ColoradoBiz articles from March 2006

ColoradoBiz archives from March 2006

Bush misleads because he can.(reinstatement of patriot act)
March 1, 2006... WHY DOES HE DO IT? Why does President George W. Bush claim in his State of the Union address--watched by millions--that his administration is going to push for energy independence and promote alternative-fuel technologies and then submit a...

Manage with an instrument panel.(training the pilots)
March 1, 2006... IF YOUR COMPANY OR YOUR DEPARTMENT runs like a top, meeting expectations, being where it is supposed to be... then odds are that you could learn to fly an airplane. Or vice versa (if you are a good pilot you have the skills to run a company)....

Career task force seeks to avert power shortage.(Guest column)
March 1, 2006... THE COMING SHORTAGE OF MANAGERS, TECHNICIANS, craftspeople and professionals needed to operate American electric utilities in the next decade will create major employment opportunities for young people interested in careers in the power sector...

Casino castoffs would fit GM.(Readers respond)(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... What a great article! (Jeff Rundles, "Let's do less!" January). I wondered if anyone would mention GM's fatalistic attitude. I teach customer service at a small casino near Durango. Although we are in the middle of nowhere and have two...

Economic policy is Bush league.(nonconservative economy in America)
March 1, 2006... Back 70 years ago the GOP was blasting FDR for his "tax and spend" policies. Now Bush and company are running an irresponsible "borrow-and-spend, to hell with the debts" system. Paul Volcker, no dummy in such matters, says there is a 75 percent...

Apply the dinner-guest test.(Letter to the editor)
March 1, 2006... Good article, as usual (Pat Wiesner, "How to pick from a pack of applicants," February). I usually ask myself if this is a person I would like to have over for dinner with my family. SEND LETTERS AND CORRECTIONS TO: ROBERT SCHWAB,...

Correction.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2006... In the February issue, in a story about 1-800-GOT-JUNK, the local franchisee for the company was said to have recycled $187,000 worth of metal. Jay Montgomery actually recycled 187,000 pounds of metal in 2005. SEND LETTERS AND CORRECTIONS...

House-hunt frustration in Vail inspired Denver builder's affordable focus.
March 1, 2006... It seems wherever you drive in Denver, signs marking new housing developments most often read "homes from the $300s, $400s and above." And that's not the high end of the market. Andy Wallace, owner of Denver-based FrontierLiving, lived...

Call for contractors >> 'small guys' sought for FasTracks.(project of regional transportation district)
March 1, 2006... THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION District's $4.7 billion FasTracks mass-transit project holds ample opportunity for area building contractors. But spreading the word about the opportunity to small, minority-owned or disadvantaged businesses has been...

Executive edge: Jill Farnham: newspaper ad led her to Fitzsimons epicenter.(real estate development)
March 1, 2006... It's not often someone lands a career-changing job by answering a help-wanted ad in a newspaper. But that's how Jill Sikora Farnham became controller of a startup agency that would grow to become Colorado's $4.3 billion "square mile of life...

Phair Corp. >> tech startup of the month.(Phiar corporation in wireless technology)
March 1, 2006... INITIAL LIGHTBULB At the University of Colorado-Boulder, Ph.D.s Garret Moddel and Blake Eliasson were working on solar-cell technology when their research took them in a different direction--into one of the last frontiers of the radio wave...

Giant retailer caters to outside interests.(Bass Pro mega store)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... AMONG THOUSANDS OF ITEMS in stock at Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Denver are GPS navigational systems--and GPS might be exactly the tool you need to avoid getting lost in Colorado's first Bass Pro mega store. Boasting 180,000 square...

Cloggedartery: the drive up I-70 grows more agonizing for front range skiers every year, but the obstacles of money and mountains aren't budging.(I-70 gridlock)(Colorado Destination)
March 1, 2006... Metro Denver skiers bent on missing the Saturday madness get on the road no later than 6 a.m. Mere minutes matter. Fifteen, 30 minutes later and Interstate 70 west of Denver coagulates into a vexatious syrup of old-beater Toyotas, silvery...

Determined vintners elevate region's profile.(winery market)
March 1, 2006... COLORADO WINERIES ARRIVED late to the wine game. Establishing a foothold in this hypercompetitive market is now, by any measure, a daunting challenge. The fact is that more wine, better wine, is being made now than ever before. But...

The Vail Cascade.(in state)(Vail Cascade Resort)
March 1, 2006... As a world-class resort destination, Vail needs no introduction. The town and ski mountain are safely ensconced on most every "best of" travel and leisure list compiled annually in the trade press. Still, Vail's hotels and resort properties...

Colorado Springs' Bristol Brewing takes beer to the edge.(the beer guy)
March 1, 2006... THERE IS AN ADAGE among the nuts who brew craft beers that goes something like this: "Man makes beer, Nature makes wine." The concept celebrates the man-made (and woman-made) art of mixing hops, barley, yeast and other ingredients into the...

Recommended wines.(The Wine Guy)
March 1, 2006... All of the wines reviewed in this issue of Colorado Vine are new to retail shelves in Colorado, not necessarily all made in Colorado. One of the advantages of living in a state that is a test market for many producers is that we can enjoy a...

Hooked up: wines pair up with restaurants, as much as with meals.
March 1, 2006... Exploring the food and wine of Colorado's restaurants is an experience that reveals dining quality can be found not only in the elegant restaurants of the state's resort hotels, but also in some of Colorado's small-town cafes. Stiff and formal...

The Taste of Vail: chefs' contest drives food, fun, festivities--and wine-tasting.(food)
March 1, 2006... As the ski season winds down and mud season approaches, April isn't the month you'd expect to see heavy traffic around the Vail Village--unless you're aware of the Taste of Vail. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] April 5-8 mark the dates of the...

Wine tasters guide 2006.(Wine Guide)(Directory)
March 1, 2006... Delta & Montrose counties DM1 COTTONWOOD CELLARS/THE OLATHE WINERY Open Summer: Wednesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; open holiday Mondays; by appointment only Jan 2-Mar 30 5482 Hwy 348, P.O. Box 940, Olathe, 81425-0940 P...

Ethics in evidence: ward winners exemplify message behind DU speaker series.(Ethics)
March 1, 2006... "I was 22, in my first few weeks of a public-accounting position right out of college, making just under $5,000 a year, when I found myself standing in a bank vault alone with millions of dollars at my reach during an audit," said Harvey A....

Loveland's 80 MPH main street: following the McWhinney brothers, other developers flock to Interstate 25.(Who owns Colorado)
March 1, 2006... BARELY NINE YEARS AGO, THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 25 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 34 in Loveland was a sea of farmland punctuated by a newly opened Outlet Mall. The family that owned the land around the mall since 1866 had just lost its patriarch to...

Paper routes no longer kids' stuff.(ON SMALL BIZ)
March 1, 2006... DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND JOHN WAYNE WERE PAPERBOYS. So were Jackie Robinson, Norman Vincent Peale, Ross Perot, Harry Truman and Martin Luther King Jr. Along with their fame, these former paperboys share one trait: They're all very old, or...

Rosy Rings candles.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Shannon Cumberland was working as a bike messenger in the early 1990s when a stray observation about a client cost her a job, but afforded her an opportunity. "If I hadn't been fired, I would have never started this company," she said. "It kind...

Mulberrywood neckties and pocket squares.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... When the husband-and-wife team behind Mulberrywood, David and Noina Hober, were married in 2000, David got a present from Noina's mother: traditional Thai clothing made from silk produced at Noina's family farm in Isan. "It's kind of like...

Backcountry Access transceivers and gear.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Backcountry Access Inc.)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Founded by Bruce "Bruno" McGowan and Bruce Edgerly in 1994, Backcountry Access first got its "foot in the door" with its Alpine Trekkers, adaptor plates that allow skiers to hit the backcountry without a telemark rig. The company's "biggest...

K&H Manufacturing pet products.(Colorado Cool Stuff)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... K&H Manufacturing acquired 40-year-old Colorado Springs manufacturer Lectro-Kennel in the mid-1990s and revved up the pursuit of heated pet products. Beyond the flagship Lectro-Kennel--a heated pad for canines--the company now makes heated cat...

Outlaw man.(Mac Freeman)
March 1, 2006... THE SCOUTING REPORT ON FIVE-YEAR DENVER BRONCOS veteran Mac Freeman: Prototypical linebacker build. Six-two, 210. Influenced by Giants legend Lawrence Taylor. Five broken collarbones. Team player. May be underrated for his position. The...

Learning by example.(Rundles Wrap-up)(Business Hall of Fame)
March 1, 2006... I HAD THE OCCASION LAST MONTH TO ATTEND THE COLORADO Business Hall of Fame dinner, and I was awe-struck by what I heard and saw. All of the laureates, as the honorees are called, were special people, with wonderful messages of what it means to...