Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) articles from February 2004

Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) archives from February 2004

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: February 6, 2004.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley A tone of guarded optimism continues across the city - from city finance officer, Mike Anderson to EDC's Rocky Scott to local brokers and bankers. January's IREM breakfast brought out a record crowd looking for a break...

How Colorado Springs best and brightest spent their New Year's Eve.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Amanda Mountain As January came to a close, many may feel it's a time to reflect on broken resolutions and lost ties, but not me. I think it's about time we look at how Colorado Springs best and brightest spent their New Year's...

Chris Blees succeeds as director of mergers and acquisitions for Colo. Springs accounting firm.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle After graduating magna cum laude from Western State College, Chris Blees started working as a staff accountant for BiggsKofford Certified Public Accounts. He grew in the field quickly, becoming a partner after only six...

Custom publishing expenditures see increase in '03.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle The average amount companies spend on custom publications increased 6.5 percent to $715,652 in 2003, compared to $671,808 in 2002 according to a new study by the Custom Publishing Council and Publications Management...

Architecture, office design process built on teamwork.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Architecture and office design, whether for new or existing buildings, relies on teamwork, says Cindy Senger, owner of Senger Design Group. "Projects are both complex and sophisticated, requiring a real team approach...

USURF America to buy SunWest Communications.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Positioning itself as a full communications company, USURF America, a local telecommunications company, is in the process of acquiring SunWest Communications. SunWest is a local telephone company offering local and...

Colorado Springs-supported incubator raises successful company.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman A recent $50,000 donation from the City of Colorado Springs helped ensure the Colorado Springs Technology Incubator program will continue to provide support and consulting services to six local start-up companies....

Rising temps in Colorado Springs stimulates business for service-driven awning manufacturer.
February 6, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Politicians and news commentators may debate the existence of global warming, but Richard Forward, president of Out West Awning, knows Colorado Springs' temps have been rising. His conclusions are based on his...

Small banks gain sizable deposits.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Between 1992 and 2002, 224 American banks bit the dust, and $700 million in uninsured deposits disappeared with them. For most of the unlucky depositors at these banks, the safety net of the Federal Deposit Insurance...

Workforce becomes caregivers for aging parents.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman A 1997 MetLife Mature Market Institute study reported U.S. businesses were experiencing a combined loss of $11.4 billion per year due to lost productivity created by employees providing care for their aging parents...

Changing business cycles energize owner of Overhead Door Company of Colo. Springs.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley If David Letterman came up with a top 10 list of items people take for granted, garage doors and openers would probably show up near the top. Fortunately for home and building owners in the Pikes Peak region, some...

Patrick Hall markets fast food chains for family-run franchisees of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Certified media generalist Patrick Hall learned the ins and outs of marketing quite quickly upon graduating from University of Southern Colorado in Pueblo with a bachelor's degree in business management. Hall had done an...

Every day is Valentine's Day for matchmaking services.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match; find me a find; catch me a catch. Fiddler on the Roof Almost every unattached person experiences it. Almost every couple remembers it. And some couples are together...

Sweepstakes aficionado publishes newsletter on how to enter top national contests.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Cline Andrea Marker will soon be leaving for Jamaica free of charge. Marker, a single mother and Colorado Springs native, has made a career out of entering sweepstakes. Widowed when her children were young, Marker...

Colorado Springs-based Team Hondo to build new service center and renovate existing buildings.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Team Honda broke ground last week for the construction of its service and parts center as well as the complete renovation of the existing sales and administration buildings. Team Honda will increase staffing from 74 to...

Attorney General Salazar announces judgment in estate planning scheme.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Attorney General Ken Salazar announced recently that an El Paso County District Court judge has ordered payment of more than $1.67 million in damages and penalties against Colorado Springs attorney Robert Mason and his...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: February 13, 2004.
February 13, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley There's nothing dull about winter in the Pikes Peak region. Cold weather seems to fan creative real estate and construction fires. Here's a quick look at several of the hottest transactions closed or underway. ...

Software support firm, Front Range Solutions, expands client list.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle In a world of increasing complexity and competition, the quality of a business' support has a direct impact on the efficiency and profitability of an organization. Today, software support managers are challenged to adapt...

Social Security's future alarming.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman At the end of the 2003/2004 school year, Barb Jones will retire at age 59 after 20 years as a special education teacher for School District 11. Jones has been teaching for a total of 25 years, and, under Colorado...

Colorado Springs business lenders see healthy finance trends.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley In contrast to past years, large-portfolio lenders are watching business borrowers increasingly elect to finance new equipment and growth through conventional loans. While SBA-funding remains brisk, low interest rates...

B2B firm provides tools for market supremacy.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley In today's world, the word "alpha," the first letter in the Greek alphabet, suggests muscle and power. Alpha managers are expected to aspire to positions of leadership, dominate their markets and rise to competition....

Young commercial broker makes big waves.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle Widefield native Don Erickson majored in education and business at the University of Southern Colorado - a plan that served him well in 13 years in retail management in the Front Range. Erickson spent about seven...

Owner of Colorado Springs' newest community newspaper promises old-fashioned reporting.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Cited in a Feb. 12 Gazette article about neighborhood newspapers, City Council member Margaret Radford said, "Community newspapers are able to print more folksy news. Less formal news items. You get the bake sales,...

Colorado Springs economy showed signs of strength in last quarter.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle According to a recent report from the Greater Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation, the Colorado Springs economy spent most of 2003 trying to escape from a three-year recession during which more than 9,000...

Colorado Springs Events: February 20, 2004.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Amanda Mountain Candy and flowers are so passe. This Valentine's Day more than 600 savvy sirs treated their significant others with tickets to the American Heart Association's 21st Annual Heart Ball held at the Broadmoor...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: February 20, 2004.
February 20, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley The announcement that Prime Center has been sold to out-of-town investors for over $43 million only reinforces what most brokers have been saying: Colorado Springs continues to be highly attractive to big investors. It...

Renewable energy sources continue to draw attention of Colorado utilities and environmentalists.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle ***** CORRECTION: In last week's article on energy and the environment, there may have been a misperception. The clean coal plant was not dropped because of lobbying by Environment Colorado. The project was...

Management plan for Community Improvement Program saves Colorado Springs time, money.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle In 1999, Colorado Springs residents voted to approve $88 million in bonds to finance 29 capital improvements, including projects related to safety, transportation, storm water, parks, public facilities and other community...

Penrose-St. Francis seeking financial support for new ICU.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman In 1972, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services built a 26-bed critical-care unit. The population of Colorado Springs was 86,000. During the past 32 years, the number of El Paso County residents has swelled to half a...

Entrepreneurial energy becomes foundation for successful Colorado Springs spa business.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Springs Spas and Home Recreation is one fun business. Who couldn't enjoy marketing top-of-the-line spas, complete with recliners, aromatherapy scents, drink holders - and for the ultra-ambitious, exercise equipment....

Roberts' marketing expertise aids technology incubator.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle As a college undergraduate, Kara Roberts set her focus on English and film arts. Now she is the director of a growing technology incubator. Roberts began her career in marketing in Los Angeles and spent two years as...

Energy Star Colorado provides mortgage lending with an environmental turn.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The average home produces more air pollution than the average car. The average family spends $1,400 a year on energy bills, and half of that amount goes toward heating and cooling costs. If one in 10 U.S....

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: February 27, 2004.
February 27, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley The roar of heavy equipment, the buzz on deals in the pipeline and the push to a new auto dealership has energized the entire real estate landscape. Here's a quick look at some of the moving and shaking. Thibault...