ColoradoBiz articles from September 2003

ColoradoBiz archives from September 2003

Colorado feels bite of West Nile.(Editorial)
September 1, 2003... THE BUSINESSMAN'S TONE REEKED WITH DISAPPOINTMENT when he mentioned the J.D. Edwards buyout by PeopleSoft. Home-grown J.D. Edwards was being merged with a California rival, and the job losses that usually accompany such consolidations were...

Thanks from fastpitch owner.(readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... My thanks go out to you for the pro fastpitch piece ("Batter up for women's pro softball") in the August issue. We are receiving an exceptional response from all directions! Colorado is a fabulous environment for sports, no doubt. But the zeal...

Hispanic leader lauds lists.(readers respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2003... Congratulations on winning another year of a well-deserved award as best magazine and best designed magazine by the AABP. I have been a longtime reader of your magazine and use it not only for the obvious up-to-date info on small businesses,...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
September 1, 2003... University of Denver College of Law Dean Mary Ricketson was incorrectly identified in the "Who Owns Colorado" feature ("University reborn") that appeared in the August issue of ColoradoBiz. Gov. Bill Owens did not sign legislation that...

El Paso County Department of Health and Environment.(Success profiles: special advertising section)(Interlink's HealthTrack)(Advertisement)
September 1, 2003... Healthcare organizations in Colorado Springs have been faced with a growing challenge: how to improve the quality and consistency of care provided to a population of over 90,000 uninsured. "While the problem is quite large, the...

Denver Health and hospitals.(Success profiles: special advertising section)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... With a reach that includes visits from 1 in 4 residents and 35% of Denver's children annually, Denver Health touches the lives of much of the city's population. This year, Denver Health estimates it will provide over $250 million of care...

What if everybody ...? Customer service seems to be like the weather--everybody talks about it but everywhere you go, customers are missing service in a big way.
September 1, 2003... DON GALLEGOS, RETIRED CEO OF GROCERY giant King Soopers, gave a wonderful presentation at an awards breakfast in Denver recently, on the subject of service. He told story after story of well-meaning employees testing the commitment of customers...

Bargains for Black Hawk dwellers.(attitude at altitude)
September 1, 2003... IT'S GETTING TOUGH TO FIND A GOOD DEAL ON Colorado real estate these days--unless you live in Black Hawk. The gambling mecca has set aside $7.7 million dollars in 2003 for renovating fewer than a dozen properties around town--and plans to...

Energy, politics and the rise of capitalism: Pulitzer Prize winner sizes up Colorado role in global economy.(attitude at altitude)
September 1, 2003... IF YOU WANTED TO SEARCH THE GLOBE for someone who could put world economic history into words that were understandable to high-school freshmen, you probably couldn't find a better lecturer than Pulitzer Prize winner Daniel Yergin. Yergin...

September.(Coming Soon)
September 1, 2003... 11 THURSDAY, MED Week 21st Annual Awards Luncheon hosted by Minority Enterprise & Educational Development Inc. 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1254 Champa...

Former Starz exec back after political stint.(Playmakers)(Paul E. Jacobson vice president of Communications for Adelphia Communications Corp.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... PAUL E. JACOBSON, former vice president of Englewood-based Starz Encore Group, has come home. Jacobson, who left the state only six months ago to serve as deputy communications director for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn), has...

Compass Bank-Denver.(Playmakers)(Dennis Orcutt's appointment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Former U.S. Bank president DENNIS ORCUTT has been appointed to Compass Bank-Denver's board of directors.

National Advisory Committee.(Playmakers)(Diane Garcia appointment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DIANE GARCIA, director of public relations for IITC, a metro-Denver satellite and network communications company, has been named to the National Advisory Committee of the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Denver Regional Council of Governments.(Playmakers)(Shepard Nevel appointment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... SHEPARD NEVEL, who has served as MAYOR WELLINGTON WEBB's Office of Workforce Development executive director since 2000, has been named director of membership services and community outreach for the Denver Regional Council of Governments.

CTA Pulic Relations.(Playmakers)(Carl Thompson appeals wine industry and advertising agency contract decision)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CTA Public Relations owner CARL THOMPSON has appealed the state's recent decision awarding the Colorado wine industry development board's public relations contract to an Arizona advertising agency. A decision is due Sept. 3.

Forest Oil.(Playmakers)(Robert S. Boswell retires; Craig Clark and Forrest Hoglund appointments)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... ROBERT S. BOSWELL, Forest Oil director, chairman of the board and chief executive officer, has announced his retirement, effective Sept. 30. He will be replaced as CEO by current Chief Operating Officer CRAIG CLARK, and as board chairman by...

Colorado Securities Board.(Playmakers)(Lee Reichert appointment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... LEE REICHERT, head of the corporate and securities department law firm Kamlet Shepherd & Reichert, has been appointed to the Colorado Securities Board. He is one of two attorneys on the five-person board, which advises the securities...

Frontier Airlines has introduced "FlexCheck," an automated check-in system.(Aviation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Frontier Airlines has introduced "FlexCheck," an automated check-in system which will allow customers to check in and print boarding passes at Denver International Airport kiosks.

Delta Air Lines will have daily nonstop service from Salt Lake City to Steamboat and Saturday service.(Aviation)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Delta Air Lines will have daily nonstop service from Salt Lake City to Steamboat and Saturday service from Atlanta to Steamboat. The flights will start in December and end in April.

Puppet Stew Productions, a new Colorado film production company, won the Columbine Award.(Entertainment)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Puppet Stew Productions, a new Colorado film production company, won the Columbine Award at the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder for its first film, "The Bloods and the Crips."

Denver-based M+O+A Architectural Partnership is designing a new campus for the Denver Seminary, which is relocating from Denver to Littleton for more space.(Construction)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Denver-based M+O+A Architectural Partnership is designing a new campus for the Denver Seminary, which is relocating from Denver to Littleton for more space. M+O+A will also design a new K-8 school in the Stapleton area for Denver Public...

BOK Financial Corp. has acquired Colorado Funding Co. and its subsidiary, Colorado State Bank and Trust.(Banking)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... BOK Financial Corp. has acquired Colorado Funding Co. and its subsidiary, Colorado State Bank and Trust. BOK Financial has named Greg Symons the new chairman and CEO of Colorado State Bank and Bank President Jim Steeple to the corporation's...

Denver-based AMG Guaranty Trust.(Banking)(company acquires Old Dominion Trust Co.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Denver-based AMG Guaranty Trust has acquired Old Dominion Trust Co.

Exclusive Resorts, a private club with 70 members who get unlimited access to luxury homes worldwide, has purchased an apartment aboard The World of ResidenSea.(Hospitality)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Exclusive Resorts, a private club with 70 members who get unlimited access to luxury homes worldwide, has purchased an apartment aboard The World of ResidenSea, a luxury cruise ship of privately owned apartments that continuously...

The Environmental Protection Agency is calling for Worker Protection Standard Penalties for five Colorado growers for pesticide safety violations.(Agriculture)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Environmental Protection Agency is calling For Worker Protection Standard Penalties for five Colorado growers for pesticide safety violations. David Petrocco Farms may have to pay $231,990 for 229 alleged violations.

NASA awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Astrobiology a $5 million grant.(Technology)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... NASA awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder's Center for Astrobiology a $5 million grant. The Center will assist NASA's search for extraterrestrial life.

Centrix Financial LLC's incentive program, Team Centrix Baja Adventure, successfully used a prize trip to Baja, Mexico to encourage dealers in 180 auto dealerships to increase Centrix loans.(Finance)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Centrix Financial LLC's incentive program, Team Centrix Baja Adventure, successfully used a prize trip to Baja, Mexico to encourage dealers in 180 auto dealerships to increase Centrix loans. Centrix saw nearly a 100 percent increase in the...

Finderskeepers Inc. is the newest matchmaking service in Denver.(Services)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Finderskeepers Inc. is the newest matchmaking service in Denver for singles 35 to 65 years old.

The National Institutes of Health has awarded University of Colorado.(Health Care/Medical)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The National Institutes of Health has awarded University of Colorado at Boulder's mechanical engineering department a five-year, $900,000 grant.

The Thermogram Center has opened its breast and body imaging center.(Health Care/Medical)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Thermogram Center has opened its breast and body-imaging center in Louisville.

Johns Manville Retirees Association has filed a letter of complaint with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, calling for an investigations.(Manufacturing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Johns Manville Retirees Association has filed a letter of complaint with the U.S. Secretary of Labor, calling for an investigations into whether Johns Manville Corp., a Berkshire Hathaway company, had falsified reports or misled retirees...

Frederick-based UQM Technologies Inc. has created a Gator Utility Vehicle.(Energy)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Frederick-based UQM Technologies Inc. has created a Gator Utility Vehicle powered by a hybrid electric propulsion system.

Mayor of mayors: Hickenlooper, Owen's trip reflects mayor's influence.
September 1, 2003... Last January, what was described as a sardonic grin played at the lips of John Hickenlooper as he faced his opponents in the 2003 Denver mayor's race during the first of a series of candidate debates leading to the election. The debate was...

Sweet success and the private 250 list: Denver family churns out chocolate.
September 1, 2003... THROUGH 19 YEARS IN business, the Szyliowicz family of Denver, four chocolate-lovers who trained together with a world-class chocolatier in Paris, have evolved their private small business from a home-based candy maker to a worldwide brand of...

The private 250: desks measure an upturn.
September 1, 2003... ROCKY MOUNTAIN DESK Corp., when it opened in 1983, collided head-on with an economic slump spawned by the failing oil-and-gas industry that sent dozens of out-of-state firms packing and put hundreds of other Colorado companies out of business...

Can you hear me now? Verizon tester logs 25,000 miles a year.(high tech Colorado biz)
September 1, 2003... GARY FANKHAUSER DOESN'T WALK around with a phone asking, "Can you hear me now?" Instead, eight phones make automatic calls from the back of his Ford Explorer, using both male and female voices and a set of phrases that contain the most...

Tech startup of the month.(high tech)(David Metze and Incite Response)
September 1, 2003... INCITE RESPONSE, ENGLEWOOD WWW.INCITERESPONSE.COM FOUNDED: 2001 INITIAL LIGHTBULB: David Metze, working from Colorado as VP of sales and marketing for Philadelphia database marketer IDT, kept running into the same old problem: It was next...

Hope for small business health insurance.
September 1, 2003... For the first time in nine years, Colorado has enacted legislation to address small-business health insurance, hoping to control exploding premiums and the rapidly declining number of employees covered. But is it enough? Even big...

Black Hawk, Central City play their hands.(who owns Colorado?)
September 1, 2003... A YELLOW ASPHALT TRUCK, STAINED with a thick layer of black goo, lumbers up State Highway 119, slowing a ribbon of traffic for miles. Black Hawk, tile truck's destination, has its own version of T-Rex going. Half a mile of the highway, as it...

Southeast regional report.(Special Advertising Section)(metro Denver corridor development)
September 1, 2003... The expansion of Interstate 25, its accompanying new light-rail, two new hospitals in the area and the revitalization of Centennial Airport give new life to the Southeast metro Denver corridor. "The southeast region has a greater employment...

Unfunded spire outlasts tech's early high fliers.(money matters)(Michael Gellman and SpireMedia)
September 1, 2003... SPIREMEDIA IS A NEW-AGE TECHNOLOGY FIRM that stuck to old-economy values to become one of Colorado's successes of the Internet age. Michael Gellman launched SpireMedia in 1998 with a couple computers, a fax machine and one big client that...

Henry Bergeson Kaleidoscopes.(cool colorado stuff)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... After working as a mechanical engineer in Boston, Henry Bergeson packed up and moved to Conifer, Colo. in the mid-1980s. (Life in a cubicle didn't suit me," he said.) He sought another engineering job in metro Denver, but the few companies that...

Huffaker farms goat milk soap.(cool colorado stuff)(Huffaker Farms)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jan Huffaker traded Denver's urban jungle for pastoral Washington County (in the far northeast corner of the state) in 1982 managing and ultimately buying a hog farm But, in 1990, "The hog market went down the tubes." Huffaker said, and her...

Mile High Golf Co.(cool colorado stuff)(golf manufacturer)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Jim Cowdrey Knows golf. After working for California based golf manufacturers in the 1970s, he owned and operated The GolfShop in Aurora. Colo. in the 1980s. In 1991. he shifted gears again and began creating unique gifts made from golf stuff":...

The Hatters.(cool colorado stuff)(hats)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Merlen and Maryon Hatter first met as deckhands on a 100-foot sailboat, cruising-from Florida to the Bahamas through the Panama Canal and on to Hawaii. Their working relationship soon took on a different scope; and the couple married in 1976,...

PR's dynamic duo: Schenkein co-owners keep vision alive.(executive edge)(Schenkein Public Relations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... THEY BOTH CALL IT A PERFECT FIT. One likes new business, the other existing clients. One prefers internal staff development, the other client projects. In fact, Leanna Clark and Christin Crampton Day, co-owners of Schenkein Public...

DIA, del-i-cate-ly.(new lease for Denver International Airport)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... "These things must be done delicately..." --THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST WHEN I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT THE CITY OF DENVER negotiating with United Airlines on a new lease for Denver International Airport, l couldn't help but think of...