ColoradoBiz articles from February 2004

ColoradoBiz archives from February 2004

Owens straddles affirmative-action line.(Governor Bill Owens)
February 1, 2004... I'M NOT AGAINST AFFIRMATIVE ACTION," GOV. BILL OWENS TOLD ME when he sat down for an interview with ColoradoBiz that was featured in our December issue. "I'm against quotas. I'm against giving somebody additional points based on their race...

Colorado's drop the steepest of all states.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... In your cover story on Gov. Bill Owens (Presidential Prospects? December), he blames the national economic downturn for Colorado's problems. The truth is that Colorado has done much worse than other states during his tenure. Governing Magazine...

Teed off about teeing up.(Letter to the Editor)
February 1, 2004... I just read your article in the latest supplement (2004 Golf Tournament Planner's Guide, January) about "Why Golf Goes With Business." That's something I've wondered about for a long time. I grew up in a golfing family and spent much of my...

A manager worth working for: how do you know when you've found the right manager to throw in with?(Column)
February 1, 2004... THERE WAS FRED, PAUL, BOO, JOHN, STAN, Larry, Jerry, Terry and Mr. Benion just to mention the ones that come immediately to mind. Those people are bosses I have had over the years. Mr. Benion was one of the first. He owned the drug store in...

Downloading the nightclub sound: Beatport lightens DJs' load.(Web site offers dance music downloads)
February 1, 2004... SO, YOU'RE ON THE STAIRMASTER AND WISHING DESPERATELY THAT THE MUSIC YOU HEARD LAST NIGHT at The Church nightclub was thumping away in your ear to keep your energy up. Well, Jonas Tempel and the team at Beatport.com have a Web site just...

Ritchie wins chamber's leadership award.(playmakers)
February 1, 2004... The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has named DANIEL L. RITCHIE, chancellor of the University of Denver, its 2004 recipient of its Business Leadership Award. "The business community is just one segment that has benefited from this man's...

February: coming soon.(Calendar)
February 1, 2004... 3 TUESDAY, Association for Corporate Growth Luncheon: "Taking the Mystery out of Mezzanine Financing." 11:30 a.m. at the Pinnacle Club, 555 17th St. in downtown Denver. For more information, e-mail David Mead at: meaddp@MeadConsultingGroup.com...

Insiders' Biz: an industry-by-industry log of selected developments at Colorado businesses.(meshed briefs)
February 1, 2004... AVIATION * Frontier Airlines, Denver, is the first airline in the United States to repay in full its post-9/11 U.S. government guaranteed loan. In a ceremony Dec. 22 at Frontier headquarters, Jeff Potter, Frontier president and CEO,...

Risky business: state politics that reach the bottom line.(Editorial)(Cover Story)
February 1, 2004... Watch for the headlines. They started even before the first day of the legislature, Jan. 7. Colorado Republicans and Democrats at the state Capitol may turn General Assembly debate over business issues into a cat fight this year, perhaps...

Beneath the beauty: natural-gas developers, preservationists struggle to coexist.
February 1, 2004... Sid Lindauer has grazed cattle on the spectacular Roan Plateau in Northwest Colorado since he was a boy. And from his family ranch near Parachute, Lindauer has watched decades of change sweep gradually over the countryside, most of it economic....

Power at any price: crisis fears have abated, but energy issues remain.
February 1, 2004... The 2001 California energy crisis prompted Gov. Bill Owens to appoint a panel to ascertain whether Colorado was headed down the same road. The verdict: Without accelerating the construction of new electrical generation capacity, we might well...

Tech startup of the month: Metafluidics Inc., golden www.metafluidics.com founded: June 2003.
February 1, 2004... INITIAL LIGHTBULB: "We've got all the catchwords going for us--nano, bio, tech," joked John Oakey, Metafluidics president and CEO. As part of his dissertation for a chemical engineering Ph.D. at Colorado School of Mines, Oakey built the...

Ebuzz.
February 1, 2004... TELECOMS TAP INTERNET Voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VoIP, is the hottest technology going among Colorado telecommunications companies. Raindance Communications Inc., a Louisville provider of Web-based and audio conferencing services,...

Guy's Floor Service started out on rooftops; 62-year-old firm no. 5 of top family-owned businesses.
February 1, 2004... Guy Routzon grew up on a farm in Michigan that he tended with his father, but as a young man with a family to feed, the Great Depression of the 1930s forced him to look for new work. At first, since he was in Michigan, he tried working in an...

How to grow Durango just add water: Ute development would be largest in town's history.
February 1, 2004... Durango is in the middle of nowhere, but close to everywhere. It's a day's drive or a two-hour flight to the West Coast; an afternoon trip to Denver or a quick hop to Mesa Verde National Park or Durango Mountain Resort ski area, the old...

Monthly checkup for small business.
February 1, 2004... CHANCES ARE, YOU HAVE A GOOD SENSE OF HOW THE COLORADO economy is doing without the analyses, the charts, the graphs and the numbers that economists spit out. If you run your own company, you know it's become easier to fill jobs. If you're an...

Boardgrab.(John Dowdel LLC)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... BOARDGRAB: Techie/snowboarder John Dowdel had a problem. "I live in a small townhome with my fiancee and two dogs," he said. "We don't have much storage space, but we've got a lot of snow gear." But Dowdel's lack of square footage turned into...

Redfeather Snowshoes.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... REDFEATHER SNOWSHOES: Triathlete Bill Perkins founded Redfeather in 1988 because he wanted a snowshoe that would let him run at full speed. His innovation--a tapered tail--allowed users to snowshoe with a natural stride, rather than an...

Marshmallow Dreams blankets.(Marshmallow Dreams LLC)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... MARSHMALLOW DREAMS BLANKETS: "My first career was as a television news anchor," says Jill Schafer, the president and founder of Marshmallow Dreams. "After I got pregnant with my first son, I decided I couldn't mix babies and TV." She stumbled...

I Live in America book.(Brief Article)
February 1, 2004... I LIVE IN AMERICA BOOK: "When most people retire, I started a new career," said sales-woman-turned-artist Elizabeth Nelson of her midlife foray into painting a decade ago. After moving from Golden to Denver in 1999. Nelson started a series of...

Elegance. Luxury. Classic style.(executive living: special advertising section)(Advertisement)
February 1, 2004... These are elements that define Executive Living. The following special section highlights some of the finest home communities, properties, and builders in Colorado. When there are so many choices available for making a home purchase, be sure to...

Les Hirsch: hospital CEO brings heart to mission.
February 1, 2004... LES HIRSCH QUIETLY LOOKED ON DURING AN ORDINARY DAY IN BUSY Exempla St. Joseph Hospital while housekeeping employee Booker Woods stopped for a moment to help a group of visitors who were lost. "Booker just stopped what he was doing and left...

The Wal-Mart of legislatures.(Column)
February 1, 2004... THERE ARE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUtions you can keep, and there are those you can't. I can't make a resolution this year to quit smoking because, after more than 30 years of lighting up, I managed to end that addiction beginning last June. My...