Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) articles from November 2005

Colorado Springs Business Journal (CO) archives from November 2005

Colorado Springs' occupancy rates parallel increased troop level.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley With a net increase of up to 10,000 new troops expected at Fort Carson through 2007, housing for military soldiers and their families has become a focus for multifamily owners and managers.But despite the infusion of...

Colorado Springs firms fail to secure venture capital funding during third quarter.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer A total of 19 Colorado companies secured venture capital funding during the third quarter of 2005 but none of them were from El Paso County.The statistics, which come from the MoneyTree Venture Capital quarterly...

Colorado Springs' country clubs reaching membership limits.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Tracy Kolata drives the golf cart around the Country Club of Colorado's golf course, showing off the links to prospective members. Later, she'll walk them by the tennis courts; show them the fitness center and the...

Practitioners push holistic approach at Colorado Springs wellness seminar.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Holistic medicine is not alternative or new age. Its practitioners say it's good medicine, and good medicine is all about looking at the whole picture. The keynote speaker at this week's Greater Colorado Springs...

New stores, new looks on display at Citadel Mall in Colorado Springs.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Marketing managers at the Citadel Mall hope two new stores with a total footprint of more than 96,000 square feet will bring a flurry of new customers to the area just in time for the holiday season. In addition to...

Interview with president/CEO of Colorado Technical University, Marijane Paulsen.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Colorado Springs Business Journal Staff From the time she was a toddler, education has squarely been in Marijane Paulsen's sights.In August, she passed up an opportunity to retire and accepted the position of president and CEO of...

Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: November 4, 2005.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer U.S. Bank welcomed Academy Bank to the downtown neighborhood last week with a practical joke.Unidentified officials from U.S. Bank posted a sign on the boarded windows of Academy Bank's soon-to-open downtown branch,...

Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: November 4, 2005.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman If you build it, they will come. That's the mantra of Dan Fogarty, owner of Orthopedic Rehabilitation Associates, as he opens a second location at 6140 Tutt Blvd., Suite 210, near Powers Boulevard and Stetson...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: November 4, 2005.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley At the Oct. 20 RCIS luncheon, Dr. Fred Crowley, UCCS senior economist, provided a brief overview of El Paso County's economic health. His top recommendations for investment included fast-growing Monument, Falcon ("It's...

Colorado Springs Retailing Briefs: November 4, 2005.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Two business partners are collaborating to open an all-natural meat market in northern Colorado Springs early next year.Colorado Steak Co. will launch operations at the Shops of Briargate in January. The store will...

Colorado Springs retailers reviving personal touch.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Retailers wanting to draw customers during the holiday season should focus on a personal touch. "There's an adage, high tech, high touch," said Beth Kosely, executive director of the Downtown Partnership. "The more...

Casual Corner leaving Briargate shopping mall in Colorado Springs.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Casual Corner's days in the Shops at Briargate appear to be numbered. Petite Sophisticate and August Max could be closing as well.Casual Corner Manager Amy Beck said employees haven't been told when the final day...

Military housing shuffle in the works.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley A snapshot of the Pikes Peak region shows that new and resale homes are plentiful. More than 6,000 units are available on the Multiple Listing Service. "At least 80-percent of those are priced at $300,000 or less with...

Colorado Springs Business Briefs: November 4, 2005.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Staff Report Midkiff chosen by chamber as Business Citizen of YearJoel Midkiff was chosen by the Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce as Business Citizen of the Year during the organization's annual banquet last week at the...

Pikes Peak Partnership's 11th annual POT Roast raises $25,000.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Diane Wengler Colorado College President Dick Celeste took pot shots for the night to raise money at the Pikes Peak Partnership's 11th annual POT Roast "A Celeste-ial Event" at the Cheyenne Mountain Conference Resort. The event...

Commentary: CSBJ launching real estate portal, database.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk As our loyal readers know, we have been publishing the most complete commercial real estate listings we could find the last Friday of every month in the Colorado Springs Construction and Commercial Real Estate Guide....

Commentary: Everybody's playing nice, and nobody wants to rule.
November 4, 2005... Byline: Mike Boyd A couple of interesting office-related surveys landed on my desk last month.The results of one survey indicate that most of the rank-and-file in the working world have no designs on the corner office, which is probably...

Radio frequency market capitalizing on the 'wireless revolution'.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Mergers and acquisitions are on the rise nationwide and the radio frequency market is capitalizing on what Loren Lancaster refers to as a wireless revolution. From January through September, mergers and...

Tax credits, rebates warming solar market in Colorado Springs.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer A combination of rising energy costs and the introduction of tax breaks and utility refunds could create an ideal climate to revive the solar heating industry in 2006.Heating bills in Colorado are expected to increase...

Franchise opportunities for veterans.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Michael Turner served as a U.S. Army Ranger and as a Special Operations soldier for 25 years. After he retired, he discovered a program that wanted to reward him for those years of service.A former command sergeant...

Watch designs show the bare necessities.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Get Naked!Thats the slogan of a Glenwood Springs watch company that sells a unique product -- naked watches. These unusual timepieces are also called skeleton watches, because wearers can literally watch time pass...

General manager of Colorado Spring's Channel 11, Peterson embraces media challenge, change.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Staff Report Television is one of the most revolutionary inventions of the 20th century, but today its a common luxury thats taken for granted by most people.For Charlie Peterson, its as exciting and vibrant as it ever was, and its...

Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: November 11, 2005.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer Ent Federal Credit Union is one of four credit unions in Colorado participating in a nationwide program to help first-time homebuyers.Ent, along with the Denver-area-based Bellco, Red Rocks and Denver Public Schools...

Colorado Springs Health Care Briefs: November 11, 2005.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations named Pikes Peak Mental Health Center the 2005 winner of the ninth Ernest Amory Codman Award, which recognizes excellence in the use of outcomes...

Million-dollar market sizzles in southwest.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley In his 17th year as owner of Stuart Scott Ltd., Elite 25 broker Stuart Scott said his southwest Colorado Springs-focused office is busier than ever, and he has never had more fun.His company has seen a 22 percent...

Colorado Springs Retailing Briefs: November 11, 2005.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Mike Callicrate is becoming an international spokesman for independent ranchers and beef processors.The owner of Colorado Springs' Ranch Foods Direct recently filmed a feature segment for TV Tokyo, a Japanese network...

Barclays recruiting to fill its Colorado Springs call center positions.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley Colorado Springs is increasingly viewed as one of the country's premier locations for financial services call centers.Payroll generated by local customer service centers contribute to the more than $1.8 billion in...

Disaster recovery plans: on the home front.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Ent Federal Credit Union and The Bank at Broadmoor have disaster recovery plans in place; however, as small businesses, they are in the minority. According to a late October study conducted by the International...

Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: November 11, 2005.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Colorado Springs Business Journal Staff Linda J. Holland has joined the Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation as director of development. She has more than 20 years of experience in fund development, most recently as major gifts...

Colorado Springs Business Briefs: November 11, 2005.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Colorado Springs Business Journal Staff B&B innkeeper and aspiring workshop on tapBed & Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado Association is holding its 19th annual conference Nov. 13-14 in Cripple Creek.The event will feature...

Corporate gift giving could prove too taxing.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine 'Tis the season for additional employee taxes. Business owners planning to give employees bonuses of any kind should be prepared to give Uncle Sam a little extra gift as well - -in the way of employee taxes. Gift...

Commentary: Signs of good things happening everywhere.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Jon Severson Progress.Its something that really is happening in this town. And even outside of it. (I believe it was NBC that exposed the fanaticism of the evangelicals in the north that I mentioned in my last column). I got a...

Newborn Hope 2005 benefit delighted sold-out crowd.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Diane Wengler Two sets of identical twins brought delight to the sold-out crowd at the 2005 Newborn Hope Benefit Luncheon and Fashion Show Nov. 7 and 8 at the Broadmoor International Center. The children drew cheers from the crowd...

Commentary: Urban Peak making a difference in kids' lives.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk I wasnt the best kid growing up. I tended to run with the wrong crowd, got in some trouble from time to time but at least my parents stayed with me through my somewhat troublesome teen years and I always had a roof...

Commenta;ry: Admin workers should expect bump in wages.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Mike Boyd 2006 looks like its going to be a good year for administrative professionals.According to the Office Team 2006 Salary Guide, compensation for admin workers is expected to increase 6 percent. The guide is based on an...

Case law and citations group earns Colo. Performance Excellence 2005 honor.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The LexisNexis Case Law and Citations group has won the Colorado Performance Excellence 2005 Foothills Award for quality performance.Winners are selected based on CPEx and Baldrige National Award criteria. Areas analyzed...

Rocky Mountain Steel Mills fires up new furnace.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Rocky Mountain Steel Mills has begun operating a new $30 million electric arc furnace in Pueblo.The furnace will eliminate more than 185 tons of particulate matter, 220 tons of nitrous oxides, 220 tons of sulfur dioxide,...

Women's Community Leadership Initiative accepting applications for 2006.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Women's Community Leadership Initiative, sponsored by Leadership Pikes Peak, is accepting applications for its 2006 class.The sessions begin Jan. 11 and continue bi-weekly for 12 sessions through the spring.The...

BBB of Southern Colorado enters partnership with LexisNexis.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado has teamed with LexisNexis to create a new way for consumers to obtain information about the status of small and medium sized businesses.LexisNexis' Accurint program will...

New Internet reporting system for small business.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. General Services Administration's Integrated Acquisition Environment Program Management Office have launched a new system to streamline reporting of small business...

Phil Long Dealerships financial services staff completes professional designation.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Forty-five members of Phil Long Dealerships financial services staff in Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo have completed the Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals Certification Program.The program includes...

Pikes Peak Library District returns to top 10 national listing.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Hennan's American Public Library Ratings has ranked the Pikes Peak Library District as No. 7 of 94 library systems in its size and category.After a year's absence from the top 10, the district worked its way back up the...

Westmoreland Coal declares dividend.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Westmoreland Coal Co.'s board of directors has declared a dividend of 25 cents per depositary share payable Jan. 1 to holders of record as of Dec. 9.An additional 28.125 cents per depositary share will accumulate on Jan....

Century Casinos reports third quarter earnings.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Century Casinos Inc. reported net earnings of $1.28 million or 9 cents per share for the quarter ending Sept. 30. For the same period a year ago, earnings were $1.23 million or 9 cents per share.Total earnings from...

Pikes Peak Library District receives Bookmobile grant.
November 11, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Pikes Peak Library District has received a grant of $439,863 to support Bookmobile services from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of its Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program.The money will be...

Pikes Peak Library District receives Bookmobile grant.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Pikes Peak Library District has received a grant of $439,863 to support Bookmobile services from the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of its Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program.The money will be...

Colorado Springs City Council seeks Global Advisory Committee member.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Global Advisory Committee of the mayor and City Council has an opening for one at-large member.The committee meets on the first Tuesday of every month and works with City Council to implement the Global Strategic...

November oil, gas lease sale nets $8.2 million.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 72 of 73 parcels offered at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale earlier this month.The parcels represent about 72,428 acres of public land.The sales earned $8.2...

Bear Stearns ranked first by Institutional Investor.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Bear, Stearns & Co. has been ranked No. 1 by Institutional Investor in its Best Sales Rankings for 2005. Rounding out the top five are Lehman Brother, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.Placing sixth through...

Commentary: This holiday season, hug somebody from IT.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Mike Boyd With the holiday season fast approaching, one group of people at the office that you might want to make a special note to thank is the information technology crew.According to a survey by Robert Half Technology, 66...

Commentary: Rumors of TABOR's demise exaggerated.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Mark Hillman Rumors of TABOR's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The passage of Referendum C might have scarred the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, but the wounds were not fatal. In fact, Colorado taxpayers enjoy more protections...

Commentary: Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs molding future leaders with CLC class.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk I recently got to spend some time with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Chancellor's Leadership Class (CLC).As you know by now, my educational experience at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire was...

Clothier Terra Verde celebrates grand opening of remodeled store in downtown Colorado Springs.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer When Springs residents received word in May 2004 that the popular Chinook Bookshop would be going out of business after 45 years, it was sad news.But for many, the silver lining to that black cloud was that next-door...

Continued economic growth in the forecast for Colorado Springs.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer Colorado Springs is on a firm path to economic recovery, thanks in large part to military base realignments and employment gains in the technology and defense sectors.That's according to Salt Lake City-based Vectra Bank...

Colorado Springs tourist attractions benefit from rise in lodging and rental tax revenue.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Colorado Springs tourist attractions will receive more money from the city, as lodging taxes increase for the second year in a row, according to Shelly Morgan, sales tax supervisor for Colorado Springs. Known as...

Colorado Springs Upcoming Seminars: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Report Ent Federal hosting several seminarsEnt Federal Credit Union is hosting the following seminars through the end of the year:Give Yourself Credit: Preparing for Your First Loan, 10 a.m. to noon, Nov. 19, 4545 Galley...

Storage Networking Industry Assn. supports industry cooperation to ensure comparable products.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Technology is the only industry where competitors work together to ensure that comparable products, such as storage devices like the flash card for a digital camera, work with any digital medium, regardless of the...

Independent film "Alice in Wasteland" to debut at Colorado College's Packard Hall.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer A great independent film is the culmination of a few vital elements a fresh plot, engaging acting, concise directing, and careful editing that create a well-told story.But, if the film is going to be a successful...

Retailers anticipating upbeat Black Friday.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine By keeping marketing and advertising plans top secret, large retailers hope to create customer buzz for the upcoming holiday season, starting with the day known as Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving.Stores open...

Owner of Colorado Springs fishing supply business expands to net more customers.
November 18, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Report David Leinweber is a fisher of men and women who need angling supplies.Leinweber started his fishing supply business, Angler's Covey, in 1982 and this year moved to 295 S. 21st St. a storefront that's hard to...

Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer It was deja vu come true for U.S. Bank this week as officials re-opened the lobby of the branch at Pikes Peak and Wahsatch.The lobby has been closed to walk-in business since the late 1990s, when banking traffic at the...

Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Memorial Hospital now offers a 30-minute test that provides data about how the brain processes, also measuring speed, memory and visual motor skills. The cognitive test ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley It's official.According to Chuck Murphy of Murphy Constructors and listing broker, Ed Rudolph of The Rudolph Co., one of the local tourism industry's largest campground operations, Garden of the Gods Campground, is for...

Colorado Springs Retailing Briefs: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine Visitors to Poor Richard's either the bookstore or the restaurant have seen the hammering, sawing and painting in the space that used to house the business's children's bookstore.Once the work is finished, the...

Colorado Springs Technology Briefs: November 18, 2005.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The Colorado Bioscience Association award winners exemplify the best of Colorado's bioscience industry. This year's winners were announced last month during the 2005 BioWest Conference in Denver. The Rising Star...

Baby Boomers still shape market, say experts.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine As Mick Jagger sang, "what a drag it is growing old." That is, unless you're a member of the largest demographic group in national history with most of the nation's net worth, and the ear of business marketers and...

U.S. Small Business Admin. report finds tort damage can be more emotional than financial.
November 18, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer This just in: lawsuits hurt small businesses.In a just-released report, the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy details the impact of litigation on small businesses and its affect on business...

Steven Milloy debunks claims that Pueblo's smoking ban helped decrease heart attack rates.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman Heart attack rates in Pueblo have declined significantly since 2003.A group of Colorado health researchers says it's no coincidence that the drop followed a citywide ban on smoking. But the country's No. 1 debunker...

Ex-skater finds thriving market, opens Sharene's Skate Wear in Colorado Springs.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine When Sharene Eble was 14, her mom caught her faking an illness to avoid an ice skating competition all because she didn't like the dress her mother had made for her."It just didn't look right, I hated it. I told her...

Outsourcing rebates benefits builders, buyers, suppliers.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley Building supply companies like Kohler, Mohawk Carpet, Atrium Windows and Boise-Cascade, spend millions of marketing dollars each year pursuing orders from the homebuilding industry's biggest purchasers. National trade...

Retail really is all about location.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley Andy Michopoulos, a partner in Colorado Springs' family owned Michelle's, understands only too well the importance of a smart retail location. The ice cream parlor, candy shop and restaurant has anchored the 100 block...

Cyber Monday becomes the new Black Friday.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine On the heels of Black Friday one of the busiest days of the shopping season is another opportunity for a joyful holiday season for retailers: Cyber Monday.Online retailers are increasingly focused on the Monday...

Mark Nigbur and partner own Colorado's first and only vodka distillery business.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Staff Report Mark Nigbur has a great job making Altius Vodka in Colorado Springs.He and his business partner, Brian Peterson, started Colorado's first and only vodka distillery business, Pure Distilleries, in August, operating out...

Colorado Springs Financial Briefs: November 25, 2005.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Rob Larimer There has been a lot of talk lately about Americans saving less money these days, and by some accounts the nation's personal savings rate is at its lowest point since the Great Depression of the 1930s.Experts say this...

Colorado Springs Medical Briefs: November 25, 2005.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Marylou Doehrman The founding bishop of the Colorado Springs Catholic diocese, Richard Hanifen, received the 2005 Champion of Community Health award at the Peak Vista Community Health Center's inaugural "Breakfast of Champions"...

Colorado Springs Real Estate Briefs: November 25, 2005.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Becky Hurley Randy Dowis and Jim Spittler at NAI Highland Commercial Group just closed on the $6 million sale of property formerly owned by Jetport Investors at 1555 North Newport Road. The buyer is Charter Newport LP.The parcel is...

Colorado Springs Marketing Briefs: November 25, 2005.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Amy Gillentine The Downtown Partnership plans to celebrate the holiday season in style, with a parade, carolers and holiday gift coupons.The Downtown Partnership and several stores, restaurants and bars have put together free...

Colorado Springs Business Briefs: November 25, 2005.
November 25, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Report Ent Federal hosting several seminarsEnt Federal Credit Union is hosting the following seminars:Building a Home: Help from the Ground Up, 10 a.m. to noon, Nov. 26, 4545 Galley Road. Register at Ent.com or call...

Commentary: Promoting Springs is everyone's business.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Lon Matejczyk I believe it was either Ed Barlow or Jeffrey Gitomer that said our tourism folks are, or should be, our leaders in economic development because they are the initial contacts for visitors to our region. Our cab and...

Commentary: A tale of two venues that's all about shoes.
November 25, 2005... Byline: Mike Boyd Last week, I had the opportunity to try two of downtown's newest entertainment venues. One made quite a good impression; the other simply left an impression.On Thursday, I spent some time at the Paradox Lounge at...

46th consecutive Five-Star rating for The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.
November 25, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Broadmoor has received Mobil Travel Guide's Five-Star designation for the 46th consecutive year.The guide serves as an advocate for travelers seeking information about hotels, restaurants and places to visit....

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs offering program to improve business skills.
November 25, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff A new program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will allow individuals easier access to courses designed to improve specific business skills.Offered through the College of Business and Administration, the...

Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado identifies scam aimed at veterans.
November 25, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado are warning veterans about a company called Patient Care Group.According to the VA, representatives of Patient Care are calling...

Community Partnership for Child Development/Head Start announces 2005-06 board officers.
November 25, 2005... Byline: CSBJ Staff Community Partnership for Child Development/Head Start has announced its board of directors officers for the 2005-06 program year.Patricia Bryan, a certified public accountant at ComCor Inc. is the chairwoman. She...