ColoradoBiz articles from September 2004

ColoradoBiz archives from September 2004

DoubleClick: investing in technology to deliver better service at lower cost.(Special Advertising Section)
September 1, 2004... DoubleClick is the leading provider of marketing technology solutions for digital and direct marketing. DoubleClick provides the industry's leading ad management platform as well as proven search marketing and affiliate marketing solutions to...

Memo to Owens: Gallagher must go.(On Colorado)(Gallagher Amendment)
September 1, 2004... IT'S TIME THE GOVERNOR OF COLORADO asks voters to repeal the Gallagher Amendment, a provision of the Colorado Constitution that, along with the Tax Payers Bill of Rights, TABOR, is strangling Colorado government. Gov. Bill Owens has until...

Rundles off track on FasTracks.(Readers Respond)
September 1, 2004... Columnist Jeff Rundles spends a great deal of time advocating the benefits of mass transit ("FasTrack to gridlock," August), but then fails to endorse FasTracks and instead proposes the creation of a statewide planning commission with authority...

A new view of small jets.(Readers Respond)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... I agree with Cortez City Manager Hal Shepard (in Robert Schwab's "Boarding call," April) when he says that airline industry analyst Mike Boyd's advice about "tuning up the Chevy" is short sighted. If you're talking about large jets--and...

Gas-price analysis flawed.(Readers Respond)(Letter to the Editor)
September 1, 2004... Jeff Rundles may believe, though totally incorrectly, that "there's not a person out there who believes that the price of gasoline in the United States has anything to do with supply and demand." And that "everyone believes, at the core, that...

"Herb, could you come to my office please?" There are better ways to command than from behind a desk.(methods to manage a business)
September 1, 2004... SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THERE WAS A STORY ON TV ABOUT THE REOPENING OF THE Statue of Liberty to visitors following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York. The piece sort of revolved around the Park Service manager responsible for the place. He talked...

Lyons brewer thrives on can-do attitude: Dale's Pale Ale is world's first canned microbrew.(Attitude at Altitude)(beer industry)
September 1, 2004... HORDES OF TOURISTS DRIVE THROUGH LYONS, EN ROUTE FROM Boulder to Rocky Mountain National Park, and don't even bother to slow down. Yet their drive-by misses something the microbrewery industry missed until 2002: distinctive beer in a can....

Book salutes roadside oddities.(Attitude at Altitude)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Colorado native and freelance writer Eric Peterson offers up a remedy for highway hypnosis with his new book Roadside Americana--a tribute to the great American road trip. A coffee-table book about roadside kitsch, it features photographs of...

Epperson named Denver's new postmaster.(Playmakers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... SELWYN D. EPPERSON has been named new postmaster for Denver, the largest post office in the state and in the Colorado/Wyoming U.S. Postal Service District. He is the 34th postmaster in Denver's history. The Rocky Mountain Indian Chamber of...

Instapoll.(Attitude at Altitude)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... COBIZMAG.COM 54% of respondents agree the practice of overseas outsourcing is getting an unfair rap--that the potential benefit to the U.S. workforce is not being adequately explored. Results obtained from July 20 through Aug. 20. 53%...

September 2004.(Coming Soon)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... 10 Friday, Metro Workforce Center presents the DENVER METRO SMALL BUSINESS SYMPOSIUM, 7:15 a.m. to noon at the Colorado Convention Center. Event offers 12 workshops on running a business. For more information, visit mowd.org. 10 ...

TV-buying tips from a high-definition cable guy.(Attitude at Altitude)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... HDNet General Manager Phil Garvin knows high-definition (HD) TV: The network he co-founded with Mark Cuban is the world's first all-HD cable network. (See story in HighTech ColoradoBiz, page 62). "One of the things people always ask me...

Evergreen.(Real Estate)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Potential buyers at the Grand Preserve Atop Saddleback Mountain, Evergreen, were invited to camp on the property as part of a real-estate promotion developed by Fuller Towne & Country. Guests were invited to "Test Reside" on the future...

Eight Colorado families.(Real Estate)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Eight Colorado families who have owned and operated their farm or ranch for at least 100 years were recognized during the 18th Annual Centennial Farms Celebration on Aug. 27. Bender Family Farms, Wellington; Fischer Ranch, Walden; Hoover...

The Longmont Area Economic Council.(Development)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * The Longmont Area Economic Council released its 2004 Existing Industry Report, a survey of Longmont's industrial base of 235 primary employers. Results indicate the potential for 1,358 new jobs, $95.6 million in capital investment and use of...

The State Historical Fund.(Development)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * The State Historical Fund recently awarded 53 grants totaling $3.76 million to help support a variety of local preservation initiatives in 28 communities across the state. Projects funded range from the rehabilitation of the 1920s Mountain...

The United States Postal Service.(Training)(Visible Productions, Fort Collins)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The United States Postal Service awarded a multimedia project to Visible Productions, Fort Collins. Visible Productions will create a bioterrorism employee-training program to be posted on the USPS employee Intranet this fall.

Parking kiosks.(Retail)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Parking kiosks were installed in Cherry Creek North to allow for more convenient customer parking. Cost is $1 per hour with a three-hour limit and a 15-minute minimum, Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday is free.

A Robert Half Management Resources.(Management)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... A Robert Half Management Resources survey reports that 36 percent of chief financial officers would like to work fewer hours, including fewer meetings and more time to meet deadlines. The survey of CFOs' wish-list items showed...

The Town of Vail.(Fashion)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... The Town of Vail has rolled out a new "Own a Piece of Vail" product line, called Vail Manhole Cover Jewelry. The new product line includes 16 handcrafted pieces ranging from a manhole cover necklace, to two-tone sterling silver/bronze...

Rose Community Foundation, Denver.(Nonprofit)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Rose Community Foundation, Denver, awarded more than $1.6 million in grants during the second quarter of 2004. The foundation made 32 grants focused in five program areas: Aging, Child and Family Development, Education, Health and Jewish...

Bayaud Industries, Denver.(Nonprofit)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... * Bayaud Industries, Denver, a provider of vocational rehabilitation and employment services to individuals with mental, emotional, physical, and economic challenges, recently began a document-destruction service. Bayaud will provide storage...

The envelopes, please ... Top companies hailed for innovation, service, resilience.(Swingle Tree and Landscape Care)
September 1, 2004... From worldwide Fortune 500 company First Data Corp. to an amusement park in Glenwood Springs, winners of the ColoradoBiz Top Company of the Year competition for 2004 again represent a breadth of Colorado commerce and industry. The companies and...

Generations of Gillett: sons team with Colorado business titan.(George Gillett)
September 1, 2004... George Gillett III is sitting with Mel Coleman Jr. at the BC Natural Foods headquarters in Golden, talking about the previous day when Gillett stopped with his wife at a hotdog-and-burger joint in Denver called Mustard's Last Stand. * "Guess...

Advice on mixing business with sports: how to throw a game; You're out to impress a could-be client, but you want more face time than you'll get merely by picking up the bill at Morton's. What to do?(Sports Entertainment)
September 1, 2004... For a growing number of businesses, the answer is to head over to the ballpark or the arena, where comfortable luxury suites and three-hour games provide a recipe for client schmoozing that's hard to beat. The friendly merger of sports...

Cuban-backed Coloradan rolls out high-definition cable.(High Tech ColoradoBiz)
September 1, 2004... MARK CUBAN, THE COLORFUL INTERNET BILLIONAIRE WHO OWNS THE Dallas Mavericks, is clearly a business big shot. What is it like to co-found a high-definition cable network with him? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Just ask Phil Garvin, the head of...

C4 Hot Rods & Complete Restoration.(Tech Startup of the Month)
September 1, 2004... ENGLEWOOD WWW.C4WEB.NET FOUNDED: JANUARY 2004 QUOTE OF NOTE: Forty-some years I've raced. I started when I was 10 or 11 years old racing go-karts and never stopped. --C4 Hot Rods Shop Manager John Metcalf INITIAL...

Divided we stand: economically varied, West Slope towns united on vital issues.(Spotlight: Western Slope)(real estate industry of Colorado)
September 1, 2004... It's a rare rainy summer day in Hayden, a town of about 1,600 in the Yampa Valley on the Western Slope of Colorado, located between Steamboat Springs and Craig. Kathy Matt co-owns Hayden's Timberline Candy Bouquet Franchise, "a delicious...

Who owns Colorado: Berthoud's rebirth; Growth restrictions finally lifted, northern Colorado town eyes expansion.(real estate industry)
September 1, 2004... The little town of Berthoud in Northern Colorado may finally be growing up. Pressure from a prominent developer, contrasted by a highly restrictive growth cap that reduced new-home construction to just four units in one year, had Berthoud...

Troubleshooter or troublemaker?(Money Matters)
September 1, 2004... BOTTOMFEEDER TOM MARTINO? SAY IT AIN'T SO. But I'll say it, and I've got the fax to back it up. In three years as managing editor of ColoradoBiz, I've grown used to an occasional company phoning to complain that it was not notified...

Storyboard toys.(Cool Colorado Stuff)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... After seeing a poorly assembled factory doll house he thought was the work of a 5-year-old, Curtis Jacobson had an idea for the ArtHouse: a decorate-it-yourself dollhouse that can be plastered with any kind of decoration, from computer...

Crocs.(Cool Colorado Stuff)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... George Boedecker Jr., one of the largest Quizno's franchise owners around, and his childhood pal Lyndon Hanson have taken the footwear market by storm with Crocs, clogs made of a "closed-cell resin" devised by Scott Seamans, a semi-retired...

Lulu Bella Art.(Cool Colorado Stuff)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Artist Julia McClurg, a native of either New York or outer space (depending on the day) and a graduate of the Colorado Institute of Art, started painting her Italian greyhounds in 2002. McClurg's friends saw the contemporary oil portraits of...

Stuffbak.(Cool Colorado Stuff)(Scott and Karen Edwards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2004... Launched in 2000 by the husband-wife team of Scott and Karen Edwards, StuffBak makes labels that feature two numbers--a toll-free phone number and an ID number--plus the important words, "Return for Reward." Customers buy the labels to affix to...

Nan Odell: VP brings sense of community to financial services.(Executive Edge)(Vice President)
September 1, 2004... A.G. EDWARDS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT NAN ODELL HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TELL HER FINANCIAL clients to take a hike, and they do just that. With her, somewhere in Colorado. An avid hiker who has trekked in countries from Nepal to Peru, Odell...

It's a Rupert world, we just live in it.(Sports Biz)
September 1, 2004... IN 1988, WHEN 26-YEAR-OLD Charlie Monfort was running his family's beef-export business, the Australia-born businessman Rupert Murdoch was three years into his new life as a U.S. citizen, a legal disposition he needed in order to buy up the...

Reality bites the labor movement.(Rundles Wrap-Up)
September 1, 2004... FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN JULY, I was lucky enough to enjoy a family vacation, and we went back to the same place in Northern Michigan where we have vacationed now for seven straight summers. It was a slice of heaven. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...