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 […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Brandi Pollock still loves crunching numbers in her upstairs office — going over sales and budgets. But she loves, even more, the opportunity to slip downstairs and interact with customers. “That’s my favorite part,” says Pollock, owner of Fisher’s Discount Liquor Barn in Grand Junction. That part has kept Pollock […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Peggy Barron believes every dog is different and deserves care that takes into account unique characteristics. That includes dogs that might constitute proverbial square pegs that don’t fit into the usual round holes at boarding facilities — extra large breeds like great Danes and mastiffs as well as dogs that […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. Jonathan King would like nothing more than to have to find another line of work. That would mean cancer no longer poses a threat and his expertise as a medical oncologist is no longer needed. While there’s not a yet a cure, progress continues on treating various types of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Stephen Smith has demonstrated for more than 30 years that while oil and water don’t mix, oil and wine definitely do. Even as Smith managed his energy development business, he grew his vineyards and winery into one of the largest operations in Colorado. Sitting in a second-floor office at Grande […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Jonathan Kamins looks around the vacant space inside a Grand Junction building and sees desks. He sees conference rooms and comfortable furnishings for people to relax and talk. More than anything, Kamins said he sees the potential for a coworking space to accommodate entrepreneurs and startups. “We have a great opportunity.” […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times While C.J. Rhyne follows the usual metrics in tracking how the Grand Valley economy performs, he pays more attention to what he hears from the business owners with which he talks. “I want to get it straight from them.” As director of business retention and expansion at the Grand Junction […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Caren Crandall estimates she’s relocated her Pilates studio a dozen times over the course of her more than 20-year career as an instructor, but considers her latest moving experience the best one of all. “By way far,” Crandall said. For one thing, the newly constructed studio offers nearly double the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Christopher West loves the numbers. But accounting has never been just about the numbers. “It’s always been a people business,” says West, who begins on July 1 his new role as chief executive officer of Dalby, Wendland & Co., a regional public accounting and business consulting firm based in Grand […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times April Harrison has seen hairstyles come and go and come back again — from those feathered locks made famous by Farrah Fawcett in the 1970s to Jennifer Aniston’s quintessential 1990s layered look dubbed, simply, the Rachel. What hasn’t changed over that time, Harrison says, is the fun, friendly and professional […]