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USA Today covers GABF

Eric PetersonThursday, October 17, 2013
Source: USA Today
Development News snn denver

Denver to launch Sustainable Neighborhoods Program

Margaret JacksonThursday, October 17, 2013
The pilot program’s goal is to encourage neighborhoods to design and lead community sustainability projects with the potential of achieving City Sustainable Neighborhood designation.
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Knotty Tie Co. launches website for custom neckties

Eric PetersonThursday, October 17, 2013
Denver's Knotty Tie Co. launched its custom tie website on Oct. 10.
Feature Story Andrea Fuller, a single working mother from Denver, was a recipient of the organization's services after she contacted their hotline in 2011.

Hunger Free Colorado: Fighting Colorado's Hunger Crisis

Katie RaponeWednesday, October 16, 2013
Hunger Free Colorado is working to solve Colorado's hunger crisis with a host of programs and initiatives. The nonprofit's food truck and work to increase access to the USDA's school breakfast program are just two examples of how the organization is helping nourish the state's hungry residents.
Feature Story A custom Yeti animatronic terrorizes the 13th Floor.

Screamworks on the 13th Floor and Rising

Eric PetersonWednesday, October 16, 2013
Screamworks has been in business since 2002, but the RiNo-based producer of the 13th Floor and other haunted houses has soared to terrifying new heights in the last three years.
Feature Story Kate Armstrong is an urban forager who's made a career of living off our urban landscape by supplementing her diet with edible weeds.

Kate Armstrong, Urban Forager, Waxes on Weeds

Jamie SiebraseWednesday, October 16, 2013
Welcome to sunny Denver, where farmers markets reign supreme and foodies asking servers about the origins of their free-range chicken is as ordinary as a fork. But even here, the idea of living "authentically" sounds a little foreign, a little too Portlandia, doesn't it? Not if you're Kate Armstrong, the urban forager who's made a career of living off our urban landscape by supplementing her diet with edible weeds.

OhHeckYeah launches Kickstarter campaign

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 15, 2013
Source: Kickstarter
OhHeckYeah launched a Kickstarter campaign to create an interactive arcade in downtown Denver in 2014.
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Factory Design Labs retooling digital team, hiring 10 to 15

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 15, 2013
Factory Design Labs, one of Colorado's largest advertising agencies, is retooling and expanding its digital team.
Development News Cadence 180

Cadence at Union Station leasing center opens

Margaret JacksonTuesday, October 15, 2013
The project already is attracting strong interest, with some renters signing leases as early as last month for move-in dates in January.

Tablet profiles SAFER's Mason Tvert

Eric PetersonMonday, October 14, 2013
Source: Tablet
Tablet magazine profiled marijuana activist Mason Tvert of Denver's SAFER.

City seeking grant to fund environmental assessment of South Platte River

Margaret JacksonMonday, October 14, 2013
The South Platte RiverPlace initiative will help offset costs of the environmental assessments that are required as part of the initial phase of redevelopment.
Innovation News SpireMedia

After 15-year birthday party, SpireMedia hiring mobile developers

Eric PetersonMonday, October 14, 2013
Founded in 1998, SpireMedia is booming in 2013.

Tattoo Nation inks CU Denver's Anschutz campus

Eric PetersonFriday, October 11, 2013
Source: CU Denver
Tattoo Nation is an exhibition of tattoo photos by Eric Schwartz at the Fulginiti Gallery on CU Denver's Anschutz Medical Campus.
Development News Cherry Creek North

Rained-out fashion show rescheduled

Margaret JacksonFriday, October 11, 2013
Cherry Creek North fashion show rescheduled for Oct. 18.
Innovation News Rental Kharma

Rental Kharma exploring strategic partnerships, moving to Cherry Creek

Eric PetersonFriday, October 11, 2013
Rental Kharma is exploring strategic partnerships and moving from LoDo to Cherry Creek.

Inversoft captures Denver Startup Week on video

Eric PetersonThursday, October 10, 2013
Source: Inversoft
Inversoft offers a video recap of the 2013 Denver Startup Week capturing the event in all of its entrepreneurial glory.
Innovation News Pumpkin 180

Waste Farmers wins JumpStart Biz Plan grand prize, plans to double staff in 2014

Eric PetersonThursday, October 10, 2013
A self-described "next-generation sustainable agriculture company," Denver-based Waste Farmers won the City of Denver's JumpStart Biz Plan competition for 2013.
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Zeppelin starts construction on DRIVE 2 at TAXI

Margaret JacksonThursday, October 10, 2013
Tenants will be able to work directly with the architect and construction team to design their office space to fulfill their company’s specific needs at TAXI in RiNo.
Feature Story Phelyx

Professor Phelyx and the Trick of Mentalism

Mindy SinkWednesday, October 9, 2013
Professor Phelyx is no ordinary magician -- he's a magical entertainer and mentalist with jaw-dropping talents that delight and amaze audiences from Denver to Ireland. And now for his next trick, a Wonderbound ballet!
Feature Story Drag Machine covered the history of drag through performers depicting different decades.

Innovative and Askew, Off-Center @ The Jones Launches Third Season

Eric PetersonWednesday, October 9, 2013
Off-Center @ The Jones is the "test kitchen" at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Co-Curators Emily Tarquin and Charlie Miller discuss the third season, starting Oct. 10.
Feature Story Bovine Metropolis Theater owners Denise Maes and Eric Farone.

Improvising a Business: Bovine Metropolis Brings Improv to the Masses

Maribeth NeelisWednesday, October 9, 2013
When the husband-and-wife team of Eric Farone and Denise Maes established Bovine Metropolis Theater in 2000, they left the stability and benefits of their corporate jobs to take a leap of faith toward a mutual dream -- to create a training theater that would develop Denver's improv community and bring the art of improv to the masses.
Development News RTD

RTD gets bids for North Metro line

Margaret JacksonTuesday, October 8, 2013
The North Metro project is an 18.5-mile commuter rail line from Denver Union Station through Denver, Adams County, Commerce City, Thornton and Northglenn, ending at Highway 7. The design and construction is scheduled to begin next year.

Airline route confab coming to DIA in 2015

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 8, 2013
Source: Global Travel Industry News
Routes Americas will be held in Denver in 2015, marking the first time the airline route-planning event is in North America. 
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Personal Capital opens Denver office, projects 100 employees by 2015

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 8, 2013
Personal Capital opened a Denver office of about 15 employees. Officials project it will have 100 by 2015.

Health Data Consortium gives kudos to Denver's iTriage

Eric PetersonMonday, October 7, 2013
Source: Health Data Consortium
The Health Data Consortium recently recognized Denver's iTriage.
Development News CU Denver button wall

Interactive billboard promotes CU Denver

Margaret JacksonMonday, October 7, 2013
The billboard is part of a new advertising campaign promoting Denver’s leading research university, which awards more master’s degrees annually than any other public university in the state.
Innovation News CauseLabs

HiDef rebrands as CauseLabs, pivots to "rapid solutions workshops"

Eric PetersonMonday, October 7, 2013
HiDef is now CauseLabs. The app and website design and development company has pivoted to "rapid solutions workshops."

Entrepreneur tabs Fooducate app recommended by Denver's Vibrant Earth Juices

Eric PetersonFriday, October 4, 2013
Source: Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur listed Fooducate app among its top health and fitness apps on the recommendation of Jill Latham of Denver's Vibrant Earth Juices.
Innovation News ShaveMOB

ShaveMOB razor customers getting 70 percent savings

Eric PetersonFriday, October 4, 2013
Golden Triangle-based ShaveMOB has taken the razor market online with a unique business model and a notably lower price point.

WSJ covers ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio's time in prison

Eric PetersonThursday, October 3, 2013
Source: Wall Street Journal
Joe Nacchio, ex-CEO of Qwest, talked to the Wall Street Journal about four years in prison.

Ice House Entrepreneurship Program starts Oct. 8

Eric PetersonThursday, October 3, 2013
Based on Clifton Taulbert's book, Who Owns the Ice House?, the Ice House Entrepreneuship Program covers eight entrepreneurial lessons in 10 weeks.
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Balfour opens leasing center

Margaret JacksonThursday, October 3, 2013
Scheduled for completion next summer, Balfour at Riverfront Park will feature signature hospitality, amenities and services that will provide the highest level of residential living. 
Feature Story Ruby Hill

Ruby Hill Park Getting Ready to Shine

Vic VelaWednesday, October 2, 2013
Welcome to Ruby Hill. The long underused city park is going through an extreme, culturally infused makeover that is expected to turn it into a Denver gem. It's quite a turnaround for a former landfill with a considerably lower profile than many other parks in the city.
Feature Story Sweet Action, a welcome addition to the neighborhood, opened its doors in 2009.

The Baker Boom: Revitalization on Broadway Hits Fever Pitch

Chris MeehanWednesday, October 2, 2013
Development in Baker has exploded in recent years, and the curve is steepening as of late 2013. Can one of Denver's most distinctive 'hoods balance explosive growth with the preservation of its quirky character?
Feature Story Landon Meier's masks of Ron Jeremy, Mike Tyson and babies.

Hyperflesh's Signed Breaking Bad Mask Auctioned on eBay after Series Finale

Eric PetersonWednesday, October 2, 2013
Hyperflesh's super-realistic, signed mask of Breaking Bad's Walter White (a.k.a. Heisenberg) attracted bids north of $40,000 after the series' critically acclaimed finale. The Art Distict on Santa Fe-based Landon Meier tells us when latex and silicon masks cross the boundary and become art.

CU Denver offering free lectures

Margaret JacksonWednesday, October 2, 2013
The Mini-School for the Humanities is a learning opportunity offering talks on eight topics.

Manhattan Institute projects big drop in Colorado health insurance rates in 2014

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 1, 2013
Source: Manhattan Institute
The libertarian-leaning Manhattan Institute for Policy Research projects a 33 to 36 percent drop in Colorado health insurance rates in 2014.
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Alliance Center going green

Margaret JacksonTuesday, October 1, 2013
The renovated Alliance Center will become a hub of sustainability in Colorado as it continues to provide below-market rent and operational support to more than 35 nonprofit organizations that are focused on some aspect of sustainability policies and practices.
Innovation News TxtChk

TxtChk takes top honors at Startup Weekend Denver

Eric PetersonTuesday, October 1, 2013
TxtChk developed a concept for a technological antidote to distracted driving at Startup Weekend Denver.

Marijuana investor group targets Denver, reports Economist

Eric PetersonMonday, September 30, 2013
Source: The Economist
The ArcView Group helped Denver marijuana startups raise more than $1 million, according to a story in The Economist.

Award-winning architect speaks at CU Denver

Margaret JacksonMonday, September 30, 2013
Allan Greenberg presented his thoughts on classical architecture.
Innovation News Ria

Ria Digital growing in CBD with startup-like business unit

Eric PetersonMonday, September 30, 2013
Ria Financial chose Denver as the headquarters for Ria Digital last year and has grown to more than 20 employees at its downtown office.

Campuscene and egoBoom win Tech Cocktail Startup Showcase in Denver

Eric PetersonFriday, September 27, 2013
Source: Tech Cocktail
Campuscene and egoBoom won at the Tech Cocktail Startup Showcase in Denver during Denver Startup Week.

Greenbox offers free storage units to flood victims

Margaret JacksonFriday, September 27, 2013
The company also is offering the use of its moving trucks.
Innovation News Meyer Law

Tech-focused Meyer Law opening office in Denver

Eric PetersonFriday, September 27, 2013
Chicago-based Meyer Law is expanding into Denver.

Multi-Housing News covers 34-story tower planned for Central Platte Valley

Eric PetersonThursday, September 26, 2013
Source: Multi-Housing News
Multi-Housing News covered a 34-story tower slated for Central Platte Valley at 15th and Little Raven streets. The project will start later this year and be complete in 2015.
Innovation News FlyinAway

FlyinAway gaining traction, pursuing seed round

Eric PetersonThursday, September 26, 2013
Bid-based airline ticket website FlyinAway is looking to expand after a successful beta.
Development News convercent180

Convercent moves into new office space

Margaret JacksonThursday, September 26, 2013
The company took the space over in March and spent months renovating  22,000-square-foot space three blocks south of the Denver Art Museum.
Feature Story Ken

Confluence Q&A: Ken Schroeppel, CU Denver and DenverInfill

Eric PetersonWednesday, September 25, 2013
Confluence Denver talked to DenverInfill Founder and CU Denver Instructor Ken Schroeppel about Denver development, parking lots and the best places in the city.
Feature Story Warm Cookies of the Revolution encourages active citizenship with monthly meetings covering everything from poop to pro sports.

Civic Health Club: Warm Cookies of the Revolution

Gigi SukinWednesday, September 25, 2013
Warm Cookies of the Revolution encourages active citizenship with monthly meetings covering everything from water treatment to pro sports. Founder Evan Weissman is looking to expand the concept with a permanent storefront and more frequent gatherings.
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