Teresa and David Kareus recently announced the merger of Valley Office Supply with Source Office Products, touting the advantages of combining resources to improve purchasing power and customer service. When it comes to using technology to improve efficiencies and service, though, the Grand Junction business was up to speed well before the merger with the […]
Mac Lewis and Paul Shelton, engineer and lead installer at Atlasta Solar Center in Grand Junction, have earned certification as photovoltaic system installers. Lewis and Shelton earned certification from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners. Lewis and Shelton had to pass an exam demonstrating competence as installers and knowledge of such subjects as […]
Offering incentives to entice companies to move to a community or encourage existing companies to add jobs can be a controversial proposition. Detractors question why it’s necessary to tamper with the free market system and why some firms should receive land and tax breaks when others don’t. But those who support the economic development efforts […]
With the unemployment rate above 11 percent in Mesa County and possibly 20 percent of adults working less than full-time, it can be difficult to find a silver lining for people between jobs or graduates entering the work force. But there are optimistic signs at the most popular place to hunt for jobs in Mesa […]
Whether it’s helping those hunting for jobs or job applicants, the Mesa County Workforce Center in Grand Junction offers an effective one-stop shop for a range of employment services. A cooperative venture among the State of Colorado, Mesa County and Hilltop Community Resources, the center offers job searchers a computer database of current openings. Employers […]
While proponents and opponents of national health care legislation debate the potential merits and pitfalls of the plan, both sides seem to agree on one prediction: employment opportunities will continue to escalate as an aging population visits doctors offices, hospitals and senior care facilities. Openings for health care positions at the Mesa County Workforce Center […]
Education remains a promising sector for employment over the next decade, along side health care and the financial sectors, according to John Silvia, chief economist of Wells Fargo. In his State of the Union message in January, President Barack Obama urged young people to consider the teaching profession, citing an estimated 100,000 teaching positions that […]
Rick Brainard leads an impromptu tour of the expansive maintenance facilities at West Star Aviation. As he walks briskly through cavernous company hangars at Grand Junction Regional Airport that resemble parking garages for jets, Brainard points out the various makes of airplanes and checks off the assortment of maintenance and renovation work under way. New […]
Mobile media continue to dominate the discussions in many retail electronics stores. A year after the Apple iPad made a splash with its debut, five different brands of the tablet gadgets are now available. And like most electronic inventions, they seem to offer increasingly better quality as the months go by. “Pictures are getting better […]
It’s less expensive than the traditional material used in solar panels. It’s more flexible. It’s less noticeable, too. That three-fold combination makes thin film photovoltaic technology an increasingly popular item in the solar energy business. “It tends to be less prominent,” says Lou Villaire, who works in the sales and design department of Atlasta Solar […]