Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) articles from May 2004

Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) archives from May 2004

Face reading: An ancient science gets a fresh look.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Imagine choosing an employee or a spouse based on the size and shape of his or her nose or the distance between the person's eyes. Judging people on the contour of their faces may not be the sole reason to make a...

Multifamily market trends key to successful investment.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley Some commercial and multifamily brokers derive pleasure from the sales process. Others enjoy crunching numbers to determine cap rates, internal rates of return or cash flow. In a special class, however, are the...

Mother's Day is big business for restaurants.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman For thousands of years, people across the world have observed Mother's Day and its variations. Anna Jarvis is credited with starting the Mother's Day tradition in the United States. Jarvis' mother had wished for a...

Colorado Springs narrows options for rapid-transit system.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Jan Mowle During a public meeting last week, the City of Colorado Springs narrowed its list of potential rapid-transit corridors from 22 to nine, with six major connecting systems. And although construction could begin within four...

Tax and audit CPA taps entrepreneurial vision.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley At age 29, Eric Bowers has already identified and charted a career direction that combines traditional business training with entrepreneurial savvy. In order to set his course, however, the CPA and 1997 accounting...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs May 7, 2004.
May 7, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley As one of Colorado's favorite getaways, northern New Mexico offers plenty of temptation - from colorful canyon lands to delicious food and of course, attractive real estate opportunities. During a recent Santa Fe stay,...

Colorado Springs lending experts see a light at the end of the retirement tunnel.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley U.S. Census bureau analysts predict as many as 20 percent of American seniors are destined for an impoverished retirement, based on limited savings and pensions. In El Paso County, Dr. Fred Crowley, senior...

Local filmmaker spotlights Colorado Springs in his new movie.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Knight Hollywood. One word brings to mind the Golden Age of the 1930s, big-budget action flicks long on special effects and short on plot, and understated comedies of the Lost in Translation variety. Bringing to mind the...

Financial industry sees influx of startups, expansions.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Like any entrepreneurial-minded individual, Jim Wyss wanted to share in the equity of an industry that had captivated his career for almost 30 years. "If you do good work, you want ownership in that work," he said....

Pet extravaganza/business exposition features animal-related programs and entrepreneurs.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Due east of Colorado Springs, there is an unincorporated community representing an array of people and lifestyles. The old-timers are a fiercely independent lot. People who moved to the community in the 1990s...

Colorado Balloon Classic selects new-look logo.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Knight The 2004 Colorado Balloon Classic, which in 2003 dropped the "Springs" from its name to be more inclusive of all state residents, has chosen a startling simple, bold design as the logo for the 28th event in...

Production more than just a job for Colorado Springs entrepreneur.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Mike Boyd Walk into Altitude Studios and you won't find any stuffed leather couches or wide-screen plasma televisions. You also won't be trekking across a giant parking lot or scaling the steps to glass office tower. Altitude...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: May 14, 2004.
May 14, 2004... Byline: Becky Hurley There's never a dull moment in the Pikes Peak region. Take the past week, for example. El Paso County earned an A+ rating for "economic vitality" in a Colorado College student survey, Checks Unlimited announced it...

Advice on when to sell your business.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Neal and Teresa Taylor were not planning to sell their printing business; however, that all changed when two Californians were sidetracked as they traveled the back roads north on Highway 83. Kathy and Bill...

Social ills addressed by partnerships between social service agencies.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Thirty percent of all female murder victims in the United States were killed by their boyfriends or husbands. In Colorado Springs, domestic violence homicides accounted for 44 percent of all murders in 2002,...

Handyman Connections make a name for themselves in Colorado Springs.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Knight It's commonplace to hear about or read the mocking, and sometimes scathing, letters people have angrily penned to corporate executives or newspaper editors when they've felt ripped off or received poor service. For...

New name, logo for Colorado Springs community health center.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Peak Vista Community Health Centers, formerly known as Community Health Centers, will celebrate its new name and logo and the redesign and expansion of the center's senior clinic with a ribbon cutting and special...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: May 21, 2004.
May 21, 2004... Byline: Julie Andrews The rock-bottom reason for the popularity of Pikes Peak region real estate showed up again last weekend. The weather was pretty perfect and the views were great as always. It's hard to beat Colorado real estate, with...

Air Force Academy pours millions into local economy.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman In a May 15 news release, Rep. Joel Hefley said, "Fort Carson and the other military bases in El Paso County are the cornerstones of our community's identity, economic prosperity and growth." Hefley, Sen. Wayne...

RV industry embraces new cleaning system.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Thomas Edison. Bill Gates. Preston Hall. Edison and Gates are household names, and Hall is about to become one, especially in the homes of millions of recreational-vehicle enthusiasts. Hall has served in the...

Kiosks introduce a myriad of purchasing options/services.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Knight Let's do a little Freudian word association between company and product. 7-Eleven... auto insurance. McDonald's... DVDs. Not what you would have said? You're not alone. Yet the association is not as...

Colorado Springs partners with Mexico on business development.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Jennifer Knight A confident alliance promises to become a lucrative investment for local business leaders and their new partners in Guanajuato, Mexico. In celebration of the agreement between the International Small Business...

Colorado Springs man runs successful computer service business.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Stephanie Cline Dan Robinson has come a long way since his days as a 9-year-old with a Timex Sinclair 1000, a 12-ounce computer that connected to a television set and produced only black and white images. "There were no games...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs May 28, 2004.
May 28, 2004... Byline: Julie Andrews Discerning real estate brokers might want to catch hold of a new publication that dissects 331 U.S. cities called "Cities Ranked and Rated" by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander. Stuff like this can counter any shopper's...