Phil Castle, The Business Times Jim Ettenger and Nikki Wilke have combined their training and talents to tip the scales for their clients and, they hope, a growing population. The Grand Junction couple have launched Grand Mesa Wellness to offer a range of health and wellness coaching services. While weight loss and fitness gains rank […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Diane Schwenke follows the economic indicators, among them building permits, sales tax collections and unemployment rates. She also interacts nearly every day with small business owners and managers. Based on what she gleans from numerical and anecdotal information, Schwenke believes 2020 will be another good year for business in the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times After lagging behind for years, the Grand Valley is doing better economically in some respects than other areas of Colorado. And the outlook for 2020 remains mostly upbeat, says Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the research division at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado at Boulder. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Add another piece to the proverbial jigsaw puzzle under assembly at a popular outdoor recreation area in Grand Junction. With the purchase of a 16-acre parcel dubbed the Jurassic Flats, the Colorado West Land Trust has preserved more open space along a corridor that offers biking and hiking along with […]
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 […]