ColoradoBiz articles from March 2005

ColoradoBiz archives from March 2005

Deal with Churchill the Indian way.(On Colorado)(obscenity-of-the-month, Ward Churchill)(Editorial)
March 1, 2005... WARD CHURCHILL. There, I've written an obscenity in ColoradoBiz. I must be the magazine's first editor to have printed an obscenity in these pages, although if I'm not, I'm sure Jeff Rundles, our columnist and a former editor of the...

Rundles right on Social Security.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... Thank you for your commentary on Social Security (Jeff Rundles, "For true Social Security, look to Main Street, not Wall Street," February). Of all the articles I've read on this subject, yours says what really needs to be said. I hope that...

Lamar profile appreciated.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... "Who Owns Colorado: Lamar, Harvesting megawatts on the Eastern Plains," (November 2004) written by Stephen Titus with photographs by Terry Shapiro, did an excellent job of combining personal stories with facts about the growing renewable wind...

A case against lawsuits.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2005... Your December column (Robert Schwab, "ABA leader states case for lawyers") is off the mark. The fact that defendants win more than 50 percent of the time leads me to think that the suit probably should not have been filed. Secondly, you are...

The company meeting.(On Management)(Adelante Foundation of Honduras)
March 1, 2005... A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I ATTENDED A COMPANY meeting held under a tree in an agricultural setting in Honduras. This meeting was held for the same reasons that company meetings have been held since the very first VP said, "Let's have a meeting!"...

Job creation, budget stabilization top CACI's legislative priorities.(Guest column)(Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry)
March 1, 2005... TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR COLORADO'S future economic success, stabilizing the state's budget and creating jobs top the legislative agenda of the Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry this year. The CACI board of directors selected these...

Vacation clubs court the wealthy.(Attitude at Altitude)(Private Escapes Destination Clubs)
March 1, 2005... Private Escapes Destination Clubs, founded in Fort Collins slightly more than a year ago, last month passed the 100-member mark in its two high-dollar vacation clubs, one of which, the most popular, is billed as "affordable" because its entry...

Playmakers: StorageTek vp Perry dubbed superhero.(Attitude at Altitude)(Vice President)(Roy Perry)
March 1, 2005... ROY PERRY, corporate vice president of global supply-chain management for Louisville-based StorageTek, was recognized for his achievements and contributions to the technology industry at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's Black...

Finance.(Insiders' Biz)(John W. Perkins joins Guaranty Bank and Trust Co)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... John W. Perkins has been named president of Denver-based Guaranty Bank and Trust Co. Perkins will direct operations for the 16 Guaranty Bank locations and the commercial real estate and mortgage groups of the bank system. A native of Colorado,...

Real Estate.(Insiders' Biz)(Fuller Real Estate)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Fuller Real Estate announced in February it is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a new logo and will change more than 700 property-listing signs in the Denver area as well as stationery, business cards and marketing materials to reflect the...

Nonprofit.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... College Summit, a national nonprofit founded by Denver native and East High graduate J.B. Schramm, has been named by Fast Company magazine one of the "top 25 groups that are changing the world." College Summit, based in Washington D.C. with a...

Agriculture.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Windsor-based Organic Valley Family of Farms announced in January an addition to its line of regional organic milks: Rocky Mountain Pastures, produced exclusively by farmers on the Front Range. Rocky Mountain Pastures is bottled near Colorado...

Public Relations.(Insiders' Biz)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... Lisa Cutter, principal of Cutter Communications in Littleton, has been named president of the Public Relations Society of America's Colorado chapter for 2005. PRSA provides a forum for addressing issues affecting the public relations...

The natural wonder of boulder: 'we're going to revolutionize the way people eat'.(establishment of food comapnies in Boulder, Colorado)(Cover Story)
March 1, 2005... When Mark Retzloff and S.M. "Hass" Hassan opened Pearl Street Market in Boulder in 1979, they could look across the street and see Steve Demos in his tiny vegan deli and tofu shop, stirring a tub of soybeans to make into tofu blocks. Four...

Technology never sleeps: summer in the West Grand school District is not entirely devoted to vacations. With students and teachers gone, the Internet technology staff at the school, which is located between Silverthorne and Steamboat Springs, bears down on special projects--with the significant help of a firm based in Broomfield.(DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE: SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION)(Advertisement)
March 1, 2005... BUILDING A STRONG TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE A trip to the Denver Museum of Nature & Science allows visitors to be transported to a different time and place or to revel in the awe a child expresses when confronted by a...

Nervonix Inc.(High Tech ColoradoBiz)
March 1, 2005... Tech startup of the Month Longmont www.Nervonix.com FOUNDED: April 2004 as Nervonix (first launched as CKM Diagnostics in Bozeman, Mont., in the late 1990s) INITIAL LIGHTBULB Almost a decade ago, Bozeman...

Horse sense about incentives: when it comes to perks, Colorado lags behind neighboring states.
March 1, 2005... Pat Parelli, a former California rodeo star, first fell for the classic Rocky Mountain scenery surrounding Pagosa Springs when his truck broke down there in the 1980s. That's why Parelli, now a horse-training guru, bought 700 acres of ranchland...

Ethics in Business: honorees united in purpose, friendship.(Project C.U.R.E.)(CAP Logistics)
March 1, 2005... Two winners of 2005 Colorado Ethics in Business Awards know each other well because they have made a practice--an ethical practice--of using each other to accomplish their ethical goals. Doug Jackson, CEO of the nonprofit Project C.U.R.E.,...

Forging future executives.(executive education special advertising section)
March 1, 2005... Current and future business leaders nationwide look to executive-level education as a major tool to help them excel in today's competitive environment, and in turn to boost corporate bottom lines. An MBA makes a difference for senior...

Changes down on the pharm: innovations spur Pharmaca, HealthTrans.(Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Inc.)(HealthTrans LLC)
March 1, 2005... Selling pharmaceuticals is a big business that's in serious flux. Health-care costs are spiraling skyward, and prescription drugs have led the charge: In the 1970s and '80s, drugs accounted for just a single-digit fraction of health-care costs;...

Boulder pioneers pool money, wisdom.(Small Biz)(Greenmont Capital Partners)
March 1, 2005... OVER THE YEARS, BOULDER'S MARK RETZLOFF GOT USED to people approaching him with ideas for new natural products or businesses. They wanted his opinion or some investment money, or both. And why wouldn't they? Retzloff helped make Boulder the...

Digs A Go-Go.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(do-it-yourself interior design DVD)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... A 22-year veteran of residential interior design, Lane Oliver saw a dearth of teenager-oriented product in the do-it-yourself remodeling market, so she decided to do something about it: Digs A Go-Go, a DVD and instruction manual in a funky...

LitesNow.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(peel-and-stick dimmer )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... After 20-plus years of licensing his patents to manufacturers (for everything from geodesic tents to high-heeled shoes), Mark Joseph decided to hang onto one to make himself: LitesNow, an affordable, user-friendly track lighting kit that...

Scarves by Carolyn Z.(Colorado Cool Stuff)
March 1, 2005... "I'm not a fiber artist," said a modest Carolyn Zwahlen. "I just weave for my own pleasure and for my friends." This statement is only partially true. Zwahlen's lush scarves, woven out of high-end Italian yarn and sporting such colorful names...

Platepal.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(plates)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2005... After cutting his teeth in the e-commerce software industry, Jason Rich, founder of Rich Media Technologies, became a proud father, and mealtime at the Rich house soon got a bit messier. So Rich came up with a plate that a baby can't toss...

Rusty Perry: ex-lawyer pushes greener cleaner.(Executive Edge)(Revolution Cleaners )
March 1, 2005... Rusty Perry now cleans and presses the same kind of pricey suits and dress shirts he used to wear to work every day when he practiced law in Denver. But he's not complaining. Perry hopes to clean up in the business world with Revolution...

Sticking to the schedule.(Sports Biz)(sports scheduling, Bortz Media and Sports Group)
March 1, 2005... THE NUGGETS COULDN'T PLAY AT HOME DURING THE last weekend in February because of back-to-back Freestyle Motocross events at Pepsi Center. Instead, the team was in Memphis on Friday and in New Orleans on Sunday night, the latter game dictating...

Am I Blue? Only on Sundays.(Rundles Wrap-up)
March 1, 2005... ONE OF THE MORE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF LIVING A LONG time is you realize there's not much that's really new. Lately, there has been a lot of hub-bub in the Colorado General Assembly over a piece of legislation that would allow for Sunday...