Phil Castle, The Business Times Patrick Pevoto once reminded a frazzled mother of the importance of taking better care of herself to better care for her children. It’s like the airline safety briefing about the oxygen masks that drop down in the event of decompression: Passengers should put on their own masks before helping others […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Colorado business leaders are more pessimistic heading into the fourth quarter, according to the latest results of a quarterly survey. “We are clearly getting some signals from businesses things are clearly slowing down,” said Rich Wobbekind, senior economist and faculty director with the business research division of the Leeds School […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Candace Carnahan expects her new role with the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce to vary with the situation. A leader, to be sure. But also an advocate and collaborator. If Carnahan were to choose a single metaphor to describe her role, though, it would be an orchestra conductor. One […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Bill McDonald likes to say he’s in the business of building healthy housing. At the same time, though, the unique housing McDonald’s company builds has developed into a healthy business. Phoenix Haus, the Grand Junction-based company McDonald founded and oversees as chief executive officer, manufactures prefabricated and panelized houses that […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tiffany Pehl once found at work a stamp with a paw print and the words “watchdog of northwest Colorado.” It’s a fitting description, Pehl says, of one role of the Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado. And, for that matter, her new role as executive director of the AGNC. Both roles […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dalida Bollig has worked in a variety of jobs involving everything from social work to government strategy to university fund-raising. She also opened a cafe and introduced not only Swedish foods, but also a part of Swedish culture, to Mississippi. Bollig expects to draw upon all those experiences and more […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Curtis Englehart considers work force development and economic development inseparable — one can’t occur without the other. “They really go hand in hand.” After serving for more than five years as director of the Mesa County Workforce Center, Englehart is scheduled to begin on Aug. 3 his new job as […]
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 […]