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Navigating Sports Politics as College Football Evolves — CU Buffs Aim High
Addressing reporters at the Pac-12 conference media day this summer, University of Colorado head football coach Karl Dorrell looked every bit the man in the maelstrom. For starters, the former UCLA coach used the words “challenging” and “disappointing” to describe the previous season, when the bowl-less Buffaloes ended u[...]
Live Music: Sounds Good to Colorado Economies
Morrison’s legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre sold 505,312 tickets in 2007. That number soared to 1.3 million in 2021 and could top 1.5 million in 2022, according to Denver Arts & Venues. Over the last five years, out-of-staters bought 42 percent of tickets to Red Rocks shows. Those people book hotel rooms, eat meals, and ot[...]
TARRA: A New Way for Women to Work
TARRA women’s workspace is a new concept for connecting entrepreneurs with a community of support. Located in 9+CO—the 26-acre redevelopment of a former teaching hospital at Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard—TARRA touts a modern “work club” model. Two spaces meet women where they’re at. Members can choose from an o[...]
A Guide for First-Time Colorado Homeowners Moving to Our Rocky Mountain State
The current population in the state of Colorado stands at 5.8 million residents, making this an all-time high since more than 1.5 million people have moved to the state in the past 20 years. Colorado continues to attract new residents, and you should consider a few things before moving. What should you know when moving [&helli[...]
Perfect Pitch
D’Cota Dixon’s tenure with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers lasted less than two seasons. But Dixon was still fast, smart and, pressing 205 pounds, sturdy enough to take down NFL runners with names like Fournette and Henry. Which is why last summer Dixon was working out daily in Miami, determined to stay in game shape. As [&hell[...]
Live from Colorado: The Future of Sports Betting
On a sunny Saturday afternoon last October, Denverite Richard Terry did something audacious: bet that the Oklahoma Sooners would win a football game. It was midway through the annual “Red River Showdown” against the University of Texas. The Sooners were getting drubbed 28-7. Terry, a 37-year-old corporate relocation spec[...]
Colorado Women in Film: No Cash Cow, But Wildly Collaborative
The film industry is an incentives business. And historically Colorado hasn’t secured the cache that brings big names, crews and budgets to underdog states like neighboring New Mexico. Colorado is beholden to TABOR, the amendment that caps state revenue retained and spent, but also jockeying interests. “We have a couple [...]
Rethinking the Workplace
Now that the Great Resignation has played out, companies are gearing up for the Great Return — the return to the office, that is. With COVID receding, people who have been working remotely for the past two years are gearing up to head back to offices, and companies are trying to figure out ways to […]
Best Places’ Ranking Stokes Cities’ Space Rivalry
Colorado Springs jumped to No. 2 in U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the Best Places to Live, released in May. Meanwhile, Boulder slipped to No. 4 after holding the No. 1 spot the previous two years. The city that edged out Colorado Springs for No. 1 in the ranking is particularly interesting, […]
CHOW, Wellness for Hospitality: Let’s Talk About It
I looked like a successful chef … well-traveled, featured on TV and in magazines, engaged in community events. Any observer might have seen me and thought that I was living the dream; but the truth was that my life was ruining my life. It’s not uncommon for folks who work in restaurants to forego their own […]
Exist Without Permission
Due to limitations from chronic health conditions, I rarely leave the house socially. I sometimes have anxiety attacks before social events because I struggle with my own self-judgement and criticism; I often feel I’m worthless. I have been unable to sustain gainful employment because illness, symptoms, and treatments have con[...]
Corporate Social ‘Impact’ Expected Today
Environment, Social, and Governance standards (ESG) have been the talk of moving businesses into the future for a number of years. ESG standards were first developed in the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) report in 2006, and have since taken the EU by storm, where many companies are now being requir[...]
