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ColoradoBiz CEO of the Year 2015 finalist: Russ Tomky
President and CEO, Farm Credit of Southern Colorado Born from an act of Congress in 1916, the 68-employee Farm Credit of Southern Colorado will hit $1 billion in assets by the end of 2015. It lends exclusively to agriculture-related businesses, from six offices and a new headquarters in Colorado Springs. Since Tomky joined in the[...]
Messner Reeves hires four new associates
Messner Reeves LLP has hired four new associate attorneys in its Denver office. Brenna Lee Wolcott, Clement J. Hayes, Courtney A. McShane, and Margaret K. Mandeville all participated in the Messner Reeves Summer Law Clerk Program in 2014, where they worked closely with attorneys to gain real legal experience beyond the classroo[...]
Erin Williams named director of sales at Embassy by Hilton Colorado Springs
Erin Williams has been named director of sales at Embassy by Hilton Colorado Springs, a Hilton Worldwide all-suite hotel near Pikes Peak. With a proven track record for success in leadership, team building and sales, Williams has strategic plans to maximize revenue and sales efforts for Embassy Suites by Hilton Colorado Springs, curr[...]
Best Companies to Work For 2015: Endodontic Specialists of Colorado
Endodontic Specialists of Colorado www.endospec.com Location: Colorado Springs Rank: 6 in small company category The culture: A true family atmosphere, where mutual respect is paramount. “Since staff is cross-trained, we always are there for one another to cover the needs of our practice as they may arise. Being able to res[...]
Best Companies to Work For 2015: Mountain Family Health Centers
Mountain Family Health Centers www.mountainfamily.org Location: Glenwood Springs Rank: 9 in the medium company category The culture: Celebrating the culture and diversity of both patients and employees: “Each person is an important piece of the puzzle and has a specific function or job to do. Instead of trying to make every[...]
Best Companies to Work For 2015: Encompass Home Health of Colorado
Encompass Home Health of Colorado www.ehhi.com Location: Colorado Springs Rank: 10 in the medium company category The culture: Visibility and accessibility to the executive leadership team; ongoing length of service awards and ceremonies held at the local level; well-defined and proactively promoted mission statement and activiti[...]
Griffis/Blessing acquires The Pines at Broadmoor Bluffs Apartments
Griffis/Blessing, Inc., has completed the acquisition of The Pines at Broadmoor Bluffs Apartments in Colorado Springs. The community, located in the esteemed Broadmoor neighborhood, was built in 1987 and is comprised of 108, two- and three-bedroom apartments, averaging 1,107 square feet. Shared amenities include a swimming pool and s[...]
Lewis Roca Rothgerber honored in law firm rankings
Denver-based Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP attorneys Frederick Baumann, Scott Browning, James Lyons and Mike Plachy are recognized as ‘Litigation Stars’ in the 2016 edition of Benchmark Litigation, an annual guide focusing exclusively on leading litigation firms and attorneys in the United States. Benchmark Litigation also n[...]
Alpine Bank honored for environmental achievements
Alpine Bank has been recognized for outstanding environmental achievements that help keep Colorado a great place to work and live. In partnership with the Pollution Prevention Advisory Board and the Colorado Environmental Partnership, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment presented the 16th annual Environmental Le[...]
How Colorado's tourist towns cope with the rewards – and the angst
There were no stoplights lining the roads when Larry Fisher moved from Aspen to Pagosa Springs 35 years ago. Now, there are eight. “Whenever there is growth in a community, there are going to be advantages and disadvantages,” says Fisher, owner of Ski and Bow Rack, who relocated to the state’s southwest corner, in [...]
Great stuff made right here in Colorado
Bold Lead Designs Collars and Leashes Founder and owner Katrina Boldry raised a guide dog as a teen in Littleton. When her old training leash wore out, she couldn’t find a good replacement, so she made one on her own. “I just decided I was going to make myself the perfect dog leash,” she says. So she crafted one fr[...]
How the defense industry drives Colorado's economy
What I enjoy most about being an applied economist is the opportunity to constantly learn. My company, Summit Economics, recently spent six months working with WBB, a Department of Defense (DoD) consultant in Virginia, and the State of Colorado, on an illuminating project. The project addressed the value of Colorado to th[...]
South-central Colorado's hard-working vibe
Don’t call Colorado Springs southern Colorado; that just won’t fly with longtime residents of the San Luis Valley or folks who live in the scrappy counties that border New Mexico. The Springs is where south-central Colorado business owners often go for technical parts and repair services, but the region has a welcoming, h[...]
Pagosa Springs businesses tap geothermal heat
When customers belly up to the bar at Riff Raff Brewing Co. in downtown Pagosa Springs to enjoy a Hopgoblin IPA, they can feel better about their beer-drinking environmental footprint. Riff Raff is one of only two breweries in the United States powering its process with direct-use geothermal hot water, according to co-owner Jason Co[...]
ARA Newmark sells multihousing property
ARA, A Newmark Company (ARA Newmark) has sold Mesa Vista, a 60-unit, eight-building property in Colorado Springs. ARA Newmark Executive Managing Director Kevin McKenna and Associate Saul Levy represented the seller, Mesa Vista Properties, LLC. The property sold for $3 million to Las Vegas-based Cabana Holdings, LLC, a private invest[...]
Flying Horse names new sales director
Jeffrey Howell has joined The Lodge at Flying Horse as director of sales and marketing. Howell began his 35-year career in hospitality management in Northern Virginia with the Clyde’s Restaurant group. He then transitioned in hotel management at Westfield’s Conference Resort in Chantilly, Virg., before relocating to Color[...]
GenXYZ 2015: Jayson Baker
The Workhorse Jayson Baker 29 | President and Chief Executive Officer Peak Internet At the age of 16, Jayson Baker dropped out of high school to start Peak Internet, the first company to bring wireless Internet to Woodland Park. The company now is working on building a fiber network to the entire town that will provide residents w[...]
GenXYZ 2015: Jeremy DeWall
The Doctor Jeremy DeWall 36 | Partner, Staff Physician and Medical Director Front Range Emergency Specialists Jeremy DeWall has implemented some of the most progressive Emergency Medical Services (EMS) protocols in the country for rural first responders, Flight For Life and the new Community Paramedic program. He has researched ev[...]
Top Company 2015: Cherwell Software
Winner: Software Cherwell Software www.cherwell.com Three words from them, about them: Heart. Hunger. Humility. Cherwell Software considers itself an “enabler of empowerment” – enabling businesses to dream big, employees to love what they do, and customers to share their best practices wi[...]
Top Company 2015: Continental Sausage
Winner: Manufacturing Continental Sausage www.continentalsausage.com Three words from them, about them: Integrity. World-class. Community. Eric and Jessica Gutknecht are serious about sausage: spicy, all-natural, mouth-watering, grill-it-up and scarf-it-down. “We source from sustainable family far[...]
