In his spare time, billionaire Philip Anschutz likes to collect interesting bits of Americana, such as cattle ranches, soccer teams, railroads and media and energy companies. As part of his acquisition of the Oklahoma Publishing Company, he’s also picking up the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs — a nice chunk…
It wasn’t until I found a guide to the definition of “stalking” in Initiative 300, Denver’s Paid Sick and Safe Time proposal (Section 18-9-11, page 7) that my interest in the actual wording of the proposal developed into a plan to just plain exploit it. As the newest staffer at…
Tom Martino has filed for Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy protection and is claiming assets of $1.37 Million and liabilities of $78.6 million. Long known for turning his “Troubleshooter” consumer advocate media persona into a pay-for-play advertising empire, the shameless Martino will no doubt find a way to make a fortune…
As seen in Contagion, the movie whose trailer features Gwyneth Paltrow dying, mass sickness — and the mass hysteria that can come with it — are relegated mostly to the fictional world. The two made an appearance today, however, at two separate meetings to discuss the 2011 Denver Paid Sick…
Business interests and politicians such as Governor John Hickenlooper and Mayor Michael Hancock have come out against the 2011 Denver Paid Sick Days Initiative. But the proponents at Campaign for a Healthy Denver are fighting back with an event today and a video that promotes the cause via a tie-in…
These aren’t fat times — but plenty of places in Colorado are doing very well, according to G. Scott Thomas, who oversees the On Numbers blog for Business Journals publications. He’s ranked the affluence of 14,214 U.S. cities, towns and villages with populations of 1,000 or more. As for Colorado’s…
That sucking sound you hear out at Denver International Airport isn’t the arrival of the long-awaited, ever-elusive direct route to Tokyo. No, it’s the sound of tens of millions of dollars in “concepting” and design fees vanishing into the wild blue yonder, as architect Santiago Calatrava bows out of the…
Real-estate investor Aaron Million’s audacious proposal to provide water to a thirsty Front Range by building a 550-mile pipeline from southwestern Wyoming, the subject of a 2009 feature by Joel Warner, is no cheap fix. Two years ago, Million estimated the cost of the project at around $3 billion. But…
With private banks being pressured by the federal government to close dispensary business accounts, the State of Colorado needs to charter a brand-new Legal Dispensary Bank designed with the financial success of the medical marijuana industry in mind…..
When many people are asked for first impressions about Boulder, they think of weed, beautiful scenery, weed, a healthy lifestyle, weed, CU and weed, in that order. But frugality? Not so much — and that’s appropriate according to ShopAtHome.com, which specializes in printable coupons and online shopping. When judging all…
Last month, we told you that Nugget Kenyon Martin’s house was up for sale, adding to speculation that he wouldn’t return to the team. Remember that one of our first clues Carmelo Anthony planned to leave Denver was when he put his house on the market, a transaction that ultimately…
While Tennyson Street and Berkeley District business owners once saw themselves as the Denver shopping district family’s forgotten children, they’re now feeling some love. The City of Denver and Xcel, who they accuse of badly mismanaging a construction project, are helping fund a series of promotions reminding people that businesses…
We tend to associate the most expensive Colorado homes with celebrities. Witness our galleries of mountain retreats owned by the likes of Jerry Seinfeld and Roxanne Pulitzer, plus these shots of metro abodes previously occupied by Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and Josh McDaniels. But the most expensive Denver-Boulder area homes…
All of the beautiful people of Colorado will be in Denver this weekend to watch the finals of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Handsome and hungry spectators along the five-mile Speer Boulevard circuit will be happy to see Elway’s bike-crazy executive sous chef Aniedra Nichols…..
Known across town for his sparkling personality and civic enthusiasm, Denver Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton has raced to the front of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge fan pack to welcome the inaugural event to sport-crazy Colorado…..
Residents of Garfield, Rio Blanco and Weld counties already know the drill, so to speak — the march of natural gas rigs across their landscape. Activists are gearing up to fight a surge in well permits in South Park. And now the Four Corners area is bracing for a possible…
The portrait stenciled onto a car stop next to a five-gallon all-purpose bucket filled with trash in the picture above could easily be read as an analogy, a metaphor or a simile of our times. But first the viewer must determine if the old bearded fellow is Ernest Hemingway, Herman…
Aurora policemen are known the world over for their ability to turn crime prevention into a joy ride through Wyoming. Now students can share in the fun of erasing small mistakes with oversized Aurora 911 pencil-top erasers…..
The USA Pro Cycling Challenge starts in Colorado Springs on August 21, 2011, and ends in Denver on August 28, 2011. In between, the professional stage race will test a competitor’s endurance as much as it test’s a Colorado resident’s patience…..
You’ve gone to IKEA’s new store in Centennial. You’ve battled the lines. You’ve figured out those cute illustrated but confusing instructions. You’ve built the bed/dresser/bookshelf/etc. And it didn’t break when you put your ass/clothes/books/etc. on it. Hallelujah! What to do next? Share your IKEA love with other IKEA lovers…
According to just-released data compiled by the Colorado Division of Housing, the state’s apartment vacancy rate is the lowest it’s been in more than ten years. And, as this account from Inside Real Estate News points out, the rental market is particularly tight in Denver, with the average metro apartment…
Montana City, the area’s first platted township, was founded in September 1858 on the east banks of the South Platte river near West Evans Avenue. The following spring, the cabins were dismantled and floated downriver to be rebuilt at the confluence of Cherry Creek. Rufus “Potato” Clark then homesteaded the…
