Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) articles from February 2005

Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) archives from February 2005

Frank O. Barber retires from El Paso County government.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline After 25 and-a-half years with El Paso County government, Frank O. Barber is moving on. On Jan. 31, Barber put in his last day as the manager of the economic development district of the financial services...

Colorado Springs Red Cross director seeks interaction.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman During the week of Jan. 24, the American Red Cross Pikes Peak Chapter assisted the victims of 15 area house fires. Each year, the Pikes Peak chapter responds to more than 75 disasters in Colorado Springs and...

Building with the environment in mind is on increase.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Someday, people all over the country will be able to bike to work and shower right at the office. They will reap the benefits of operable windows and cleaner air in the workplace. Someday, offices, hospitals and...

Carrying on a Colorado contractor's legacy.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Bronco fans owe a great deal to Gerald H. Phipps. In the early 1960s, the Colorado commercial builder and his brother purchased a controlling interest in the Broncos after owner Rocky Mountain Empire Sports...

Pine Creek senior counsels fellow students.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight You can talk to Kristen Prentice about anything. The Pine Creek High senior is a peer counselor who is considering a future as a school guidance counselor. "I'd like to be some type of counselor, or do...

Springs woman realizing her dreams with the help of a plan.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Gone are the days when girls were told they could only grow up to be secretaries, teachers and housewives. Times have changed, and so have many of the attitudes toward women in the workplace. Now, girls are...

Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: Feb. 4, 2005.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The final development plan for a new medical campus in Woodland Park has been submitted to Teller County. The medical campus will house Pikes Peak Regional Hospital, a 15-bed acute primary-care facility; a medical...

Commentary: 14th annual Colorado Springs wine festival.
February 4, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk I have been in town about a year and a half now and as I meet with different groups and become more involved in the community I have noticed that there are, at times, "silos" -- organizations working on similar...

Springs fire department axes female former Olympian.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman On Feb. 4, the Colorado Springs Fire Department graduated 17 firefighter trainees - 16 males and one female - from the 2004 fall class. Karyn Palgut wasn't among them. She was terminated from the training program...

A history of discrimination against women firefighters.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Karyn Palgut was terminated from the Colorado Springs Fire Department's training program on Jan. 18, two days prior to taking the state firefighter exams. She and her attorney, Rich Nagl, have filed charges against...

Paperless deposit program saves time and money.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman U.S. Bank is taking advantage of legislation that took effect in October - Check 21 - the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act - allowing banks to use digital imaging in the processing of checks. Sending banks...

Employment costs, inflation on the rise.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline The total cost of employee compensation for private industry workers in the West rose 3.9 percent for the year ended December 2004, according to employment cost index data released by the U.S. Department of Labor's...

Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce seeks ATHENA nominees.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Marijane Paulson, Cari Shaffer, Shirley Stewart and Pam Shockley are four Colorado Springs women who have received an ATHENA award, which was created by the ATHENA Foundation, a branch of the chamber of commerce in...

Pine Creek High School senior's honors show evidence of strong work ethic.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight Every day, forensic scientists meet people on the worst day of their lives, to paraphrase CSI's Gil Grissom. But forensics and its fascinating marriage to crime scene investigation, despite the depravity of the...

Paving the road to higher education.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline It's not just the little guys who head back to school every year. With an increasing demand for educated professionals in the work force, more adults are making plans to hit the books and earn advanced degrees....

U.S. Bank offers convenience to Spanish-speaking customers.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman U.S. Bank is offering another customer convenience for Spanish-speaking individuals who wish to apply for a checking or savings account online. Potential customers can apply for a variety of checking and savings...

Springs 4th quarter apartment vacancy and rent study released.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline To everyone looking to rent an apartment, there's no time like the present. Rent now, lock in a long lease and hold on, said Ken Greene, vice president for Apartment Realty Advisors, western region. Greene has based...

Karyn Palgut's recount of Springs firefighter training program incidents.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Karyn Palgut's recount of a few training program incidents: Week 6: Palgut said the harassment started. She said instructors were saying things like "we notice you like to observe." "You are too detailed and...

Wall Street Journal gearing up for 'Weekend Edition'.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Wall Street Journal readers will have something extra to look forward to on the weekends. The Journal will start publishing what it calls a Weekend Edition on Sept. 17, an edition that will include three sections -...

Commentary: Sandwich generation.
February 11, 2005... Byline: Mary Melon (This article originally ran in The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK, another Dolan Media publication). They say that age is merely a state of mind and that a person can control how old they feel. That may be true,...

No bricks, no mortar, online banking.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline What can't be done online? People can hold meetings, shop for gifts, send flowers, order pizza and check stock quotes online. As the Internet continues to become more of a tool and less of a cultural phenomenon,...

Employees job hop for r-e-s-p-e-c-t.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Not all office environments are created equal. Some operate smoothly, with managers, employees and company presidents working together. Other offices are fraught with gossip, negative or no feedback and overall...

Falcon, CO. experiences growing pains.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Falcon's rapid growth has been hypersonic, as swift as a fast-moving train, much like the trains that engineered the development of the eastern prairie town a long time ago. After the automobile was introduced,...

Czech ambassador advocates U.S. relations in speech in Springs.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Martin Palous was the leader and one of the founders of Charter 77, the movement that led to the defeat of Soviet rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Today, he is the Czech Republic ambassador to the United States,...

Colorado College senior likes to play outdoors.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight Ryan Carlson, like nature, does nothing uselessly. The Colorado College senior throws himself into environment-oriented activities such as the Outdoor Recreation Committee and the Rocky Mountain Field Institute....

Colorado Springs Express Personnel Services help people find the right fit.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline From staffing solutions to full-service business programs, Rick Jones and the staff at Express Personnel Services are in the business of helping adults in the working world. Jones, owner of the only Express...

Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: Feb. 18, 2005.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The Community Health Partnership and the El Paso County Medical Society have inaugurated two prescription drug programs for residents of El Paso and Teller counties. This effort is one of many community wide,...

Commentary: Freedom of information and politics.
February 18, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk There are some politicians who, given their druthers, would prefer to limit the public's access to information. Already, legislative leaders in Denver have introduced several House and Senate bills that would directly...

Changing the power structure in downtown Colorado Springs.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline In the 1950s and 1960s, downtown economic centers were on the rise in the United States. Skyscrapers and large mixed-use buildings started popping up in cities across the nation. After World War II, Americans...

Lean and clean: maintaining America's core industry.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Applying the principals of lean manufacturing to production processes could save jobs in America. Diane Morrissey, a manufacturing consultant and the owner of PMB Solutions, said the lean principals won't...

The fives in 5S apply to every industry.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The 5S program isn't rocket science, but lean manufacturing in general "eliminates the waste and finds the hidden factory," said Diane Morrissey, consultant and owner of PMB Solutions. The 5S program embodies five...

Marketing pairs client dollars with results.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman In January 2004, a Los Angeles Times reporter wrote a front-page story about the city's probe into the hourly rates and billing methods of public relations agency Fleishman-Hillard. The article led to the demise of...

Colorado Springs civic leaders get involved and stay involved.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Since 1997, the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute has been sending its graduates out into the real world. The graduates, about 16 each year, undergo an intensive course that involves team-building exercises,...

Wasson High senior gives on the run.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight For Maggie McManigal, running cross country and track is, quite literally, a break from her busy philanthropic schedule. Though she may not know it, the Wasson High senior is living by the words of author Kahlil...

Luke Travins and the flavors of downtown Colorado Springs.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline Whether it's fine dining or chips, salsa and margaritas, Luke Travins loves the restaurant business. Travins, vice president and managing partner for Concept Restaurants Colorado Springs, has been a part of the...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: Feb. 25, 2005.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Stephanie Cline The Colorado Association of Realtors has given $10,000 to help tsunami relief efforts in Southeast Asia. The money has been sent to the National Association of Realtors Tsunami Relief Project, which will fund...

Directory of manufacturers promotes manufacturing excellence in the Springs.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The Colorado Springs Manufacturing Task Force has released a directory of manufacturers in the Pikes Peak Region. The purpose of the directory is to promote the variety and excellence of manufacturing in the Pikes...

Eliminating waste - a boon to any business.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman All the categories in waste elimination are applicable not only to manufacturers but also to administrative personnel, engineers, the health care industry - the list is endless and industry wide. Identifying...

Parking structure design a group effort in Colorado Springs.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight Arguably the hardest part about being an architect is finding a design solution that makes the client happy on a budget the client can afford. But DLR Group, a national firm with an office in Colorado Springs,...

Colorado Springs Construction & Commercial Real Estate Briefs: Feb.25, 2005.
February 25, 2005... Byline: Jennifer Knight Editor's note: The following is from Stephanie Cline's real estate column which is published every other week in the Colorado Springs Business Journal. Further development for Westech Business Campus The...