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[email protected] Anchor Point Group creating jobs overseen on-the-ground projects, includ- ing an equally large project in the Vail/ BOULDER — Chris White has spent to prevent catastrophic wildfires Beaver Creek area, but normally does most of his working life helping com- about 90 percent planning and 10 per- munities protect against catastrophic ground as he has today. and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It will cent managing fire-mitigation crews. wildfires, and the Boulder company he The Anchor Point Group LLC, use the money to thin the growth Those figures are reversed today, co-founded 10 years ago is internation- a fire-management consultant firm that feeds wildfires around mountain which means Anchor Point has to ally known for that expertise. named for the center at which fire sup- communities in Gilpin, Boulder, Lar- hit the ground running with five new But he’s never had quite the oppor- pression activities begin, received $1.7 imer and Grand counties. employees it is hiring with the fund- tunity to put that knowledge on the million from the American Recovery “We’ve never done anything this big ➤ See Funding, 7A SimpleGeo targets app developers Boulder startup enters relatively untouched location-data market BY RYAN DIONNE
[email protected] BOULDER — With the prevalence of smart phones and location-based social media services, Matt Galligan thinks he’s in the perfect market.