Phil Castle, The Business Times Mitchell Mazzuca points out the changes at Buffalo Wild Wings in Grand Junction. The exterior features new signs, new awnings and a new black and gray paint scheme. More changes appear inside, among them new furniture and new televisions. That’s 53 new TVs to be exact, including one with a […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mesa County has recovered from a pandemic, but could face additional challenges from rising inflation and interest rates as well as other national and international trends, according to an update from a Colorado Mesa University professor. “I do think we’ll see a softer economy. I don’t know how soft it […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Michael Ligrani pulls out his smartphone to make a point. He could use his phone to make calls, check his email or complete countless other tasks. But using the software Ligrani’s company has developed, he also could control a natural gas field located nearly anywhere in the world. As co-founder […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Government efforts under way in the Grand Valley will address everything from child care in Clifton and health care in Palisade to business development in Grand Junction and Fruita. But additional challenges remain, among them a shortage of affordable housing. Officials from Mesa County, the cities of Grand Junction and […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jeff Engell has been on an entrepreneurial journey. He launched a consulting firm that served businesses and governments around the world. Now he works to help other entrepreneurs along their journeys. While Engell hopes their first stop will be at the Small Business Development Center in Grand Junction, he says […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Michelle Urlacher grew up in the family real estate business. When she was in high school, she assisted agents with their transactions and helped clean the office. She subsequently worked as a property manager and, years later, chief operations officer. Urlacher believes her combined 23 years of experience in the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Nina Anderson believes it’s her job to fill jobs — to help companies find good employees and employees find good companies. And she loves her job. Since opening an Express Employment Professionals franchise in Grand Junction in 2007, Anderson estimates her staffing agency has played a role in putting nearly […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Diane Schwenke jokes about how her daughter once distilled her job description down to two activities: attending meetings and talking on the phone. Schwenke doesn’t deny she’s spent a good portion of her nearly 33 years as president and chief executive officer of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Even with more than 300,000 square feet of facilities at the Grand Junction Regional Airport, space is at a premium at West Star Aviation. Airplanes are packed into hangars like sardines — albeit sleek, jet-powered ones. It’s a function of growing demand for the maintenance, repair and overhaul services offered […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Stanley Stoll oversees a company that’s analyzed some of the most notorious tragedies in history — the car accident that killed Princess Diana, the crash of Air France Flight 447 and the collapse of two walkways in a Kansas City hotel. But Knott Laboratory also has worked on a variety […]