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Fitness clubs reopen with mask mandates, other measures
When fitness businesses reopened during the pandemic, they implemented COVID-19 safety measures such as limited capacity, frequent equipment cleaning, reservations and waitlists, and mask mandates.
Businesses step up for the arts
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts (CBCA) brought a new sense of accessibility, creativity and purpose to its annual Business for the Arts Awards. As the state’s art industry grapples with the devastating effects of COVID-19, the virtual event celebrates the resiliency of the arts community and the businesses that contin[...]
Amid COVID, craft brewers see the can half-full
Many breweries turned to canning beers and building a model resilient enough to survive a slow winter. For Ska Street Brewstillery in Boulder, they kept brewing and found a market thirsty for canned beer, which made up about half of all sales before the pandemic.
Joe Goorman works hard and gives back
Since starting Commercial Concepts by American Furniture Warehouse five years ago, Goorman has built a successful portfolio of over $40 million in project sales and has won ColoradoBiz’s “Best of Colorado” office furniture dealer three years running. His dedication to community service is a result of his mission to give ba[...]
Margaret Selzer’s vision transforms living spaces
Selzer’s full-service interior design firm specializes in resorts, vacation destinations and challenging projects in mountain locations like Snowmass, Telluride and Vail, as well as Big Sky, Montana, and Lake Tahoe, California. In the past three years alone, RIVER+LIME has seen 30% year-over-year revenue growth.
Jordan Deifik’s coworking space and mentoring program for Colorado attorneys
As the co-founder of LawBank, the largest and first-ever coworking space for attorneys in Colorado, Deifik has brought together more than 115 lawyers from diverse backgrounds and experience. LawBank initiated and created the first-ever Mentoring Circle group for solo and small law firm attorneys through the Colorado Attorney Men[...]
Joe Montoya brings his best to everything he does
Joe Montoya supports a team of 75 as one of Namasté Solar’s senior leaders. In 2019, Montoya oversaw the installation of 6.25 megawatts of home solar in Colorado—the equivalent of removing the CO2 emissions from 4,869,132 pounds of coal. His division hit a sales record, and his improved service division repaired nearly 1,00[...]
Michael Graham’s pandemic pivot delivered 300,000 meals to homebound Coloradans
COVID-19 shut down his second Lost City coffee shop about a month after it opened. Within days, Graham and his Lost City co-owners brought together four like-minded organizations to create the Denver Metro Emergency Food Network, dedicated to addressing growing food insecurity.
Caleb Munro’s mission to empower Colorado’s youth
In 2014, Munro created Youth Celebrate Diversity (YCD), a nonprofit designed to provide youth with the skills they need to speak out about injustice and to feel safe in their schools and communities.
Kayla Garcia leads to make impactful change in her community
In addition to leading Molson Coors’ community affairs and investment strategy for Colorado, Garcia manages the company’s national community programs for Hispanic, Asian, sustainability and United Way partnerships. She also serves on state and national nonprofit boards that reflect her passions.
Alex Koenigsberg is raising the bar in grant funding
Koenigsberg is the founder and president of Arula, which started as a nonprofit consulting and grant-writing company with a unique fee structure that collects fully only if the grant is successful. His 50% success rate has raised more than $1.3 million in grant funding for clients including nonprofits ChildSafe Colorado, Idea Wi[...]
Paige Goss succeeds at the edge of her comfort zone
Goss started Point Solutions in 2017 with a vision to improve diversity in the federal and commercial technology space. A proud LGBTQ community member, Goss currently chairs the YP board for the Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce.
