Denver Business Journal articles from July 1995

Denver Business Journal archives from July 1995

TRW expands in Aurora: software unit plans 300 jobs.
July 28, 1995... Defense contractor TRW Inc. is exploding in Aurora, adding as many as 300 new jobs. TRW also is vying for a U.S. Department of Energy contract that could create up to 400 new jobs in Grand Junction. The contractor has leased the...

Dubroff joins paper as editor. (new The Denver Business Journal editor Henry Dubroff)
July 28, 1995... Veteran Denver business journalist Henry Dubroff is the new editor of The Denver Business Journal. Publisher Maureen Regan Smith selected Dubroff to succeed Edward Byrd as head of the fast-growing business weekly's news operations. Dubroff...

Downtown 'looped' by TCI in pilot effort. (Tele-Communications Inc.)
July 28, 1995... Tele-Communications Inc. is busily digging trenches in anticipation of the battle expected when telecommunications deregulation hits Colorado July 1. TCI plans to finish a three-mile fiber-optic loop around downtown Denver today. The loop...

Sears contract calls for 1,300. (Innovative Services of America)
July 28, 1995... Innovative Services of America plans to hire 1,300 temporary employees to handle the holiday rush for a new Sears' catalog. The new positions, mostly customer-service representatives, will handle orders from Sears' new toy catalog, called the...

Can small tenants afford downtown addresses?(Strategies)
July 28, 1995... Surprisingly, yes. Even 17th Street, upscale skyscrapers are reach Think downtown's office market is too big league for little companies? Think again. While some inner-city rental rates have hit the stratosphere, hiking as high as $20 a...

Winston expands to Europe. (Winston Associates Inc.)(Strategies)
July 28, 1995... Boulder designers work in Russia looking to Portugal Winston Associates Inc., a Boulder-based firm specializing in landscape architecture and urban design, is making a name for itself overseas. After landing projects in Tver and Uzkoye,...

Development ready to take off at Gateway. (Denver International Airport Gateway)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... DIA environs may mirror D/FW, KCI, Hartsfield-Atlanta airports If development at the Denver International Airport Gateway follows the ascending slope of a successful airport environ, the area could ultimately sprout a sophisticated...

New technology, sales plan for pay-per-view. (TickeTV Inc.)
July 28, 1995... TickeTV Inc. has bought patents that could result in cheaper pay-per-view cable TV services for 1 million U.S. households by 2000. Denver-based TickeTV in April 1994 acquired the rights to technology to build special TV converter boxes that...

Open space a premium for area land owners. (Douglas County, Colorado)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... Citizen groups demand protection for natural resources, establish tax fund Micki Clark moved to Douglas County five years ago, when neighbors were few and far between. Open space and undeveloped areas were so plentiful that Clark was able to...

Broomfield plans for growth, devises master plan to guide development. (Broomfield, Colorado)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... Years from now, Broomfield will be one of the largest cities in the metropolitan area. The city of 31,600 occupies only one-third of its annexed land. And city leaders are trying to get a handle on how best to guide the inevitable growth....

Buyer, broker worked under three jurisdictions. (Historic Grant Ranch)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... Historic Grant Ranch posed complex deal, but developer thinks it was worth it When Russell Pitto of began looking at properties in the Denver metro area about two years ago, he knew exactly the type of land he wanted to transform into a new...

Former ski races breaks sales, leasing records. (Grubb and Ellis Commercial Real Estate broker Todd Roebken)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... Competition prepares Roebken to be recognized by Grubb & Ellis Todd Roebken's days as a slalom ski racer and his commitment to fitness have had a lasting influence on his successful navigation through the highly competitive commercial real...

Proposed budget cuts could limit development. (Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program)(Real Estate)
July 28, 1995... HUD block grant funds would be hit by Congressional cuts of up to 50 percent A federal program that benefits development in Denver faces the prospect of significant cuts when the congressional budget ax is sharpened later this year. Two...

NASA speeding up technology spinoffs.
July 28, 1995... A golden outfit will grease the way for NASA technologies sought by Colorado businesses. The Colorado Innovation Foundation will act as a liaison between NASA officials and companies in Jefferson, Boulder and Weld counties, easing the...

Builders discuss state of Denver's home market.(Real Estate)(Panel Discussion)
July 28, 1995... Parade of Homes features houses priced at more than $1 million In early July, the builders and other key participants in this year's Parade of Homes convened at the Polo Reserve, a site of the Parade, to think out loud about what the event...

State posts $400M surplus; windfall's one of biggest in history. (Colorado)
July 21, 1995... Colorado's robust economy has put state officials and politicians in the unusual quandary of deciding what to do with a projected $400 million surplus. Although the state controller won't have the official tally until the third week of...

What happened to M.B.A. class of 65? DU grads reflect on worth of degree.(University of Denver)(includes related articles)
July 21, 1995... Andrew Pinkowski didn't let a job transfer to Chicago in mid-quarter derail hisgoal of earning an M.B.A. at the University of Denver. Instead of starting his studies over in Chicago, Pinkowski flew into Denver Wednesday mornings to make his...

Arnold planning LoDo complex. (Arnold Schwarzenegger; lower downtown retail and entertainment centers in Denver, Colorado)
July 21, 1995... Project would compete with Pavilions The Terminator wants to sweep through lower downtown, but a cross-town nemesis appears ready to take him on. Two rival proposals for downtown entertainment and retail centers - one backed by movie-star...

What's old is new. (sale of Stuart-Buchanan Antiques)(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... Stuart-Buchanan Antiques sold; ex-owner off to France Stuart Hough, the former owner of Lodo's Stuart-Buchanan Antiques, is enjoying peddling his wares a little more these days. Maybe it's because he knows he won't be selling antiques much...

Who's who in health care.(Special Report)
July 21, 1995... Dear Readers: On behalf of the entire staff of The Denver Business Journal, I'd like to welcome you to this year's edition of Who's Who in Health Care. Who's Who in Health Care 1995 represents hours of work and the cooperation of many,...

Home-based businesses tend credit 'grapevine.'(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... When credit-reporting giants are of reach, the little guys turn to word of mouth These are the "credit reports" that travel the grapevine of the small-business community: * They pay. * They take 60 to 90 days to pay. * They accept...

New bar president fills docket. (Colorado Bar Association; Phil Figa)(Law & Order)(Column)
July 21, 1995... One wonders if new Colorado Bar Association President Phil Figa will spend so much time thinking about the practice of law that he won't have time to actually practice law. Figa steps up to the one-year commitment with an attache full of...

FedEx, UPS lead list of parking violators. (Federal Express Inc.; United Parcel Service of America Inc.)
July 21, 1995... Firms face tickets as cost of business Federal Express delivers. So does United Parcel Service. They deliver more than any other businesses when it comes to pumping money into Denver's ever-growing $8 million parking-fine kitty. Federal...

Tuckers out to lick big guys; family folded one envelope business, but started another. (Custom Envelope Corp. President Rob Tucker)(Small Business Strategies)(Interview)
July 21, 1995... The Tucker family knows the envelope business. The family has been making envelopes in Denver since 1919, when Carl Tucker started Rocky Mountain Envelope. His son, Dick, spent 28 years navigating the family business through a series of...

Reach new customers via 800 numbers, e-mail, catalogs.(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... Mail orders, 800 numbers open new markets - especially for seasonal businesses Burritos, mayhaw-tree jelly and gooey, marshmallow-filled chocolate cups are among the thousands of mail-order delicacies offered by entrepreneurs across the...

Drop in gas prices hurts smaller firms.
July 21, 1995... When Colorado's leading oil-and-gas players go to sleep at night, they dream of reaping $100 for a barrel of oil and $8 per thousand cubic feet of natural gas. But when they wake up and cold reality hits, they realize those boom days are...

Microsoft's Windows 95 offers cool new features.(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... It's even harder to misspell with Word 7 Last week, I discussed some of the new features in Excel, Microsoft Corp.'s spreadsheet program. The new version, which is release 7.0, is completely compatible with Windows 95, Microsoft's new...

Firms flee Boulder over limits. (restrictions on commercial growth in Boulder, Colorado)
July 21, 1995... The Exodus of manufacturers from Boulder - once a mecca for such firms - isn't slowing, despite attempts to soften a proposed voter initiative that would impose major restrictions on commercial growth. "We are losing one or two [companies] a...

Paying too much for workers' comp coverage?(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... How you operate and manage your business can greatly affect your premiums Do you suspect you might be paying too much for workers' compensation insurance? Have you ever wished there were a way to control the cost of workers' compensation...

Institutional dollars find Denver real estate.
July 21, 1995... Big institutional investors have discovered Denver office buildings, altering the perception of the Mile High City as an investment market. "We were just in New York meeting with an institution that will be in the market [to buy real estate]...

Just about everybody gets sued ... sooner or later.(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... Chances are that no matter how careful you are in business, sooner or later, someone is either going to sue you or threaten to sue you. Your instinctive reaction will be to: * Get mad. * Call them and suggest they go do something...

You can help your child learn money smarts.(Small Business Strategies)
July 21, 1995... Parental example with money management is key to a child's attitudes, ability How do you know if you have a money-smart kid? "Money-smart" is the current designation being used for either children or adults who have reached a point of...

Denver ranks high in use of Apple computers; study indicates local households rank Macs right up there with outdoor sports. (National Demographic and Lifestyles' survey)
July 21, 1995... Denverites are more likely to fire up their Apple Macintosh computers than play tennis or collect stamps when compared with households nationwide. According to an annual survey by Denver-based National Demographics and Lifestyles, Denverites...

Racism, sexism still exist, so keep affirmative action.
July 21, 1995... A wise woman once observed "there is one truth but many lies." This notion seems to be quite appropriate in chararacterizing much of today's discussion about the status and future of affirmative action. Our understanding about fairness and...

Will Quark go public? (Quark Inc.)
July 14, 1995... Rumors flying about offering Call it the rumor that refuses to die about the private company everybody wants a piece of. The latest word circulating around the financial community - denied by a company spokesman - is that desktop...

Ecova disintegrates after failed buyout. (Ecova Corp.)
July 14, 1995... Ecova Corp. and Amoco Corp. have failed to agree on a management buyout, spelling the end of the road for one of Colorado's larger environmental firms. Amoco Corp. will dissolve its Golden-based subsidiary, divesting its major business...

Olympic Fest racing against clock. (Colorado)
July 14, 1995... Precursor to Atlanta games lacks $1.1M with time running out Hampered by a slow start and faced with a ticking clock, Colorado's U.S. Olympic Festival will need world-class ticket sales to cross its finish line in the black. Organizers had...

Big Cat hits the racks.
July 14, 1995... Galarraga hopes to score big as clothing line hits town Aug. 10 Andres Galarraga, the Colorado Rockies' star first baseman, is trying on a new hat this season as his trademarked Big Cat line of athletic clothing and footwear makes its way...

Dillard's arrival will shake rival Foley's. (Dillard Department Stores Inc.; Denver, Colorado shopping mall)
July 14, 1995... The face of Denver retail will change forever next summer, when the Park Meadows mall opens at Interstate 25 and C-470. While the debut of Nordstrom in Colorado has been widely anticipated, the mall's other key anchor will probably have...

Don't fret: Windows 95 will be worth the wait. (Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system)
July 14, 1995... It's coming to a store near you in August Get ready for a huge campaign promoting Windows 95 during the next few weeks. This new operating system from Microsoft Corp. has been fueling speculation and rumor on the bulletin boards, information...

Make the time to read books about business.
July 14, 1995... Consider it an investment in the future I am often asked to recommend books on marketing. There are three I recommend that small-business owners not only read, but devour. Each is written with an action-oriented, results-required approach....

Playing the stock market isn't worth the hassle.
July 14, 1995... The only secret is no secret: steady investing, diversified portfolio, expert advice What a run! By late June, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had ascended nearly 19 percent for 1995. How far up can it go? Will the bull market continue?...

Affirmative action in limbo as businesses wait. (federal affirmative action programs)
July 14, 1995... Supreme Court ramifications could take years to trickle all the way down The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Adarand Constructors Inc. vs. Pena casts a constitutional shadow over federal affirmative-action programs. The court's...

New golf car drives for disabled market. (American Golf Car Inc.)
July 14, 1995... Local company seeks to assist disabled golfers A new golf car could make golfing easier for the handicapped, and that prospect drives the fortunes of a fledgling Englewood company. Roger Pretekin, president of American Golf Car Inc., said a...

Nonprofit groups need to be run like a business.
July 14, 1995... Recognizing evolution is to growth The initial success of a nonprofit corporation does not lead to a period of stability. Instead, initial success requires that a nonprofit's founding board radically alter its original vision and mode of...

D.C. firm buys Boulder-based 'Inside Wireless.' (Washington, D.C.; BRP Publications Inc.; Four Pines Publishing's Inside Wireless newsletter)
July 14, 1995... Four Pines Publishing's national newsletter was new owner's competitor An Eastern publishing company snapped up its Boulder-based competitor in a deal that closed early this month. BRP Publications Inc. of Washington, D.C., which for more...

Chambers: to join or not to join? (Denver, Colorado; membership dues)
July 14, 1995... More than 17,000 individuals pay chamber dues Chambers of Commerce are big business in the Denver area, generating annual revenues of close to $12 million and counting more than 17,000 business people as members. In fact, the metro area is...

Conflicts of interest can be avoided at nonprofits. (nonprofit organizations)
July 14, 1995... What constitutes a conflict of interest for a board member or officer of a nonprofit organization? Is it a conflict for a lawyer serving on the board of a nonprofit organization to provide legal services on a pro bono or discounted basis? What...