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Pagosa Springs businesses tap geothermal heat
When customers belly up to the bar at Riff Raff Brewing Co. in downtown Pagosa Springs to enjoy a Hopgoblin IPA, they can feel better about their beer-drinking environmental footprint. Riff Raff is one of only two breweries in the United States powering its process with direct-use geothermal hot water, according to co-owner Jason Co[...]
ARA Newmark sells multihousing property
ARA, A Newmark Company (ARA Newmark) has sold Mesa Vista, a 60-unit, eight-building property in Colorado Springs. ARA Newmark Executive Managing Director Kevin McKenna and Associate Saul Levy represented the seller, Mesa Vista Properties, LLC. The property sold for $3 million to Las Vegas-based Cabana Holdings, LLC, a private invest[...]
Flying Horse names new sales director
Jeffrey Howell has joined The Lodge at Flying Horse as director of sales and marketing. Howell began his 35-year career in hospitality management in Northern Virginia with the Clyde’s Restaurant group. He then transitioned in hotel management at Westfield’s Conference Resort in Chantilly, Virg., before relocating to Color[...]
GenXYZ 2015: Jayson Baker
The Workhorse Jayson Baker 29 | President and Chief Executive Officer Peak Internet At the age of 16, Jayson Baker dropped out of high school to start Peak Internet, the first company to bring wireless Internet to Woodland Park. The company now is working on building a fiber network to the entire town that will provide residents w[...]
GenXYZ 2015: Jeremy DeWall
The Doctor Jeremy DeWall 36 | Partner, Staff Physician and Medical Director Front Range Emergency Specialists Jeremy DeWall has implemented some of the most progressive Emergency Medical Services (EMS) protocols in the country for rural first responders, Flight For Life and the new Community Paramedic program. He has researched ev[...]
Top Company 2015: Cherwell Software
Winner: Software Cherwell Software www.cherwell.com Three words from them, about them: Heart. Hunger. Humility. Cherwell Software considers itself an “enabler of empowerment” – enabling businesses to dream big, employees to love what they do, and customers to share their best practices wi[...]
Top Company 2015: Continental Sausage
Winner: Manufacturing Continental Sausage www.continentalsausage.com Three words from them, about them: Integrity. World-class. Community. Eric and Jessica Gutknecht are serious about sausage: spicy, all-natural, mouth-watering, grill-it-up and scarf-it-down. “We source from sustainable family far[...]
Top Company 2015: Mind Springs Health
Winner: Health care Mind Springs Health www.mindspringshealth.org Three words from them, about them: High-impact. Compassionate. Life-saving. In rural Colorado, where broad health care is a challenge, mental health is even more so. That fact makes Mind Springs Health’s achievement even more unlikely: a decades-old n[...]
Top Company 2015
The 11 winners and 23 finalists for ColoradoBiz magazine’s 28th annual Top Company Awards are tops in every sense of the word: stellar businesses, bosses, partners and community members. They stand head and shoulders above a crowded field in what is widely considered Colorado’s most competitive and rigorous program of its[...]
Hot tips for emerging company boards
Emerging companies comprise a significant portion of Colorado businesses. Venture capitalists, angel investors and founders make up the shareholders and the boards of directors of many of these companies. I spoke recently to Fran Wheeler, a partner in the Business Department of the Colorado Office of the Cooley LLP, about board p[...]
2015 Green 20 Companies
Airius Longmont / (Product) / theairpear.com In 2004, Airius CEO Ray Avedon had a problem at his plastic injection molding company: The 30-foot ceilings in the manufacturing area meant the warm air would rise to the ceilings and employees on the floor level would be cold – no matter what the thermostat said. So he came up wit[...]
The Economist: Walking in others’ shoes
I’m sure many readers are disturbed by recent events that started with Ferguson, Mo. Whether Ferguson ignited a fire that has been smoldering in communities short on opportunity, or whether this has exposed poor policing in America, or whether it’s about challenges in raising adolescents will be debated for some tim[...]
Should you bet your wallet on Zillow?
Whenever I ask a borrower what their property is worth, more often than not they respond: “The Zillow value is X.” This got me thinking: How accurate are online realty sites (Zillow, Realtor.com, Trulia, etc.) at valuing a property? For this article, I will focus on Zillow, since it is the largest and most well-establishe[...]
On the road with CTA: Day 4
Though the corridor along the Front Range may be known for its sophisticated and successful tech communities, many cities scattered throughout the state play home to shining stars in technology. So the Colorado Technology Association has taken this week – July 20-24 – to explore the state on its pioneering Tech Tour. T[...]
Made in Colorado: Leechpit Hobo Nickels, VonMod, Backyard Soda
Leechpit Hobo Nickels “I say it all the time: ‘There’s no wrong way to deface a nickel,’” says Adam Leech, who’s been whittling coins into hobo nickels since 2008. Buffalo nickels are his preferred medium: He often carves away the metallic flesh and leaves a bison skeleton in its wake, using a [...]
On the road with the Colorado Technology Association tour
Day one of the Colorado Technology Association's inaugural Tech Tour saw seven passengers board a colorfully decorated bus at daybreak Monday to travel from Denver to Telluride, exploring technology's economic and community impact along the way. All this week, tour participants will visit Telluride, Grand Junction, Aspen, [...]
Tech Startup: MycoTechnology
Where: Aurora / Web: www.mycotechcorp.com / founded: 2013 Initial Lightbulb Dr. Kelly Brooks’ work with fungus at Penn State University has mushroomed into a spinoff startup in Colorado. Happy Valley, Penn., was just the place for such a company to take root: Penn State “happens to have the largest collection of fungi[...]
Colorado Companies to Watch 2015: Education
EDUCATION DevelopIntelligence Boulder – developintelligence.com – Founded: 1996 Companies, both in the technology field and those across other industries with IT needs, are willing to go to battle to offer compensation and perks to attract top talent. We hear it all the time: one of the crucial complaints in hiring t[...]
Colorado Companies to Watch 2015: Consumer Goods/Lifestyle Products
CONSUMER GOODS/LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS Cloud 9 Living Inc. Boulder – cloud9living.com – Founded: 2005 They say the gift of giving far overshadows receiving rewards from others. But Cloud 9 Living goes one step further and suggests the gift of an experience trumps that of physical belongings. The small company ha[...]
Colorado Companies to Watch 2015: Advanced Manufacturing
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FHE USA LLC Fruita – builtbyfhe.com – Founded: 2007 Strong values dictate how FHE approaches work each and every day, accounting for its story of success. Whether customers approach FHE with an unworkable configuration, an absurd delivery date or inconceivable challenge, the team of more [...]