While some businesses were able to shift business models and have their employees work from home following the COVID-19 outbreak, nonprofit organizations, in particular, had to adapt quickly and creatively in order to continue serving the communities whose livelihood relies on their programs and services.
In January, votes were counted to determine the winners of our sixth annual Best of Colorado Business Choice Readers’ Poll. The result is the following list, which includes our readers top choices for their pets, businesses, vacations and more.
What started as an “eat, pray, love moment,” according to Ship Sunshine Founder Anna Costello has transformed into a company and service that delivers eco-friendly gift boxes designed to brighten someone’s day.
The golf establishment ridiculed Topgolf when it was launched in the United States in 2005 (first stop: Alexandria, Virginia) by twins Steve and Dave Jolliffe. But by the time it opened its Centennial venue in 2015, No. 20 of the brand, the USGA and PGA had embraced Topgolf as the top grower of “real” golfers.
Of the many impacts Colorado is experiencing due to coronavirus, the closure of dine-in restaurants (except for their pickup and delivery services) left a lot of local eateries wondering what to do next. While some restaurants already had delivery or pickup services in place, many did not have the infrastructure, money or manpower to implement such offerings. Which is where local software development company, AppIt Ventures, comes in.
The initiative is a result of the listening sessions conducted in early 2019 with smaller ALAANA (African, Latinx, Arab, Asian, Native American) and LGBTQ arts organizations and those serving the disability community. The sessions — facilitated by Erin Yoshimura of Empowerful Changes — helped guide Bonfils-Stanton Foundation in determining how to best support the organizations.
The company processed one billion recyclables over a 12-month period using its AI platform. The platform can identify recyclable material more efficiently and quicker than humans.
It is a holding firm at the vanguard of sustainable impact investing. It has worked to build a profitable, ethical, sustainable portfolio that everyone can invest in.
While the Golden-based Locavore Delivery didn’t have the pivot its business model, coronavirus did emphasize a new avenue for the pasture-raised meat delivery company to help farmers feeling the impact of the pandemic.
Here’s how MSU Denver’s maker community is combining its expertise, ingenuity and resources to design and manufacture much-needed personal protective equipment for Colorado’s front-line health care workers.
As Individuals, business owners and corporations seek ways to mitigate the inevitable economic effects of the global coronavirus pandemic, BKD CPAs & Advisors created a coronavirus (COVID-19) tax and acccounting resource center to disseminate important information.
The latest addition to the Broadmoor is a 93,000-square-foot exhibit hall, the largest facility of its kind in Colorado Springs. The new space will lend itself to symposiums, trade shows, exhibits and other large events that will draw new visitors to the Springs.
History has shown us that in any market disruption, panic-induced decision making rarely benefits investors, and that huge wealth is truly created after market downturns. While many investors will be too fearful of the current economic conditions to invest, those who have the confidence to deploy capital in cannabis investments today might benefit tremendously over the long term.
Adaptability and innovation has carried the NSCD through fifty years, enabling the organization to serve over 150,000 children and adults living with disabilities. Through the organization’s programming, it has helped these individuals get outdoors and participate in the sports and activities that draw people to the Rocky Mountains.
While business startups are a critical source of job creation, it is middle-market businesses that are arguably more important than startups for stimulating the economy. But even though they have the potential to be the greatest generators of good-paying new jobs, most investors and top talent have lost interest in them, making growth at this stage even more difficult.
Futurebound is a new initiative focused on building a thriving ecosystem comprised of startups, educators, healthcare practitioners, researchers, policymakers, funders, child care workers and for-profits/nonprofits.
Infinity Goods sources and delivers a wide selection of food and household goods in reusable containers. Then, like the milkman, they retrieve, clean and reuse the containers for future deliveries, taking plastic packaging waste out of the grocery experience.
Although Zeppelin Development has been around for some 40 years, the group found new popularity with its recent projects and development of the River North (RiNo) neighborhood and arts district.
Anythink Libraries are not your average libraries. The public library, which has seven branches serving the residents of Adams County, transformed ten years ago to become an “experience library.” Anythink Libraries were honored by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts for its activation of this transformation.
Centura Health uses the arts to improve the quality of life for its patients. The Healing Arts Program employs 20 certified music practitioners to play for patients one-on-one to meet the needs of patients.
Between Us is a collaborative effort between local artists, businesses, fabricators, electricians and others to reimagine alleyways as spaces for art. The idea being that public art helps activate public spaces, which in turn helps businesses thrive.
Each of Mountain Sun’s five locations feature a rotating display of original chalk art and live music. In placing art and music at the center of each pub, Mountain Sun strives to serve as the focal point of the communities it serves.
RFTA manages the largest portion of the Rio Grande Trail, which runs from Glenwood Springs to Aspen and serves as a multi-use trail, protected from vehicular traffic. The transportation authority transformed one mile of the trail into the ArtWay, which was created in collaboration with 250 locals, artists, designers, architects and businesses.
The nonprofit organization has been serving Denver’s youth for more than ten years through music and art education. It believes that music has the power to impact communities by inspiring people to make positive change in the world around them.
