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Event Planning Guide Plan an event or conference Inside NEWS $ 1 Nov. 5-18, 2010 Otters give back Vol. 16, No. 3 through OtterCares www.ncbr.com Richardson feels charitable arm part of Otter’s culture Page 2 Penton Media finds new home in FC moving to Fort Collins before the Paulsen said the company, Located in The Orchards Tech publisher end of the year with its 100 which signed a five-year lease shopping center for the past two employees. with building owner Don decades, Penton employees will Group to embrace to move from The company will vacate the Taranto, had been looking for a soon be working in a building finer future for area building at 221 E. 29th St. it has new home for a while. surrounded by tall trees and next Embrace Northern Loveland soon occupied for the last 22 years and “The (Loveland) lease was to a small lake bordering a resi- Colorado modeled move into a two-story building at coming to an end,” she said. “It’s dential neighborhood. after Envision Utah By Steve Porter 748 Whaler’s Way in the been a great location, but it was “It’s just a beautiful setting,” Page 3 [email protected] Boardwalk Lakeside Business just time for a change. We really Paulsen said. “We did look at a lot Park in southeast Fort Collins, needed more of a collaborative of buildings. There was nothing LOVELAND — Penton according to Kim Paulsen, environment. We were looking wrong with Loveland — it’s a fab- Technology Media, a longtime Penton’s senior vice president for for a new design layout plan, and ulous place — but there weren’t Loveland publishing business, is technology markets. we found it.” See PENTON, 24 THE EDGE Arrowhead points To cover or not to cover employees? Employers consider all options as new to past and future health law unfolds Page9 project with his father, Bob, and SPECIAL Upscale condos son, Aaron. Stan Everitt said the project, REPORTS to fill out space which features 10 living units per Tough task: Awaken building, offers many amenities, Twins Peaks Mall in tech center including choice of finish of New management countertops, flooring and other mulls options for By Steve Porter design aspects. An on-site interior ailing retail space [email protected] designer will help residents make Page 17 their selections. FORT COLLINS — A new “The interior design and the condominium project called materials are up to the owner,” he LISTS Arrowhead will offer present-day said. “They can select their own Region’s largest: residents of Fort Collins a luxuri- materials, so they are custom ous home at the foot of the units. It’s not at all a huge project, Advertising and PR mountains that the first inhabi- but it’s very upscale, a mid-rise in firms tants of Colorado could never a midtown location.” Page 16 have imagined. Individual condos are all two- The project, which is expected bedroom units and range in size to break ground early next year, from 1,341 square feet — the Commercial printers will initially include two three- Arapahoe floorplan with two and Page 19 story buildings with drive-in a half bathrooms — to the 3,792- garages at ground level. A third square-foot Apache plan with Radio stations with building is planned for the site three bathrooms and four sun- locations in Courtesy Everitt Cos. but will be built later, said Stan rooms on the upper level. Prices Everitt, who is developing the Northern Colorado FAMILY DEVELOPMENT — Three generations of the Everitt family are working together See ARROWHEAD, 26 Page 20 to develop Arrowhead, a new condominium project planned for the Centre for Advanced Technology development in west-central Fort Collins. January 6, 2011 A lunch event Tickets $39 per person 2011 Corporate tables seating 8 — $400 Sponsorships are available. Call De Dahlgren, NCBR marketing director, 970-232-3132, email [email protected]. 2 | Northern Colorado Business Report www.ncbr.com | Nov. 5-18, 2010 Army of Otters gives back through OtterCares Richardson feels Grant information charitable arm part Organizations interested in applying for grants from OtterCares can get more of Otter’s culture information on the foundation’s website, www.ottercares.org. By Anne Cumming Rice [email protected] employees received a $200 grant voucher FORT COLLINS — The desire to to give to a charity of their choice. start a charitable foundation runs deep For three weeks, employees were chal- for OtterBox founders Curt and Nancy lenged to grow the donation through a Richardson. personal match, collecting outside dona- They have been involved in commu- tions for the organization, offering a nity volunteer work for the 35 years they commitment of time, or even hosting an have lived in Northern Colorado. Since event to raise extra money or goods. they became business owners in the Results from the campaign — and mid-1980s, they have thought about Courtesy OtterBox where the donations ended up going — translating that community involvement will be announced next week. TEAM OTTER — Employees of OtterBox have always been encouraged to participate in charitable activ- Allowing the employees to give is part into a charitable foundation. ities to benefit the Northern Colorado community, such as the SuperStars sports challenge for Partners That desire has become reality this Mentoring Youth. This year’s team won the challenge and raised $8,324, which was matched by the of the company’s desire to put them at week with the launch of OtterCares, the OtterCares foundation for a total donation of $16,648 to Partners. the forefront of OtterCares, Richardson charitable arm of OtterBox, the compa- said. ny that makes protective covers for months, the company has bought five Funding right now will come from a “As a company we can only do so handheld technology. properties west of Old Town to accom- percentage of OtterBox’s profits. In the much,”she said. “But we believe an army “We’ve always lived by the motto, ‘To modate anticipated expansion to 500 future an endowment may be set up, of Otters can really move mountains.” whom much has been given, much is employees. OtterBox also recently Lemmer said. The foundation will also set up part- required,’” Nancy Richardson said. “We opened an office location in Ireland to OtterCares focuses on giving to nerships with nonprofits that serve youth, feel like it’s a privilege to give back to the manage expansion into markets in efforts that educate and empower youth. allowing OtterBox employees volunteer community.” Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In the past OtterBox has participated in opportunities with those organizations. OtterBox is Northern Colorado’s OtterBox has a history of charitable events with the Boys and Girls Clubs, It’s all part of fostering a culture of giving fastest growing company, and its explo- giving and involving its employees in Partners Mentoring Youth and Realities within the company, Richardson said. sive growth during the past few years volunteer opportunities with nonprofit for Children, Richardson said. “Our employees are already geared precipitated the creation of OtterCares, organizations. The launch of OtterCares and wired to be givers,” she said. “The Richardson said. means charitable donations will come Give it, grow it, give it foundation will provide more opportu- Founded in 1998, OtterBox has about through the foundation rather than the For the launch of OtterCares, the nities and expose what’s out there. A lot 200 employees, more than 60 of them company, said Tricia Lemmer, develop- company started the “Give it, grow it, of times employees want to give but they hired this year alone. Over the past few ment director for OtterCares. give it” campaign, in which each of its just don’t know how to get involved.” There are financial parasites within every business that would like nothing better than to feed off of your blood, sweat and tears. We’re not your average accountants. We know what’s infesting your investing. KCOE.COM or 9 70.685.3500 Nov. 5-18, 2010 | www.businessreportdaily.com Northern Colorado Business Report | 3 THE Group to embrace better future for region EYE region’s quality of life for Organization, said Embrace Northern Embrace Northern generations to come. Colorado is a spinoff of the MPO. It’s called Embrace “The reason they spun us out is the Area radio Colorado modeled Northern Colorado, and MPO can’t do it all,” he said. “All they can its overriding mission is do is transportation. They can’t look at after Envision Utah to find that path to a bet- water and housing and health care and all stations say ter future through those things.” By Steve Porter regional planning and Daggett said the model for Embrace [email protected] cooperation. Northern Colorado is Envision Utah, an nay on ads John Daggett, DAGGETT effort that focused initially on improving By 2050, it’s projected Northern Embrace Northern Utah’s transportation system along the foot Listeners listened, they Colorado will have almost 1 million more Colorado’s executive director, said the non- of the Wasatch Mountain range where 85 voted, then they heard — residents than it does now. partisan, nonprofit organization’s goal is percent of the state’s population lives. nothing? With looming potential water shortages, about moving the region forward together That effort is credited with helping to Yea! transportation gridlock and an uncertain while preserving the identities of its com- provide — through two broadly supported Political ads used to at jobs outlook in a rapidly growing region, munities that make them distinctive. sales tax increases — a light-rail transit sys- least mention the issues, and the future can appear grim.