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Nonprofits & Philanthropy
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Natural Resources Law
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Manufacturing
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Hospitality & Tourism
Welcome to the Spring 2026 Colorado 500. What began as a snapshot of influence has grown into something broader, more textured, more reflective of the many forces shaping Colorado’s business landscape. The people you’ll find here are not defined by titles alone. They are builders and problem-solvers, risk-takers and steady hands. Som[...]
Health Care & Wellness
Welcome to the Spring 2026 Colorado 500. What began as a snapshot of influence has grown into something broader, more textured, more reflective of the many forces shaping Colorado’s business landscape. The people you’ll find here are not defined by titles alone. They are builders and problem-solvers, risk-takers and steady hands. Som[...]
Taft adds seven attorneys to Colorado Springs office
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Taft has added seven attorneys to its Colorado Springs office, expanding its presence in the state. The group, led by partners Steve B. Smith and Jill Chalmers, joined the firm from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and brings experience in sports law, intellectual property, employment law and litigation. [...]
Family Law
Welcome to the Spring 2026 Colorado 500. What began as a snapshot of influence has grown into something broader, more textured, more reflective of the many forces shaping Colorado’s business landscape. The people you’ll find here are not defined by titles alone. They are builders and problem-solvers, risk-takers and steady hands. Som[...]
Energy
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Economic Development
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Contractors
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Construction
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Commercial Brokers
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Colorado tourism adapts to travel shifts with new strategies
This article appeared in the 2026 issue of ColoradoBiz titled "Colorado tourism shifts strategy amid travel changes.' Tourism has long been Colorado’s lifeblood, acting as a $28.5 billion economic engine that sustains nearly half a million jobs from the peaks of the Rocky Mountains to the sweeping Eastern Plains. But federa[...]
Tire mountain and Colorado’s waste tire recycling challenges
This article appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of ColoradoBiz titled "Tire Mountain: Colorado’s Recycling Conundrum." In 2020, a tire fire broke out in Hudson, Colorado, about 30 miles northeast of Denver. Not just any tire fire, mind you: It was a tire fire at the largest tire dump in the United States. The Hudson tire mon[...]
The Economist on business ethics and profit in Colorado
This column appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Colorado Biz titled "The Economist: The Ethics of Profit." Not long after receiving my MBA, I began teaching at Regis University in Denver. I was teaching business and economics when the program director asked me to teach a course in Business Ethics to adult undergraduates. [...]
Business Litigation
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State of the State: Montezuma County’s Dotty Wampus opens whimsical chocolate factory tour in June
This article appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of ColoradoBiz titled "State of the State: Dotty Wampus." After running Lost Spirits, a Las Vegas distillery with an immersive circus show, for more than a decade, Bryan Davis and Joanne Haruta decided it was time for a change. “We went, ‘Let’s do something small,’” says Davis[...]
Business Law
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Business Consultants & Accountants
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State of the State: The Rattery in Englewood offers rat adoptions with care packages
This article appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of ColoradoBiz titled "State of the State: The Rattery." Rats have something of a bad reputation. Detractors blame them for everything from urban blight to the bubonic plague, but there are two sides to every story. Just ask Jax Elder, founder of The Rattery in Englewood. “They[...]















