Recent Articles from Michelle Davenport
State of the state: Retail/Consumer
The massage industry has seen 15 percent growth over the past three years and now generates annual sales of $12 billion. The skin care industry is also made its beauty mark, generating $18.7 billion in revenues in 2007 and projected to grow by 40 percent next year. Erik Bostrom, owner of Hand and Stone in […]
State of the state: Education
Metropolitan State College of Denver is helping students start Camp Bow Wows and Smiling Moose Delis of their own. The Franchise Ownership Program is designed to give students the opportunity to start their own franchises and gain ongoing support. Some of the franchisers, so far, working with the program are: Camp Bow Wow and Home […]
And the winner is….
The Denver Small Business Development Center recently hosted a bumper sticker contest to show support for local small businesses. The winning phrase with 480 votes, “Small business IS big business in Colorado,” was coined by Joel Anderson. Anderson decided to enter the phrase, with 15 minutes left in the contest, which his grandfather, Barney Flood, […]
Making beautiful music
Every year, Colorado Public Radio partners with local music foundations and ensembles for its annual instrument drive to help “keep the music alive.” CPR’s instrument drive, which wrapped up last month, first began in November 2008, and all the instruments were collected into the late 2009. A year after the collection began, the instruments were […]
Boulder’s new biz guy
The Boulder Chamber selected its new director for the Boulder Economic Council, but he is not new to local business. Clif Harald, a 30-year native of Boulder, was named the BEC executive director. Harald said he has three main goals he hopes to accomplish: maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of the program, add and foster […]
An IKEA goes ultra-sustainable
IKEA will have more to show off than its iconic blue exterior walls when it opens south of Denver this fall. The Centennial store, to be the furniture retailer’s second largest in the United States, will be the first IKEA in the country to incorporate geothermal and solar technology. IKEA has been evaluating the potential […]
Up close and personal with the Nuggets
While Chauncey Billups played blackjack, an eager fan stood by, hoping the Nuggets star would agree to sign the vintage Wheaties box he was carrying around in a Ziploc bag. Billups obliged – such encounters were the theme for Big Night at Big Game, a fundraiser held earlier this month in downtown Denver. The event, sponsored […]
Economic forecast: storm’s over, but it’s still cloudy
Coloradans still have a tough economic road ahead, but the recession is over and we’ve moved beyond the major bumps, an analyst says. “The car goes where the eye goes,” said Patricia Silverstein, president of Development Research Partners, at Vectra Bank’s 18th Annual Forecast Breakfast on Wednesday. “For businesses, employees, we need to stay focused,” [&hellip[...]