Phil Castle, The Business Times Tony Prinster recalls how he quickly developed a deeper respect for the way two previous generations of his family had managed a supermarket chain when he took over himself as president of City Market in 1990. “I really gained a lot of respect for what my ancestors had done […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Kevin and Valerie Brooks long coveted a building they could see from their fourth-floor offices in downtown Grand Junction. The couple believed the location would work well for an addition to the string of Big O Tires stores they own in Western Colorado. When they finally had a chance to […]
Doug Simons can do the math. While hundreds of thousands of people taste the almond toffee and other confections his Grand Junction company manufactures in a given year, that number remains a slim fraction of a potential market counted in the hundreds of millions. So it only makes sense to the president and co-owner of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times With just a few swipes of a fingertip across the screen of his iPad, Bill Baird edits videos of his daughter competing in a swim meet and a thunderstorm raging over the Grand Valley. A slow-motion effect turns a quick flip turn in the pool into a detailed analysis of […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Not yet a year after moving into a three-story warehouse along East Main Street in Grand Junction, Teltech Communications has nearly packed the place full of telecommunications equipment in various stages of assembly and disassembly. Large metal cabinets housing the electronics that make cellular telephones work line up in row […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times What’s been announced as a delay in a implementing a key provision of federal health care law gives some businesses another year to prepare for requirements they offer insurance to employees or pay fines. While it applies only to businesses with the equivalent of 50 or more full-time employees, the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Heidi Ihrke describes the development of the solar energy industry in terms of a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. Solar is on the brink of winning,” said Ihrke, co-owner of High Noon Solar in […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Dr. Mitch Copeland foresees a lot of advantages to relocating the orthopedics and sports medicine practice with which he works to a new and larger medical office building that will be shared with other Grand Valley practices. “There’ll be a lot of facilities under one roof, a lot of services […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Ed Forsman lists the projects his construction company has completed, the projects the Grand Junction-based firm has under way and the proposed projects on which he hopes to soon work. FCI Constructors recently completed a combination brewery and restaurant. The company is the midst of work on the new Mesa […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times In the midst of manufacturing a variety of bicycle components under multiple brands, Tim Fry said the objective of his company remains constant: to take the comparison out of comparison shopping. “Our goal is to always make a product our core customers love,” he said. In the process of focusing […]