Grow or slow? Professor and real estate executive share outlooks

Grow or slow? Professor and real estate executive share outlooks

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 […]

Taxing matters: Reforms bring big changes to filing season

Taxing matters: Reforms bring big changes to filing season

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, […]

New location helps organization help others

New location helps organization help others

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, […]

What’s the matter? Grand Junction company supplies tanks for fundamental experiment

What’s the matter? Grand Junction company supplies tanks for fundamental experiment

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 […]

Taking care of business: Chamber chairman plans collaborative approach

Taking care of business: Chamber chairman plans collaborative approach

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 […]

Sky no longer the limit for company taking tech underground

Sky no longer the limit for company taking tech underground

Phil Castle, The Business Times The sky is no longer the limit for a Grand Junction-based company that’s applied technology and techniques developed for aerial imaging to underground settings. In taking services to a new level, limits of other kinds disappear not only for customers, but also the prospects for a growing operation. “The possibilities […]

The road ahead: Mesa County outlook “extremely positive”

The road ahead: Mesa County outlook “extremely positive”

Phil Castle, The Business Times The economic outlook for Mesa County remains upbeat with job and wage growth, increasing diversification, a robust real estate market and unique development opportunities. “The news is actually really good,” said Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the research division at the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado […]

Colorado outlook: growing, but slowing

Phil Castle, The Business Times The Colorado economy is expected to continue expanding in 2019, but at a moderating pace, according to the latest results of an annual forecast compiled by the University of Colorado at Boulder. “Growing, but slowing,” said Richard Wobbekind, executive director of the research division at the Leeds School of Business […]

Conference speaker: Markets await for creative efforts

Conference speaker: Markets await for creative efforts

Phil Castle, The Business Times T.K. Coleman believes people who act on their dreams and tap their creativity will not only find a market for their ideas, but also could end up changing the world. “You are not here to find your place. You are here to make your space,” Coleman said during a conference […]

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