noyes, founder and president of RockyMounts, was among those who spoke at a ceremony celebrating the start of construction on a facility for […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dennis Hill and Dan Komlo were looking for someone to work with their staff, care for their customers and sustain what’s long been a growing operation in every sense of the word. Hill and Komlo found what they wanted and sold Bookcliff Gardens Nursery and Landscape to Rick and Stephanie […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Once upon a time, Ron Johnson would go on camping trips with his children, Taylor and Kobe, that were anything but organized. They’d pack their gear into totes. The clutter on the top of the picnic table left little room to prepare meals. Worse still, essentials were invariably forgotten and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times A tour of the new manufacturing operation at Capco takes visitors through a process that involves robotic welders, computerized testing stations and a powder coating facility. The end result: bomb fin assemblies stacked just so on pallets and ready for shipment. From his perspective as chief executive officer of Capco, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times There’s more than one way to fill the proverbial pipeline that supplies labor to Mesa County employers — and far more than just one program to develop the work force. There’s a career development program that offsets wages while prospective employees learn on the job. There are college programs that […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The opening of a 20,000-square foot addition finally adds the medical center to what’s long been called the Colorado Canyons Hospital and Medical Center. The decade-long wait to construct the center was worth it, though, says Lori Randall, chief operating officer and chief nursing officer of Family Health West, which […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Bryan Johnson says he considered becoming a doctor. He’d been accepted to two medical schools, in fact. In retrospect, Johnson says he’s happy he pursued instead his interest in health care administration. It was a decision that led to a 20-year career in a succession of positions and his selection […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dave Brach knows what fluctuating temperatures and humidity can do to the things people keep in storage units. The deteriorating documents and photographs. The cracked furniture. And in his case, a pair of leather boots that turned green with mildew. That’s why Dave and Ann Brach said they’re excited about […]
A Grand Junction-based company engineered, manufactured and installed 13 acrylic panels for renovations to an historic museum at the Toledo Zoo. Reynolds Polymer Technology provided the panels for exhibits at the ProMedica Museum of Natural History at the zoo. “Our highly engineered acrylic panels allowed Toledo Zoo to transform this space from the traditional zoo […]