ColoradoBiz articles from June 2003

ColoradoBiz archives from June 2003

Salute to soldiers.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... "WAR IS A TERRIBLE THING, AND IT brings terrible tragedies to the people who are involved in it," General Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the packed ballroom at the Brown Palace. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Everybody pick up a rock! Leadership and management in early times were about the same as now.
June 1, 2003... YOU JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IT--WHAT THEY BUILT IN Europe in the 1600s and even earlier. My wife and I recently took what we think of as a dream trip, spending a couple of weeks in Spain and Portugal. Lots of jokes are made about all the castles and...

Recession? What recession? Luxury car sales immune to downturn.(attitude at altitude)
June 1, 2003... DAVID HILL, AN INVESTMENT BANKER who happens to also sell high-priced cars because he likes them, has 34 Colorado orders for a Bentley Continental GT, a $160,000 car that people in the United States won't see until October. Hill, a British...

Kemper adds chair.(PLAYMAKERS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... J. MARINER KEMPER, chairman of UMB Bank of Colorado, has been named vice chair of UMB Financial Corp., an $8 billion, publicly traded holding company for UMB banks, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. The bank marked its 90th year in business in...

Centennial Bank.(PLAYMAKERS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Centennial Bank of the West in Windsor named ALBERT C. YATES, retiring president of Colorado State University, as its new chairman. He succeeds former U.S. Sen. HANK BROWN as chair, but has served on the bank's board of directors since 2000....

National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.(PLAYMAKERS)(Richard C. Notebaert, chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., has been appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... RICHARD C. NOTEBAERT, chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., has been appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, a group of 30 communications...

Colorado Internet and Software Association.(PLAYMAKERS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... SU HAWK, former publisher of Front Range TechBiz and a former vice president at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, has been named president of the Colorado Internet and Software Association.

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation.(PLAYMAKERS)(Bonfils-Stanton Foundation presented three $25,000 awards for lifetime achievement)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... In April, the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation presented three $25,000 awards for lifetime achievement to RICK J. ASHTON, city librarian, Denver Public Library; NANCY AND SAM GARY, founders of the Piton Foundation; and DR. DAVID W. TALMAGE, a...

June.(COMING SOON)(Calendar)
June 1, 2003... 4 WEDNESDAY, Internet Chamber of Commerce Cocktails & Conversation, 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 1770 Sherman St. Event Complex, Denver. $24 nonmembers at the door. 303-691-0404 or www.icc.org 5 THURSDAY, South Metro Denver Economic...

Retail sales and hotel occupancy rates in Downtown Denver in 2002 topped 2001 totals, according to the Downtown Denver Partnership.(HOSPITALITY)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Retail sales and hotel occupancy rates in Downtown Denver in 2002 topped 2001 totals, according to the Downtown Denver Partnership. The partnership, using statistics compiled by the city and other sources, said retail sales tax collections...

The Hotel Telluride.(HOSPITALITY)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... The Hotel Telluride announced summer festival-visitor packages, including spa treatments, bottles of wine on arrival, shuttle transportation, even fleece vests, depending on the package, at prices ranging from $149 per person per night to $197...

Customer Communications Group.(MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Customer Communications Group, a Denver marketing firm, has merged with Intellistats, a data-base marketer from Castle Rock.

McClain Finlon Advertising Inc.(MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... McClain Finlon Advertising Inc., located near Coors Field, was named to Inc. magazine's Inner City 100, a list of the fastest growing U.S. firms located in economically distressed urban areas.

Schenkein Inc.(MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Schenkein Inc., a Denver public relations firm, is celebrating its 30th year in business by partnering with Denver Kids Inc., a long-term counseling program for at-risk students of Denver Public Schools.

Heinrich Hispanidad.(MARKETING/PUBLIC RELATIONS)(Heinrich Hispanidad, was awarded one gold and two bronze 2003 Summit Creative Awards)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Heinrich Hispanidad, an Hispanic marketing and advertising arm of Denver-based Heinrich, was awarded one gold and two bronze 2003 Summit Creative Awards for work done with the Denver Art Museum and the Museo de las Americas. The awards...

NextMedia Group Inc.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... NextMedia Group Inc., Denver, which owns 60 radio stations across the country, announced an agreement to sell station WAIT 850-AM Crystal Lake/Chicago, Ill., for $8.25 million in cash, pending FCC approval; and the purchase of station KNHKFM in...

Liberty Media Corp.(ENTERTAINMENT)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Liberty Media Corp., Englewood, said it sold 7.1 million shares of Corus Entertainment Inc. for approximately $100 million, ending its investment in Corus. Corus is a large Canadian radio and television provider and book publisher.

Hunter Douglas.(MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Hunter Douglas, Broomfield-based window-covering manufacturer, broke ground in April on a 71-acre business park at 128th Avenue and Washington Street in Thornton. The first building will include 116,000 square feet of manufacturing and office...

Materials Handling Equipment Co.(MANUFACTURING)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Materials Handling Equipment Co., a Denver distributor of forklifts, conveyor, loading dock and other materials-handling equipment, with facilities in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction, received the 2003 Distributor Value Added Award this...

Raindance Communications Inc.(TELECOMMUNICATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Raindance Communications Inc., Louisville, will provide video conferencing services for GameStop Corp., Grapevine. Texas, the nation's largest video-game and entertainment software retailer. GameStop has 1,231 retail stores in 49 states, and...

CSG Systems.(TELECOMMUNICATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... CSG Systems, Englewood, has signed a 10-year agreement to provide customer-care and billing support to 11 divisions of Connecticut-based Time Warner Cable, the nation's second largest cable TV provider.

Qwest Communications International Inc.(TELECOMMUNICATIONS)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Qwest Communications International Inc., the regional telephone company, said it is investing $75 million to expand the availability of Qwest DSL service, or high-speed Internet access, to nearly 1,550 additional neighborhoods across the 14...

Liberty Satellite & Technology Inc.(FINANCE)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Liberty Satellite & Technology Inc., an Englewood subsidiary of Liberty Media Corp., said it has completed its $58 million investment in WildBlue Communications Inc., a Greenwood Village company that plans to launch a satellite-based,...

Adam Aircraft Industries Inc.(FINANCE)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Adam Aircraft Industries Inc., Englewood, said it has closed on a "significant" investment from GS Capital Parners 2000, a private equity investment fund managed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. Adam Aircraft said the funds will be used to fund the...

ADP/Securities Industry Software.(INVESTMENT)(ADP Securities Industry Software Corp. is rolling out Trading Power, a securities management software)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ADP/Securities Industry Software, a Wheat Ridge-based division of Automatic Data Processing Inc.'s brokerage services group, said it is rolling out Trading Power, the industry's first product to perform real-time calculations that determine an...

Geronimo Partners and Santana Partners.(INVESTMENT)(Geronimo Partners)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Geronimo Partners and Santana Partners, two Denver investment management and investment banking firms, combined operations and will do business as Geronimo Partners.

Going public: hunger for growth lures Red Robin to market.(THE PUBLIC 250)(Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.)
June 1, 2003... Michael Snyder is asked if he relinquished some control when he took Red Robin Gourmet Burgers public in July of 2002. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Oh, God, I never had control," says the CEO of Red Robin with a laugh. "The people...

Tech startup of the month.(hightech coloradobiz)(Accera Inc.)
June 1, 2003... INITIAL LIGHTBULB: After leaving Broomfield-based Univera Pharmaceuticals, a biotech he founded in 1995, Dr. Steve Orndorff teamed with Dr. Sam Henderson to launch a new venture, Accera. The drug-discovery startup aims to stamp out...

Whoa, dude! Vacationers lasso simpler times on the ranch: from a rocking chair on the front porch of the main lodge you can hear the thunder of horses being let out to pasture as you take in the mountain view. Inside, you can reconnect with the family over a board game.
June 1, 2003... "THERE'S NO TVS, NO VIDEO GAMES, NO DISTRACTIONS," said Janice Benson, whose family has traveled from Chicago to spend its vacation at the Bar Lazy J Ranch in tiny Parshall the past four summers. "Going out to the ranch is a dramatic change...

Worth the wait: long-held land fuels dreams on E-470 corridor.(who owns colorado?)
June 1, 2003... If you have tested out the new, northern section of E-470 south and east from Interstate 25, keep driving past Denver International Airport and the scenery changes from open spaces and fields of dreams to dreams realized. [ILLUSTRATION...

Chaco sandals and boots.(cool colorado stuff)
June 1, 2003... In the late 1980s, Mark Paigan left his custom shoe and boot cobbler business in northern California to guide fly-fishing and whitewater-rafting trips in southwestern Colorado. Thanks to his footwear background, he quickly realized that the...

Big Agnes sleeping bags, pads and tents.(cool colorado stuff)
June 1, 2003... Steamboat's slopes lured Bill Gamber and his clothing manufacturer, BAP Inc., West in 1990, but it was another decade before the entrepreneur looked at horizontal expansion. Local designer Brad Johnson brought Gamber an innovative sleeping bag...

Madden Mountaineering packs.(cool colorado stuff)
June 1, 2003... Founded in 1974 by Dan Madden, Boulder-based backpack-maker Madden Mountaineering has operated for nearly 30 years under the same credo: "functional simplicity." After current owner Ed Ruzic acquired the company in 1998, he ran it as a...

Timberline filters.(cool colorado stuff)
June 1, 2003... This mom-and-pop manufacturer has been in the filter business since pop--chemist Arnold Williams--went on a pack trip in the Flattop Wilderness Area in 1986. After watching his backcountry companions struggle with filters of all shapes and...

Virtual obsolescence.(the use of virtual technology)
June 1, 2003... A CURIOUS THING HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO pick up my son from daycare the other week. Our provider, licensed in her own home, handed me a business card. Now, I have known this woman for years, and I know her address and telephone number by...