Mesa County breweries start to reopen and recover

After months of shutdown, initial Mesa County public health variances prevented breweries in the region from re-opening, causing sales to plummet even further than they already had. Now able to reopen, here is the story of how two Mesa County Breweries are dealing with the process of recovery.

Pop-up garden markets fulfill new demand brought on by quarantine

Initially prompted by the closure of several independent garden centers, Plum Creek Garden Market planned to expand its pop-up markets in 2020. And as stay-at-home orders went into effect, the markets were perfectly poised to help serve a well-established but growing hobby in the state — gardening.

Spark Grills aims to disrupt grilling with new funding round

Three years after its inception, Spark Grills is launching its sleek charcoal grill, app, and proprietary wood and charcoal Briqs system, which was invented by food and biomass scientists in Boulder. The startup’s system is meant to bring new precision and ease to charcoal grilling.

How a Boulder nonprofit served throughout the pandemic

While some businesses were able to shift business models and have their employees work from home following the COVID-19 outbreak, nonprofit organizations, in particular, had to adapt quickly and creatively in order to continue serving the communities whose livelihood relies on their programs and services.

2020 Best of Colorado Business Choice Awards

Ask a Realtor: Is now a good time to purchase a resort-area property?

As coronavirus brings uncertainty to Colorado’s real estate market, two Vail Valley realtors look at the resort market’s moderate price range properties and their luxury/resort market real estate. Is this a good time to be a buyer or a seller? Read on to find out.

Local tattoo artist drums up new business amid COVID-19 closures

When Gov. Polis issued the order closing all personal service businesses on March 19, Nate Stephens and the other seven artists at Marion Street were left without their main source of income. So, Stephens began to grow a side business selling t-shirts for charity. Here is his story of innovation and resilience.

How to plan for your financial future

The COVID-19 pandemic has made it difficult to plan for the future right now. However, there is no better time than right now to think about your financial future and evaluate where you are today and where you want to be in the years to come.

The results are in for the 2020 Best of Colorado Business Choice Awards

In January, votes were counted to determine the winners of our sixth annual Best of Colorado Business Choice Readers’ Poll. The result is the following list, which includes our readers top choices for their pets, businesses, vacations and more.

Does my insurance cover loss of income from COVID-19?

Most business insurance policies will have at least three kinds of coverages to pay for the loss of business income: property, dependent property and civil authority. Whether there is coverage or not will depend on the language in each policy and the facts of a loss.

BOK Financial donates $100,000 to Colorado Restaurant Response

Colorado Restaurant Response’s model is to re-hire and keep restaurant workers employed, preparing ready-to-eat, nutritious meals. Meals are distributed to food insecure families, unemployed service workers and frontline workers in partnership with the Denver Metro Emergency Food Network and Bondadosa.

6 Questions with Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee Marianne Neifert

In each of her many titles, Marianne Neifert, MD, MTS, has dedicated herself to improving maternal-child health by doggedly providing education to health professionals, implementing model lactation services, helping re-establish breastfeeding as a community norm and advancing the nascent discipline of breastfeeding medicine.