April 7, 2011 For more information call (970) 232-3132. www.NCBR.com By Steve Porter [email protected] GREELEY — The sprawling, tan stucco complex at 1750 Sixth Ave. just southeast of downtown Greeley has had several incarna- tions in its 80-year history, including serving as a drug reha- bilitation center, community cor- rections center and senior assist- ed-living facility. Last November, the seven- building, 85,000-square-foot Southwestern-style complex on five acres was sold at auction to Denver-based Central Street Capital, an investment and devel- opment company, for $550,000. The company said immediately after the sale that there were no specific plans for the complex, which closed in 2008 and has numerous structural and asbestos issues. But Mike Francone, vice presi- dent of development, said Central Street has now decided to raze The Villa and replace it with a student housing facility. “I think we’ve now confirmed that’s the direction we’re heading — a 300-bed student housing facility on the property,” Francone said. “It looks like we’ll take down what’s there. The buildings are old and their size and shape really wouldn’t fit what modern facilities need.” Francone noted that Central Street has experience developing student housing projects, includ- ing The Regency student housing community in Denver on the site of a former hotel. Last September, Central Street announced it would build a six-story, 57-unit luxury apartment project at 17th and Central streets overlooking I- 25 and downtown Denver. In fact, The Villa started as a By Joshua Zaffos [email protected] It’s not quite “American Idol,” but the contest among North Front Range cities and towns to be the home of a new technology park that could create more than 7,000 jobs has taken on an almost reality-show-like hysteria. More than 30 site proposals were submitted for consideration for the Aerospace and Clean Energy technology park, accord- ing to the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp., which is overseeing the application process on behalf of the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology. CAMT and NASA officials signed an agree- ment last December to build the technology park for up to 100 businesses — and create between 7,000 and 10,000 jobs — and to launch a Technology Acceleration Program to support businesses. CAMT representatives initially identified a target area for the massive new research campus between the University of Colorado in Boulder, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, stoking early interest among several communities, including Longmont. But as the process has progressed, the search has opened to nine counties throughout metro Denver and ACE suitors pitch plenty of woo $1 Feb. 25-March 10, 2011 Vol. 16, No. 12 www.ncbr.com NEWS Checkup for banks: Are they healthy? Early failures could be as bad as it gets for upcoming year Page 2 espresso people never really sleep McKenzie takes coffee from soccer field to breakfasts Page 3 THE EDGE P3 revitalizes downtown Loveland Rialto Bridge joins private, public and philanthropic funds Page 9 SPECIAL REPORT Windsor’s evolving pot regulations Voters say centers once allowed now must close by May Page 17 LISTS Region’s largest: Medical clinics Page 21-22 Cultural venues Page 23 Cultural organizations Page 25 New owner plans 300-bed student housing facility Proposed tech park receives proposals from 30 eager sites Business Profiles The Villa headed for a fall See ACE, 31 In-depth look at local firms Inside See THE VILLA, 30 Steve Porter, Northern Colorado Business Report COMING DOWN — The Villa, an 80-year-old facility in Greeley with a storied past, will be razed by its owner, Denver-based Central Street Capital, and is set to be replaced with a new 300-bed student housing project.
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For more information call(970) 232-3132.
www.NCBR.com
By Steve [email protected]
GREELEY — The sprawling,tan stucco complex at 1750 SixthAve. just southeast of downtownGreeley has had several incarna-tions in its 80-year history,including serving as a drug reha-bilitation center, community cor-rections center and senior assist-ed-living facility.Last November, the seven-
building, 85,000-square-footSouthwestern-style complex onfive acres was sold at auction toDenver-based Central StreetCapital, an investment and devel-opment company, for $550,000.The company said immediatelyafter the sale that there were nospecific plans for the complex,which closed in 2008 and hasnumerous structural and asbestosissues.But Mike Francone, vice presi-
dent of development, said CentralStreet has now decided to razeThe Villa and replace it with astudent housing facility.“I think we’ve now confirmed
that’s the direction we’re heading— a 300-bed student housingfacility on the property,”Francone said. “It looks like we’lltake down what’s there. Thebuildings are old and their sizeand shape really wouldn’t fit what
modern facilities need.”Francone noted that Central
Street has experience developingstudent housing projects, includ-ing The Regency student housingcommunity in Denver on the siteof a former hotel. Last September,
Central Street announced itwould build a six-story, 57-unitluxury apartment project at 17thand Central streets overlooking I-25 and downtown Denver.In fact, The Villa started as a
By Joshua [email protected]
It’s not quite “American Idol,”but the contest among NorthFront Range cities and towns tobe the home of a new technologypark that could create more than
7,000 jobs has taken on an almostreality-show-like hysteria.More than 30 site proposals
were submitted for considerationfor the Aerospace and CleanEnergy technology park, accord-ing to theMetroDenver EconomicDevelopment Corp., which is
overseeing the application processon behalf of the ColoradoAssociation for Manufacturingand Technology. CAMT andNASA officials signed an agree-ment last December to build thetechnology park for up to 100businesses — and create between7,000 and 10,000 jobs — and tolaunch a Technology AccelerationProgram to support businesses.CAMT representatives initially
identified a target area for the
massive new research campusbetween the University ofColorado in Boulder, theNational Renewable EnergyLaboratory in Golden, andColorado State University in FortCollins, stoking early interestamong several communities,including Longmont. But as theprocess has progressed, the searchhas opened to nine countiesthroughout metro Denver and
ACE suitors pitch plenty of woo
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NEWS
Checkup for banks:Are they healthy?Early failures couldbe as bad as it getsfor upcoming yearPage 2
espresso peoplenever really sleepMcKenzie takescoffee from soccerfield to breakfastsPage 3
THE EDGEP3 revitalizesdowntown LovelandRialto Bridge joinsprivate, public andphilanthropic fundsPage 9
SPECIALREPORTWindsor’s evolvingpot regulationsVoters say centersonce allowed nowmust close by MayPage 17
LISTSRegion’s largest:
Medical clinicsPage 21-22
Cultural venuesPage 23
CulturalorganizationsPage 25
New owner plans300-bed studenthousing facility
Proposed tech park receivesproposals from 30 eager sites
BusinessProfiles
The Villa headed for a fallSee ACE, 31
In-depth lookat local firms
Inside
See THE VILLA, 30
Steve Porter, Northern Colorado Business Report
COMING DOWN — The Villa, an 80-year-old facility in Greeley with a storied past, will be razed by its owner, Denver-based CentralStreet Capital, and is set to be replaced with a new 300-bed student housing project.
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By Michelle [email protected]
In January, two Colorado banks,United Western Bank and FirsTier Bank,closed their doors within two weeks. Butthey were only two of the 23 banks thatfailed nationwide in the first two monthsof the current year.How healthy banks are today can
depend on how you look at it. Banks arefailing at approximately the same rate asin 2010, when 22 banks failed inFebruary and January. By the end of lastyear, 157 banks had failed. Still, the FDICis taking an optimistic approach, pre-dicting that the worst is behind us,according to David Barr, Federal DepositInsurance Corp. spokesman.“We expect 2010 to be the peak year,”
Barr said. “What we have said is that weexpect there to be fewer failures in 2011and beyond.”Extrapolating failures for the entire
year right now would be a mistake, headded. In 2008 there were four failures inthe first half of the year but 21 in the sec-ond. In 2009, there were 140 failures.“Prior to this current crisis, the last
time we had more than 100 failures wasin 1992 when 181 institutions closed,”
Barr said.Looking beyond bank failure num-
bers, there are some signs of health.Soon after FirsTier and United Westernwent under, Colorado BankersAssociation President Don Childearspointed out that Colorado banks areholding 150 percent of the capital tradi-tionally required by regulators, and thatreserves to protect against loan losseshave been bolstered to record levels.Gerard Nalezny, president and CEO
of newly merged Verus Bank ofCommerce, characterized the matterof bank failures as a “shakeout wherethe strong community banks andnational banks are getting strongerbut the weaker are failing.”Health is determined for Verus by
how much easier it is than last yearto find other banks interested inparticipating in quality loans. InNalezny’s circles, at least, banks arebecoming less nervous.
Prescriptions for healthBut it will take more than the uncrip-
pling of the credit market to get all banksback into shape. Bank of Choice, undernew management, is looking intoattracting outside equity and planningto downsize.But here’s a bank where determining
health can be tricky.While FDIC reportsshowed Bank of Choice’s assetsincreased from Sept. 20, 2009 to Sept. 30,2010, they’ve also been under a consentorder since April 2010.
According to CEO and PresidentJoseph C. Bonner, at the helm ofBank of Choice only since thefourth quarter, taking asset numbersin isolation can create the wrongimpression. The bank recognized alarge loss, roughly $55 million in2010, Bonner said. “Asset sizedoesn’t have bearing on thestrength of a bank,”
Bonners a i d ,
indi-c a t i n gthat it hassome bearingonly if there isthe market to support it. As for Bank ofChoice’s health, it has already fulfilled allthe requirements of the consent orderexcept that of raising capital, and it’spoising itself for the future in a uniquemanner, Bonner said.
“We’vechanged the
o r g a n i z a t i o nstructure, we’ve
changed management,we’ve hired consultants,” he
explained. “I spent the first 90days here getting all the pieces in
place to take our case to investors. “Bonner said he is looking for
investors who are interested in Bank ofChoice and Northern Colorado as anarea that will be stabilized by the growthof the oil industry. “We think that willbring jobs and demand for housing — alot of things that help banks,” he said.Bonner, most recently having served
Checkup for banks: How healthy are they, really?Early failures couldbe as bad as it getsfor upcoming year
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So, there’s this AerospaceClean EnergyManufacturing andInnovation Park shoppingaround Northern Coloradofor a place to set up shopfor about 100 businessesand 10,000 or so jobs.Maybe you’ve heard a littlesomething about it some-where?About 30 locations have
been proposed for the site,including the AgilentTechnologies campus inLoveland — a worthy sitewith many useful amenities,including high-tech build-ings and acreage. But withthat much competition it’salways nice to have an aceup your sleeve.Enter the artsy-heartsy
folks at the LovelandChamber of Commerce. Toshowcase what theSweetheartCity has tooffer, thechamberdevelopedthe ACE-Loveland:“Where Art& ScienceMeet” cam-paign com-plete with anace of hearts logo. After all,what suit would suitLoveland better than hearts?The Eye can see the con-
nection. We just hope theColorado Association forManufacturing andTechnology, which signedan agreement with NASA tocreate the park, will appreci-ate the potential synergies.Maybe not. Remember,these are the same no-non-sense engineering types whokept the space shuttlespainted that boring blackand white for 30 years.Seriously, a machine
capable of doing 17,500mph deserves — no,demands — a cherry paintjob with some sweet decalsshooting down the side as itshoots off into the strato-sphere.
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By Joshua [email protected]
FORT COLLINS — Fort Collins willhost some of the best and brightest citymanagers and administrators in the coun-try at an exclusive meeting centered aroundgovernment and community innovation.The third annual Big Ideas conference is
coming to Northern Colorado this fall,organized by the Alliance for Innovation,an international network of forward-think-ing cities and counties. The invitation-only
conference will bringtogether about 100 lead-ers from local govern-ments, philanthropicfoundations, think tanksand universities to brain-storm big-picture issuesand problems facingmetropolitan areas andtheir civic institutions.“We picked Fort
Collins because both the city and LarimerCounty are recognized nationally for inno-vative solutions that they employ internallyand in the community,” said KarenThoreson, president of the Alliance forInnovation. “They’re well-recognized asleaders, and as on the front edge of problemsolving.”The alliance held its first Big Ideas con-
ference in 2009. Fort Collins city managerDarin Atteberry had been asked to partici-pate but was unable to attend, so holdingthe meeting in the city should guarantee hisinvolvement. Atteberry announced thisyear’s conference during the State of theCity address in late January.The conference is scheduled to take
place Oct. 14-16. Organizers are still devel-oping programs, but Thoreson said thetheme will center on “placemaking,” a plan-ning concept of capitalizing on locationand landscapes to attract businesses andpeople.Northern Colorado is an ideal setting
for such a discussion, Thoreson said,because visitors will be able to see place-making at work in the region.
City to host summitfor best and brightestmunicipal managers
Administrators bringing big ideas
espresso people never sleep
By Michelle [email protected]
FORT COLLINS — For a caffeineaddict, espresso people inc. might just bejust what the junkie ordered.Owner Beverly McKenzie can serve
coffee anywhere: doctors’ break room,high school hallway, your backyard, evensometimes next to the soccer field where5-year-olds sprint in silky shirts while par-ents huddle on the sidelines dreaming ofhot drinks. Of morning mud. Of JuanValdez. Of Jaaaava.McKenzie was just such a parent 12
years ago when she got the idea for espres-so people inc. Her 5-year-old twins andtheir teammates kept warm running upand down the field at the Fort CollinsSoccer Complex while all of their biggestfans shivered, complaining they forgottheir coffee at home. McKenzie, a singlemother and former restaurant owner,knew a business opportunity when shesaw it.“We would be out there when it was 20
degrees and snowing,” she said. “I wasfreezing, and nothing was offered forseven miles in any direction.”From single mom with three children
doing medical transcription to successfulespresso entrepreneur, McKenzie hasworked hard and come a long way. Each ofthe last three years her business grossed$250,000, and today, McKenzie is lookingat nationwide expansion, not as a fran-chise, but as a business opportunity forothers.McKenzie is a woman who doesn’t like
frou-frou coffee, but loves coffee wisdomlike the Stephanie Prior quote, “Behindevery successful woman is a substantialamount of coffee,” and who had quitmany jobs before finally settling on onethat gets her up at the crack of dawn. She
McKenzie knows beansfrom soccer field joeto catered breakfasts
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Courtesy Beverly McKenzie
JAVAPRENEUR — Beverly McKenzie has grown an idea born on chilly soccer Saturdays into a quarter-milliondollar coffee catering business.
ATTEBERRY
Courtesy LovelandChamber of Commerce
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One of the Business Report’s mostunique and favorite employees haspassed away.Marilyn Meyerhoff, who worked as a
telemarketer for nearly seven years, diedof complications from cancer at NorthColorado Medical Center on Feb. 15,2011.Marilyn was hired in April 2004 to do
phone sales for the Northern ColoradoBusiness Report but eventually also per-formed that duty for NCBR’s sister pub-lications, the Boulder County BusinessReport and the Wyoming BusinessReport.In those early days, Marilyn — a
retired business owner, bookkeeper andapartment manager — worked at theBusiness Report’s, office but declininghealth finally resulted in her makingsales and subscription calls from herGreeley home.Those who got to know Marilyn
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Business Report loved her. And her dedi-cation will hold a place of honor in all ofour memories.Marilyn was born in Chicago but
lived in many places during her life,including Los Angeles and Phoenix. Shewas an amazing craftsperson, creatingbeautiful works of art out of commonmaterials. Her family said she also lovedlistening to jazz, the photographs ofAnsel Adams and clowns.Marilyn was preceded in death by her
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By Steve [email protected]
FORT COLLINS—The stalled econ-omy shelved a potential public art anddowntown gateway project that somewould like to see the city of Fort Collinsput back in the spotlight.“We just want it to be on the fore-
front of some of the projects they’ve puton hold, because this is a gateway intoFort Collins and kind of brings in thatside of town,” said Jane Nevrivy, chair ofthe city’s Art in Public Places Board.In comments submitted in support
of the adoption of Plan Fort Collins, theboard in late December sent a memo tothe mayor and city council noting thatthe shelved “Pickle Plant Project” —which could include a functioning solarfarm — would provide a “functional,environmental sculpture that serves as agateway to downtown Fort Collins.”The project would be located on a
six-acre site at the northeast intersectionof Mulberry Street and Riverside Avenuethat was for several decades the home ofa pickle plant. The Art in Public PlacesBoard noted that the project could pro-vide solar-generated electricity to the
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FUTURE GATEWAY — The office at Riverside and Mulberry streets in Fort Collins is all that’s left of a pickle manufacturing operation that continued for morethan 40 years before it closed in the 1990s. The Art in Public Places Board would like to see the city turn the site into an artistic eastern gateway into the city’sdowntown.
POSSIBLE PICKLE PROJECT PLAN — This drawing by artist Robert Tully is the original sketch of a possible “Art in Public Places” project thatwould greet motorists entering downtown Fort Collins from the east on Mulberry Street. The drawing, which includes solar panels that rough-ly replicate the roofline of the long-gone pickle plant, was made in 2007 and may not reflect a final design.
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In mid-February, nearly 500 peoplefrom as far away as China came toLoveland for the annual conference ofthe Colorado Solar Energy IndustriesAssociation. For a sector of the econo-my that has swelled behind the height-ened interest in clean and renewableenergy, the mood was buoyant. Since2006, solar jobs inColorado haverisen from 500 to5,300, according toCOSEIA, while theindustry has alsomade impressivestrides to raiseefficiency andlower costs.All of these
shifts have occurredwith support fromgovernment grantsand subsidies andincentives provided by utility providers.But just a week after the conference, theindustry received an unsettling shockwhen Xcel Energy abruptly decided toslash its Solar Rewards program.“Up until last week, the Colorado
marketplace had been hailed as a nation-al model,” said Neal Lurie, COSEIA exec-utive director. Xcel’s announcement“effectively freezes the entire solar indus-try. This is really an urgent situation thatneeds to be addressed immediately.”
State-mandated minimumXcel, which serves 1.4 million cus-
tomers across Colorado, began Solar
Rewards in 2006, combining a rebateand renewable energy credit to pay$2.35 per watt to customers who installsmall solar arrays. In 2010, then-Gov.Bill Ritter signed House Bill 1001, whichmandated a statewide minimum $2-per-watt solar rebate to help ensure 30 per-cent of Colorado’s energy comes fromclean and renewable sources by 2020.Solar Rewards was originally based on
the California Solar Initiative, using a“capacity-based tier” system to set pricesand direct how incentives would gradual-ly ratchet down over time. But theannounced cuts are a departure from thattransparent process. Xcel’s decisionimmediately suspended any new rebatesand reduced its current breaks to $2.01per watt. The utility also filed with thestate Public Utilities Commission to even-tually decrease its incentives to just $1.25per watt, which would mean severelyslashing the state-mandated rebate.“We established Solar Rewards to
stimulate interest in installing solar sys-tems on homes and businesses, and tomake sure the technology is part ofColorado’s energy mix,” said DavidEves, Xcel Colorado president, in a Feb.16 statement announcing the cuts. “Theprogram has been successful in doingthat. We look forward to the industry’scontinued progress so that it can ulti-mately become self-supporting.”The statement added that the solar
industry is enjoying both decliningprices for panels and federal tax subsi-dies that reduce the need for moreincentives from Xcel.
Xcel isn’t the first utility in the state tocut its solar incentives. Last October, BlackHills Energy, an investor-owner utility thatserves customers in Pueblo and the sur-rounding region, suspended its solarrebate program. The company claimed theincentives were no longer necessarybecause heavy participation in its programwas bringing excessive costs to the utility.But the consequences to solar busi-
nesses were immediate and brutal.J.D. Johnson, of Yes! Solar Solutions
in Pueblo, said 90 percent of his — andthe regional solar industry’s — businessdried up overnight after Black Hills’announcement. The PUC still has toweigh in on the decision, and couldurge the company to resume the incen-tives, but Johnson said the damage hasalready been done to small businesses.“Investment has completely evapo-
rated,” Johnson said.The effect of Xcel’s announced cuts
“will be very similar,” Lurie said. “Butthe impact is probably 10 times greaterjust because Xcel is the largest energyutility in the state.”The decisions by Black Hills and
Xcel could also trigger rebate rollbacksby other utilities as well.“This is terrible news for the state,
and it will significantly affect the entireindustry,” added Angelina Pramatarova,of Wirsol, a German company withNorth American offices in Fort Collins.Wirsol helps develops solar-power
projects and works with a number oflocal and state-based companies acrossColorado. Pramatarova said the cuts
won’t make or break Wirsol, but it seri-ously undermines the survival of manyof the company’s local partners.
Stable marketplace neededSolar proponents don’t dispute that
the industry has been doing more forless lately. Lurie said state solar-electriccosts have dropped 30 percent to 40percent over the past three years, as theindustry has scaled up and more com-panies have established in Colorado.But Lurie and others also say a depend-
able and stable marketplace is essential tocontinuing progress and meeting thestate’s 30-percent renewable goal.“The number one risk to being able to
get additional private-sector investment— in Larimer County and across the state— is an unstable marketplace,” Lurie said.Lurie said the PUC needs to take
brisk action to address Xcel’s rebatecuts, or regulators will be effectivelystranding the state’s solar businesses. Inparticular, solar advocates argue thestate needs to empower an independent,third-party administrator for utilityclean-energy rebates that can considerprogram changes in a transparent andpredictable manner.“Xcel is trying to destabilize the mar-
ket for clean energy and choke off compe-tition to protect its monopoly,” Lurie said.“There’s a clear conflict of interest here.”
Joshua Zaffos is a freelance journalistbased in Northern Colorado who coversenvironmental issues for the BusinessReport. Contact him at [email protected].
Lights out for Colorado’s solar companies?
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With a new arts calendar in placeand Streetsmophere garnering nationalattention, BeetStreet is transforming thearts and culture terrain in Fort Collins.Launched in
November, theArtBeetFC.comCulture Calendaroffers a wide arrayof arts and cultur-al events in FortCollins.“For the new
strategic plan inDecember 2009we engaged in aresearch and dis-covery process,”explained ExecutiveDirective RyanKeiffer. “We talked to the arts commu-nity and asked what were the needs?And what we heard was that there is aneed for a centralized arts calendar.”An ambitious endeavor, the
ArtBeetFC.com Culture Calendar allowsa search by event title, date, or cate-gories such as Theatre and Dance,Music, Visual Arts, and Kids andFamily. The calendar features a widearray of events from performances at
the soon-to-reopen Lincoln Center andColorado State University to exhibitionsat the Fort Collins Museum of Art,among many others.It’s not only a site to find out what’s
going on, but where users can buy tick-ets to events as well.“Everyone sees the value of one site
that people can go to for informationand tickets,” Keiffer said. “And we wantthe site to make it seem simple to findwhat you want in three clicks or less.”While the calendar fills the needs of
the arts community, it dovetails withthe economic goals of Fort Collins, cul-tivating and promoting arts and cultureas an economic engine.“BeetStreet is always pursuing differ-
ent vehicles to promote arts and cul-ture, to create a distinct voice and getinformation out,” Keiffer added. “Wehave to see ourselves as an arts and cul-ture community for others to see us inthis way. We want to offer quantity andquality, and we’re working from amodel of concentric circles startingwith Fort Collins and then moving outregionally and nationally.”And BeetStreet’s programming is
gaining national attention. In March,Keiffer and Project Director BethFlowers will present “Not Your Father’sArts Council: Innovative Ideas forBuilding Arts and Culture as anEconomic Engine in the 21st Century,”and share Beet Street success stories ofStreetmosphere, at the Nevada ArtsCouncil Oasis Conference in Reno.
Beginning in May, Streetmosphere willagain transform downtown Fort Collinsinto an outdoor performing arts scenewith musical acts, jugglers and magi-
cians, acting troupes, comedians,dancers, storytellers and painters.Keiffer points to economic benefit of
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BREAKFAST CLUB – 1. Brent Coan of the law firm Otis, Coan & Peters; Jim Vetting of WheelerManagement; and Becky Safarik, community development director for the city of Greeley, get togetherbefore coffee at the Northern Colorado Commercial Association of Realtors regional meeting at theEmbassy Suites Loveland on Feb. 9. 2. Gina Brown, left, of the Cancer Center of the Rockies and Ruth Lytle-Barnaby of the Poudre Valley Health System Foundation help Rocky Mountain High School kick off a weekof fundraising for the Poudre Valley Cancer Center by serving a pancake breakfast at the school.3. MikeLong, left, of DaVinci Sign Systems, Becky Litton and Lester Litton of Earth Engineering Consultants kickback at the Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce After Hours Feb. 10, at the Budweiser Events Center inLoveland. 4. Alex Estevez, left, Anderson & Whitney PC; Melissa Gattis, Anderson Business Resources, andBeth Emily Kwast, United Way of Weld County Greeley Young Professionals Feb. 3, at Coyote’s SouthwesternGrill in Greeley.
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ACADEMICS
Paola Malpezzi Price, chair of Colorado StateUniversity’s Department of Foreign Languages andLiteratures, received the Program Leadership Awardfrom the Colorado Congress of Foreign LanguageTeachers. The award is presented annually to aworld language educator who has provided excep-tional leadership and innovation in programsbeyond the classroom level.
Steve Withrow, professor of surgical oncologyand founder and associate director of the AnimalCancer Center at Colorado State University, receivedthe Theilen Tribute Award for Lifetime Achievementat the 30th Annual Veterinary Cancer Society con-ference. Withrow earned the award for setting thefoundation for veterinary oncology, initiating pio-neering research and for advancing clinical veteri-nary oncology.
Cy Foppe joined the Institute of Business &Medical Careers as the corporate admissions train-ing and development specialist. Holli Milenski isnow the corporate marketing executive for the FortCollins, Greeley, Longmont and Cheyenne campuses.Anne Solis will serve as administrative support forthe marketing department.
BOARDS
Longmont United Hospital welcomed MikeKirkland to the its Board of Directors. Kirkland, acertified public accountant, is presently involvedwith Tiny Tim Center, Hope Floats and LongmontInvestment for Tomorrow.
NONPROFIT
K-Lynn Cameron joined Legacy Land Trust asdirector of conservation. Cameron retired fromLarimer County in 2009 after 26 years of service,first as parks planner and then as manager of theOpen Lands Program.
FINANCE
Nathan Kimple joined Adams Bank & Trust as acommercial banker. Kimple will be responsible formanaging existing banking customers and will focuson building new business relationships.
FirstBank Hold Co. promoted Mike Radcliff tomarket senior vice president of FirstBank NorthernColorado. Radcliff has beenwith FirstBank since 2002and currently manages thelocation at Timberline andDrake roads in Fort Collins.
HEALTH CARE
Jan Williams retired asBirthright of Loveland’sdirector after seven years ofproviding assistance andunderstanding to girls andwomen in a crisis pregnancy.
REAL ESTATE
Jerry Chilson and KyleLundy have joined SperryVan Ness/The GroupCommercial LLC as commer-cial real estate brokers atthe Fort Collins office loca-tion. Chilson specializes inoffice and retail leasing andinvestment brokerage.Lundy’s focus will be to growthe corporate services andtenant representations busi-ness as a commercial broker.
Brad Hiett and ChrisHaug have joined Sears RealEstate in Greeley as a brokerassociates. Hiett will special-ize in assisting buyers andsellers in residential andcommercial property. Hecontinues to own and oper-ate Hiett Construction Inc.
Re/Max Action Brokersagent Rick Lesquier earnedthe REO Specialist designa-tion, which qualifies him towork with bank- and HUD-owned properties to assisthomebuyers in the purchaseprocess. Judy Clinganearned the nationally recog-nized Short Sales andForeclosure Resource certi-fication for real estateagents who want to helpboth buyers and sellers nav-igate such transactions.
MEDIA/MARKETING
Fort Collins marketingfirm The Mantooth Co. pro-moted Kerri Luginbill tosocial media manager,where she will coordinatemarketing, public relationsand social media marketingstrategies. Luginbill receivedthis promotion upon graduat-ing from Colorado StateUniversity in December.
ACCOUNTING
Mueller and Associates CPA LLC of Lovelandadded Drew Trani to the professional team. Trani isattending Front Range Community College in pursuitof an accounting degree. Prior to joining the firmand attending Front Range, Trani served with theU.S. Marine Corps.
The Society of Certified Insurance ServiceRepresentatives recognizedDiana Vigil, account manag-er for the Fort Collins Brown& Brown Insurance office, forher 15 years of excellence.Vigil was recognized for herongoing commitment to cus-tomer service and forexceeding client expecta-tions.
MISCELLANEOUS
Engaging Loveland elected new officers for the2011 Board of Directors: Bruce Wallace, CEO for BestWestern Crossroads Inn and Conference Center,chair; Christian Bordewick, branch manager of theBank of Colorado, treasurer; and Abby Powell,event coordinator at The Ranch, secretary. Theboard also voted in returning members Jan Brown,Craig Bialy, Dan Hill, Lorna Spear, and, ex-officio,Loveland City Council member Donna Rice.
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BRIEFCASEKUDOS
M&E Painting was once again named a finalistfor the INC Magazine and Winning WorkplacesTop Small Workplaces award. In 2010, M&E was also afinalist in the June issue of INC.
Outpost Sunsport of Fort Collins received theSkiing Business magazine Best CustomerEngagement Industry award last week in recogni-tion of excellence in customer service, personalityand engagement. Skiing Business organized theawards program to recognize industry leaders, bas-ing nominations upon votes by manufacturers andsales representatives.
Fort Collins-based Lindgren Landscapereceived the Associated Landscape Contactors
of Colorado’s Excellence in Landscape award forthe Residential Design/Build Category at the organi-zation’s annual awards ceremony on Feb. 10, inDenver. The ALCC’s competition honors Colorado’sfinest landscape firms for their creative and distinc-tive projects. The project that won the award was fora residence in Windsor.
Laboratory Equipment Magazine readersvoted Fort Collins-based Forston Labs and its MiniGC best in class in the 2011 third annual ReadersChoice Awards. The gas chromatograph has uses insoil and water remediation, security and safety,industrial processing and quality control applica-tions. This combined with Forston’s LabNavigatorproduct allows a field technician to provide real-time data for analysis on-site or to be sent immedi-ately to the supervising chemist via cell phone.
NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
New Belgium Brewing announced the twonewest beers in its Lips of Faith Series, Le Terroirand Dunkelweiss. The beers are sold in 22-ouncebombers in select markets and are also on tap atthe New Belgium Liquid Center in Fort Collins.Starting this year, New Belgium is releasing two Lipsof Faith beers each quarter.
Education and Life Training Center is offer-ing Computer Basics and Microsoft Office for theSpring Session. ELTC also offers ongoing GED andESL courses. Registration begins the first week ofMarch and classes begin March 21. One- and two-daycomputer workshops in Google, QuickBooks, Exceland Access are also offered. Visit www.eltcenter.orgfor more information.
NEW LOCATION
The staff and physicians at North ColoradoPulmonary and Critical Care Center in Greeleyare moving to North Colorado Medical Center, 180116th St., on the first floor near administration behindthe central elevators, effective March 7. Theproviders’ specialties include asthma, chronicobstructive pulmonary disease, sleep disorders, pul-monary fibrosis, lung cancer, chronic cough andbronchitis and pulmonary hypertension. The sleeplab will expand from four to six beds with privatebathrooms and showers.
Otis, Coan & Peters LLCmoved its Fort Collinsoffice from the Harmony corridor to 103 W. MountainAve. The expanded office is now home to five of thereal estate and business law firm’s 12 attorneys. Themove is part of OCP’s continued effort to meet theneeds of its Northern Colorado clients.
NEW NAME
Technology Driven Products Inc. announcedtoday that the company’s shareholders and board ofdirectors approved a name change to VergentProducts Inc. Vergent, based in Loveland, provideshigh-discipline product design, manufacturing andproduct service capabilities.
DEADLINES
Weld County Commissioners are seeking WeldCounty residents interested in volunteering to serveon the Child Protection Citizen Review Panel, theIsland Grove Park Advisory Board and the JuvenileCommunity Review Board. For further informationor an application, please contact Vicky Sprague at970-336-7204 [email protected] will be accept-ed through March 4.
ANNIVERSARIES
WomenGive, a partnership program betweenUnited Way of Larimer County and The Women’sFoundation of Colorado, celebrated five years ofstrength, support and success at its annual lunch-eon Feb. 11. WomenGive raises money to providefinancial assistance for childcare for single mothersattending college, and addresses changes in publicpolicy around the issue. In its first five years,WomenGive has helped 94 women to further theireducation, and allowed 119 children to spend qualitytime with their mothers.
If you have an item to share about namechanges, new products or business news ofnote, e-mail it to Noah Guillaume [email protected], or mail it to Briefcaseat NCBR, 141 S. College Ave., Fort Collins,CO 80524.
Nonprofit notesMore than 500 people attended the 22nd annu-
al North Colorado Medical Center FoundationGala, Le Grande Cirque, presented byNoble Energyat the Embassy Suites Loveland. The event raisedmore than $170,000 to support the CancerInstitute at NCMC. Guests were treated to anevening of spectacular entertainment, includingperformances by The Bella Luna Circus featuringLas Vegas acrobats.
Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity, in part-nership with the Kowal family, dedicated its 47thhome, in Rigden Farm, Feb. 17. Fort Collins Habitat forHumanity is working to achieve LEED Certificationfor the home — the first for the Habitat affiliate.
Event partners:Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce
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Upstate Colorado Economic Development
Loveland Chamber of Commerce
Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation
Entrepreneurs makea difference.
Being recognized for “entrepreneurship” can have manyconnotations. To me it designates the capacity to create apositive energy that impacts people, places, products orprojects. So when I accepted the Bravo EntrepreneurshipAward for Aims in the category of Regional Spirit, it waswith a sense that Aims creates that positive energy forcefor northern Colorado through its programs and services
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In the late 1970’s, David Schwaabcrashed a Hewlett-Packard users group.His boldness caught the eye of an indi-vidual who recruited him to work at asmall software startup.Schwaab was
employee numbernine, and inchoosing workover school, hehelped grow thecompany to morethan 70 employeesbefore it wasacquired by HP in1981. At HP, hespent the next fewyears enjoying lifeas an ‘intrapre-neur.’ Wikipediadefines an intrapre-neur as an employee “who focuses oninnovation and creativity and whotransforms a dream or an idea into aprofitable venture, by operating withinthe organizational environment.”In 1985, while still with HP, Schwaab
co-founded an office product companywhich grew to become the secondlargest in Denver and was eventuallypurchased by BT Office Products in1990. He then started a board game
business, Ways with Words, with twofriends. Schwaab helped write the busi-ness plan and get the product off theground, then in 1999, funded andassisted his brother-in-law to start anall-natural taffy shop in Old TownSacramento, Calif.In 2005, David took an early retire-
ment from HP and started Rebit in hisFort Collins basement with a couple ofcolleagues. Rebit offers external PCbackup solutions.
Q:What was thegenesis of the ideafor Rebit?A: Software to do
simple and automat-ed backups didn’texist. We saw it as amajor gap in themarket, and some-thing we felt could be done much betterthan was currently being done. Theinnovation was that we saw backup as abackground application. It simply runsin the background and the user doesn’tneed to worry about it.Q:What came first, the problem or
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admire. Rebit has grown far beyond thevision of the original founders.Benefiting from simple kindness ofcomplete strangers, I attribute much ofRebit’s success to the support of theColorado technology community whohave embraced Rebit and the opportu-nity to unselfishly help it grow and evenbecome part of it.Q:What do you know now that you
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they become great learning experiences,but for your readers I can outline threebig key areas to think about:
� Form as a corporation from thebeginning because it was time-consum-ing to do it after we had formed as anLLC.We wanted to begin offering com-pany shares to new employees.
� Consider bringing more develop-ment resources on board sooner. Wetried to make it with the resources wehad and I believe it stalled our companyfor a year.
� I learned that by bringing in some-one else to run the company, and allow-ing them to bring along their own staff,we significantly increased our speed tothe market and it helped us secureadditional funding.Q: Are there one or two things you
can attribute your success to?A: Success came from focusing on
my strengths and knowing my weak-nesses, and partnering with those whoare strong where I was weak. Put your-self out there no matter what. I creditmuch of Rebit’s success to Bill
Beierwaltes, and his support in thebeginning. Bill gave us our first officespace when we outgrew my basement.Bill has believed in our idea from thebeginning and in doing so has given uscredibility in the community.Q:What are your strongest core
beliefs?A: Be open to other people, to new
ideas and new ways of doing things. Beopen to yourself and be optimistic. Allbusinesses are a game played by thesame rules. I’ve run successful venturesin a wide variety of different industries.Along the way I’ve learned the commonelements that make any business suc-cessful.Q: Do you recommend an MBA?A: I believe in hiring MBAs, as they
make great employees. As far as anentrepreneur having an MBA, you haveto ask yourself why you think it wouldbe necessary. There’s no magic answerout there — you just need to do what-ever it takes and empower othersbecause you can’t do it all by yourself. Ifyou always expect the best from othersand from yourself, that’s what you’ll get.Q: Slogan to live by or what it might
say on your tombstone?A:What drives me is knowing I am
making a positive difference in theworld. Expect the best results fromyourself and others, and do whatever ittakes.
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The Rialto Bridge Project, a signifi-cant economic stimulus for downtownLoveland, will meet the space needs ofthe Rialto Theater for the next half cen-tury. The project is a unique partner-ship between the city of Loveland, theCommunity Foundation of NorthernColorado and the Rialto Bridge LLC, aprivate development company headedby Troy Peterson.The city and Rialto Bridge LLC will
jointly own the new 20,000-square-foot,three-story building that will replacetwo existing one-story buildings that siton the west side of the theater. In addi-tion to expanding the theater’s lobby,the $4 million project will provide agreen room, dressing rooms, stagingspace, restrooms on each floor, and willadd both an elevator and stairs.Currently, performers — who can
number more than 100 in a single pro-duction — must run up and down thealley between acts into a separate build-ing that serves both as a dressing roomand green room. Over the last few yearsseveral performers have been injuredfalling in the alley made treacherous bypoor light, ice, snow or rain.Ultimately, the theater’s expansion
will rectify the space limitations thatcurrently stymie patrons, staff and per-formers at the Rialto. In addition, a newtapas restaurant on the first floor, in thestyle of the Med in Boulder or CaféVino in Fort Collins, will providesuperb dining amenities.New community gathering spaces on
the second floor will make the Rialto
and downtown Loveland more attrac-tive destinations for residents, visitorsand businesses.
Major step forwardThose of us involved in the project
see this as the first major step in revital-izing downtown Loveland. We expectfollow-on projects to result from theRFP recently issued by the city outlin-ing exceptional mixed use developmentopportunities for other downtownareas.On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the city demon-
strated its commitment to the RialtoBridge by unanimously passing on firstreading the additional supplementalbudget that brings the total appropria-tion to the $1.2 million necessary tofund the “performers” portion of theproject. This step clearly demonstratesthat the city is serious about promotingthe arts and revitalizing the heart of ourcity.The project has also been fueled by
the Community Foundation ofNorthern Colorado’s commitment to
raise $700,000 for the“community/patron” portions of thebuilding.Rialto Bridge LLC is investing about
$2.1 million in the private portion ofthe building. They will own the spacehousing the first-floor restaurant andthe third-floor office space which willbring up to 60 additional employeesdowntown. The city will own the rest ofthe building. The Rialto Bridge will be acondo building, allowing both the cityand Rialto Bridge LLC to share the costsof the common areas.This project serves as a model for
Northern Colorado and the state bybringing together the three funding Ps— Public, Private and Philanthropic —that can leverage a variety of sources forthe community good.
Phil Farley is director of LovelandCommunity Relations for theCommunity Foundation of NorthernColorado. He can be reached [email protected] or970-776-9295.
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Bridging the gapThe Community Foundation of Northern Colorado is helping bridge the funding gap betweenpublic and private sources to make the Rialto Bridge a reality for downtown Loveland. Thenonprofit still needs to raise $200,000 to reach its goal of $700,000 for the community por-tion of the project. All contributions between $100 and $400,000 qualify for a 25 percentEnterprise Zone Colorado tax credit.
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March 4 - Designing Presentations with PowerPoint,from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Front Range CommunityCollege - BP152, 4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins.Cost: 149 (includes textbook). RegistrationDeadline: 02/28/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 or [email protected].
March 5 - Understanding Real Estate Appraisal,from 8 a.m. to noon, Front Range CommunityCollege - CP121, 4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins.Cost: $49. Registration Deadline: 03/02/2011.Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 [email protected].
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March 5 - 9 - Intro to Keyboarding, from 1:30 to 3:30p.m., Front Range Community College - BP152,4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $79(includes textbook). Registration Deadline:02/28/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
March 5 - 5th Annual Mardi Gras Fashion Show, from6 to 11 p.m., Drake Centre, 802 W. Drake Road inFort Collins. Cost: $65 each. Contact: Katie Reiffat 970-667-6119 or [email protected].
March 7 - 6 - Marketing and Public Relations forNonprofits, from 7 to 9 p.m., Front RangeCommunity College - CP121, 4616 S. Shields St. inFort Collins. Cost: $49. Registration Deadline:03/02/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
March 8 - Windsor Chamber Business After Hours,from 5 to 7 p.m., Mini of Loveland, 4055 ByrdDrive in Loveland. Contact: Windsor Chamber ofCommerce at 970-686-7189 [email protected].
March 8 - In-Focus Sustainability Centers Series-CPAMT, from noon to 1 p.m., School of GlobalEnvironmental Sustainability, 108 Johnson Hall,Colorado State University in Fort Collins.Contact: Kerri McDermid at 970-492-4215 [email protected].
March 8 - Pathways Hospice Bereaved ParentsSupport Group, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., PathwaysHospice, 305 Carpenter Road in Fort Collins.Cost: $60, free to Hospice families. Contact:Michele Desnoes at 970-663-3500 [email protected].
March 9 - Pathways Hospice On Our Own, from 6:30to 8 p.m., Pathways Hospice, 305 Carpenter Roadin Fort Collins. Cost: No fee, no registrationrequired. Contact: Lani Hickman at 970-663-3500 or [email protected].
March 9 - Culture Cafe-Science, from 6 to 7 p.m.,Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St. in FortCollins. Contact: Kari at 970-419-8240 [email protected].
March 9 - Greeley Chamber Business Before Hours,from 7 to 8:30 a.m., Centennial Library, 2227 23rdAve. in Greeley. Cost: $0.00. Contact: Kim Barbourat 970-352-3567 or [email protected].
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March 10 - Stop the Revolving Door! Hire & RetainGreat Employees, from 8:30 to 11 a.m., 125 S.Howes St., Suite 150 in Fort Collins. Cost: $40.Contact: Terri Donovan-Keirns at 970-498-9295or [email protected].
March 10 - Building a High-Performance Companyseries: Maximizing Cash Flow & Profits, from 7:30to 8:30 a.m., Office Evolution Conference Center,4845 Pearl E. Circle, Suite 101 in Boulder. Cost:$0.00. Registration Deadline: March 8, 2011.Contact: Mark LaBere at 303-625-4000 [email protected].
March 11 - Excel Pivot Tables, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,Front Range Community College -BP152, 4616 S.Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: 179 (includestextbook). Registration Deadline: 03/07/2011.Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 [email protected].
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March 17 - Trademark & Copyright, from 10 a.m. tonoon, 125 S. Howes St., Suite 150 in Fort Collins.Cost: $40. Contact: Terri Donovan-Keirns at 970-498-9295 or [email protected].
March 22 - In-Focus Sustainability Centers Series-Scenario Planning Institute, from noon to 1 p.m.,School of Global Environmental Sustainability,108 Johnson Hall, Colorado State University inFort Collins. Contact: Kerri McDermid at 970-492-4215 or [email protected].
March 23 - Culture Cafe-Art, from 6 to 7 p.m.,Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St. in FortCollins. Contact: Kari at 970-419-8240 [email protected].
March 23 - Energy and Water Efficient Tree Choices,from 7 to 9 p.m., Drake Centre, 802 W. DrakeRoad in Fort Collins. Cost: Free. Contact: MichelleFinchum at 970-221-6700 or [email protected].
March 23 - Authorpalooza 2011 - a multi-authorlaunch event (3rd year anniversary celebrationof 50 Interviews), from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,Everyday Joe’s, 144 S. Mason St. in Fort Collins.Cost: $0.00. Registration Deadline: 03/23/11.Contact: Brian Schwartz at 970-215-1078 [email protected].
March 24 - Windsor Chamber March’s 2011 BusinessBefore Hours, 1st National Bank, 1505 Main St. inWindsor. Contact: Windsor Chamber ofCommerce at 970-686-7189 [email protected].
March 24 - Greeley Chamber of Commerce BusinessAfter Hours, from5 to 7 p.m.,WhiskeyRiver, 618 25thSt. in Greeley. Cost: $30/guest. Contact: Kim Barbourat 970-352-3567 or [email protected].
March 24 - Will My Business Make Money?, from8:30 a.m. to noon, , 125 S. Howes St., Suite 150 inFort Collins. Cost: $60. Contact: Terri Donovan-Keirns at 970-498-9295 or [email protected].
March 25 - Basic Website Management, from 5 to 7p.m., Front Range Community College - BP119, 4616S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $29. RegistrationDeadline: 03/22/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 or [email protected].
March 26 - 2 - Photoshop Elements II, from 9 a.m.to 1:30 p.m., Front Range Community College -BP112, 4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $149(includes textbook). Registration Deadline:03/21/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
March 30 - Landscape Design for Water-WiseBeauty, from 7 to 9 p.m., Drake Centre, 802 W.Drake Road in Fort Collins. Cost: Free. Contact:Michelle Finchum at 970-221-6700 [email protected].
April 1 - Access-Basic, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., FrontRange Community College - BP152, 4616 S.Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $149 (includestextbook). Registration Deadline: 03/28/2011.Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 or [email protected].
April 1 - Web Site Analytics, from 5 to 7 p.m., FrontRange Community College - BP119, 4616 S. Shields
St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $39. RegistrationDeadline: 03/29/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 or [email protected].
April 2 - Exploring the Possibilities in Health Care,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Front Range CommunityCollege - BP142, 4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins.Cost: $49. Registration Deadline: 03/30/2011.Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686 [email protected].
April 2 - The National Ballet of Denver “An Eveningof Stars, “ from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Ellie CaulkinsOpera House, 950 13th St. in Denver. Cost: $20-$73. Contact: National Ballet of Denver at 303-860-1236 or [email protected].
April 2 - 9 - Excel-Intermediate, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m., Front Range Community College -BP152,4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: 159(includes textbook). Registration Deadline:03/28/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
April 2 - Habitat’s 8th Annual Gala: A Voyage toIndia, from 6 to 10 p.m., Fort Collins Hilton.Contact: Shannon Hein at 970-488-2704 [email protected].
April 5 - Pathways Hospice Mindful Grief Relief, from5 to 6:30 p.m., Pathways Hospice, 305 CarpenterRoad in Fort Collins. Cost: $50. Contact: MicheleDesnoes at 970-663-3500 or [email protected].
April 6 - Pathways Hospice Newly Bereaved Group,from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Pathways Hospice, 305Carpenter Road in Fort Collins. Cost: $25, no fee forhospice families. Contact: Michele Desnoes at 970-663-3500 or [email protected].
April 8 - Search Engine Optimization/Management,from 5 to 7 p.m., Front Range Community College -BP119, 4616 S. Shields St. in Fort Collins. Cost: $39.Registration Deadline: 04/05/2011. Contact: LaurieRue at 970-204-8686 or [email protected].
April 9 - 30 - Building Websites with XHTML, HTMLand CSS, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Front RangeCommunity College - BP111, 4616 S. Shields St. inFort Collins. Cost: 149 (single) $159 (double)(includes textbook). Registration Deadline:04/04/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
April 11 - 4 - Community Building and Advocacy forNonprofits, from 7 to 9 p.m., Front RangeCommunity College - CP121, 4616 S. Shields St. inFort Collins. Cost: $49. Registration Deadline:04/06/2011. Contact: Laurie Rue at 970-204-8686or [email protected].
April 12 - Windsor Chamber April Business AFTERHours, from 5 to 7 p.m., Harmony Hand & PhysicalTherapy, 9299 Eastman Park Drive in Windsor.Contact: Windsor Chamber of Commerce at 970-686-7189 or [email protected].
April 12 - In-Focus Sustainability Centers Series- ILE,from noon to 1 p.m., School of GlobalEnvironmental Sustainability, 108 Johnson Hall,Colorado State University in Fort Collins.Contact: Kerri McDermid at 9704924215 [email protected].
city’s nearby water reclamation facilityor be fed into the city’s power grid.The Pickle Plant Project was just in
the beginning planning stages when theeconomy began to slow in 2007.“It has been a project in the works for
a while, but it’s been on hold for a while,”said Ellen Martin, city staff liaison to theArt in Public Places Board.Martin said the December memo to
city council “was the Art in Public PlacesBoard’s opportunity to voice support forthe project and pick it up and move itforward.”Martin said early planning for the
project started modestly and then pickedup momentum when artist Robert Tullysuggested it could also be functional.“It was a project that was small to
begin with and then we started dreaminglarger when the idea of a working solarfarm was suggested,” she said.
Colorful historyTully recalls the excitement that
began to build during the project’s plan-ning.“There were a number of ideas sug-
gested but the one that struck me was tomake it a grand vision of a gateway witha solar farm and artwork, too,” he said.“Along the way, I realized the pickle planthad a colorful history. My idea was tohold onto that and build the solar farmaround it. For me, it’s important to keepour history because we don’t have a lotof it.”The Art in Public Places program was
created in 1995 with the mission ofenhancing and encouraging artisticexpression and art appreciation. Morethan 50 works, ranging from large metaland stone sculptures to pathway inlays,have been placed around town sincethen, with two created by Tully atTimberline Road just south of MulberryStreet and at Soft Gold Park on WestHickory Street.No estimated cost has been projected
for the proposed Pickle Plant Project,which would consist mainly of solarpanels arranged in an artistic patternaround the last remaining building onthe site.But Tully noted that, as a functioning
solar farm, the project could pay back itsinvestment by providing electricity tothe city. And that would make it unique,he said.“There aren’t many artworks that
could actually pay for themselves,” hesaid.The Art In Public Places Board also
noted in its memo to council that theproject would support FortZED “as aninnovative clean-energy project” andthat the site “could be used for educa-tional tours as well as potential testing
for new types of solar panels.”
Supports FortZEDFortZED is a collaborative effort
among the city, Colorado StateUniversity and the private sector to makea defined area between the CSU campusand downtown Fort Collins a “zero-energy district” with businesses andother power users conserving and creat-ing as much electricity as they consume.Tully said one possible beneficiary of
a Pickle Plant solar farm could be thecity’s water reclamation facility just eastof the site on Mulberry Street.“It would support that (FortZED)
concept and offset a good part of thewater reclamation facility’s electricityuse,” he said. “It definitely supports theFortZED goal.”“I think it’s just a perfect thing for the
city to get involved with,” added Nevrivy.“When you can tie into a project like(FortZED), everybody wins.”But so far, the project has not been on
FortZED’s radar, said Judy Dorsey, presi-dent of the Brindle Group, executivedirector of the Colorado Clean EnergyCluster and an active participant inFortZED.“I have not been in the loop on the
Pickle Plant Project,” she said. “It has notbeen presented to FortZED as a project.”And the city-owned site might
become a private development at somepoint.Christina Vincent, city planner, said
the former pickle plant site has develop-ment issues. There is currently no easyaccess to it because of train tracks run-ning between it and Riverside and.“There isn’t any formal proposal or
anything scheduled at this point,” shesaid. “I think we’re just waiting for theright development project to come for-ward. It’s a site we own, but we’re notinterested in being the developer of it.”Meanwhile, the Art in Public Places
Board is pushing to convince the city toconvert the unused site into an attractivedowntown gateway that celebrates thecity’s agricultural history and its com-mitment to green energy.“It’s a great site and certainly not used
very effectively right now,” said Martin.“It would be a landmark — a very
distinctive landmark,” said Tully.“Our mission is to enhance our com-
munity as much as we can culturally, andto build an identity for the city of FortCollins,” Nevrivy added. “I think everycity wants to make a statement aboutitself.”
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GREELEY — Houston-based NobleEnergy Inc. completed the purchase of23 acres in the HighPointe Business Parkin west Greeley on Feb. 11.The company plans to build a
66,500-square-foot regional office onthe site. It will house about 250 to 300administrative and field operationsworkers involved in exploration anddevelopment of the boomingWattenberg oil-and-gas field of theDenver-Julesburg Basin, especially theNiobrara Formation in northern WeldCounty and southern Wyoming.The jobs to be housed in the facility
have an estimated average salary of$54,000. In addition, the company willbe adding 10 new drilling rigs in thecounty this year.Greeley has agreed to waive more
than $200,000 in development fees andto provide the company with water fromthe city’s water bank for $4,500 per acre-foot — about half the normal rate.Noble has announced that it plans to
begin construction later this year, andhave the facility open sometime in 2012.
Masciola to take Thornton eco-devo jobLOVELAND — Northern Colorado
Economic Development Corp. ChiefOperating Officer and Senior VicePresident Mike Masciola has acceptedthe position of Director of EconomicDevelopment for the city of Thornton,the NECDC Board of Directorsannounced Feb. 7.Masciola joined NCEDC in 2007. He
assumed the position of senior vicepresident in 2009, after the resignationof Maury Dobbie as CEO. He will beginhis new position March 9.On Feb. 22, the NCEDC board
announced longtime Loveland bankerDon Churchwell will serve as interimCEO while a national search is conduct-ed for a permanent replacement.The nonprofit NCEDC leads Larimer
County-area efforts to retain primaryjobs by expanding local businesses andattracting new business to the region.
Tolmar expands R&D operationsFORT COLLINS — Tolmar Inc., a
Fort Collins-based pharmaceutical com-pany, is expanding its research anddevelopment operations by leasing a21,000-square-foot building at 1716Heath Parkway.Michael Duncan, Tolmar CEO, said
the building— formerly occupied by PRPharmaceuticals — will house 60 scien-tists who had become too crowded inthe company’s existing R&D facility at2409 Research Blvd.
Duncan said Tolmar will continue touse the Research Boulevard location forlaboratory operations, splitting the R&Dstaff between the two locations. TheHeath Parkway facility will be the sixthbuilding occupied by Tolmar’s 600-plusemployees.Last March, Tolmar leased the former
23,000-square-foot Long’s Drug build-ing at 932 W. Drake Road.Sperry Van Ness/The Group
Commercial handled the transaction onthe five-year lease for landlord Las VegasProcyon Ventures LLC. Terms of thelease signed Feb. 2 were not disclosed.
Cardinal Glass setting up factoryin LovelandLOVELAND — Minneapolis-based
Cardinal Glass announced it is settingup a manufacturing facility in Lovelandthat’s expected to employ up to 20 work-ers in five years.Cardinal Glass, which has 5,500
employees in 27 locations across thenation, will produce tempered safetyglass for window and door manufactur-ers.The new facility will be located at 999
Van Buren. The company purchased the59,000-square-foot building and is inthe process of making improvementsand retrofitting it for manufacturing.According to an economic impact
analysis by economist Martin Shields atColorado State University, the companywill add about $245,000 in local annualspending in Loveland at full employ-ment.
Greeley city council selects Cassedayto fill at-large seatGREELEY — Robb Casseday, archi-
tect and owner of Casseday CreativeDesigns in Greeley, was namedWednesday to serve out the remainderof Maria Secrest’s at-large term on theGreeley City Council.The council interviewed 16 appli-
cants to find a replacement for Secrest,who resigned her council seat lastmonth to accept a position with U.S.Rep. Cory Gardner’s office, and came upwith three finalists: Casseday; ThomasCanzona, a general contractor; andMaria Sanchez, director of the nonprof-it group Realizing our Community.Council members voted 4-1 forCasseday to complete the term thatexpires in November.
Lincoln Center now booking reservationsFORT COLLINS — The Fort Collins
Lincoln Center is now booking reserva-tions for its new and renovated meetingand conference rooms following a majorremodeling of the downtown facility.Reservations are being taken for
events beginning July 1. As part of thefacility’s renovation and expansion, anew open-air rooftop deck is being con-structed that will allow for parties andspecial events for up to 150 people.
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WINDSOR — Tina Valenti thought hermedical marijuana dispensary, In HarmonyWellness, was on its way to being accepted aspart of Windsor’s business community andhealth-care landscape.Valenti’s business opened in June 2009 and
eventually had 300 regular patients buyingmarijuana for their medical needs. But lastyear things changed.A petition drive during the summer put the
issue of whether or notMMDs should be allowedto operate withinWindsor on theNovember bal-
Voters say centersonce allowed nowmust close by May
LOVELAND— It’s taken some time, butJoseph Livengood, M.D., thinks his company,Livengood Medical, is finally hitting its stride.In January and again earlier this month,
Livengood Medical launched new productsdesigned to perform in taxing environmentswhile ensuring “patient-centric” care awayfrom the traditional hospital bed and itsattached octopus of medical apparatus.In January, Livengood rolled out its Mobile
Patient Care Platform, to help address emer-gency room overcrowding. The two-foot-square mobile platform contains all theequipment and hookups needed to provide
patient care in a hallway,conference room orother alternative loca-tion when the emer-gency room is full.In February,
Livengood launched itsDisaster/Mass CasualtyIncident Platform thatincorporates many ofthe same designs butincludes a unique wheeldesign to allow for easymaneuverability acrossuneven terrain.Livengood took both platforms — which
he refers to as “mobile patient care environ-ments” — to the Emergency NursesAssociation Leadership Conference, held Feb.18 and 19 in Portland, Ore., to spread theword among the health-care professionals
who know the needs of patients best.And for Livengood, part of the business
continues to be education.“I can show them 10 things they never
thought of that are now in one place,” he said.Livengood, a former trauma surgeon with
Surgical Specialties of the Rockies, got starteddeveloping mobile medical platforms with thehelp of his wife, Amy, a former nurse atPoudre Valley Hospital, in 2003. He left hispractice in 2005 and started patenting, manu-facturing and selling what he then called theLivengood Platform.Since then, Livengood notes there have
“been many changes” in his product, whichstarted as sort of an expanded hospital IVpole.“It’s been a somewhat unplanned progres-
sion to different markets in health care,” hesaid. “But our longer-term plan always was to
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lot. And that’s when residents voted deci-sively to require the townboard to adopt anordinance to banMMDs.Now, Valenti is facing a May 15 dead-
line to shut down the business sheinvested hundreds of thousands of dol-lars in equipping and staffing. And afterplaying by the rules that existed at thetime and going forward, Valenti is hurtand angry by how she was treated.“I was entirely upfront with every-
one,” she said. “I think it was veryunfair.”Valenti’s experience has been repeat-
ed in many other towns in NorthernColorado over the last couple years. Eventhough state voters adopted a constitu-tional amendment in 2000 to allow theuse of medical marijuana in the state,few MMDs sought local licenses untilafter the 2008 election of PresidentBarack Obama.Obama’s administration signaled a
softening in the federal prohibition onmarijuana possession or use for any rea-son— still on the books—which result-ed in an explosion of requests for MMDlicenses across the state.Local jurisdictions responded with
little guidance from the state or courts,mostly permitting them underAmendment 20. But some, respondingto community pressure, beganbackpedaling on allowing dispensaries.As 2011 begins, Northern Colorado is
seeing the pendulum swing againstMMDs.
Windsor a microcosmWindsor’s experience is perhaps a
microcosm of the Northern ColoradoMMD evolution.The once rapidly growing town of
18,000 had three dispensaries operatingin the first half of 2010; two — Valenti’sIn Harmony Wellness and A New DawnWellness Clinic — were operating legal-ly. A third,MediGrow, was not because itopened just after the town imposed amoratorium on new operations inDecember 2009.MediGrow’s owner, Lazarus Pino,
defied the moratorium, claiming hisbusiness had opened just before themoratorium went into effect and had notbeen treated fairly. However, town offi-cials felt otherwise and fined Pino up to$300 a day for violating the moratorium.Pino’s case was heard in July 2010 by
Windsor Municipal Court JudgeMichael Manning, who ruled Pino hadviolated the moratorium. However,instead of fining Pino the more than$20,000 penalty he could have faced,Manning ordered him to shut his doorsand pay $1,900 in fines and another $532in administrative fees.But by then the wheels against MMDs
inWindsorwere turning quickly. InApril, acity election was held that asked if voterswanted to cap the number of dispensariesto those already operating.By a 4-to-1 vote,residents favored cappingMMDs at two.But by summer, a citizen-initiated
petition was circulating to have the townboard put a measure on the Novemberballot to banMMDs outright and requirethose already in business to close. Thatmeasure passed by 2,000 votes and bothlegally operating MMDs were advisedthey must close by mid-May.
Request rejectedThe owners of New Dawn Wellness
Clinic declined to comment for this story.In Harmony’s Valenti said she asked the
town for an extension until the state liftsits moratorium on new businesses in July.But that request was not granted, she said.“I begged them for more time,” she
said. “Now, I’ll have to reapply to thestate as a brand-new business withbrand-new fees, and what are mypatients going to do?”Valenti said she wants to continue to
have an MMD but isn’t sure where shewill relocate to. State law requires anMMD to get local approval before it canapply for a state license.“I’m hoping in some form or another
we can continue to exist,” she said.“There’s a backlash now, and(Windsor’s) banning did nothing for it.And that means other legally operat-
ing MMDs are on their way out, too, shesaid.“I think only the strongest will sur-
vive over the next six months or so. Theytook the floor out from under us inWindsor, and that was the death card.”Ian MacCargar, Windsor town attor-
ney, said Valenti ran a good, clean busi-ness but had taken a big chance on localresidents accepting it long-term.“I think her investment was due to a
misplaced reliance on the town’s toler-ance for her business,” he said. “It was acalculated risk, and unfortunately shecame up on the wrong end.”MacCargar said the town’s hands
were tied when it came to Valenti’srequest for an extension.“That mid-May date is tied to the peti-
tion and language that says youmust shutdown within 180 days of when the elec-tion official certifies the results,” he said.MacCargar said he personally was
hoping the town would give the dispen-saries some more time to prove them-selves good community businesses thatcould operate under city regulations.“I was hoping the citizens would let
us regulate them and see if that worked,”he said. “But the residents of Windsorsaid no, we don’t want them.”
Evolution of policyBrian Vicente, executive director of
Sensible Colorado, a statewide organiza-tion “working for an effective drug poli-cy,” according to its website, saidWindsor’s experience is indicative of theongoing evolution of MMD regulationat the state and local level.“It’s a new area of health care and it’s
taking people a while to wrap their headsaround it,” he said. “Under state law,communities can ban them. It’s a com-munity issue, and we respect that.”But communities that do ban MMDs
are opening themselves up to possiblelegal action, he noted: “According toAmendment 20, patients have the rightto access medical marijuana and whencities ban that, it opens them up to thethreat of a lawsuit.”Vicente said choosing outright bans
instead of caps on MMDs is a “short-sighted” approach to the issue. And italso opens the door to more black-mar-ket purchases of marijuana, he said.“If that access goes away, people will
buy it on the black market and that’s notthe way it should be,” he said.Vicente said he believes the MMD
pendulum will swing back again over thenext few years.“I think generally most communities
will eventually support these medicalmarijuana shops,” he said. “I think a lotof the communities that banned themwill start noticing their neighboringcommunities are benefitting from jobgrowth and sales tax revenue and justhelping their residents that need it.”
WINDSOR, from 17Where have all the pot shops gone?Following is a sampling of the status of medical marijuana dispensary businesses in Northern Colorado:
� Fort Collins — City council was about to revise MMD regula-tions on Feb. 22 after the Business Report went to press. The city wasleaning toward capping the number of MMDs at the current 23 thatare either operating legally or expected to meet new regulations.
� Greeley — City council banned dispensaries in October 2009� Larimer County — Two legally operating dispensaries and two
more in the process of seeking approval. County commissionersvoted to ban additional dispensaries in August 2010.
� Longmont — Seven dispensaries but at press time city coun-cil was leaning toward prohibiting more and shutting down thosealready there. A moratorium on new MMDs is set to expire June 30.
� Loveland — Seven currently operating dispensaries but cityvoters decided in November to ban and shut them down by March 1.
� Weld County — County commissioners voted to ban as ofAugust 2010.
�Windsor — Voters banned MMDs in November general election.The town’s two dispensaries must shut down by May 15.SOURCE: BUSINESS
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Largest Medical ClinicsRanked by number of employees
RANKPREVRANK
PRACTICE NAMEADDRESSPHONE/FAX
EMPLOYEES 2011NO. OF MD 2011NO. LICENSED
PROVIDERS 2011
NO. OF PHYSICIANSASSISTANTS
NO. OF NURSESNO. MISC. LICENSED STAFF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
E-MAILWEB SITE
PERSON IN CHARGETITLE
NO OF LOCATIONSYEAR FOUNDED
1 4
ORTHOPAEDIC & SPINE CENTER OF THEROCKIES2500 E. Prospect RoadFort Collins, CO 80525970-493-0112/970-493-0521
24924
N/A
94419
Orthopaedic surgery, spine, podiatry, sports medicine, worker's comp services. Orthopedicspecialties include: total joint surgery, hand and arm, shoulder, spine and pediatric spine,
pediatric orthopedics, knee, hip, trauma and fractures, foot and [email protected]
Michael A. BergersonCEO
2
2 5
SUNRISE COMMUNITY HEALTH2930 11th Ave.Evans, CO 80620970-353-9403
246N/AN/A
N/AN/AN/A
Community health center providing family practice, pediatrics, dental, mental health andpharmacy.
N/AN/A
Mitzi MoranPresident and CEO
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SALUD FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS - FORTCOLLINS1635 Blue Spruce DriveFort Collins, CO 80524970-494-4040/970-494-4076
2442114
7610
Health care services with locations in Brighton, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Fort Lupton, andFrederick.
N/Awww.saludclinic.org
Stanley J. Brasher9
4 6
ASSOCIATES IN FAMILY MEDICINE3519 Richmond DriveFort Collins, CO 80526970-204-0300/970-226-9041
144290
5523
Health care services with multiple locations in Fort Collins and Windsor. N/Awww.afmfc.com
Dr. James SprowellExecutive director
N/A
5 1
GREELEY MEDICAL CLINIC - POUDREVALLEY MEDICAL GROUP1900 116th St.Greeley, CO 80631970-353-1551/970-350-2478
1303344
11N/AN/A
Internal medicine, gastroenterology, urology, OBGYN, general surgery, oral surgery, urgentcare, rheumatology, orthopedic surgery, occupational medicine.
N/Awww.pvhs.org/clinics
Troy SimonPractice management
directorN/A
6 7
THE WOMEN'S CLINIC OF NORTHERNCOLORADO1107 S. Lemay Ave., Suite 300Fort Collins, CO 80524970-493-7442/970-493-2990
10014
N/A
369
Obstetrics, gynecology, urogynecology, OB/GYN ultrasound, mammography, bone density,OB/GYN clinical trials, genetic counseling.
Helene StoutAdministrator, Director of
business operations2
7 NR
FAMILY PHYSICIANS OF GREELEY -CENTRAL2520 W. 16th St.Greeley, CO 80634970-356-2520/970-356-6928
6820N/A
000
Family practice, OB and endoscopy. N/Awww.fpgreeley.com
Kyle LynchAdministrator
3
8 9
MIRAMONT FAMILY MEDICINE - FORTCOLLINS4674 Snow Mesa Drive, Suite 140Fort Collins, CO 80528970-482-0213/970-482-9646
477
N/A
5125
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John Lumir BenderDirector
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HEART CENTER OF THE ROCKIES -POUDRE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP2121 E. Harmony Road, Suite 100 and 200Fort Collins, CO 80528970-221-1000/970-221-1544
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Cariology, electrophysiology. N/Awww.pvhs.org/clinics
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Audiology, ENT, family medicine, pediatrics, dermatology. N/Awww.pvhs.org/clinics
Julie NethertonOffice manager
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Region surveyed includes the city of Brighton and Larimer and Weld counties.N/A-Not AvailableNR-Not Previously RankedThe Women's Clinic of Greeley, the CardioVascular Institute of North Colorado and the Fort Collins Youth Clinic did not respond in time to be included on this list.
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Largest Medical ClinicsRanked by number of employees
RANKPREVRANK
PRACTICE NAMEADDRESSPHONE/FAX
EMPLOYEES 2011NO. OF MD 2011NO. LICENSED
PROVIDERS 2011
NO. OF PHYSICIANSASSISTANTS
NO. OF NURSESNO. MISC. LICENSED STAFF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
E-MAILWEB SITE
PERSON IN CHARGETITLE
NO OF LOCATIONSYEAR FOUNDED
11 NR
MOUNTAIN VISTA ORTHOPAEDICS5890 W. 13th St., Suite 101Greeley, CO 80634970-348-0020/970-348-0044
276
N/A
N/AN/AN/A
Health care. N/AN/A N/A
12 11
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES -POUDRE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP4674 Snow Mesa Drive, Suite 200Fort Collins, CO 80528970-495-8450/970-624-3392
276
N/A
N/AN/AN/A
Occupational medicine. N/Awww.pvhs.org/clinics 2
13 NR
COLUMBINE FAMILY PRACTICE2701 Madison Square DriveLoveland, CO 80538970-663-0722/970-203-1029
2657
2N/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Cathy WilsonPractice senior manager
1
14 NR
LOVELAND PEDIATRICS2555 E. 13th St.Loveland, CO 80537970-663-5437/970-669-5762
2688
N/AN/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Shelley MendozaPractice senior manager
1
15 NR
JOHNSTOWN FAMILY PHYSICIANS222 Johnstown Center DriveJohnstown, CO 80534970-587-4974/970-587-5466
2556
1N/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Debbie BolligPractice manager
1
16 NR
INTERNAL MEDICINE CLINIC OF FORTCOLLINS1100 Poudre River DriveFort Collins, CO 80524970-224-9508/970-224-1210
244
N/A
263
Internal medicine. [email protected]/A
Debbie ChildressAdministrator
1
17 NR
OB/GYN ASSOCIATES1900 N. Boise Ave., Suite 300Loveland, CO 80538970-667-2009/970-667-2009
2456
112
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Ann KnowlesPractice senior manager
2
18 NR
SKYLINE URGENT CARE2555 E. 13th St., Suite 110Loveland, CO 80537970-461-6140/970-461-6135
2324
2N/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Julie WhitePractice senior manager
1
19 NR
WESTLAKE FAMILY PHYSICIANS5623 W. 19th St.Greeley, CO 80634970-353-9011/970-353-9135
2355
N/AN/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Cindy McDowellPractice manager
1
20 12
FAMILY PRACTICE ASSOCIATES914 W. Sixth St.Loveland, CO 80537970-667-3976/970-667-8177
2055
N/AN/AN/A
Health care. N/Awww.bannerhealth.com
Linda BeningaPractice senior manager
1
Region surveyed includes the city of Brighton and Larimer and Weld counties.N/A-Not AvailableNR-Not Previously RankedThe Women's Clinic of Greeley, the CardioVascular Institute of North Colorado and the Fort Collins Youth Clinic did not respond in time to be included on this list.
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Largest Cultural VenuesRanked by yearly attendance
RANKPREVRANK
VENUEADDRESSPHONE/FAX TOTAL ATTENDANCE 2010
EMPLOYEES-FTEMPLOYEES-PT
REVENUES 2010OPERATING BUDGET IN FISCAL
YEAR 2011 HIGHLIGHTS AND MAJOR EVENTS
PERSON IN CHARGEE-MAIL
WEB SITEYEAR FOUNDED
1 3THE RANCH EVENTS COMPLEX B5280 Arena CircleLoveland, CO 80538970-619-4000/970-619-4001
750,000 41N/A
$1,300,000N/A
The Good Guys Car Show, Larimer County Fair, Praise in the Park, Relay for Life,Disney on Ice, multiple concerts, home shows, banquets and more.
Bob HerrfeldtDirector
2003
2 1
ISLAND GROVE EVENTS CENTER501 N. 14th Ave.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9390/970-350-9344
550,000 138
$900,000$1,500,000
Greeley Stampede, Colorado Farm Show, Greeley Blues Jam, Tribune Home andGarden Show, Cinco de Mayo, Weld County Fair and several national, regional and
local dog shows.
Tom WelchFacility manager
2001
3 5
UNION COLONY CIVIC CENTER701 10th Ave.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9449/970-350-9475
137,691 10N/A
$1,135,000N/A
Vicki Lawrence, Bill Engvall, Wizard of Oz (the National Tour), River Dance, Spamalot,Jim Brickman, Los Lonely Boys, and The Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Jill DrorgemuellerMark Breimhorst
Events coordinatorCultural superintendent
1988
4 4LINCOLN CENTER C417 W. Magnolia St.Fort Collins, CO 80521970-221-6735/970-221-6373
85,000 1365
N/AN/A
Broadway, dance, live music, comedy, film, classical music, contemporary music,family programming, art exhibits and ArtWear Fashion Week. The Lincoln Center
closed in June 2010 for major renovations and will reopen July 2011.
Ty SuttonGeneral [email protected]
1978
5 6
LOVELAND MUSEUM/GALLERY503 N. Lincoln Ave.Loveland, CO 80537970-962-2410/970-962-2910
55,000 8N/A
$103,176$799,960
Art classes for all ages, diverse programs and performances, summer concerts,poetry workshops and readings, local history exhibits, regional, national and
international art exhibitions, cherry pie celebration. Admission is free. Donationsaccepted. Memberships available.
Susan IsonDirector of cultural services
1946
6 7
RIALTO THEATER228 E. Fourth St.Loveland, CO 80537970-962-2120/970-962-2422
46,000 32
$140,500$366,000
Construction of the Rialto Bridge expansion project in 2011 will add backstage space,dressing room space, conference room, reception area and banquet room.
Jan SawyerTheater manager
1920
7 NR
THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK2145 Centre Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80526970-416-2486
45,000 47
$500,000$400,000
Articulture, Harvest Festival, Halloween Enchanted Garden, and Garden of LightsCooking classes will be held in the new Outdoor Teaching Kitchen.
[email protected]/gardens
2003
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CANDLELIGHT DINNER PLAYHOUSE4747 Marketplace DriveJohnstown, CO 80534970-744-3747
45,000 12100
$1,400,000N/A
Clue the Musical, My Fair Lady (4 of 4 stars by Denver Post), Joseph and the AmazingTechniclor Dreamcoat, Oliver, The Will Rogers Follies (3 and a half out of 4 stars by
Denver Post). 6 Denver Post Ovation Award nominations, the most of any dinnertheater in the state, and the most of any Northern Colorado theater. Doubled season
ticket sales.
Jay BrownGeneral manager
2008
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MIDTOWN ARTS CENTER3750 S. Mason St.Fort Collins, CO 80525970-225-2555/970-225-2722
34,006 20N/A
N/AN/A
Will host regular Cabaret performances-evenings of great songs performed by ourtalented company members. The debut cabaret performance will be on Tuesday,
February 22nd.
Kurt TerrioPresident
1991
10 12
CSU - UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THEARTS1400 Remington St.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-491-5529/970-491-3746
30,000 N/AN/A
N/AN/A
Enjoy over 90 music, theatre, dance, and visual arts performances and exhibitionseach semester.
Todd QueenGary Voss
Chair, Department of music, theatre anddance
Chair, Department of [email protected]
N/A
11 14
FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF ART201 S. College Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-482-2787/970-482-0804
16,000 3N/A
N/A$343,508 Nine exhibitions per year of nationally recognized visual artists. Masks Fundraiser.
Marianne LorenzExecutive director
1985
12 NR
CENTENNIAL VILLAGE MUSEUM &GARDENS1475 A St.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9220/970-350-9570
16,000 N/AN/A
N/AN/A
Open T-S 10-4 May-September, Centennial Saturdays every week during the regularseason. Opening Day April 30th. Potato Day, Saturday after Labor Day.
Erin QuinnMuseum manager
1976
13 13
BAS BLEU THEATRE401 Pine St.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-498-8949/970-498-9272
9,000 5N/A
$259,817$253,450
$1.7 million funds raised toward $3 million goal for Capital Campaign, raised $18K atAnnual Mardi Gras Fundraiser, chosen Best Regional Theatre by a group of our
peers.
Dulcie WillisGeneral manager
1992
14 NR
POUDRE LANDMARKS FOUNDATIONINC.108 N. Meldrum St.Fort Collins, CO 80521970-221-0533
7,375 D01
N/AN/A
Preserve, restore, protect, and interpret the architectural and cultural heritage ofFort Collins. Events: Historic Homes Tour; Avery House Christmas Open House; WaterWorks "Big Splash" Open House; and Museo Las Posadas. Facilities include the Avery
House, Water Works and the Museo de las Tres Colonias.
Jennifer BeccardExecutive director
1972
15 NR
THE CENTER FOR FINE ARTPHOTOGRAPHY400 N. College Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-224-1010/970-224-1024
7,000 22
$325,000$325,000
The Center hosts international photography exhibitions, educational programsincluding artist and juror talks, and publishes an annual portfolio showcase book.
Hamidah GlasgowExecutive [email protected]
www.c4fap.org2004
16 NR
GREELEY HISTORY MUSEUM714 Eighth St.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9220/970-350-9570
6,600 77
N/AN/A
Museum houses the Hazel E. Johnson research center and municipal archives,permanent and changing exhibit galleries, tours and programs.
Erin QuinnMuseum manager
2005
17 NR
WALNUT ST. GALLERY216 Commerce Drive, Suite AFort Collins, CO 80524970-221-2383/970-221-0105
5,000 31
N/AN/A
Shows for 2010 Included: Furthur Fest, Angels Camp, Calif.; Todd White, Denver, CO;Herb Greene Photography Exhibit, Fort Collins, CO; Ron Campbell Denver, CO; Holiday
Soiree, Fort Collins, CO.
Laura EveleighOwner
1989Region surveyed includes Larimer and Weld counties and the city of Brighton.N/A-Not AvailableNR-Not Previously RankedFort Collins Museum & Discovery Science Center and the Stanley Museum did not provide an attendance figure for 2010 in time to be included on this list.Nonesuch Theater is closing on April 9, 2011.B Includes First National Bank Exhibition Hall, Ranch-Way Feeds Indoor Arena, Thomas M. McKee 4-H Youth & Community Building, and the Budweiser Events Center.C The Lincoln Center is closed for renovations and will reopen in the Summer of 2011.D Figure includes functions at the Avery House, Water Works, Museo de las Tres Colonias, and the Historic Homes Tour.
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started the business in 1998 with a con-verted utility trailer that she paid a com-mission to set up at the soccer fields onSaturdays.
This coffee tastes like mud! Well, it wasground this morning. — Old Vaudevillejoke
“A lot of people thought it was an oldhorse trailer because of the tall walls andthe bars,” she said. “It’s actually a utilitytrailer painted green. I had a weldermake the top look like a covered wagonand I added a green and white strippedawning. Using savings, it cost me about$20,000 to get set up. The trailer had tohave running water for the healthdepartment. On average I served 500people on Saturdays for six years.”
A morning without coffee is like sleep.— Author unknown
McKenzie’s medical transcriptionwork provided her next clientele. For 10years she’d dropped off medical tran-scription to Internal Medicine of FortCollins. She’d noticed that pharmaceuti-cal reps would come in with food andcoffee to give to the doctors as theytalked to them about their products.“I asked the clinic if I could set up a
coffee bar for free,” she said. “The clinicliked me, and then they asked the phar-
maceutical reps to bring me in to caterbreakfast with a heavy emphasis on cof-fee. I set up in the break room where thereps talk to the doctors and nurses whileI serve. In the first week I was bookedevery day. I used savings to start up thebusiness. It took me only six months torealize this would be a ‘go.’ I quit themedical transcription.”Now she knows how all the doctors in
Fort Collins take their coffee.“I may not know all of their names,
but I look at their faces and I think,Mexican mocha with one shot,”McKenzie said.She now caters mostly breakfast
meetings for a variety of clients.
Coffee smells like freshly ground heav-en. — Jesse Lane Adams
The catering part of the business cost
$7,000 to set up. Since she sold the trail-er, McKenzie has learned how to addvariety without weight, to pack betterand to hire the right people.“I hire young, strong college girls who
all work out,” she said.They need to be fit to set up the
portable, collapsible table that expandsup to bar height on site; draping it with ablack cloth, not so much. Espressomachines, small bottles with 24 flavors(six sugar-free), and Ghirardelli hotchocolate complete the display.“We use fresh-roasted beans by the
Black Cup Coffee Roaster in Loveland,”McKenzie said. “I have a cooler for dairyproducts. If the reps ask me to bring waf-fles, I bring waffles.”
Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kiss-ing your sister. — Author unknown
Word-of-mouth advertising helpspeople find her business. She does wed-dings where people don’t serve alcohol,bridal showers and graduation parties.“We’ve been in almost every school in
Fort Collins for events like teacherappreciation days,” McKenzie added.“Last summer, I donated a cart to theWalk for Breast Cancer at Fort CollinsHigh School where we set up at the track,running an extension cord into a build-ing.”She said she’s even willing to go door-
to-door, just like the newspaper carrieror the milkman.One day,McKenzie said,“I just might replace them.”
ESPRESSO, from 3
Courtesy Beverly McKenzie
KICK START — The idea for coffee catering espres-so people inc. happened on the sidelines of a chil-dren’s soccer game.
Partner of ICMAThe Alliance for Innovation has been
in existence since 1979, although thegroup renamed itself five years ago afterentering into a strategic partnershipwith the International City/CountyManagement Association. Under theagreement, the alliance, which counts alimited membership of about 300 cities,counties and special districts – includingFort Collins and Larimer County –serves as a sort of research laboratory forideas and programs that can be sharedwith the significantly broader ICMA,which acts as more of an educationalnetwork for its nearly 9,000 membercities and counties.The alliance is now based in Phoenix,
where it is affiliated with Arizona StateUniversity. And as might be obviousfrom its name, the organization bringstogether entities that “value innovation”and promote “innovative culture,”
Thoreson said.Fort Collins was among a dozen cities
invited to host the 2011 Big Ideas confer-ence, which took place inDecatur,Ga., andAnnArbor,Mich., the last two years.Abouthalf of those cities submitted a proposal,with Fort Collins prevailing.At the State ofthe City address, Atteberry said FortCollins’ selection as the host “speaks high-ly to the caliber of our city employees.”“It’s a great chance for us to showcase
our community, both the small “c” as acity and the big “C” as an organization,”said Claire Thomas, a city spokespersonwho is helping to plan the conference.For context, consider Big Ideas as a
civic-oriented version of the idea-orient-ed workshops and events put on by TED,the nonprofit group that brings togetherinnovators and thinkers from all walksof society to share stories, experiencesand solutions.At Big Ideas, experts from various
fields share thought-provoking whitepapers on specific issues pertaining togovernment administration and civic
involvement. From there, lively conver-sations ensue where all attendees con-tribute to the dialogue and share insightfrom their own experiences, Thoresonsaid.At the moment, a planning commit-
tee that includes local officials is stillsketching out the details for this year’sconference, but Thoreson said past BigIdeas meetings have tackled financialstability and sustainability and thencommunity engagement.
The place for placemakingFort Collins and Northern Colorado
are an apt place for the forthcomingmeeting and its focus. Thoreson said theregion has excelled at placemaking, cit-ing as case studies the local open spaceand natural areas programs and thedevelopment of regional industry clus-ters, each of which have taken innovativeapproaches to funding, administrationand collaboration.One particular issue that Thoreson
hopes the October conference will
explore is how cities may reorganize orrestructure administratively to betterutilize technologies and respond to com-munity needs. As a prominent, localexample, she points to Larimer County’svote centers, which allow citizens to voteat any polling station instead of a speci-fied precinct. The move has saved thecounty money and potentially increasedvoter participation by taking advantageof available technology.“It’s about the resources of govern-
ment working with the community —and not just in a superficial way,”Thoreson said.Most local people won’t get to
glimpse the proceedings due to the lim-ited invitation list, but planners say cityand county staff will certainly partici-pate, and representatives from ColoradoState University and locally based corpo-rations and foundations could also be apart of the discussions. Thoreson saidorganizers also hope to involve morestudents and young professionals in thisyear’s conference.
SUMMIT, from 3
espresso people inc.Founded: 2005Founder: Beverly McKenzieHeadquarters: 3512 S. Mason St., Fort CollinsHours: 24 hours a day. Because it’s portableand because we’re always awake.Employees: 6Phone: 970-217-1364Web: www.espressopeople.net
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Largest Cultural OrganizationsRanked by attendance
RANKPREVRANK
COMPANYADDRESSOFFICE PHONE/OFFICE FAX
ATTENDANCE 2010ORGANIZATION MEMBERS
NO. OF EMPLOYEES IN REGION
TICKET SALES $ VALUE 2010OPERATING BUDGET IN
FISCAL 2011
FOUNDATION GRANTS2010
REVENUES 2008YEAR FOUNDED
LOCALLY HIGHLIGHTS AND MAJOR EVENTS
PERSON IN CHARGEE-MAIL
WEB SITE
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HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY DISTRICT2650 W. 29th St.Greeley, CO 80631970-506-8550/970-506-8551
1,400,000N/A140
N/A$9,900,130
$250,000$13,602,000 1986
Renovated the Centennial Park Library, refreshedthe District's website, common read for adults andteens, summer reading program for children, freecomputers and Internet access, upgraded catalog
system.
Janine ReidExecutive [email protected]
2 NR
UNION COLONY CIVIC CENTER701 10th Ave.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9449/970-350-9475
137,691N/A10
$800,000$1,591,000
$9,900$1,135,000 1988
Vicki Lawrence, Bill Engvall, Wizard of Oz (theNational Tour), River Dance, Spamalot, Jim
Brickman, Los Lonely Boys, and The Glenn MillerOrchestra.
Jill DrorgemuellerMark Breimhorst
Events coordinatorCultural superintendent
3 12
BEET ST.19 Old Town Square, Suite 234Fort Collins, CO 80524970-419-8240/970-419-8248
90,000N/A
5$11,000
$750,000$75,000$723,000 2007
STREETMOSPHERE, a program that will transformdowntown Fort Collins into an outdoor performing
arts scene.
Ryan KeifferExecutive director
4 NRLINCOLN CENTER B417 W. Magnolia St.Fort Collins, CO 80521970-221-6735/970-221-6373
85,000N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 1978
Broadway, dance, live music, comedy, film,classical music, contemporary music, family
programming, art exhibits and ArtWear FashionWeek. The Lincoln Center closed in June 2010 for
major renovations and will reopen July 2011.
Ty SuttonGeneral [email protected]
5 NR
ENGAGING LOVELAND231 W. Fourth St.Loveland, CO 80537970-980-4764/970-663-0955
75,000N/A
1N/AN/A
N/AN/A 2006
Engaging Loveland is a non profit 501(c)(6)organization that develops and supports
community events and enhances tourism. Majorevents include: Sweetheart Balloon Rally,
SummerFest in the Rockies, Corn Roast Festival,Snow Sculpture in the Dark, and Loveland: A City
with HeART.
Kristine KoschkeExecutive director
6 3
POUDRE RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARYDISTRICT - MAIN201 Peterson St.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-221-6740/970-221-6398
68,274N/A163
N/A$7,820,550
N/A$8,717,095 2006
A joint-use facility with Front Range CommunityCollege that provides materials and programs,including storytimes, summer reading, music
programs in the round and International Night.
7 NR
CANDLELIGHT DINNER PLAYHOUSE4747 Marketplace DriveJohnstown, CO 80534970-744-3747
45,000N/A12
N/AN/A
N/A$1,400,000 2008
Clue the Musical, My Fair Lady (4 of 4 stars byDenver Post), Joseph and the Amazing TechniclorDreamcoat, Oliver, The Will Rogers Follies (3 and ahalf out of 4 stars by Denver Post). 6 Denver Post
Ovation Award nominations, the most of any dinnertheater in the state, and the most of any Northern
Colorado theater. Doubled season ticket sales.
Jay BrownGeneral manager
8 NR
THE GARDENS ON SPRING CREEK2145 Centre Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80526970-416-2486
45,00045,441
8N/A
$400,000$74,500
$500,000 2003Articulture, Harvest Festival, Halloween EnchantedGarden, and Garden of Lights Cooking classes will
be held in the new Outdoor Teaching [email protected]
www.fcgov.com/gardens
9 NR
THE DINNER THEATRE AT MIDTOWNARTS CENTER C3750 S. Mason St.Fort Collins, CO 80525970-225-2555/970-225-2722
34,006N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 1991 The debut cabaret performance will be on February
22, 2011.
Kurt TerrioPresident
10 NR
THOMPSON VALLEY ART LEAGUE429 N. Lincoln Ave.Loveland, CO 80537970-663-2407
24,000851
N/A$89,000
$0$72,900 1978
Art in the Park Arts & Craft Festival, members artshows, juried art show for the public, public
displays by membership, second Friday eventdowntown Loveland.
Jeff BrooksGallery director
11 7
LOVELAND HIGH PLAINS ARTSCOUNCIL125 E. Seventh St.Loveland, CO 80537970-663-2940/970-669-7390
20,000111
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 1983 Sculpture in the Park.
John PolanskyPresident
12 6
FORT COLLINS MUSEUM OF ART201 S. College Ave.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-482-2787/970-482-0804
16,000500
3N/A
$343,508N/AN/A 1985 Nine exhibitions per year of nationally recognized
visual artists. Masks Fundraiser.
Marianne LorenzExecutive director
13 NR
CENTENNIAL VILLAGE MUSEUM &GARDENS1475 A St.Greeley, CO 80631970-350-9220/970-350-9570
16,000N/A15
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 1976
Open T-S 10-4 May-September, CentennialSaturdays every week during the regular season.
Opening Day April 30th. Potato Day, Saturday afterLabor Day.
Erin QuinnMuseum manager
14 9
GREELEY PHILHARMONICORCHESTRAP.O. Box 1535Greeley, CO 80632-1535970-356-6406/970-352-8761
11,900N/AN/A
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 1911
Connoisseur series, Poinsettia pops, A Christmasbrass; Family concert; Wines of note; educational
www.greeleyphilharmonic.com
15 11
CANYON CONCERT BALLET & DANCECENTER1031 Conifer St.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-472-4156/970-472-4158
10,00050030
$115,000$650,000
$5,000$650,000 1978
Dance performances with a full season ofproductions each year, including "The Nutcracker"in December. The school offers dance training forstudents ages 3 and up in ballet, modern, jazz, tap,
lyrical and hip hop.
Kim LangJessica V. FreestoneExecutive director
Artistic [email protected]
16 5
BAS BLEU THEATRE401 Pine St.Fort Collins, CO 80524970-498-8949/970-498-9272
9,0002365
$124,919$253,450
$7,500$259,817 1992
$1.7 million funds raised toward $3 million goal forCapital Campaign, raised $18K at Annual Mardi Gras
Fundraiser, chosen Best Regional Theatre by agroup of our peers.
Dulcie D. WillisGeneral manager
17 13
COLORADO SWINGP.O. Box 858Fort Collins, CO 80522970-416-1414
8,6001820
N/AN/A
N/AN/A 2004
Colorado Swing performs an exciting variety ofgreat music including classic Big Band Era
standards as well as popular Broadway and LasVegas show style arrangements for festivals,
special events, dances and fundraisers.
Kip SchollProducer manager
Region includes Larimer and Weld counties and the city of Brighton.N/A-Not AvailableNR-Not Previously RankedLoveland Public Library and Debut Theatre CO. did not provide 2010 attendance figures to be included on this list.Cultural Arts Council of Estes Park did not respond to survey to be included on this list.Nonesuch Theater is closing on April 9, 2011.The High Plains Chautauqua were not available to respond to the survey.B The Lincoln Center is closed for renovations and will reopen in the Summer of 2011.C Formerly known as the Carousel Dinner Theatre.
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auditioning and paying local talent.“This gives them exposure and leads toother gigs, but we’re also exposing peo-ple to art and culture in Fort Collins inpassing,” he said. “There’s an unexpect-ed aspect encountering these perform-ers downtown, and we’ve received reallypositive feedback from the public.”
�Bas Bleu/ DDA partnership successIn August 2009 Bas Bleu Theatre and
the Downtown Development Authorityforged a public/private partnership, sign-ing a 10-year, $220,000 lease to open upthe lobby and theater space in the historicGiddings Building to the general public.The collaboration was an investmentstrategy and part of a larger endeavor tohelp arts organizations during the eco-nomic downturn. The Bas Bleu lobbyand stage area are available free of chargefor use by other performance groups andfor public meetings and events.So how is it going?“Really well,” said Dulcie Willis, Bas
Bleu’s interim general manager. “We’vehad a diversity of groups taking advan-tage of the space: opera, music concerts,filming session, private parties, middleschool student workshops. Lots of dif-ferent events.”Willis attributes the success to the
building’s flexibility of space. The the-atre offers three options: partial usewhen a play set is on the stage, full usewhen the stage is empty, and lobby use.“The lobby is perfect for meetings,
receptions and art shows. It’s a prettyversatile space,” she said. “It’s also free.People save so much money, but it’s still
a new concept and the word is still get-ting out.”Information about theater rental is
on the Bas Bleu and DDA websites.
�Exhibition news“Robert Benjamin: Notes from a
Quiet Life,” on view now at The DenverArt Museum, is the first-ever solo muse-um exhibition for Fort Collins photog-rapher Robert Benjamin. The exhibitionfeatures 40 color prints and Polaroidsmade between 1984 and 2003. Many ofBenjamin’s portraits possess an infor-mal and lyrical quality as well as anintensity of color.As Benjamin noted via e-mail, “The
process is the same as we all used toreceive when we took our FILM to aOneHour lab — prints (called C prints
for chromogenic) from negatives. I usedall sorts of films from Kodak, Fuji,Konica. The look of the color is truly dueto what I chose to photograph, the lightthat was there, and how I decided toprint it. I didn’t own a flash, so the colorand light combined in a ‘muddy’ coloreffect — not necessarily chromatically‘correct’ but rather emotionally correct.”The exhibition will be on view until
April 17.East/West: Visually Speaking, an
exhibition at the Colorado StateUniversity Art Museum, features thework of 11 Chinese artists whose two-and three-dimensional pieces mergeEastern and Western visual languages.The works represent incursions of west-ern culture synthesized with aspects oftraditional Chinese art. A series ofsculptures by Sun Ping re-envision
Greco-Roman statuary embedded withacupuncture needles.The show resonates thematically
with Sure of Hand: Drawings from the19th Century to the Renaissance in thesmall gallery. This exhibition explores awide variety of drawing media andillustrates artistic genres ranging frommythological and biblical subject matterto portraits and landscapes.East/West: Visually Speaking is on
view until April 9, and Sure of Hand:Drawings from the 19th Century to theRenaissance until June 10.
Kiki Gilderhus, Ph.D., is head of ArtHistory Liberal Studies at RockyMountain College of Art + Design inDenver and covers the arts for theBusiness Report. Contact her [email protected].
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Left — “Pamela PickingPeonies,” Boulder, late20th century.Chromogenic colorphoto. Denver ArtMuseum; purchased withfunds from Cathey andRichard Finlon. © RobertBenjamin.
Right — “Nellie BringingHome Zig-Zag," Boulder,late 20th century.Chromogenic colorphoto. Denver ArtMuseum; purchased withfunds from Cathey andRichard Finlon. © RobertBenjamin.
QUIET LIFE — Forty color prints and Polaroids by Fort Collins photographer Robert Bejamin are now on display at the Denver Art Museum in the exhibition“Robert Benjamin: Notes from a Quiet Life.” This is Benjamin’s first-ever solo museum exhibition, and will be on display until April 17.
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store, because I don’t have confidencethat I’ll get any better service, and it’s aninexpensive product.If I buy a car, though, the customer
experience is very high on my list. I’vecreated my list of dealerships up anddown the Front Range with which I’llnever again do business, and otherswhich I refer my friends to.This highlights the real benefit in
creating wonderful customer relation-ships. When you have a bunch of ravingfans out there, they’re doing your hardmarketing work for you. For free. Andin a way that has much greater credibili-ty than anything you might say, becausethose referred know they’re getting amore honest picture.That’s absolutely priceless.
Carl Dierschow is a Small FishBusiness Coach based in Fort Collins. Hiswebsite is www.smallfish.us.
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as a senior consultant at Credit RiskManagement LLC, in Raleigh, N.C., is anindustry expert and regular speaker onthe development of strategies associatedwith the management and resolution ofproblem loans.
Two different outcomesParalleling the increasing number of
bank failures are consent orders, the reg-ulatory letters the FDIC uses to try tohelp banks correct problems such asundercapitalization before they becomefatal. Sometimes it works, sometimes itdoesn’t.Currently seven banks in Colorado
are operating under consent orders.FirsTier of Louisville was one.Undercapitalization was one of its issues,and while 245 potential bidders werecontacted by the FDIC prior to its shut-down on Jan. 28, no buyer could befound. The FDIC’s Barr said that thishappens in about “5 percent or so” offailed banks. FirsTier had $781 million inassets as of Sept. 30, but only $722.8 mil-lion in deposits.The FDIC reopened FirsTier as the
Deposit Insurance National Bank ofLouisville for 30 days to give customers achance to move their money. Feb. 28 isthe absolute last day it will operate. Allchecks written on accounts that have notcleared by that date will be returnedunpaid.United Western Bank, also undercap-
italized, had $2.05 billion in total assetsand $1.65 billion in total deposits. Thebank was closed Jan. 21, but its eightbranches — including those in FortCollins, Longmont and Loveland —reopened as First Citizens Bank andTrust Co. locations on Jan. 24.Predicting more failures in Colorado
is gloomy business, and most bankerswon’t spectulate along those lines. Whatthey will do is talk about the signs, whywhat’s happening can be good for somecommunity banks, and let you draw yourown conclusions.“About half the banks in our commu-
nity struggle with poor asset quality andsubstantial poor quality loans,” saidLeroy Leavitt, chairman of New WestBank in Greeley. “There are loan guide-lines that restrict banks under consentorders. We aren’t restricted that way. Wecontinue to get a stream of customersfrom banks under consent orders thatare depositors. We are growing.”
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As Noble Energy begins building aregional field office in west Greeley,Weld County could be almost over theGreat Recession.The Niobrara Formation under east-
ern Colorado and southern Wyoming isattracting oil companies fromNoble andAnadarko to Haliburton andChesapeake. And no wonder — yieldestimates range from 1million to 30mil-lion barrels from each square mile.Noble intends to have 10 new rigsdrilling by the end of the year, evenbefore the 300 administrative workersmove into the new office. Each rigdirectly employs about 40 people; thatcould translate into up to 700 additionaljobs created throughout the community.This is good news for a county where
unemployment has hovered above thestate rate — and that of surroundingcounties — since the economic melt-down in 2008. New jobs would boost thelanguishing housing market, where aninventory of about 800 homes andanother 1,000 ready-to-build lots awaitbuyers. And the retail sector, which tookyet another hit with the imminent clos-ing of Borders bookstore, could use allthe help it can get. The new King Soopersis open and waiting for customers.The better news is that new drilling
technology allows fewer rigs to extractmore oil. The rigs can also be locatedfarther from areas dedicated to otheruses, and perhaps cause less environ-mental impact.Government officials and economic
development types are justifiablydelighted and anxious to get the oilmoney moving through the system. Butlet’s not forget that the extractive indus-tries work on a boom-and-bust cycle.Weld County should continue to
demand the state restore the local shareof the severance taxes paid by drillers.This money supports county schoolsand roads and law enforcement andsocial services — all budget items thatwill feel the impact of an influx of oil-patch workers. And the state shouldremain vigilant to protect the land wewill all live on after the drillers movealong to the next big play.The best news is that Weld County
isn’t relying entirely on oil revenues.Leprino Foods is finally hiring for thefirst phase of its mozzarella manufactur-ing, and has attracted at least one equip-ment supplier eager to locate near theworld’s largest pizza-cheese maker.Dairy operations are ramping up theirherds to supply the millions of poundsof milk the factory will require everyday. And JBS continues to expand fromits headquarters in Greeley.Maintaining economic diversity can
mean steady growth well beyond theimmediate boom.
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Boom timesahead for allWeld County
Over the past several weeks, erro-neous information has been providedto news outlets, including this one,about Campus Crest Communitiesrelating to our plans to develop a stu-dent housing project on the corner ofCentre Avenue and Rolland MooreDrive. As the co-founders of CampusCrest, it is critical that we provide anaccurate representation of our compa-ny, its history and our plans to be apositive and contributing member ofthis community.Campus Crest has been at the fore-
front of the emerging student housingindustry since 2004, developing privatehousing complexes that fit within thecommunity, meet the needs of the localcollege or university and provide a farsuperior living experience to students.We currently operate 27 apartmentcomplexes under the Grove brandname in 26 different communities. Thisyear, we will house more than 15,000students across the country.We are a publicly-traded company
listed on the New York Stock Exchangewith a strong balance sheet and theresources to fully implement our devel-opment plans.Our complexes provide each student
with a unique and high-quality resi-dence, including a private bedroom andbathroom, common living, kitchen andeating areas, and amenities such asswimming pools, game rooms and fit-ness centers. More importantly, ourfacilities create a sense of communityby involving the students in the over-sight and care of the complexes andthrough community-oriented eventssuch as bike drives and deliveringThanksgiving dinners to the poor.Suggestions that our facilities are
substandard or that students do nothave good experiences are simply nottrue and stand at odds with the facts.With more than 35,000 former resi-dents, we recognize that not every sin-gle one had the perfect living experi-ence. But we operate in a very competi-tive market where students have lots ofoptions and they continue to choose
our facilities and to renew their leasesfor subsequent years. In fact, our occu-pancy rate is at an all-time high of closeto 90 percent.Neighborhood residents have refer-
enced employment litigation in whichour company is involved in an effort totarnish our image. Regretfully, today allcompanies are vulnerable to litigationbut we fully reject the claims that havebeen made and are actively workingthrough the legal process and fullyexpect a successful outcome. Weemploy more than 500 very satisfiedpeople across the country and we areproud to have been a net job-creatorover the past few years.We understand that those who live in
the immediate vicinity of our complexeshave specific personal interests.We alwaystry to address potential concerns throughour design and planning process andthrough community outreach and dia-logue. But we also understand we need toaddress the needs of the entire communi-ty and it is unfortunate when personalattacks replace constructive dialogue.We are proud of our track record
and we are proud to have the opportu-nity to work with the Fort Collins com-munity on this very important project.We look forward to continue workingwith and listening to all members of thecommunity to ensure we have the bestdevelopment possible.
Ted Rollins and Mike Hartnett areCEO and Chief Investment Officer,respectively, of Campus CrestCommunities, based in North Carolina.
Campus Crest’s foundersoutline intentions for area
GUEST COLUMNTed Rollins & Mike Hartnett
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Xcel’s incentive reduction could impactsolar investment(Business Report Daily, Feb. 17, 2011)Bad idea, with even worse timing.
What is motivating Xcel Energy? Littlewarning coupled with such a drasticshift in support for clean solar energywill put the local market of installationand support of solar PV in extremejeopardy. It doesn’t make sense to stopsuch an effective, successful and for-ward-looking program just because it’sworking. Is this why we are still subsidiz-ing coal and oil after all of these years?
Mark CliftonLaPorte
I own and operate a PV solar installa-tion company in Colorado. That Xcelwould — without warning — removeincentives from thousands of customersready andwilling toundertake amajor per-sonal investment in solar for their homesand businesses is unacceptable bad behav-ior by a regulated utility company. A farmore responsible action to reduce incen-tives while it takes its case to the PUCwould have been to stop all third-partyincentives, which has been little more than
an export system to send hard-earnedmoney that normally goes to the fledglingPV solar industry out of Colorado tomajornational solar leasing companies. But tosimply turn off a systemwhich is the liveli-hood of a fledgling industry in a cloak-and-dagger move — to record 3MW ofactivity in less than 24 hours — this is allvery suspect. Xcel needs to reopen incen-tives for residential and small commercialpurchased systems at the very least while itawaits its judgment day before the PUC.
John BringenbergDenver
Noble Energy buys land for Greeley office(Business Report Daily, Feb. 15, 2011)It’s great to see some more growth for
our town; however, I wish Noble wouldhave considered buying one of thevacant buildings we’ve seen sit for somany years around here: the old HPbuilding, Kendall Printing or NewFrontier Bank among others.
Melissa JensenGreeley
For Fort Collins’ Mason Corridor, futureis almost here(NCBR, Feb. 11, 2011)If nobody is going to ride the BRT
just like the city buses now, why all of thefanfare? This is government pork barrelpolitics on the backs of the taxpayers.When are we going to stop spendingmoney we don’t have?
JimFort Collins
Fort Collins sales tax collections up 7.9percent in January(Business Report Daily, Feb. 11, 2011)Does this mean they will retract the
tax hike that got passed in November???Robert JonesFort Collins
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Wow. I’m glad that’s done.Completion of the deal to purchase
the Boulder County Business Report, theNorthern Colorado Business Report andtheWyoming Business Report, throughour new company, BizWest Media LLC,gave me great appreciation for themany other business owners who con-summate such deals all the time.It is, quite frankly, exhausting, and
wasn’t accomplished without fits andstarts, and ups anddowns, datingback not onlymonths but alsoyears. Jeff Nuttalland I were thrilledto have left theDenver BusinessJournal to launchthe NorthernColorado BusinessReport back in1995. We did sowith BoulderBusinessInformation Inc.,owner of the Boulder County BusinessReport, where I had worked after gradu-ating from the University of Colorado.From day one, we wanted eventually
to own not only all of NCBR but alsoBCBR. But when it came time for BBIto sell, in February 2008, the buyer thatemerged victorious was Ohio-basedBrown Media Holdings, part of theBrown Publishing Co. family businessthat stretched back three generations.Brown was in full swing on a buyingbinge of mostly business publications,adding a new dimension to the family’schain of dailies and weeklies in Ohio.At first, we were cautiously opti-
mistic. Jeff and I had retained our 49percent stake in NCBR Inc., which bythen also owned theWyoming BusinessReport and most of DataJoe LLC, aLakewood-based company that pro-vides research tools for business jour-nals and trade journals.But as the months progressed, it
became clear that Brown, which hadtaken on huge debt in its buying spree,
was experiencing signs of financialstress, made worse by the GreatRecession.That all culminated on April 30,
2010, with the company filing bank-ruptcy on behalf of various entities,including BBI. The months that fol-lowed were difficult, both in terms ofdealing with vendors and in trying todetermine whether we could purchasethe assets through the bankruptcyprocess.But it wasn’t to be — at least not
then. A new company formed by Brownexecutives emerged as the winning bid-der for the assets, only to have theirfunding withdrawn. That left the assetsto a consortium of Brown lenders, whoquickly formed Ohio CommunityMedia LLC to take over the assets Sept.3.OCM quickly initiated a bidding
process to sell the assets, with most ofthe business publications selling in thefall of 2010. By the end of November,ours was the only group left, outside ofthe Ohio properties.Our deal proved extremely complex,
due in part to the complicated natureof our ownership. In the end, I firmlybelieve that the only reason anotherbuyer didn’t snap these publicationsaway is because of our original 1995shareholders agreement, which gave usa right of first refusal on the stock.It wasn’t easy to get it done. BizWest
Media completed its purchase of theassets Feb. 11, only after a frenzied weekdealing with bankers, attorneys,accountants, investors, sellers, regulato-ry officials — you name it. We alsobenefited from wise counsel from manyfriends in the business-journal sector, aswell as merger-and-acquisition expertsand our legal counsel. We’re grateful toeveryone who helped.Now that the acquisition is done, it
will be great to finally get back to ourtrue love: publishing business news.
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student housing project in 1931 whenHadden and Hays Halls were built justnorth of the still-existing Jackson Field.But the University of NorthernColorado, whose campus is just twoblocks to the west of The Villa, shutdown the dormitories in 1982 because ofdeclining enrollment and a strongerinterest in west-of-campus locations.
Project details still unknownHow soon The Villa will be razed and
a new facility will break ground is stillunknown at this point, Francone said.“We’ve just started talks with the city
of Greeley to come up with plans thatwork for us and the city,” he said. “Butit’s moved to the forefront of what we’reworking on.”Francone said no budget for the proj-
ect has yet been set. He emphasized thatthe project, while mainly focused on thecollege student market, would be pri-vately owned and not part of UNC.The demand for the project by UNC
students, however, is not likely to begreat initially, according to Jenna Finley,UNC’s director of residential education.Finley said UNC recently completed
some extensive on-campus housingprojects that are less than 100 percentoccupied and there seems to be littledemand for off-campus housing.“I think students are finding plenty of
options right now,” she said.UNC — which saw an enrollment
increase of about 100 more students infall 2010 over fall 2009 — has a totalenrollment of about 12,000 students.Finley said one gap that might be
filled by a new off-campus facility wouldbe to house faculty and staff. “If theywere really smart, they’d market to facul-ty and staff,” she said. “That’s a nichethat’s needed.”Redevelopment of The Villa site
could be one of the first projects in thecreation of a University District, a con-cept that’s been percolating between thecity of Greeley and UNC and is now get-ting input from nearby residents, busi-ness owners and the overall community.The idea behind the University
District, with the UNC campus as itshub extending south to U.S. Highway 34and north to 13th Street, is to create athriving urban business and residentialzone that attracts visitors and local resi-dents.Becky Safarik, Greeley’s community
development director, said redevelop-ment of TheVilla property, which sits onthe eastern edge of the UniversityDistrict, is an opportunity to help revi-talize the area.“This gives us a chance to have some
fresh development on that property andreturn it to something productive as itwas earlier,” she said. “We want to maxi-mize its potential.”
The heart of GreeleySafarik said the University District is
part of the heart of Greeley, with adiverse business and residential base sur-rounding UNC, one of the jewels of thecity.“It’s a really diverse area,” she said.
“It’s got employment, education facili-ties, extensive retail and services, and it’sgot a variety of residential areas andthings people want to come see and do.You’ve got this really complete area with
some natural synergies.”Safarik said the city and UNC have
been quietly working on the concept forabout a decade. She said UNC is strong-ly supportive of the idea.“They know their reputation and
appeal is dependent on how they’reviewed in the community,” she said.Charles Leonhardt, UNC’s vice presi-
dent for university relations, agrees withSafarik’s assessment. “The impetus is tofocus on an area that hopefully we canhave a profound impact on,”he said.“Wethink this is a great partnership betweenthe city and the university and the com-munity, because in the end it is aboutimproving the community.”On Feb. 4, about 100 people gathered
to start work on the University Districtand its five major goals: enhance neigh-borhood livability; cultivate a vibranteconomy; create engaging destinations;foster growth through education; andstrengthen neighborhood design.Leonhardt said UNC will continue to
play a strong role in the development ofthe University District. “Now comes thework of fine-tuning these priorities andultimately creating action plans andprojects that will have an immediateimpact on the district,” he said. “We’recommitted to making that happen.”Safarik said she believes the first steps
have now been taken toward making theUniversity District a reality. But it won’thappen overnight, she noted.“I think it’s going to be a nice work-
in-progress for the next several years.”
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VILLA’S LAST STAND — After acolorful 80-year history, TheVilla in Greeley will be razed tomake way for a new 300-bedstudent housing facility. Detailson when The Villa will be raisedand when the new facility willbreak ground are still to bedetermined.
The Villa and theUniversity DistrictFor more information on The Villa, visitthe NCBR archives at www.ncbr.com.
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Northern Colorado.The open competition has sparked
plenty of attention, which may havepeaked in early February, when MetroDenver EDC released two requests forproposals. The organization gave townsjust 12 days to submit pitches for eitherexisting industrial sites with between300,000 and 600,000 square feet ofbuilding space, or an undeveloped, high-way-accessible and shovel-ready “green-field” of 200 to 400 acres.The frenzy culminated on Feb. 14,
when more than 30 Front Range munic-ipalities submitted bids for the park,according to Metro Denver EDC. Thegroup’s staff hopes to keep speculationto a dull roar, citing nondisclosureagreements meant to uphold the confi-dentiality of the selection process, butthe potential for thousands of new techjobs have city leaders and regional eco-nomic-development officials giddy overthe prospects.“That’s enough to get anybody excit-
ed,” said Larry Burkhardt, CEO ofUpstate Colorado EconomicDevelopment, representing WeldCounty.“It would transform the region.”
Colorado projectDespite the project’s obvious orienta-
tion toward Colorado, it’s likely a reliefto several interested parties thatCheyenne LEADS, the southernWyoming economic development cor-poration, isn’t making a push for thepark.In 2007,Wyoming lured the National
Center for Atmospheric Research super-computer center outside of Colorado —using $20 million in state funds, abun-dant power and cheap land and con-struction costs to best a bid from theUniversity of Colorado in Boulder. Atthe time, Metro Denver EDC executivevice president Tom Clark rued the loss,and told the Boulder County BusinessReport, “[T]o lose an opportunity likethis is troubling …We’re not capable ofresponding to the financial incentives ofother states…. This is not going to stop.This is the first chink in the armor.Other states will see what Wyoming wasable to do, and they’ll come after theother labs because they’ll know we can’tcompete in incentives.”The defeat helps explain why Clark
and others have acted skittish aboutsharing details about the selectionprocess for major research facilities. In apress release announcing the submittedproposals, Clark said, “When we con-duct a site search on behalf of a prospectcompany, we do so in complete confi-dentiality. We have significant competi-tion among other states for projects suchas this and we need to maintain ourcompetitive advantage.”Despite the claims, Randy Bruns,
CEO of Cheyenne LEADS, said hisorganization “took a look” at the project,but didn’t submit a proposal, and hehadn’t heard of any other Cowboy Stateentities making a play, either.Regardless, the current selection
process has hardly proceeded with dis-cretion due to the zeal of municipalitiesaround Northern Colorado and metroDenver.
Loveland’s heart on its sleeveLoveland, most notably, has openly
courted the ACE technology park. A dayafter the submittal deadline, the cityannounced a non-binding letter of
intent for a $5.5 million purchase of the300-plus-acre campus on Southwest14th Street owned by AgilentTechnologies. City and local economic-development officials say the acquisi-tion, which includes 800,000 square feetof building space and valuable watershares from the Colorado-BigThompson Project, is a savvy move at asharp price. But if Loveland gets passedover for the ACE park, the city could beleft owning the site — and any potentialliability issues that could come with it.Following the playbook that the city
used to lure Hewlett-Packard to thesame land in the 1960s, Loveland hastried to showcase the city’s enthusiasmfor the project by soliciting public sup-port through citizen letters and financialcontributions — and even Valentines tothe selection committee and a Facebookcampaign.But Loveland is by no means alone
among interested Northern Coloradomunicipalities. Mike Masciola, chiefoperating officer of the NorthernColorado Economic DevelopmentCorp., said his organization helped coor-dinate “multiple” proposals fromLarimer County, with some towns sub-mitting more than one site for consider-ation. Masciola described the proposalsas “diverse” in terms of amenities andlocations, and said some packages arebetter positioned than others, butdeclined to share more details, citing thenon-disclosure agreement.Fort Collins isn’t among the cities
that submitted a proposal, according toJosh Birks, the city’s economic adviser.Birks said the city did consider theopportunity, but did not identify anappropriate site. The city of Boulderreportedly took the same stance.
Weld County interestOn the eastern side of Interstate 25,
Upstate Colorado helped coordinate adozen proposals, according to CEOBurkhardt. Locations include Windsor,Greeley, Johnstown, Fort Lupton,Dacono, Firestone and Mead.The smaller towns have likely pro-
posed shovel-ready greenfield sites withno buildings, but several former indus-trial plots from the county are in themix. Bruce Biggi, Greeley’s economicdevelopment manager, confirmed thecity submitted two proposals, one ofwhich is another former HP parcel, with156 acres and 275,000 square feet ofbuilding space, off 71st Avenue and 10thStreet.Biggi said staff from various city
departments, regional economic devel-opment officials, and property ownersand real estate agents worked together toassemble the proposals. For now, the citywas not making a move to acquire theland — as Loveland has done with theAgilent site — and he didn’t expect thedecision to factor into the outcome.It’s also believed that Windsor has
based a proposal around the EastmanKodak campus, which once encom-passed roughly 1 million square feet ofbuilding space. However, city officialsfailed to comment for this story.Burkhardt compared the next phase
in site selection to car buying: Theclients have received a list of whatoptions are available, and now they’llhave to weigh and analyze the differentspecs of each one to determine whichone best meets the groups’ needs andvisions.Metro Denver EDC has tentatively
announced it hopes to make its choiceby mid-March.
ACE, from 1 The racefor ACE
With more than two dozen proposals and a non-disclosure agreement on thetable, it’s hard to sort out which locations are actually in the running for theColorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology’s Aerospace and CleanEnergy technology park. Here are few sties most likely in the mix:
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Thousandsof businessleaders getit. Now you
can too.
By Steve Porter
Millions of dollars are gushing in
from the oil and gas industry inan
effort to defeat a proposed ballot
initiative that could cost the indus-
try $300 million or more a yea
r.
The measure would end a 30-y
ear
property tax credit to the oil an
d gas
industry and direct the majority of
that money to college scholarships
for low and middle-income families.
It would also provide funds for
wildlife habitat,clean energy pr
ojects
and water quality and transportion
projects in communities where oil
and gas producers operate.
Initiative 113 supporters on A
ug.
4 submitted 137,000 voter signa-
tures to the Colorado Secretary of
State’s office, almost double the
76,000 valid signatures needed to
put the initiative on the Nov. 4 bal-
lot. The Secretary of State has 30
days to verify the signatures.
The prospect of losing the tax
credit has theoil and gas industry
heavyweights pulling out their ch
eck-
books and writing million-dollar
checks to Coloradans for a Stab
le
Economy. Houston-based
ConocoPhillips con-
tributed $1 million on
July 29.“We believe the
initiative is poor
tax policy,” ConocoPhillips
spokesman Bill Tanner said. “We
believe that eliminating the tax
cred-
it penalizes anindustry that’s
mak-
ing significantcontributions t
o the
state’s economyand it does little to
add additional energy supplies to
the marketplace.”
As of Aug. 4 —the latest date f
or
reporting contributions—
Coloradans for a Stable Economy
had collected $6.6 million in contri-
butions, including $1 million
dona-
tions each from ConocoPhillips;
Houston-basedExxon Mobil Corp.;
Chevron Corp., headquartered in
Concord, Calif.; San Francisco
-based
Williams Cos.; and EnCanaOil an
d
Gas of Calgary,Alberta, which
was
tight-lipped about its contributi
on.
By Kristen Tatti
Even in a quarter whenreported
earnings are dipping, Weld County’s
largest oil andgas production
com-
panies are raking in some serious
cash.The three large
st oil and gas pro-
ducers working Weld’s Wattenberg
Field posted a combined $1.68
billion in net income during
the first half of the year,
which is actually down 68
percent from last year.
Another recorded a $54.6
million loss.
The companies with
the largest stake in Weld
County’s Wattenberg Field
— Noble Energy Inc., and
AnadarkoPetroleum
Corp., both headquar-
tered in Texas; EnCana
Corp., based in Calgary,
Alberta; andPetroleum
Development Corp. of
Bridgeport, W.Va. — are
all publicly traded corpo-
rations, and while the
numbers might suggest
some softness in the mar-
ket, in reality the indus-
try is seeing great results.
“In general, resultshave
been higher than what we
expected,”said Phil
McPherson, senior analyst
for investment banking
firm Global Hunter
Securities LLC.“You’re see-
ing a lot of companies with
record earnings.”
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Region’s community
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Entrepreneur
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by Dawn Duncan
debuts this issue
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LISTSRegion’s largest
Private health clubs
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Brighton employers
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Commercial printers
Page 24
Newspapers
Page 24
PublishersPage 25
Alternative
medicine providers
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Breweries and
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feeling depressed from
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WELD COUNTYUpstate Colorado reports assisting with about adozen different site proposals located in Greeley,Windsor, Fort Lupton, Dacono, Mead, Johnstownand Firestone. Although the actual locationsremain confidential, some details of possible con-tenders have been previously reported; othershave leaked out.
GREELEYFormer Hewlett Packard buildingnear 10th Street and 71st Avenue� Currently owned by Westside Management LLCand Edgewood Cos.� Last sale price: $8.36 million (2007)� Features: Vacant since the computer companymoved out in 2003, the 250,000-square-foot buildingsits on 165 acres zoned a combination of commer-cial and residential. The building is equipped withthe electrical, fiber-optic and fire-protection capaci-ty for a company using state-of-the-art technology.
FIRESTONEFirestone reportedly pitched agreenfield location, possibly in ornear the recently annexed Unionparcel off Colo. 119 and Interstate 25in southwestern Weld County. It alsosent a letter of support for an exist-ing facility in eastern Longmont.
BOULDER COUNTYEco-devo officials here have been particularly buttoned down on which sites they have putup for consideration; cities and other observers, not so much.
LONGMONTLongmont’s application includes two existing facilities but does not include a bid for agreenfield site, according to officials with the Longmont Area Economic Council.
An existing yet unnamed 550,000-square-foot facility along the Diagonal Highway inLongmont is said to be on the list; CAMT officials have toured the 461,000-square-foot for-mer Maxtor building at Clover Basin Drive and Trade Centre Avenue; and the Longmont citycouncil has discussed a possible incentive package that could be worth about $40 million.
SOURCES: LARIMER COUNTY ASSESSOR, CITY OF LOVELAND, BUSINESS REPORT RESEARCH
LARIMER COUNTYProposals were submitted for at least a half-dozen sites in Larimer County, with one receiv-ing the lion’s share of attention.
LOVELANDAgilent Technologies campusnortheast corner of 14th Street SW/ColoradoHighway 402 and South Taft Avenue� Currently owned by Agilent, with a letter ofintent for acquisition for $5.5 million signed byCity of Loveland� Assessed value in 2010: $5,477,230� Features: 65 acres developed as anoffice/high-tech manufacturing complex, withan additional 115 developable acres and 148acres of natural areasFour buildings containing approximately 811,757square feet of gross building area, with amechanical systems plant, parking, landscap-ing, on-site fiber optic cabling and a powercapacity of up to 26 MVA megawatts.� The property is in a state Enterprise Zone,which offers special tax incentives to business-es that expand or locate in the zone.
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