Phil Castle, The Business Times A Grand Junction solar energy company marks its 40th year in business at what a co-owner considers an unprecedented time for customers to purchase systems. “This is the best time in history to buy solar,” said Darin Carei, co-owner of Atlasta Solar Center. The price of photovoltaic systems has dropped […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Marc and Alowetta Terrien are like a lot of married couples who run a business together. They get up, grab some breakfast and head to work. Here’s what’s different. They measure their commute in steps, not miles, and the view outside their office windows keeps changing. For nearly three years, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Marc and Alowetta Terrien have worked together for 13 of their 35 years of marriage. Life as what the Terriens call couple-preneurs requires commitment to not only their business, but also their relationship, Marc says. “That’s a lot of all in.” The Terriens say business is better and their lives […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. William Merkel uses a variety of techniques in his plastic surgery practice to achieve what for many of his patients is a single goal — restoring a full and youthful appearance in their faces. But one technique could prove doubly useful, Merkel says, in not only transferring fat from […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Mara Hardy has worked for most of her career at the intersections of different interests, pulling together people with dissimilar backgrounds, agendas and objectives for collaborative endeavors. It’s not surprising, then, Hardy describes her latest role as business development manager at the Grand Junction Economic Partnership as “connector.” In focusing […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times The economic growth that’s occurred in Mesa County over the past two years might slow, but likely will continue, according to a college professor who tracks regional indicators. And while the energy and construction industries remain volatile, those sectors and their high wages should still play a leading role in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Tax season usually starts slowly, but Michael Brooks knows the pace of work will quicken as filing deadline nears. Brooks also expects the work will become all the more challenging this season in dealing with what he says are the most comprehensive federal tax reforms enacted in decades, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Doug Sorter leads an impromptu tour through the building, pointing out various features along the way. Specially designed rooms offer places in which to conduct examinations and assessments. Meeting rooms and offices offer spaces for conferring with families. That’s not to mention all the handicap-accessible restrooms or, for that matter, […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ten acrylic tanks manufactured in Grand Junction could help answer one of the most fundamental questions ever posed: What’s the universe made of? Reynolds Polymer Technology will provide the tanks for an experiment under construction nearly a mile under the Black Hills of South Dakota. The experiment, scheduled to begin next […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Chris Thomas attributes successful hospital management in part to three things: collaboration, transparency and, ultimately, doing the right thing. The president and chief executive officer of Community Hospital expects to bring a similar approach to another leadership role as chairman of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce […]