Phil Castle, The Business Times St. Mary’s Medical Center in Grand Junction has revamped its inpatient pharmacy to improve efficiency and safety. The operation includes one of the largest robotic systems of its kind in Colorado to store and retrieve medications, said Rudy Bormann, director of pharmacy services at St. Mary’s. “Human involvement in picking […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Page Tucker foresees a perfect storm brewing for his company. But that’s a good thing — a combination of factors he expects to increase the use of the infrastructure mapping software his firm developed. Federal legislation allocates $1 trillion to fix roads, bridges and other infrastructure in the United States. […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times One of Jeff Hurd’s favorite memories of Diane Schwenke involves her enthusiasm for the annual Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce banquets and the themes of those events — to the extent the usually staid chamber executive once dressed as Wonder Woman for a banquet with a superhero theme. The […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Diane Schwenke jokes about how her daughter once distilled her job description down to two activities: attending meetings and talking on the phone. Schwenke doesn’t deny she’s spent a good portion of her nearly 33 years as president and chief executive officer of the Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce […]
Add to death and taxes another certainty in this world. At least in my world. Writing is difficult. Case in point: An impending deadline hangs over my head like the blade of a guillotine, yet I’m struggling once again to assemble enough cogent words for a column. I always aim for profundity. Then settle for […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Sylvia Scott has devoted much of her life to helping girls and young women succeed as entrepreneurs. She’s organized national conferences, served as a mentor and coach and founded a global organization for young women in business. In the process, she’s met hundreds of girls and young women who’ve started […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Even with more than 300,000 square feet of facilities at the Grand Junction Regional Airport, space is at a premium at West Star Aviation. Airplanes are packed into hangars like sardines — albeit sleek, jet-powered ones. It’s a function of growing demand for the maintenance, repair and overhaul services offered […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Two trends continue in the Mesa County real estate market — decreasing transactions and increasing dollar volume. It’s a function in part of low supplies pushing prices higher in the face of continued demand, said Annette Young, administrative coordinator at Heritage Title Co. in Grand Junction. “That basically is the […]
Phil Castle, The Business Times Two events will offer a look at coworking spaces as well as discussions about how to attract remote workers to Western Colorado “The Western Slope is a perfect place for those working in the remote economy to land,” said Brian Watson, co-founder and co-owner of Alt Space. The company has […]
Who wants to be a millionaire? That’s both the name of a television game show and what’s got to rank as one of the most ironic rhetorical questions ever posed. While there are perhaps a few people who’d answer “No thanks. I’m good.” I’m willing to bet — $1 million in fact — the vast […]