NEWS Regional chamber not in the cards ‘Northern Colorado Chamber’ exists, at least on paper Page 2 Agribusiness outlook good

$ 1 Ethanol fueling March 2-15, 2007 corn crops, high prices RuSport race team Vol. 12, No. 12 to keep Loveland HQ www.ncbr.com 0Page 2 Champ car team still adjusting to new cars, owner and races Page 3

Two local companies make national list Plenty magazine Aims’ ‘whirlybird’ major takes off notes Ice Energy, Envirofit International Page 4 based Aims Community College semester in a modest way: Two stu- time director of Larimer County’s Spreading the word Helicopter pilot and a Fort Collins helicopter service dents are enrolled in the 62-credit, emergency services. “Any time oil about global warming have launched Colorado’s first-ever two-year program of study leading and gas exploration picks up there Trained by Al Gore, training program degree program for helicopter to a commercial helicopter pilot is a big need, and emergency med- local man sets sights on pilots. associate’s degree. Assuming both ical service is also a very good mar- informing businesses first in Colorado Front Range Helicopters Inc. finish, they’ll soon be looking for ket now. There’s just a lot of Page 5 and Aims have worked two years industry jobs at a time when oppor- demand.” By Tom Hacker obtaining the blessings of federal tunities abound for qualified com- Ironically, those markets are not [email protected] regulators for the project, and steer- mercial pilots. likely to be available to students in THE EDGE ing the curriculum through the “It’s an excellent time for people the Aims program immediately LOVELAND — Fueled by rapid state’s higher education approval to be getting into this market,” said upon graduation. New grads, growth in helicopters’ share of the process. Ron Griffith, Front Range Heli- global aviation industry, Greeley- The Aims program debuted this copters founder and former long- See WHIRLYBIRD, 18

Funding a startup – banks or plastic? Counties Things to note when Tale of two managers starting a venture on the swipe of a card need help Page 9 SPECIAL REPORTS in fighting Technology fraud, theft Personal GPS units increasing abilities for city navigators Number of reports

Page 20 grows, no matter LISTS how they’re tallied Region’s largest By Kristen Bastian agribusinesses [email protected] Page 21 When the Federal Trade Com- Ag subsidy mission released its consumer fraud recipients and identity theft reports in early Page 22 -23 Photo illustration by Chad Collins, Northern Colorado Business Report February, many in Northern Col- orado were shocked to see the Gree- TWO BROTHERS — Frank Bruno, left, and Darin Atteberry, here set against the backdrops of Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall and Fort Collins’ Old Town ley metro area, which encompasses Computer systems square, ascended to their top city jobs after concurrent terms as assistant city managers in Fort Collins where they formed a fast friendship. integrators most of Weld County, at the top of Page 27 the list for consumer fraud com- Atteberry and Bruno Colorado Buffaloes and the Col- “And now here we were in these plaints. The report also showed Software orado State University Rams. jobs, dismantling programs and Greeley at No. 6 in the nation for developers work friendship into Darin Atteberry, city manager of cutting staff. I said to Frank, ‘You identity theft complaints. Page 28 Fort Collins, and Frank Bruno, who know, this just isn’t as much fun as The Fort Collins/Loveland metro region’s top city jobs holds the same job in Boulder, it used to be.’” area appeared on the list as well, at spent a portion of that time at CU’s The two rose to their positions No. 50 in the nation for consumer By Tom Hacker Folsom Field recollecting their days — Bruno in 2003, Atteberry a year fraud and No. 119 for identity theft. [email protected] together in Fort Collins, where they later — as the civic economies in However, an identity theft report served together in assistant city Boulder and Fort Collins were coincidentally released just days n September 2005, two old manager positions. tanking. Accustomed to managing after the FTC breakdown doesn’t friends shared part of a balmy “We were talking about those municipal wealth while working put Greeley or Fort Collins/Love- Ilate-summer day at a college years, when everything was just together under Fort Collins City land anywhere near even the top 10. football game, the annual show- booming and we were building pro- Manager John Fischbach, they were The report from ID Analytics down between the University of grams, adding staff,”Atteberry said. See MANAGER, 29 See ID THEFT, 31

2 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 Regional chamber not in the cards

Colorado Legislative ‘Northern Colorado Alliance better served to unify their interests. Chamber’ a reality, “The NCLA has already started taking ele- if only on paper ments of this collabora- tion to a different level,” By Tom Hacker MacQuiddy said. “The [email protected] regional transportation authority is an excellent MAY FORT COLLINS — The formation of a example of how the new Northern Colorado Chamber of Com- chambers and the economic development merce, at least on paper, in late February groups can come together around a single stirred speculation that a move toward uni- issue.” fying the region’s chamber groups might be Stockman said she was aware of the dis- afoot. affected group of Fort Collins chamber But Articles of Incorporation filed Feb. members, since they had approached her to 21 with the Colorado Secretary of State, BUSINESS REPORT FILE PHOTO discuss the formation of an alternative creating the nonprofit chamber housed at group. the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Com- NO MERGER — Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce president David May says incorporation of the Northern Colorado Chamber of Commerce Feb. 21 does not signal a merger with other regional chambers but was intend- “We had a group of people who had merce address and listing Fort Collins ed to prevent a “disgruntled” Fort Collins chamber member from establishing a competing, regional group. called me and asked me to meet with them chamber President David May as the enti- on the sly to talk about a regional chamber,” ty’s registered agent, do not signal a merger to establish a competing, regional member- the perception that we’re doing something she said. “I told them ‘no.’ I do not want to move, according to May. ship group. we’re not. This might cause people on my be known as a chamber president under- Nonetheless, the filing came a week “There is no intention of talking here board, and people among our members, to mining another chamber. We’re all trying to before the region’s chamber presidents had about merging the chambers in any form,” wonder what we’re up to.” do the right thing.” scheduled a joint meeting, and executive May said. “That is not our intent. If we’ve MacQuiddy said the purpose of the State incorporation records show that two committees of the Fort Collins and Love- overstepped that, fine.” three-way meeting of chamber presidents other entities, the Larimer County Chamber land groups were tentatively set to meet Both Stockman and Greeley Chamber of was to make sure the groups were commu- of Commerce and the Larimer County jointly this month to “explore opportunities Commerce President Sarah MacQuiddy, nicating with one another, “so that we can, Chamber, were also established through arti- for us to be more collaborative,” Loveland who were scheduled to meet with May on in the future, prevent screw-ups like having cles of incorporation on Feb. 21. Earlier in the Chamber President Gaye Stockman said. Feb. 28, after the Business Report went to our annual chamber dinners on the same month, Web site addresses were secured May said his incorporation of the press, expressed surprise that May would night.” Fort Collins and Greeley chambers for NorthernColoradoChamber.com and Northern Colorado Chamber of Com- take official action to incorporate a North- both held their annual dinners on Feb. 22. NorthernColoradoChamber.org. merce, like his group’s reservation of Inter- ern Colorado chamber. “I’m bewildered by the concept of a “Those domain names and incorpora- net addresses with the same name, were “I feel blindsided,” Stockman said when Northern Colorado chamber,” MacQuiddy tions were secured just as a precautionary measures taken to prevent a “disgruntled” she learned of the state filing. “It’s going to said, adding that the chambers’ collabora- measure,” May said. “We want to prevent Fort Collins chamber member from trying create problems, because people will have tion under the umbrella of the Northern their use by anybody else.”

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March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 3 THE Malpractice insurance rates drop for state doctors

as about 32,000 physicians in 49 states. patients because it helps hold their costs down.” Fewer claims, caps on “Decreasing claims frequency and a contin- Lindquist-Kleissler said the drop in rates EYE ued positive tort reform environment allow us comes after a slow but steady shift in the med- awards lead to cuts in to provide this significant rate decrease,” said ical malpractice landscape since the state legis- Richard Anderson, chairman and CEO, in a lature took action in the late 1980s to cap the The Daily physicians’ premiums statement announcing the rate cuts. amount judges and juries could award malprac- Some of the company’s insured Colorado tice plaintiffs for non-economic damages — By Steve Porter physicians are receiving rate cuts of up to 25 awards for pain and suffering and punitive Fishwrap sp [email protected] percent, depending on medical specialty and damages. liability limits. The new rates are for existing Physicians in Colorado insured by The Doc- policies and any new policies written this year. Legislative fix wars rage tors Co. based in Napa, Calif., are getting a break The Doctors Co. has been the endorsed car- “This is the first time in several years that on their malpractice insurance premiums. rier for the Denver Medical Society since 1989. there hasn’t been an increase, largely due to Rates fell an average of 6.7 percent starting Kathy Lindquist-Kleissler, the society’s execu- action by legislators to cap damages,” she said. on and on Jan. 1 for about 1,000 physicians in the state tive director, said the malpractice insurance rate “So we’re seeing the results of that, and Col- covered for malpractice claims by the company, cuts were welcome news. orado physicians have been doing a really good which calls itself “the nation’s leading physi- “We were pleased, and it’s going to be very job providing good care.” The Eye won’t get cian-owned malpractice insurance provider.” helpful to our physicians, who more and more Malpractice awards in the state are currently blackened in this fight. The company covers physicians in Larimer and are operating on a smaller margin of compen- capped at $300,000 for non-economic damages The Web sites of the Weld counties and throughout Colorado as well sation,” she said. “It’s also good news for See MALPRACTICE, 33 Fort Collins Coloradoan and Greeley Tribune were lively cyber-places Feb. 22, FOCUS first when the Coloradoan Securities fraud splashed up an account of how the Tribune would halt its unethical practice case goes on of lifting stories from competing daily newspa- pers and publishing them with Associated Press in Larimer credit lines. About an hour later, the Tbri , awash in mea County court culpas, followed with an online “We were wrong, and we’re not going to do it anymore.” Sumner faces multiple The very next place the story landed was at Poyn- counts for non-payment ter Online, the Web-based publication of the presti- of loans, non-disclosure gious Poynter Institute, which describes itself as a “school for journalists, By Kristen Bastian future journalists, and [email protected] teachers of journalists.” There, in Jim Rome- FORT COLLINS — Northern Colorado nesko’s daily digest of Courtesy RuSport businessman Steve Sumner made his first journalism industry news, appearance in Larimer County District Court was the Coloradoan’s FAST LANE — RuSport driver Justin Wilson drives the Panoz DP01 race car in the Sebring Open Test run in Florida, Jan. 23- on Feb. 22 to face charges including six counts account under the 25. It was the first time that Wilson had driven the new Champ Car-mandated vehicle on a racetrack. of securities fraud and five counts of theft. straightforward headline, The charges are in connection with separate “Greeley Tribune agrees to alleged securities solicitations dating back as stop copying competitors’ far as four years ago. stories.” The complex case is being prosecuted by And that’s where the the Colorado Attorney General’s office and Eye, and readers every- RuSport still in Loveland, involves such a volume of documentation that where, saw the most Judge Daniel Kaup set the next hearing two intriguing irony. months out to give the public defender Chris Cobler, longtime assigned to Sumner time for discovery. executive editor of the Sumner’s charges stem from his dealings speeding changes along through his Fort Collins-based business, The Tribune under whose watch the ethical lapses Loan Consultants, which, according to the state began and continued, had grand jury indictment, was originally a loan bro- just announced his hiring Champ Car team has RuSport was founded by Carl Russo in kerage seeking to match lenders to borrowers. by the Florida-based 2003. In its first year, the team raced in the The indictment alleges that Sumner sought Poynter Institute as man- new owner, driver, Champ Car Atlantic — a series that typical- funds from a handful of investors, sometimes aging editor of Poynter ly leads teams into the Champ Car World getting as many as three separate rounds of Online. Series or Indy Racing League. RuSport took investment. In return, the investors received a cars, races for 2007 home the championship title in its debut promissory note due a relatively short time later year. The next year, it moved into the that would repay their investment plus interest. By Kristen Bastian Champ Car World Series, and needed more The indictment does not mention whether INSIDE [email protected] space. Sumner made payment on any of the promis- Agribusiness ...... 19 By early 2005, RuSport was deep in the sory notes. Altogether, the indictment details Briefcase ...... 12 LO VELAND — Champ Car racing team process of designing a 35,000-square-foot around $67,500 in promissory notes made to Calendar ...... 15 RuSport is constantly on the move. Two years facility at the Jefferson County Airport. seven investors — four of whom were couples. Clas sifieds ...... 37 ago, the company was preparing to pack up “We were pretty much all set to go,” team For his part, Sumner admits to making mis- Comment ary ...... 32 shop and relocate from Loveland to Broom- president Jeremy Dale said. takes, but denies any intentional wrongdoing Daily Review ...... 18 field. But then a hiccup occurred. Dale recalls that or criminal activity. Leads ...... 34 Since then, a lot has changed for the team — someone stepped forward to object to the RuS- “They say that the truth always lies some- Economic Indicators . . . .38 new cars, new races, a new driver and a new port building, claiming to have some develop- where in the middle,”he wrote in an e-mail to the On The Job ...... 13 owner — but the location remains the same. ment rights for the property that the race team Business Report.“I borrowed money from people Real Estate ...... 6 Delays in the planning process for its new build- would be leasing from the county. and failed to pay some of it back on time.” ing helped the company decide to stay put. See RUSPORT, 36 See SUMNER, 36

4 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007

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March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 5 Spreading gospel about global warming

Trained by Al Gore, local hits talk circuit “It’s an appeal to the to help save planet human condition to do By Steve Porter [email protected] something to make a

FORT COLLINS - Dave Graham wants difference.” to help save the world. Graham, 39, believes global warming is Dave Graham an undeniable and irrefutable threat to the Earth’s climate, wildlife and human inhabi- tants. That conviction led him to apply to train with the undisputed guru of climate crisis, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore himself. ing up in the Earth’s atmosphere, resulting Graham was one of 200 people from in a gradual warming of the planet that’s across the nation selected to attend a three- melting polar ice caps, changing the tem- day training in January in Nashville. Under perature of the oceans, causing dramatic Gore’s tutelage, the goal is to train 1,000 climate shifts and — ultimately — threat- Americans to become advocates for mea- ening life on Earth. sures to help turn back global warming. Graham, a software engineer and long- Courtesy Dave Graham Message for business time environmentalist, said his two young TEACHER AND STUDENT — Dave Graham shakes hands with Al Gore in Nashville after attending a three-day Graham said he’s started talking to inter- children were the primary impetus for tak- training session on global warming taught primarily by Gore. ested groups and is available for speaking ing the training. engagements throughout the region. He “My children are my inspiration as to said he’s especially eager to talk to business why I feel passionate about this,” he said. “I election in 2000. He created a compelling Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts; the film people. really feel like we’re here to make a differ- slide presentation and started taking it has been nominated for an Academy Award “I think one of the reasons I was selected ence. It’s an appeal to the human condition around the nation and the world, a presen- for Best Documentary. was because I put on my application that one to do something to make a difference.” tation that was filmed and released last year Essentially, the message of the film is that of my targeted audiences was the business Gore took up the global warming mes- as “An Inconvenient Truth.” greenhouse gases created by vehicle emis- community,” he said. “Business has the sage in earnest after losing the presidential Gore has been nominated for the 2007 sions and other human activities are build- See GLOBAL, 35

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newer office projects offer in the city. P2 partners nix “The owners had a pretty strong notion of what they wanted,” Cross said. “They had residential-style identified a building in Las Vegas, and they liked the architectural direction that was design for project going in. They didn’t want to do a residen- tial-style project, with pitched roofs and GREELEY - Building more than asphalt shingles.” 100,000 square feet of new Class-A office The P2 partners will offer pad sites for space in Greeley, a market where the office sale at the development, with the caveat that vacancy rate hovers strict architectural controls will be in place near 20 percent, to ensure design consistency. might seem to defy Perryman said core-and-shell prices for logic. the project, composed mostly of buildings But partners in a in the 5,000- to 8,000-square-foot range, new venture are Courtesy Design One Consultants Inc. would come in at about $165 per square approaching the task foot. with all the confi- NEXT-STEP ARCHITECTURE — Inspired by new office developments in the Las Vegas area, Greeley partners Kris “Beyond that, I think we can accommo- dence in the world. Pickett and Jeff Perryman have settled on an office park design for the Pinnacle Park project in west Greeley date quite a range of trim levels for these that they say will put a unique product on the Greeley office space market. Pinnacle Park, a guys,” he said. project that will tuck REAL ESTATE Ron Randall, a broker with Greeley’s into a 7.5-acre wedge residential-style buildings, parking lots and very risky and complicated.” Wheeler Management Group Inc., will Tom Hacker between the driving a little landscaping.” Perryman said the project’s location, tar- begin marketing the project full-force this range at Highland Pickett and his partner, Greeley builder get market and unique design would help month. He said the partners had set off in Hills Golf Course and West 20th Street, Jeff Perryman, formed P2 Highland Prop- Pinnacle Park defy otherwise sluggish con- the right direction to make their first joint will go up in phases beginning next erties LLC a year ago this month, a big step ditions in the market. land-development venture successful. month, with the first of seven buildings in for both into the project development “There’s a lot of redundant space in “The niche of uniqueness is still alive,” the first stage already accounted for by an business. Pickett, who bought Nelson Greeley right now,” Perryman said. “Our Randall said. “You’ve got to be unique, and unnamed professional office user. Engineers in Greeley 12 years ago and has market is medical and professional users, you’ve got to be in the right area, and be “I’m eternally optimistic,” said Kris since rolled up a lengthy list of high-profile and I think they’ll find what they’re looking pretty much turnkey. It is kind of crazy with Pickett, president of Pickett Engineering project credits, said he was prepared for for here. This is a great infill project, and I this market the way it is, but I feel like these Inc. and a partner in the trailblazing pro- skepticism among his peers in the engineer- think Greeley is ready now for this kind of two guys are creating a product that will be ject. “The key to doing this project is that ing community regarding the new venture. architecture.” successful.” we’re going to offer something on the “I know that some of my engineering The partners enlisted Carl Cross, presi- office market that Greeley doesn’t have. competition might be questioning whether dent of Greeley architectural firm Design Editor Tom Hacker covers real estate for the With the exception of New Frontier Bank, I’m qualified to be in land development,” One Consultants Inc., to come up with a Northern Colorado Business Report. He can be office developments here are essentially Pickett said. “It’s not a simple process. It’s design that turned away from what other, reached at (970) 221-5400, ext. 223

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Scottsbluff hospital Is your office MCR’s silent partner too HOT? Too BRIGHT? By Steve Porter [email protected] Regional West SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. — When the Med- Medical Center INSOLROLL RADIANCE ical Center of the Rockies opened to great The Scottsbluff, Neb., hospital is a partner in Love- RADIANCE Solar Screen Shades are designed Solar Screen Shades fanfare in Loveland last month, few people land’s new Medical Center of the Rockies. to control light without eliminating it. Like Block the Sun, were happier about it than Todd Sorensen, sunglasses for your windows, solar screen I S ubsidiary of Regional West Health Services, Not the View! M.D., president and CEO of Regional West also based in Scottsbluff. mesh fabric reduces Medical Center in Scottsbluff, Neb. I Formerly called West Nebraska General Hospi- glare while That’s because Regional West is a minor- tal, opened as a 112-bed facility in 1967. allowing excellent ity partner in the new hospital, having I Purchased neighboring St. Mary Hospital in view to the invested about $40 million in its construc- 1977. outside. tion and now holding 12 percent of its I Name changed to Regional West Medical Center Ask ownership. in 1988. about our “I think it’s really exciting,” Sorensen I Now 180 beds, accredited by the Joint Commis- ENERGY SAVING said. “Clearly, the growth in your region sion on Accreditation of Healthcare Organiza- SilverScreen™ represents additional health-care infra- tions for the ultimate structure that was needed.” I One of three Level II trauma centers in Nebraska. shade performance. Located in the far-western Nebraska panhandle about 160 miles from Loveland, Scottsbluff (population about 15,000) is a SOURCE: REGIONAL WEST MEDICAL CENTER Enjoy four-state hub community. Regional West’s two states,” he said. 180-bed facility serves a population drawn But the relationship also remains flexi- natural from western Nebraska, northeastern Col- ble. For example, Stacey noted that Region- daylight orado, southeastern Wyoming and south- al West is not required to send its heart and views! western South Dakota. patients to MCR.“We made no formal con- While Regional West offers most of the tract arrangement to send patients here,”he state-of-the-art medical services, it lacked said. “If we don’t meet their needs they can VISIT OUR SHOWROOM TODAY the cardiac and open-heart surgery pro- send them somewhere else.” FREE ON-SITE CONSULTATION gram that is one of MCR’s declared spe- Heart Center of the Rockies, a group of 970.229.5933 cialties. When Regional West heard of physicians and specialists partnering with Poudre Valley Health System’s plans to PVHS since the mid-1990s, is the heart of 5748 S. College, Fort Collins build MCR, it jumped at the chance to get MCR’s cardiac program with two floors of (1 mile south of Harmony) on board. the new five-story hospital dedicated to “It came about because it was an oppor- cardiac care. Todd Whitsitt, M.D., a physi- tunity for Regional West to participate in cian with Heart Center of the Rockies, said the development of some high-tech ser- the additional heart patients from Regional vices we otherwise wouldn’t have been able West will be a good thing. to participate in,” Sorensen said. “There is a significant number of coro- Rather than investing in its own heart nary intervention and open-heart surgeries surgery program, Regional West decided to that come from Regional West and that will piggyback onto MCR’s program, which is make us a busier, better program,” he said. only a 30- to 40-minute helicopter flight “It helps us greatly by having the addition- away. al numbers from Scottsbluff.” “What it really boiled down to for us was we don’t have the (patient) volume to par- Still competing ticipate in some of these high-tech ser- Even though they’re sharing services and vices,” he said. “It just didn’t make sense for facilities, there remains a competitive spirit us to develop that kind of program here between the two systems. Sorensen noted and that what we really needed to do was that both systems have strong bariatric concentrate heart centers.” surgery programs and orthopedic services. Regional West also has the same Level II Avoiding Denver trauma rating as MCR and would most Sorensen said the decision on where a likely receive trauma patients if they are heart patient is treated will continue to be closer to Scottsbluff than Loveland. up to the patient and his or her physician. “This probably works better because But being affiliated with MCR will offer the we’re a little farther apart,” he said. “Hospi- opportunity to send patients there instead tals tend to compete with each other and of Denver. competition in health care today isn’t that “MCR will be a logical choice to go to productive.” because it’s so much closer than any of the Sorensen said one of the “tradeoffs” alternatives in Denver,” he said. Regional West made in deciding to invest in Regional West’s partnership agreement MCR was to not develop its own heart pro- was hammered out to allow two hospital gram while at the same time helping to systems in different states sharing a facility. enhance MCR’s program. “That’s a plus for “I think it’s unique in the country,” them,” he said. Sorensen said. “Because we’re plowing new Whitsitt agrees. “There’s no doubt it’ll ground, so to speak, we had quite lengthy make the heart program at MCR better and discussions on the legal aspects of it.” at Regional West, too,” he said. Sorensen, who now has a seat on MCR’s Sorensen said the $40 million Regional board of directors, said those aspects West pumped into MCR is expected to have included governance issues and what hap- an ongoing positive impact on Regional pens if either party decides to discontinue West’s bottom line. the relationship. “It’s a little like a prenup- “We do see it as a financial positive,” he tial agreement,” he said. said. “Hospitals have to look at their return Rulon Stacey, president and CEO of on investment just as any other business PVHS, said he agrees that the arrangement does and we wouldn’t have made that is unique. “It’s the only place in the country investment if we didn’t expect to see a where we’re meeting the needs of people in return on it.”

8 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 Tracking hackers to their lair: Then what?

worker of one.”Anyone in those groups is Hijacked Yahoo! not permitted to enter the site and that doing so (irony alert!) is a violation of the Susan Pfeuffer account uncovers Internet Privacy Act, according to the TOS. Account Executive Hours later, Dan sat mesmerized by the Fig Street Marketing Group online ID auction unhealthy glow of our flat-screen monitor. WorkZone Member But he wasn’t in a state of shock. He was I consider myself a spying on the hacker chat room. relatively computer- Using a screen name similar to that of savvy individual, his hacker’s he was able to provoke the which is good news chat room into an angry nerd frenzy. “Why since I cover the would someone do such a thing?” they No leaselease.. region’s technology typed. Why, indeed. I can work with thathatt. industry for the By simply lurking on the chat, he was Business Report. able to elicit enough information about “Relatively com- The WorkZonetm at The Executive Center in Old Town, Fort the hacker to identify her. We were also Collins is exactly what I needed. A fully appointed office puter savvy” means able to find the name of her husband, also that while I don’t with no lease commitment. WorkZonetm suites are available TECHNOLOGY a member of the Web forum, as well as hourly, daily, weekly and longer. The receptionist handles write code and am Kristen S. Bastian their address and phone number. We even my appointments and calls. Plus, I get a PC with high-speed not likely to build a found out that they breed beagles and that Internet, state-of-the-art phone system, conference room CPU in my basement, I am aware of the the husband is an avid hunter/trapper. privileges, and access to the fax, copier and kitchen. responsibilities and dangers of using a It’s pretty scary what an online search Here’s their number: 970-212-4700970-212-4700.. computer. can turn up — go ahead, Google yourself, I know what a firewall is and why it is and then map your house. important. I know that the widow of the Armed with all of this information, we THE EXECUTIVE CENTER former owner of a petroleum company in began the process of protecting Dan’s The evolution of the workspace. Bahrain is not going to wire me millions identity. of dollars, and I haven’t won the Euro lot- tery. I’m positive that my bank, credit Fighting back union, PayPal or any other organization is The first step when you suspect that not going to ask me for my account infor- your personal information has been com- 123 North College Avenue Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80524 mation online — especially when I don’t promised is to contact banks, credit card 970.212.4700 www.theexecutivecenter.com have an account there. issuers, Social Security Administration, Spotting such attempts at identity theft credit reporting agencies, etc., to alert and fraud have become so much a part of them to possible unauthorized use. the average computer user’s life that we Second, you should contact the local don’t even register such requests anymore police department to file a report. They — they go straight to the spam filter or aren’t likely to launch an investigation — “delete” file. I’d almost guarantee it — but having the But what happens when being safe and incident reported will help you dispute informed is not enough? My fiancé and I future charges or smears on your credit. found out exactly what, the hard way. Since Dan and I had the identity of the In early February, my fiancé — we’ll would-be identity thief, we also contacted call him Dan for reasons of security and her local police, who told us that just ever-increasing paranoia — was unable to hacking an e-mail account is not illegal. access his Yahoo! e-mail account, which is Only when hackers actually attempt to use his primary source of digital communica- information contained in the account to tion. He spent two days trying, and in the fraudulently obtain something is it consid- process, found he could view his user pro- ered a crime. file without actually logging in. User pro- In addition to local law enforcement, files, which are publicly available, are part several organizations and agencies take of the Yahoo! member directory. reports on identity theft, fraud and Inter- In his profile, his first and last names net crimes. I contacted the Colorado were replaced with a hacker’s calling card Attorney General’s Office of Consumer that read: “cracked by mystical_forever” Fraud to see what else we could do. An with a Web site address. (I’ve changed this official there suggested we file a complaint name, too, even though I’m not too keen with the Internet Fraud Control Center — on protecting this person’s identity.) IC3.gov — a partnership between the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation and the Tracking hackers National White Collar Crime Center. Dan visited the hacker site, after run- The Federal Trade Commission also ning security checks on our PC to make Back row: Brian Callahan, Jeff Biegert, Shane Basinger, Lauren Salzar, Eric Salzar, Kate Dubas, Kami Miller, accepts complaints. It recently released a Jenny Briggs, Tracey Callaghan, Leann Erickson sure that it would not be invaded by fraud and identity theft report that showed Front row: Emily Weaver, Christine Biegert, Penelope Gilliland, Kari Fletcher, Kristen Coley unwanted packets upon connecting. The that consumers in the 18 to 29 age group site looked simple, yet ominous, with a accounted for 29 percent of all identity what matters.™ slate background and neon lettering. theft complaints — the largest group. I When he found the profile page of the suspect that many in this age bracket, like hacker who cracked his account, Dan dis- Dan and myself, feel impervious to such New Belgium Brewing Company knows that United Way covered more than 50 accounts on the crimes because we grew up with a monitor hacker’s “hit list,” including his. Other in our faces and a mouse in our hands. of Larimer County helps the entire community focus on users of the site had similar lists; all of long-term solutions such as self-sufficiency and them listed only Yahoo! e-mail accounts, No safe harbor affordable housing. Because that’s what matters. and many of them were up for auction. But no one is safe from Internet securi- Any doubts that this was a site of ill- ty breaches, according to Todd Massey, repute were dispelled by the terms of ser- founder and chief technology officer of vice, which require users to affirm: “You Fort Collins · 970.407.7000 · Loveland · 970.669.1450 www.uwaylc.org Fort Collins-based e-mail security compa- are not affiliated with any government, ny Privacy Networks. He said that about anti-piracy group, Yahoo! Inc. or any other The Northern Colorado Business Report is a proud sponsor of United Way. related group, or were formally (sic) a See HACKERS, 16

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ETC. On The Job Paper or plastic: Funding a startup People in the news, on the move Page 13 Credit cards should be only one part of new The best of times, the worst of times Briefcase Businesses can use credit cards to their advantage, but should take care to not lose control. Regional business business finance plans developments The best times to use credit cards: Page 12 I For last-minute purchase or unexpected expenses. By Margette Pulis I F or short-term expenses that can be repaid quickly. [email protected] I To control cash flow, such as isolating travel and entertainment expenses. Calendar I When large or long-term costs convert readily into lower interest vehicles. Events, seminars Would-be entrepreneurs know that banks I When controlled card use is part of an entire planned debt. and dates to look want a credit history, financial reports, business forward to projections, great credit scores and collateral The worst times to use credit cards: Page 15 before they lend money to start a business. The I As sole means of financing for the business. paperwork alone could bury your dreams. So, I When cheaper sources of debt are available, such as a line of credit. just zip that credit card through a reader and I If the owner is not willing to track the costs of the credit card debt. Daily in Review your business is born. I When large, long-term expenses cannot be financed any other way. A look back at top news stories But running a business on dreams alone across the region does not guarantee the bills will be paid, just Page 18 as planning, projecting and strategizing do not SOURCE: BUSINESS REPORT RESEARCH guarantee success. But the latter gets the entre- preneur much closer to the prize — a prof- itable business. responsibility, credit cards become too easy to Structure financing COLUMNS You could get lucky, like Brin and Larry abuse. She has a point. With default interest rates as Page who used credit cards to start search- Many small business owners avoid the very high as 32 percent, one late credit card payment ADVENTURES IN engine giant Google in the mid-1990s. But thought of financing businesses with credit could raise a tolerable amount of debt to a losing MANAGEMENT new businesses that rely solely on plastic for cards. As Janis Nall, owner of Send Out Cards in proposition. Those with less-than-pristine credit On time with promises Johnstown, said, “Financing a small business on and commitments financing are more likely to find themselves histories find higher initial interest rates insur- will always pay off facing bankruptcy. When dreams cloud credit cards is nuts.” See PLASTIC, 17 Page 10

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10 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 Honor all commitments, large, small — always

business apart from their competitors and verting them. If you can’t even make it to a have any intention or desire to be his From deadlines to 70 percent say, “We do what we say we will meeting on time, how are you going to customer. do.” Their actions, however, tell a different deliver your product or service on time? product delivery, story. I qualify prospects of my own business Ends don’t justify means These people obviously don’t under- to make sure they will make ideal clients. Some of my clients have made promises punctuality pays stand what it means to live up to that This requires them to fill out a short ques- in the past they had no intention in keep- statement. Maybe they truly think they tionnaire about their business background ing just to get the job. One of the most What does a com- honor their commitments or maybe they and goals. I always ask how soon they can effective client retention strategies I suggest mitment look like? just use that statement because it sounds get it back to me. I don’t tell them when I is to under-promise and over-deliver. If When I made the good. Either way, they are not telling the expect it; I have them make a commitment you know a job can’t be done before commitment to truth. on their own timeframe. In reality, how Wednesday, please don’t say you’ll get it NCBR to supply a So what exactly does a commitment seriously they take this commitment is part done by Monday only to call and say it will monthly column, I look like? I don’t mean just the times we of the qualification process. be ready on Wednesday. What’s wrong talked to a fellow say, “I promise.”We make commitments in About half are late and about half of the with saying it will be ready on Friday and coach in Wisconsin everyday life that we don’t seem to notice late ones don’t even call me to tell me it calling Wednesday with a pleasant sur- who writes a similar and we certainly don’t actively try to keep. will be late. There are about a dozen out prise? piece for his local For you and your business it means paying there that are over a year late. I figure I’ve The excuse is always that the company business journal. I ADVENTURES IN attention to the words you use when talk- saved myself about 100 hours by not wast- wouldn’t get the business if you said it had lots of questions MANAGEMENT ing to anyone and everyone. That includes ing my time on them. If they can’t honor would be ready on Friday. So, do you think and couldn’t wait for Donna Beaman prospects, clients, customers, employees, that one little commitment to me, how you’ll keep the business now that you have his seasoned input. association members, fellow business own- serious are they about growing their lied to your customer? Much to my surprise ers, trusted advisers, neighbors and even business? In every instance lying is exactly what his biggest piece of advice was to honor the family. Just today I got an e-mail from some- happened. Some people say that’s a strong deadlines I was given. He said getting con- one who made a reservation to attend one word but how do you feel when someone tributions on time was one of the most It’s a matter of time of my workshops that read, “I hadn’t put says he’ll be there at 10 a.m. and shows up frustrating aspects of running a print pub- I give at least one presentation every the seminar time and date into my calen- at 10:10? Or tells you it will be delivered on lication, according to his inside source. My week. Without fail, someone is late every dar after I replied to your e-mail and I Monday and it arrives on Wednesday? Or initial response was, “You’re kidding me!” week, most times more than one person. made a pretty big appointment in the say she will call to follow up next week and Since that day I have paid attention to Sometimes it’s just five minutes and some- interim. So I unfortunately need to recede you never hear from her? how many people honor their commit- times it’s 30. Nevertheless, they have not my invite.” Please, for the sake of your business, ments on a daily basis. My conclusion: not honored their commitment to me and the Now this particular person is one I honor all the commitments you make. The many. other attendees who were on time. was personally interested in doing health of your business depends on it. Do we not realize the message we are What are they saying to everyone in the business with. I am actively seeking the sending to the world? Maybe we don’t see room who was on time? “My time is more product he sells. If he can’t manage his Donna Beaman is an ActionCOACH these little indiscretions as lying. Well, I important than yours so you can just wait schedule well enough to simply record a Business Coach who helps successful business can assure you that others do, especially for me.” In most cases, the other attendees commitment in his calendar, what makes owners build the business they require for the our clients and customers. I ask my poten- are potential clients of the latecomer and me believe he will honor a delivery date lifestyle they desire. Contact her at (970) 232- tial clients what sets them and their they have just blown any chance of con- or price quote? I don’t, and no longer 3069.

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March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 11 Recognition of incongruence leads to new business ideas

When I am asked, “Where do good company which grew to several hundred concept for an entrepreneur to pursue. accepted as “just the way it is.” business ideas come from?” I always give the employees, and became a multi-millionaire. Claude Sharpe and Robert Lindsley, same answer: “They are everywhere, you just So how do we train ourselves to recognize Nothing is inevitable engineers at Texas Instruments, recognized can’t see them.” incongruities, to see what others cannot? I Entrepreneurs will begin to question this as a solvable problem and invented the Many things in our tell my entrepreneurial students to ask five things as not being necessarily inevitable “toll-tag.”What a genius idea! Millions of society have become questions when they encounter any problem. and will always ask, “Isn’t there a solution to people just accepted waiting in a toll-booth so ubiquitous and I Is this really a problem or is it just this incongruence?” This particular line of line as “a given.” These guys recognized the uniformly accepted something I am imagining? questioning and reasoning will not necessar- problem and now the toll-tag is used every- that they have become I Do other people have this problem? ily make you popular, but it can lead to good where. invisible. Entrepre- I I s there a solution to this problem? ideas. neurs have an instinc- I Would other people pay for this solu- When I was living in Dallas, I was spend- Br ooks Mitchell, a Fort Collins resident, is a tive ability to view the tion? ing 600 hours per year on the perpetually professor of management at the University of world through differ- I C an it be marketed? congested freeways. Much of this time was Wyoming. Mitchell is also founder and owner ent lenses and many GETTING If the answer is “yes” to all of these ques- waiting in line at the toll booths, a problem of Snowfly Incentives Inc. Contact him at have focused this gift tions, then there is a potential product or that all of us have experienced for years and [email protected]. of vision to see things STARTED that others can’t. They Brooks Mitchell discover the “obvious” concepts and ideas to which others were blind and convert these discoveries into entrepreneurial ventures. Entrepreneurs are always looking for incongruities, the roads less traveled, those things that are not obvious to the rest of us. I am convinced that every single day every- body sees something or experiences a prob- lem to which there is a solution. The diffi- culty is that the problem has not been recog- nized as such or has become accepted as inevitable and, hence, there has been no need of a solution. Entrepreneurs frequently view seemingly unsolvable problems as potential opportuni- ties. They become alert and insightful when they hear statements such as: “That’s the way we always do it” or “There’s nothing you can do about it” or “You’ve got to get along by going along.” Perceptive entrepreneurs will ask why: Why is this so? Why do we have to do this? Isn’t there a better way? Is there another solution? Or, do we even have to do this at all? By the way, this type of questioning will not win entrepreneurs many friends in most organizations. It will be interpreted as being a maverick and non-team player. In most cases, this would be an accurate description of the entrepreneur. Solving invisible problems When I think about incongruence, I always think about my friend Tommy Thompson in Texas. Many years ago Tommy was visiting his mother in the hospital and asked her how she was doing. She replied that she was miserable. Tommy’s immediate response was, “Don’t worry, Mom. They are going to make you better and get you out of here.” She replied that it wasn’t the illness that was making her miserable, but rather the steel-needled IV in her arm. Tommy looked and saw the red spot where the needle was inserted into his mother’s arm and suddenly recognized something that had been seen by millions of doctors and people in the med- ical field. The problem was so common that it had become invisible to the very people who should have seen it. But Tommy refused to accept the obvi- ous. He wondered why couldn’t a soft tube insertion do the same thing as a steel needle and eliminate most of the pain and irrita- tion. He was an electrical engineer, not a highly trained medical person, and refused to accept it as “that’s the way it’s done.” Tommy then began experimenting with a steel needle with a soft plastic tube in the middle that could be inserted into the arm and then removed leaving the soft tube in place. He patented this invention, formed a 12 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 BRIEFCASE

KUDOS Otter Products LLC in Fort Collins has released its Otterbox 1930 and 1931 cases for BlackBerry handsets. Raleigh America Inc. in Kent, Wash., has named NONPROFIT NOTES over house keys to another family. Habitat has con- The cases provide water-resistant access to keypad, R ecycled Cycles in Fort Collins as one of its top 25 structed 33 homes in the Fort Collins community scroll wheel, escape button, power button, mute but- dealers for 2006. Recycled Cycles is one of 2,000 deal- FirstBank in Lakewood announced two new and is working on a four-plex in the Courtyards at ton and programmable side button. The cases fit the ers carrying Raleigh products, and was selected as a $3,500 scholarships for students in the College of Rigden Farm on east Drake Road to be completed in BlackBerry 8700 and 7200 series. top dealer for its achievement of outstanding sales Business at Colorado State University. This year, the next few months. and increased purchase volume. an incoming junior and an incoming senior will be The Internal Revenue Service has started a news selected for the scholarships. Each succeeding year, Denver Mattress Co. in Denver has donated service for small businesses. The e-newsletter is dis- NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES a junior applicant will be selected, and the incoming over $146,000 to the Colorado Chapter of The Sal- tributed every Wednesday and includes upcoming tax senior may renew the scholarship for another year. vation Army through its seventh annual Rest dates, what’s new on the IRS Web site, compliance tips T wo sisters in Fort Collins have started a service to Visit www.biz.colostate.edu/scholarships/ for more Assured Charity campaign. The campaign involves and reminders, news releases and more. Visit connect art enthusiasts to community art events. information. $20 for each mattress sold from the end of Novem- www.irs.gov and search for e-news for small business- Articulate City plans one party each month centered ber through Dec. 31 being allocated to The Salvation es to sign up for the free service. around an existing local art event, with cocktails, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity, cospon- Army. The money will fund several programs includ- snacks and plenty of socializing. Visit sored by Faith Evangelical Free Church and Iasis ing emergency disaster services and after-school Kroll Factual Data in Loveland announced the www.articulatecity.com for more information and Christ Fellowship, both of Fort Collins, has handed programs. expansion of its suite of risk assessment services with upcoming event listings. the release of FactualID. The risk assessment engine evaluates identity risk, occupancy risk, strawbuyer risk, and also searches the OFAC, Palestinian Legisla- tive Council and other exclusionary lists.

NEW LOCATION

Little Jacket Ltd., a communications and brand development firm, has opened a location at 116 N. Col- lege Ave., Suite 2 in Fort Collins. The firm has offices in New York and Cleveland.

Denver-based New Era Realty is expanding its ser- vice area to include Northern Colorado. New Era agents specialize in comprehensive marketing plans for sellers and service for clients wanting to buy or sell rural, urban and commercial properties.

Snap Fitness based in Chanhassen, Minn., has opened a location at 1015 S. Taft Hill Road in Fort Collins. The location is open 24 hours a day to accom- modate any schedule.

ANNIVERSARIES

Commercial photography studio Tim O’Hara Pho- tography in Fort Collins is celebrating 25 years in business. O’Hara creates commercial images at his stu- dio and on location. He also offers digital video and lighting services in addition to still imagery.

Triangle Cross Ranch in Galeton is celebrating 25 years of service. The nonprofit ranch is a whole-life assisted living facility for developmentally disabled adults with a mission to provide independence and safety in a setting that is exciting and interactive.

MISCELLANEOUS

Poudre Valley Hospital Sleep Disorders Center in Fort Collins has received program accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine in Westchester, Ill. The accreditation process involves detailed inspection of a center’s facility and staff, an evaluation of testing procedures, patient contacts, and physician training. The accreditation is for five years.

Soukup, Bush & Associates in Fort Collins has been accepted as a member of CPA Associates Internation- al Inc., an international association of accounting firms based in Rutherford, N.J. Soukup, Bush & Associates pro- vide tax planning for high net worth individuals, business valuations, cost segregation studies and small business income, and estate and gift tax planning.

Carolina Tobacco Co., a leading manufacturer of “price-value” cigarettes sold under the brands Roger and Kingsboro, announced that it has reached a settle- ment with the state of Colorado as part of the national agreement that includes 45 other states and the Dis- trict of Columbia. CTC will distribute more than $31 mil- lion as part of the national settlement, with Colorado receiving approximately $425,000. The settlement resolves a dispute over the company’s status as the manufacturer of its Roger brand from November 1999 to April 2003.

If you have an item to share about name changes, new products or business news of note, e-mail it to Noah Guillaume at [email protected], or mail it to Briefcase at NCBR, 141 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, CO 80524.

— Compiled by Noah Guillaume

March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 13 ON THE JOB

ACADEMICS Edwards of Fort Collins to its Board of Trustees. She associate/partner. vice, installation and maintenance. Lockwood will be has served as a trustee for Poudre Valley Hospital based in New York and perform field service, installa- Colorado State University Foundation and as a trustee and committee member Barb Etherton, a real estate agent for Prudential tion and maintenance of robotic welding and cutting Alumni Association honored for the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. Real Estate Affiliates in Fort Collins, has received a Pru- equipment. Michael D. Nosler with the dential CARES Volunteer Grants Award of $250 for the 2007 Colorado State University Larimer County Child Advocacy Center. In 2005, Ether- Distinguished Alumnus Award. MEDIA/MARKETING ton dedicated 416 hours to the center and used her MISCELLANEOUS Nosler, a partner at Rothgerber community contacts to raise more than $25,000 for Johnson & Lyons LLP in Denver, Interweave Press in Love- the center. Leona Martens , executive is a 1969 graduate of the Col- land has named Bob Kaslik vice director of Weld Food Bank, has lege of Liberal Arts and has president of consumer market- Jeff Williams with RE/Max been appointed to the Board of been practicing law for over 30 ing. Kaslik will oversee sub- Alliance in Fort Collins has Directors of Colorado Anti- years. NOSLER scription and newsstand con- earned the RE/Max 100% Club Hunger Network. Martens has sumer marketing efforts and be Award. The award recognizes been the executive director for FINANCE a member of the Interweave agents for their sales volume the food bank for 17 years, and Press executive management during 2006. This is the second will serve on the Policy, Laura Arbury with Edward Jones in Fort Collins team. consecutive year that Williams Research and Education Com- has earned her Series 66 license, which enables her to has received the award. mittee. She will focus most of MARTENS maintain an investment advisor representative regis- her efforts on public policy as it REAL ESTATE MALAMA tration, a requirement for advising clients. Shirley Watson, broker WILLIAMS related to hunger issues. Kelly Malama, Renee associate with Coldwell Banker Justin G. Davis of A.G. Edwards in Fort Collins has Residential Brokerage, has The Growth Coach of the earned the Certified Financial Planner designation. Rhodes, Betsy Dean and Front Range based in Greeley Stephen Lodge have joined earned the top sales award for Davis can now offer general personal financial plan- the company for 2006. Watson has appointed Mark Hensley as ning and implementation, investment and risk man- SimplySOLD Peak Real Estate in executive director of develop- Windsor as broker associates. was the top individual producer agement advice, retirement planning, estate planning, among more than 1,800 sales ment. Hensley has a doctoral insurance evaluation and comprehensive portfolio With a combined total of 14 degree in education with an years of experience, they will associates operating from 14 reviews. offices along the Front Range. emphasis in leadership, and will assist clients with all real estate oversee daily operations at the HEALTH CARE needs including foreclosures. new office location in Lafayette. HENSLEY DEAN Jeremy Overholt, a doctor of chiropractic, has Jonathan Irvin, broker TECHNOLOGY WATSON joined Harmony Health in Fort Collins. Overholt uses associate/partner with The If you have an item to share about a promotion, state-of-the-art technology to Rimrock-Wolf Robotics in Group Inc. Real Estate, has com- job change or career news of note, analyze the function of the Fort Collins has hired Tom Han- pleted Buyer Sales Strategy for e-mail it to Noah Guillaume at spine and nervous system to ner as a customer support Residential Real Estate from the [email protected], or mail it to On The find abnormalities. He graduat- technician, and Nathan National Association of Real- Job at NCBR, 141 S. College Ave., Fort Collins, ed cum laude in 2006 from Nicholas and Dale Lockwood tors. Christi Sande has joined CO 80524. Logan College of Chiropractic The Group as a broker associ- as customer support engineers. near St. Louis. ate/partner and will work out of In Fort Collins, Hanner will pro- the 29th Street office in Love- vide round-the-clock phone The Women’s Foundation of tech support, while Nicholas will land. Lisa Whittle has joined — Compiled by Noah Guillaume Colorado, headquartered in The Group’s Horsetooth Road SANDE perform robot programming, Denver, has added Paula EDWARDS office in Fort Collins as a broker process development, field ser- HANNER

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MASK-ERADE — 1. Bank of Choicers Karis Donahue, Jeremy Waters and Jim Verg enjoy the masks on display at the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Feb. 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Art. 2. De Dahlgren, assistant vice president, marketing for Bank of Choice, and Jay Gerdes of DaVinci Sign Systems Inc. catch up at the Fort Collins Business After Hours. 3. Eric Kronwall, left, campaign manager for District 4 City Coun- cil Candidate Wade Troxell, speaks with Fort Collins Mayor Doug Hutchinson at the Feb. 7 Envision: Young Profes- sionals event where municipal candidates were invited to speak. 4. Ke vin Brinkman, left, owner/broker of Brinkman Partners, speaks with Wade Troxell at the Envision event.

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MARCH of the community living with multiple sclerosis, will be be analyzed along with real examples of various com- starting at 7:05 p.m., Budweiser Events Center, in Love- honored as this year’s MS Champion. Cost: $150/indi- panies’ financial health. Cost: $25. Contact: APICS NOCO land. The party coincides with the indoor football March 5 — Capital West National Bank presents vidual, $1500/corporate table. Contact: Allison Hines at at [email protected]. team’s first ever exhibition game. Profits from the Poudre Valley Hospital Blood Drive, from 10 a.m. to 2 (970) 482-5016 or www.nationalmssociety.org. game will go to a charity to be named at a later date. p.m., 2108 Milestone Drive in Fort Collins. Contact: PVH March 14 — Greeley Place presents Greeley Cham- Cost: $8/seat, $5 for group of 50 or more. Blood Center at (970) 495-8965. March 9 — KRFC birthday celebration, Sunset ber of Commerce Business Before Hours, from 7:15 to Events Center, 242 Linden St. in Fort Collins. KRFC’s 8:15 a.m., 1051 Sixth St. Cost: Free. Contact: (970) 352- March 15 — Loveland Museum presents Downtown March 6 — Financial Fitness presents Financial Fit- fourth birthday will be a fund-raiser to include dinner 3566. Loveland Association community meeting, starting at ness Strongbucks seminar, from 7 to 8 p.m., Funplex, (for ticket holders), silent auction, birthday cake and 6 p.m., 503 N. Lincoln Ave. The Downtown Loveland 65th Avenue and 16th Street in Greeley. The informa- live music. Cost: Tickets available at www.fctix.com. March 14 — City of Fort Collins presents Mason Cor- Association is a nonprofit community association tional seminar will show more about how to manage ridor: Linking Community and Businesses, from 7 to 9 made up of volunteers committed to revitalizing the finances and plan for the future through the Strong- March 9 — Longmont Chamber Business Before p.m., Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Drive. heart of Loveland. Contact: Stephanie Stauder at (970) bucks program. Cost: Free. Contact: Megan LaForest at Hours, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., St. Vrain Valley School Dis- Learn how the Mason Corridor is designed to encour- 667-0118 or [email protected]. (970) 313-4911 or [email protected]. trict, 395 S. Pratt Parkway in Longmont. Congratulate age community partnerships, private investment, sus- Colorado’s Superintendent of the Year. Meet the tainable development, active living and attractive March 15 — Names & Numbers presents Fort Collins March 7 — Intro to Financial Analysis, from 8 a.m. administrators and staff who’ve received national urban lifestyles. Cost: Free. Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, to 12:30 p.m., Key Bank Tower, 125 S. Howes St., Suite 150 awards for financial excellence 3 years running. Cost: from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., 260 E. Horsetooth Road. Cost: in Fort Collins. Learn how create, manage and invest Chamber members and guests complimentary with March 14 — Daily Times-Call presents Know Your $12.50 if pre-registered, $20 at the door. Contact: Erin your business profits. Leo Giles will present. Cost: $60 RSVP by March 8; $10 onsite. Contact: Mary Wellman or Customers: Facts About the Longmont Market, from Collins at (970) 482-3746 or [email protected]. if pre-paid, $65 the day of the event. Contact: (970) Scott Cook at (303) 776-5295 or rsvp@longmontcham- 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Longmont Chamber Center, 528 498-9295 or [email protected]. ber.org. Main St. in Longmont. Lunch & Learn. Highlights of a March 21 — City of Fort Collins presents Rolling into recent market survey of the Longmont area, including Spring: Resources for Bicycling in Fort Collins, from 7 March 7 — Managing Your Business Growth, from March 10 — Lynn Patrick Trio, from 7:30 to 9:30 information about shopping and buying habits of local to 9 p.m., Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree 1:30 to 5 p.m., Key Bank Tower, 125 S. Howes St., Suite p.m., Avogadro’s Number, 605 S. Mason St. in Fort consumers. Learn basic guidelines for creating effec- Drive. Learn about local bicycling clubs, commuter 150 in Fort Collins. Business consultant Leo Giles will Collins. Guitarist Lynn Patrick will be performing with tive advertising for your business. Cost: Chamber bike routes, recreational rides, safety tips, and this discuss the many challenges of growing your business bassist Marni Pickins and violinist-fiddle player, Sandra members and guests complimentary with RSVP by year’s schedule of bicycling programs and events. that include: understanding the stages growth, how to Wong. Cost: $10. Contact: Rob at (970) 493-5555 or March 12; $10 onsite. Contact: Mary Wellman or Scott Enjoy bicycle giveaways. Cost: Free. restructure your organization, and how to change your [email protected]. Cook at (303) 776-5295 or [email protected]. role without losing control. Cost: $40 if pre-paid, $45 March 22 — Monfort College of Business & State the day of the event. Contact: (970) 498-9295 or March 13 — Windsor Auto Repair presents Windsor March 15 — Longmont Chamber Business After Farm presents Greeley Chamber of Commerce [email protected]. Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours, from 5 to Hours, from 5 to 7 p.m., Radisson Conference Center, Business After Hours, from 5 to 7 p.m., University 7 p.m., 320 E. Chestnut St. 1850 Industrial Circle in Longmont. Complimentary to Northern Colorado’s Kepner Hall, Eighth Avenue & 17th March 7 — Pioneer School presents Fort Collins Chamber members and guests with RSVP by March 14; St. Cost: Free. Contact: (970) 352-3566. Area Chamber of Commerce Business Before Hours, March 13 — Northern Colorado Human Resources $10 onsite. Cost: $10 at the door. Registration Deadline: from 7:30 to 9 a.m., 2745 Minnesota Drive. Cost: $7.50 if meeting, from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cottonwood Club, March 14. Contact: Mary Wellman or Scott Cook at (303) 2March 2 — Small Business Network, from 9 a.m. to pre-registered, $10 at the door. Contact: Erin Collins at 6813 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins. The meeting topic is 776-5295 or [email protected]. 10:30 p.m., Longmont Chamber Center, 528 Main St. in (970) 482-3746 or [email protected]. Labor Market Information for the HR Professional pre- Longmont. It’s never too late to talk taxes. Hear from sented by Dee Funkhouser. Contact: www.nchra.com. March 15 — Basics of GPS, starting at 7:00 p.m., REI, an expert on what you need to consider when turning March 8 — National MS Society Dinner of Champi- 4025 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins. This class is a gen- in your taxes this year. RSVP by March 21; limited seat- ons, from 6 to 10 p.m., Fort Collins Hilton, 425 W. March 14 — Financial Leadership Skills for Supply eral overview of Global Positioning System units. Cost: ing. Contact: Mary Wellman or Scott Cook at (303) 776- Prospect Road. The Dinner of Champions is the largest Chain Professionals, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Niwot Inn, Free. 5295 or [email protected] fund raiser for the MS Society. Mark Driscoll, president 342 Second Ave. in Niwot. An evaluation of income — Compiled by Noah Guillaume of First National Bank, and his wife Neyla will be hon- statements, balance sheets, cash flows, and ratios will March 15 — Colorado Ice “Break the Ice Party,” ored with the 2007 Hope Award. Jim Dunlap, a member 16 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007

HACKERS, from 8 Are you secure?

70 percent of all Web sites can be hacked Most people aren’t expecting to become a vic- because most companies don’t know tim of identity theft or a computer security breach. enough about security to stop it. Most people don’t really even think about it, until it Capturing a password can be as simple happens. different as running a program that enters every “There are so many ways people are naive possible password available. Because peo- about the Internet and communications,” said Todd dif • fer • ent [dif-er-uh nt] adj. ple tend to use the same user names and Massey, founder and chief technology officer of e- passwords everywhere, a hacker could get a mail security company Privacy Networks, based in 1. distinct or separate. password to a secure site by first cracking Fort Collins. 2. differing from all others. it at an unsecured site. Massey, having spent his entire career in high 3. not ordinary; unusual. In Dan’s case, Massey guessed, the tech, is constantly pondering how his information 4. the new face & future of FRII* hacker was probably a script kiddie — might be compromised. He will not sign the elec- someone who runs a hacking program cre- tronic screen on the credit card-reading machines ated by someone else without understand- at retail stores because that information is stored ing how it works. and potentially vulnerable. He also advises against Massey said that this is not a new phe- ever saying your credit card number over a cell nomenon. phone or VoIP line. *Front Range Internet Inc. is FRII check it out at frii.com “The concept of hacker boards has So how do you protect yourself? existed since the ‘80s,” he said. “Stop letting people take advantage of you and In the 1980s, hackers frequented say no,” he said. “phreak boards,” online bulletin board ser- Ask the store to print you a receipt to sign. vices that posted information about how Enter your credit card number manually on your Commercial Real Estate to hack modems, how to access credit card phone’s keypad. Don’t give out your Social Security accounts, and other nefarious activities. number without a good reason. Massey said that Phreak boards were a target of the Com- many companies and organizations that request puter Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, which your Social Security number are only using it as a makes it a federal crime to “knowingly and tracking method. Instead, ask them to create you a with intent to defraud traffic in any pass- new number not associated with anything else. word or similar information through As far as online password safety, Massey sug- which a computer may be accessed with- gests that you choose a difficult-to-decrypt pass- out authorization, if such trafficking word, not a dictionary word. Also, don’t use the affects interstate or foreign commerce; or same user name and password combination for sev- such computer is used by or for the Gov- eral different accounts or Web sites. That way, if one ernment of the United States.” is compromised, the others will still be safe. However, Massey said, no one seems to Overall, think about what you are storing elec- remember that these laws already exist. Or tronically. It is best to assume that anything on your the resources needed to even make a dent computer could be accessed without permission. in enforcement could be too great. That way, you won’t be as surprised when it hap- pens. Privacy vs. security NEC I-25 & Crossroads Blvd. “The problem is that the Internet is inherently not secure,” Massey explained. to have the account closed, but cannot Crossroads Towers at Eagle Crossing Making it more secure would come at the gain access to the contents. 3,000 SF to 80,000SF expense of privacy. After several calls to Yahoo!’s customer Dan hoped that he could recapture his service line and many e-mails to its securi- Lease: $20-$25/SF account by contacting Yahoo! and explain- ty team, Dan was no closer to getting the ing the situation. But that’s where privacy account back. He even asked if the account comes in. could just be closed, so that if it is auc- Dan created his e-mail account about tioned, the buyer won’t use the informa- 10 years ago and cannot for the life of him tion in it to wreak havoc. remember the answer to his “secret ques- It wasn’t until I contacted Yahoo! to ask tion.” I created my Yahoo! account about questions regarding e-mail security for this five years ago, and don’t even remember column that we got a more concerned there being a secret question. response. However, the account is still in Apparently, without the answer, the hands of someone who could auction 2120 Milestone Drive Yahoo! personnel cannot help you access it off for money, or arcade points, or Lin- Bank of Colorado Plaza at 2534 10,009 SF Professional Office Building your account — even if it has been Sale: $2,300,750 dens, or whatever hackers use for currency 3,000 - 10,000 SF Class A+ third floor Office Space hijacked. Yahoo! will only give access to these days. Sale: $250-$260/SF Lease: $20-$22/SF NNN an e-mail account without the secret password under very limited circum- Kristen S. Bastian covers technology for stances. For example, if a Yahoo! user the Northern Colorado Business Report. She dies, relatives can present a death certifi- can be reached at (970) 221-5400, ext. 219 or cate and other identifying information [email protected].

4803 Bordwalk Drive, Fort Collins 1,800-8,852 SF Professional Office Space Market Centre Professional Office Park Sale: $225-$240/SF Lease: $17-$19/SF NNN 702 W. Drake Building G, Fort Collins 3,332 SF (includes basement) Sale: $150.06/SF Lease: $13.50/SF (Core & Shell) A Great Place to do Business! Great Access Great Opportunity Great Community • Located on I-25 • Enterprise Zone tax • Exceptional Schools 4812 McMurray Ave., Fort Collins Boxelder Business Park • 1 Hour from DIA Incentives • Affordable housing 4,500 SF Flex/Industrial County Road 64, Wellington Lease: $10/SF NNN • 30 miles south of I-80 • Growing retail & • Numerous recreational 1,200-12,000 SF Industrial/Flex • Bubrlington Northern & service opportunity opportunites Sale: $65/SF Lease: $6/SF NNN Sante Fe Railroad • Pro-business town • 10 minutes to Fort Collins government Rick Callan or Pete Kelly Everitt Commercial Partners, LLC. 970-226-1500 3030 S. College Ave. For further information contact the Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce at: [email protected] Fort Collins CO, 80525 www.wellingtoncoloradochamber.com [email protected] www.everittcommercial.com One of the fastest growing communities in Colorado

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PLASTIC, from 9 Small Business Administration and found card attached to his personal credit. If the possible. Then register the business with a councilor who helped develop a financ- business defaults, a creditor can come after credit-reporting bureaus like Dun and ing plan for the fishing lure manufactur- the cardholder’s personal assets for pay- Bradstreet and Business Credit USA to mountable. ing business. ment. Most lenders require borrowers to build a separate credit history. These steps “Most small businesses should struc- Sage figured he needed $350,000 for agree to this provision on the card applica- may take three to five years to complete, ture their financing. Revolving credit, such patents on the design of his lures - he tion, but he was not willing to take on that depending on the state of one’s personal as credit cards, work well in some already holds two - manufacturing, distrib- risk. credit. instances,” said Kirsten Batalden, opera- ution and promotion of the finished prod- Good personal credit scores allow a tions officer at Capital West National Bank ucts. When he tried to implement his plan, S eparate personal, business credit would-be business owner to acquire one in Fort Collins. however, he said, “I found invisible brick B usiness credit cards differ from person- or more credit cards with high limits The total amount financed with cred- walls stopping any action.” al in several critical ways. Disputed before quitting a full-time job for the it cards should be determined by cash He even went to a bank that promotes amounts are not covered under consumer entrepreneurial life. Good personal rela- flow and if the debt can be paid back loans to American Indians, for which Sage protections in product disputes, and tionships with a local bank can make within a few months, she explained. For would qualify, but the bank wanted 20 per- business cards do not limit your liability in obtaining other forms of financing easi- amounts above $50,000, she said, financ- cent of the loan amount as a down pay- the event of identity theft. er, such as lines of credit, home equity ment. Now the business is on hold while Experts suggest that new business own- loans and small business loans, all of Sage seeks a private investor. ers get their personal credit in order then which also can be used to convert credit One option that Sage found during his secure a business credit card to separate card debt to a loan with a lower interest “Most small business- search for financing was a business credit personal from business credit as soon as rate. es should structure their financing. Revolving credit, such as credit cards.” Kirsten Batalden, operations officer Capital West National Bank in Fort Collins

ing other than credit cards should be secured. Leases, renovations, franchises, equipment and many overhead costs require long-term resource commit- ments that are not immediately realized in income. Each sale only recovers a small portion of these costs, and credit card interest only adds to the cost. This can quickly turn a marginal business into a bankrupt one. Doug Johnson, director of the Fort Collins Technology Incubatory, agreed. “Most companies we deal with need six- to seven-figure infusions (of cash) to be viable,” he said. “Those are not the type of companies that use credit cards to start up their business. And I cannot imagine any brick-and-mortar relying on credit cards to pay rent.” Start out small Most businesses start small, with more than two-thirds starting in the owner’s home. Carmen Mendoza uses two credit cards to finance her Fort Collins home-based Mary Kay cosmet- ics business, which requires little over- head or equipment. “I use one credit card for my inventory,” she explained. “The other card I use for other business expenses like luncheons, gas for my car and office supplies.” Mendoza, like many others using credit cards to start their business, have low start- up fees; an in-home or Web-based business; a quick turnover on limited, low-cost inventory; and a need for short-term financing.Using credit cards for long-term investments can be tricky, but using them as a sole source of financing does not work well in many situations or in many compa- nies. When Dennis Sage, who owns a con- crete business in Denver, was getting ready to launch a new company called Native Pride Lures, he found credit card rates around 18.5 percent too high to even consider. Instead, he contacted the

18 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 DAILY IN REVIEW Poll: Voters favor unified transit district

Editor’s note: Daily in Review is a partial 105 vacant acres on Harmony Road that approximately $106 million, according to a Health-owned McKee Medical Center - and digest of stories reported in the Business surrounds the Intel building in south Fort joint press release issued Feb. 22. The trans- a prime location within the Centerra devel- Report Daily online service between Feb. 12 Collins for $14 million, a price that works action is expected to close by April. opment near the intersection of Interstate and 23. Follow Business Report Daily each out to just over $3 per square foot. MAVDe- With annual sales of about $1.2 billion, 25 and U.S. Highway 34. day at www.ncbr.com - click on “Breaking velopment Co. is affiliated with Vlasic Boulder-based Wild Oats is one of the lead- PVHS will continue to operate Poudre News” on the home page - or subscribe to have Investments, a private investment firm held ing natural and organic food retailers in Valley Hospital as well as its Harmony each day’s top items delivered to your inbox. by members of the Vlasic family, famous for North America. Founded in Boulder in 1984, Campus in Fort Collins. its pickle products. the company acquired competitor Alfalfa’s Most voters in Northern Colorado MAVD plans to develop the Harmony Markets in 1996, and now operates 110 Penny Flats breaks ground would support a sales tax to fund a region- Technology Park, until this sale owned by stores in 24 states and British Columbia, FORT COLLINS - The largest redevel- al transportation authority that includes Hewlett Packard Co., as a “carefully Canada. Wild Oats’ Fort Collins store closed opment project downtown Fort Collins has both Weld and Larimer counties, results of planned, upscale business environment Dec. 16 along with seven others nationally. ever seen broke ground Feb. 12. a new poll show. with park-like amenities,” according to a Founded in 1980, Whole Foods has Penny Flats will be a mixed commercial A majority of respondents, 52 percent, company statement. It will offer sites rang- acquired 18 retail companies since then, and residential project, with 147 residences said they prefer a combined regional trans- ing from two to 30 acres for sale or build- bringing its total number of stores to 193 in for sale and nearly 30,000 square feet of portation authority rather than a piece- to-suit, as well as Class A multi-tenant North America and the United Kingdom. retail and office space. meal, single-county approach. Just 28 per- office and flex buildings totaling about The company reported sales of $5.6 billion in The project will span over three-fourths cent said they would support a one-county 250,000 square feet. 2006, and operates one store in Fort Collins. of a city block bounded by Mason, Howes, district, as Weld County commissioners MAVD has been developing land in and Cherry and Maple streets northwest of have proposed. around Ann Arbor since its founding in MCR opens for business downtown. The poll of 500 likely voters in the two 1989. It incorporated in Colorado in March LOVELAND — Medical Center of the In all, Penny Flats will include eight build- counties also showed swelling support for 2006, and has been actively investing in Rockies, the 136-bed, $240 million hospital ings with a mix of housing that ranges from a sales tax to fund transportation Lower Downtown Denver. built by Poudre Valley Health System and high-ceilinged loft apartments to George- improvements with 66 percent of respon- Realtec Commercial Real Estate Services its partner, Regional West Medical Center town-style row houses. First-floor retail and dents saying they would vote to authorize broker Larry Stroud represented MAVD in in Scottsbluff, Neb., opened Feb. 14. The office space will front the buildings. a half-cent tax for that purpose, and 56 the land transaction. The company will also first baby was born at the facility at 1 p.m. The project, known in its early days as percent saying they would endorse a 1- market the Harmony Technology Park Rohen Burke George was the only baby Block 33, is several years in the making. Boul- cent increase. properties as they develop. delivered on MCR’s first day. A $10,000 col- der-based Coburn Development Inc. pur- The Northern Colorado Legislative lege savings plan was presented to the par- chased the city-owned land for $1.62 million Alliance commissioned the poll taken by Whole Foods buying Wild Oats ents, Jennifer and Jason George, by The and partnered with the city in steering the pro- independent surveyors Vitale & Associates. Whole Foods Market Inc. of Austin, Texas, Women’s Clinic of Northern Colorado, the ject through a complex development review. plans to acquire Wild Oats Markets Inc. in a sole obstetrics and gynecology service Drahota Construction Inc. of Fort Collins Harmony Tech Park planned deal estimated at about $671 million. provider for MCR. will get the project under way with a parking FORT COLLINS - MAVD West LLC, the Whole Foods will purchase Wild Oats’ The 570,000-square-foot, five-story hos- structure beneath the corner of Mason and Colorado subsidiary of Ann Arbor, Mich.- outstanding common stock for $18.50 per pital gives PVHS a health-care presence in Maple streets, where Penny Flats’ five-story based MAVDevelopment Co., purchased share and assume existing net debt of Loveland - formerly served only by Banner signature building will stand.

GEEK, from 9 Paradigm will be followed by a Sixth. exponential rate: the increasing number of corner. Sometime around 2030, Kurzweil It seems that many other things have citations in scientific journals related to projects, for $1,000 you’ll be able to buy a been accelerating, too, both doubling and nanotechnology, the decreasing size of PC with the computing power of a human three-dimensional molecular computing, halving. (Halving is the flip side, of course; mechanical devices, the increasing number brain. Double that power for a few years, and in fact are already under development as computing power per unit cost doubles, of nanotech patents, the decreasing time it and truly incredible things will happen. to some degree. for instance, the cost per computing unit takes for technologies to be widely adopted, I’ll let you investigate Kurzweil’s predic- What really interests me, though, is the halves.) Consider DNA sequencing. When the increasing number of RAM bits per dol- tions for yourself, but let me just say that if third point that Kurzweil makes. Comput- the human genome project began almost lar, the increasing number of patents issued, he’s right, then what we’re going to see over ing power, he says, began by doubling every two decades ago, sequencing was so slow it the increasing resolution of non-invasive the next few decades will make our grand- couple of years at the end of the 19th centu- would have taken thousands of years to brain scanning, and so on. parents’ “when I was a kid” stories of tech- ry — he traces this exponential growth complete. But sequencing accelerated, the In fact, Kurzweil jumps out of the realm nological progress seem puny in compari- from the calculating machines used in the price dropped, and the project was com- of technology and argues that the real Gross son. We’re on the verge of changes that will U.S. Census of 1890 — until the present pleted in 15 years. And sequencing speed Domestic Product is growing exponentially, beggar comprehension, changes that make when it’s doubling every year. Kurzweil sees continues to increase and cost drop today. too, as is per-capita GDP and manufactur- “Star Trek” technology seem primitive, the integrated circuit as the “Fifth Para- Or how about Internet hosts? Since the ing productivity. No, these things are not changes that will be so totally disruptive as digm.” The First Paradigm, at the beginning early 1980s, earlier than most people knew doubling every 18 months, but Kurzweil to be almost unimaginable. of the 20th century, was electromechanical what the Internet was, the number of hosts argues that they are growing exponentially, computing, followed by relays, then the vac- on the Internet has been doubling every have been doing so for half a century, and Peter Kent is an e-commerce consultant in uum tube, which was followed in turn by year or so. are about to kick into high gear. Denver. He can be reached at www.PeterKent- the transistor, and finally the integrated cir- But Kurzweil has many examples of So where is this all taking us? Well, mas- Consulting.com or GeekNews@PeterKentCon- cuit … well, not finally, because the Fifth technology increasing, or decreasing, at an sive computing power is just around the sulting.com.

from 1 similar to those used by television news and allow students to receive federal financial the college. WHIRLYBIRD, emergency medical crews, is stationed at aid. “We had to take this proposal through the company’s office and headquarters at “I had to build classrooms for ground three separate entities,” West said. “It was a instead, will emerge as certified helicopter the now-closed Downtown Fort Collins instruction and a pre-flight briefing room,” pretty time-consuming process.” flight instructors. Then, while earning a Airport. Griffith said.“We had to prepare for aircraft The first selling job was to the college’s low-wage living teaching other pilots, they inspections, and submit the curriculum to own curriculum review committee, which build up flight hours to reach minimums to Cutting through clutter the FAA for their approval. Obviously, this endorsed the helicopter program in fairly qualify for pilot jobs with commercial The joint venture between Aims and takes a lot of time, and the FAA does not short order. However, the uniqueness of the employers. Front Range Helicopters required both to move very quickly on this.” program meant the Colorado Commission The flight-instruction facilities for the jump regulatory hurdles that took two years Griffith and Aims also added a heli- on Higher Education and the Colorado helicopter degree program are housed at a to clear. First, Griffith and his business part- copter flight simulator, mounted in a Community College System, the two agen- Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport ner, Robert Lane, had to measure up to the mobile trailer, to further satisfy the FAA’s cies that oversee the state’s two-year colleges, hangar adjacent to the Jet Center. Inside, highest standard set by the Federal Aviation instruction requirements, at a cost of had to linger over the request, bringing in Griffith’s company stores two Schweizer Administration for flight instruction. $150,000. industry peers to review the college’s plan. 300C helicopters, versatile utility aircraft While Front Range has operated a heli- Aims had its share of bureaucratic barri- The college quietly christened the new that are a global favorite for flight-instruc- copter flight school for three years as part of ers to overcome as well, said Gina West, helicopter program in January with its first tion use. its business, the Aims connection called for chairwoman of the college’s aviation pro- two students, one male and one female, A third helicopter, a Bell 206 Jet Ranger a major upgrade that FAA rules require to gram since 2001, and a 20-year instructor at See WHIRLYBIRD, 33

March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 19 AGRIBUSINESS Ethanol’s long history leads to brighter future

Samuel Morey developed an engine that oxygenate in gasoline. Interest in grain-based ran on a combination of ethanol and tur- In 1999, some states began restricting pentine. By the 1850s, ethanol’s biggest use the use of MTBE in fuels after it began fuel rises as gasoline was for lighting lamps. But during the “I think we’ll definitely turning up in drinking water. Four years Civil War, a liquor tax placed on alcohol by later, California began switching from prices increase again the Union to help pay for the war was also MTBE to ethanol and on Jan. 1, 2004, applied to ethanol, which made it more see a lot more corn became the first state of many to complete- Ethanol. expensive than kerosene. Ethanol produc- ly ban MTBE. What is this new tion declined sharply until the tax was planted around here.” Since the late 1990s, most major auto wonder fuel that’s repealed in 1906. manufacturers have been producing flex- taking a nation by That was just in time to become a fuel fuel vehicles that can run on blends of up storm? for Henry Ford’s famous Model T, which Dan Sanders Jr., plant owner to 85 percent ethanol, known as E85. And First of all, it’s not was designed to run on alcohol and gaso- the federal government has been pushing new. In fact, it’s really, line. But ethanol’s fortunes sank again in Front Range Energy LLC for more alternative fuel use, with the really old. 1919 with the advent of Prohibition, which Energy Policy Act of 2005 requiring gaso- When talking banned ethanol and all other alcoholic liq- line sold in the United States be blended about ethanol, it’s uids. with renewable biofuels like ethanol. The important to distin- AGRIBUSINESS It wasn’t until 1933, when Prohibition Renewable Fuel Standards Program — also guish between its two was abolished, that ethanol was again used passed by Congress in 2005 — required major uses — as an Steve Porter in gasoline because of its role as an envi- as a fuel additive. It became very popular ronmental polluter and replaced it with that 4 billion gallons of biofuels be made intoxicating beverage in the Midwest where stations sold “gaso- available to the public in 2006 and 7.5 bil- and as a fuel. Remember “moonshine,” MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether. hol,” a gasoline blend of 6 percent to 12 Unfortunately, MTBE would later be dis- lion gallons by 2012. otherwise known as homemade corn percent ethanol. Its use increased nation- That’s the history of ethanol, a fuel whiskey? That’s a form of ethanol. covered to be another environmental wide during World War II when oil threat. that’s been around a long time. It seems For thousands of years, people have resources became scarce. But that popular- poised for another explosion of interest been distilling ethanol from various grains Because ethanol burns more cleanly ity faded again after the war as gasoline than gasoline, cities with growing smog and consumption as ever-more-expensive to produce alcohol. Basically, the starch in became cheap and plentiful. gas supplies appear to be running out corn or other grain is fermented with yeast problems began to look to it to help reduce In the 1970s, oil-producing countries in smog pollution. In 1988, Denver became while causing environmental and national to produce sugar, which is then further dis- the Middle East and elsewhere began security concerns. tilled into alcohol. the first city in the United States to man- embargoing oil as a political and economic date the use of cleaner-burning fuels dur- Farmers throughout the corn-plentiful Ethanol’s fuel history in America goes weapon against the gas-guzzling West. In back to 1826, when an inventor named ing the winter to reduce air pollution, and See ETHANOL, 24 1975, the EPA began phasing out the lead for the first time ethanol was used as an

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C rop experts say a blossoming ethanol up over last year.” infrastructure in Northern Colorado could sway local growers into planting more acres Mark Sponsler, executive director in corn this year. Last year, Colorado growers planted 1 Colorado Corn Growers Association million acres of corn and harvested 860,000 acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statis- tics Service. At harvest time, they received an average price of $3-plus per bushel — up Switching to ethanol market? substantially from the average price of $2.25 Sp onsler said most local corn producers per bushel the previous year. - between 80 percent and 85 percent — The big jump in price was largely attrib- Business Report file photo grow corn for livestock feed. But a burgeon- uted to a rapidly maturing ethanol industry ing demand for ethanol may steer some of and government policies aimed at increas- ACRES OF PLENTY — Growing interest in the alternative fuel ethanol had corn futures hovering above $4 a bushel in February. The high price is expected to increase corn acreage for the upcoming season. them toward the ethanol market and away ing the amount of alternative fuels in the from livestock, he said. nation’s fuel supply over the next five years. Sponsler noted that nationwide there is And the even-better news for corn increase corn acreage in the upcoming said Mark Sponsler, executive director of about a 1 billion bushel carryover of corn farmers or those considering switching to growing season. Colorado Corn Growes Association in from last year. But even with that surplus corn is that corn futures prices in late “Seed corn people, generally speaking, Greeley. “I think it’s safe to say the number the outlook for corn demand remains very February were hovering above $4 a are saying seed sales commitments are up of acres planted in corn will be up over last bushel, a price likely to substantially for corn, which I guess is no great surprise,” year.” See CORN, 24

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COMPANY PERSON IN CHARGE ADDRESS EMPLOYEES 2007 SALES VOLUME 2006 E-MAIL TITLE RANK PREV RANK PHONE/FAX EMPLOYEES 2006 PRIMARY CUSTOMERS SALES VOLUME 2005 PRODUCTS WEB SITE YEAR FOUNDED SWIFT & CO. 1770 Promontory Circle 2,350 Retail, foodservice, further $9,350,027,000 Fresh, value-added and further processed [email protected] Sam Rovit 1 Greeley, CO 80634 2,350 processor and international $9,669,102,000 beef, pork and lamb. www.swiftbrands.com CEO and President 1 (970) 506-8000/ customers. 1855 FIVE RIVERS CATTLE FEEDING CO. Operates ten feed yards, including four in 3855 Precision Drive 600 N/A Colorado located near Gilcrest, Kersey, Yuma [email protected] Mike Thoren NR Loveland, CO 80538 300 N/A N/A and Lamar, with a combined feeding capacity www.fiveriverscattle.com CEO 2 (303) 516-1150/(303) 516-5938 of 800,000 cattle at a time. 2005 AURORA DAIRY CORP. DBA AURORA Private-label organic milk and ORGANIC DAIRY butter for regional and Mark Retzloff 7388 Colorado Highway 66 250 national customers in the N/A Certified organic milk and butter. [email protected] CEO 3 NR Platteville, CO 80651 170 grocery, club and natural-food N/A www.auroraorganic.com 2003 (720) 564-6296/(720) 564-0409 channels. UAP HOLDING CORP. 7251 W. Fourth St. 240 Retailers of crop production $2,900,000,000 Agricultural crop-protection chemicals, [email protected] L. Kenny Cordell 4 Greeley, CO 80634 240 inputs and growers. $2,700,000,000 adjuvant, plant nutrition products, seed, seed www.uap.com N/A 4 (970) 356-4400/ treatments, inoculants, fertilizer. 1978 Produce: Grocery Certified organic fresh-market vegetables, GRANT FAMILY FARMS INC. supermarkets, specialty onions and winter squash. Certified organic Andy Grant and Lew O. Grant 1020 W. Larimer County Road 72 200 markets. Nursery Stock: $7,000,000 corn, wheat, and dry beans. Nursery stock: [email protected] President and Founder 5 3 Wellington, CO 80549 150 Homeowners & landscape $5,200,000 trees and shrubs. Certified Organic Colorado www.grantfarms.com 1998 (970) 568-7654/(970) 568-7655 contractors Dept. of Agriculture. Tri Sulom Kosher. Farmer-owned cooperative serving customers in agricultural, commercial, and retail AGLAND, INC. markets. Fertilizer, chemicals, seed, Mitch Anderson 260 Factory Road 180 Farmers, ranchers, general $131,909,309 petroleum, car-care centers, lubricants, N/A CEO and General manager 6 5 Eaton, CO 80615 180 public. $83,416,000 convenience stores, country store, retread www.aglandinc.com 1905 (970) 454-4000/(970) 454-2144 tire facility, inputs, feed and feed manufacturing. HUNGENBERG PRODUCE INC. 976 N. Balsam Ave. 180 N/A N/A Paul Hungenberg 6 Greeley, CO 80631 180 N/A N/A Fresh carrots. N/A Secretary/treasurer and Vice president 7 (970) 356-6616/(970) 356-0730 1974 DAVID PETROCCO FARMS INC. 14110 Brighton Road 150 Chain stores, grocery stores, N/A Grower and shipper for green and red leaf [email protected] David Petrocco 2 Brighton, CO 80601 300 produce distributors. N/A lettuces, endive and escarole, spinach, www.petroccofarms.com President 8 (303) 659-6498/(303) 659-7645 cabbage, onions and green beans. 1933 MEADOW GOLD DAIRY 450 25th St. 150 Albertsons, King Soopers, N/A Dairy products: milk, cottage cheese, sour [email protected] John Guerin 7 Greeley, CO 80631 150 Wal-Mart, Dairy Queen, schools. N/A cream, juices, ice cream mix. www.deanfoods.com General manager 9 (970) 352-7860/(970) 352-0174 1937 AMERICAN PRIDE CO-OP 55 W. Bromley Lane 105 Petroleum, agronomy & N/A Farm supplies, lawn and garden products, [email protected] Gary Morrison and Keith Alquist 8 Brighton, CO 80601 105 horticulture and retail $59,442,832 fertilizer, ag chemicals, petroleum, propane, www.americanpride.coop President and CFO 10 (303) 659-1230/(303) 659-8719 seed, Ace Hardware, grain marketing. 1936 HARSH INTERNATIONAL INC. 600 Oak Ave. 105 Agricultural and truck N/A Cattle-feed mixers, hydraulic dumping [email protected] Robert E. Brown 9 Eaton, CO 80615 105 equipment. N/A equipment, contract laser and water-jet www.harshenviro.com President 11 (970) 454-2291/(970) 454-3491 cutting and environmental solutions. 1948 COLORADO EQUIPMENT LLC 240 Fifth St. 96 Farmers, ranchers, $45,000,000 Retail farm equipment, lawn and garden [email protected] Mike Meth 11 Greeley, CO 80631 77 homeowners, construction $31,549,000 equipment, skidsteer loaders, construction www.coloradoequipment.net General manager 12 (970) 356-3666/(970) 356-8447 contractors. equipment, generators and snow blowers. N/A MORNING FRESH FARMS INC. 15121 Weld County Road 32 91 Grocery chain and N/A Fresh eggs, featuring Eggland's Best Premium [email protected] Rex Thorpe and Derek Yancey 13 Platteville, CO 80651 85 food-service distributors. N/A Eggs. www.morningfreshfarms.com Controller and President 13 (970) 785-2889/(970) 785-6330 1979 FAGERBERG PRODUCE INC. 17673 Weld County Road 80 78 N/A Distribution of onions and wholesale produce [email protected] Lynn Fagerberg 12 Eaton, CO 80615 90 Wholesalers, distributors. N/A packaging. www.fagerbergproduce.com Owner 14 (970) 834-1353/(970) 834-1434 1977 BIG R OF GREELEY INC. 310 Eighth St. 75 Farmers, ranchers, general N/A Farm and ranch supplies, including [email protected] Rocky Francis 14 Greeley, CO 80631 75 public. N/A appliances, automotive, carpets/flooring, www.bigrofgreeley.com Owner 15 (970) 352-0544/(970) 356-2054 clothing, tack, tire and service center. 1960 JORGENSEN LABORATORIES INC. 1450 N. Van Buren Ave. 62 N/A Veterinary specialty instruments and [email protected] Hans Jorgensen 15 Loveland, CO 80538 62 Distributors. N/A animal-health products. www.jorvet.com President 16 (970) 669-2500/(970) 663-5042 1965 RANCH-WAY FEED MILLS INC. 416 Linden St. 60 Farmers, ranchers, animal and N/A [email protected] Kim Szidon 16 Fort Collins, CO 80524 60 pet owners. N/A Animal and livestock feeds. www.ranch-way.com General manager 17 (970) 482-1662/(970) 482-6963 1968 ROCKY MOUNTAIN SUPPLY INC. 2021 First Ave. 55 N/A Agricultural, gas, oil, sand, gravel, packing [email protected] Ed Rutt and Dennis Hinchley 17 Greeley, CO 80631 55 Agricultural. N/A plants, feed lots and general supplies. www.rockymtnsupply.com President and Vice president 18 (970) 351-8220/(970) 351-6446 1987 NOFFSINGER MANUFACTURING CO. 500 Sixth Ave. 50 N/A Chain conveyors and parts for farm [email protected] Ron Beaumont 18 Greeley, CO 80631 50 Resellers, public. N/A equipment. www.noffsingermfg.com General manager 19 (970) 352-0463/(970) 352-3017 1924 DAIRY SPECIALISTS LLC 3309 Empire St. 43 Dairy farms and producers N/A Equipment and supplies for dairies and [email protected] John Adams 19 Evans, CO 80620 49 with agriculture N/A waste-management systems. www.dairyspecialists.com President 20 (970) 330-1870/(970) 330-1872 waste-management needs. 1991 ZATECA FOODS 14574-1/2 Weld County Road 64 40 N/A Authentic refried beans, whole beans, bean [email protected] Kregg L. Listen 20 Greeley, CO 80631 40 Wholesalers and restaurants. N/A powders. www.zateca.com President 21 (970) 351-6000/(970) 351-6003 1991 OBERMEYER HYDRO INC. Large-scale water-control gates for water 303 W. Larimer County Road 74 37 Municipalities, builders, N/A storage, flood control, river diversion, [email protected] Henry Obermeyer 21 Wellington, CO 80522 37 irrigation companies, N/A environmental flow release, irrigation and www.obermeyerhydro.com President 22 (970) 568-9844/(970) 568-9845 environmental companies. hydropower. 1987 A-1 ORGANICS INC. 16350 Weld County Road 37 32 Organic-waste producers, N/A Composts, wood mulches, grinding and [email protected] Chuck Wilson 22 Eaton, CO 80615 32 landscape supply contractors, $6,975,000 screening services. www.a1organics.com CEO and President 23 (970) 454-3492/(970) 454-3232 municipalities, nurseries. 1974 DOUBLE J MEAT PACKING INC. 726 West Main St. 25 N/A Custom butchering and processing beef, lamb [email protected] Jay Hasbrouck and Kelli Hasbrouck-Crider 23 Pierce, CO 80650 25 N/A N/A & bison. N/A President and Owner 24 (970) 834-1583/(970) 834-9727 2001 BURROWS ENTERPRISES INC. Roto-Grind tub grinder, Roto-Grind grain 2024 E. Eighth St. 19 Farm equipment dealers, $2,151,000 grinders, custom fabrication and machining, [email protected] Royal Burrows 24 Greeley, CO 80631 19 worldwide. $1,840,000 livestock feeding equipment and turf and golf www.rotogrind.com President 25 (970) 353-3769/(970) 353-0839 course equipment. 1977 Region surveyed is Brighton, Larimer and Weld counties. Based upon responses to Business Report survey researched by Kate Hendrickson N/A-Not available To be considered for future lists, e-mail [email protected] 22 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 The Twist Largest Ag-Subsidies Recipients No. 1 based on most money received from other counties: Wayne H. Roth with $44,773 Larimer County, ranked by amount received Customize lists at http://ncbr.datajoe.com

COMPANY STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE/PROVINCE RANK POSTAL CODE TOTAL AMOUNT RECEIVED 2005 AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM LARIMER COUNTY 2005 AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM OTHER COUNTIES 2005 Ackerman Farms Inc. 17125 N. County Road 15 Wellington $130,337 $130,356 ($19) 1 CO 80549 Robert Boxberger N/A Timnath $123,014 $78,893 $44,121 2 CO 80547 Schnorr Farms Inc. N/A Fort Collins $107,052 $107,052 $0 3 CO 80524 Grant Family Farms Inc. 1020 W. Larimer County Road 72 Wellington $96,968 $96,968 $0 4 CO 80549 Kerbs Brothers Farms Inc. N/A Fort Collins $75,998 $75,998 $0 5 CO 80524 Walker Farming Inc. N/A Fort Collins $69,977 $45,488 $24,489 6 CO 80524 Wayne H. Roth N/A Longmont $66,345 $21,572 $44,773 7 CO 80504 Robert Becker Jr. N/A Fort Collins $57,981 $57,981 $0 8 CO 80524 Kraft Farms 2624 E. Douglas Road Fort Collins $56,016 $56,016 $0 9 CO 80524 Johnson and Sons Llp N/A Loveland $53,316 $39,779 $13,537 10 CO 80537 Dale Sipes N/A Fort Collins $44,503 $44,503 $0 11 CO 80524 Robert L. Becker N/A Fort Collins $43,646 $43,646 $0 12 CO 80524 J & W Farms LLC N/A Greeley $40,523 $26,920 $13,603 13 CO 80634 Matsuda Farms 1050 E. Larimer County Road 76 Wellington $39,752 $39,752 $0 14 CO 80549 Brian Ackerman N/A Wellington $35,426 $35,426 $0 15 CO 80549 Darrell Waag N/A Fort Collins $34,811 $31,943 $2,868 16 CO 80524 Schwarz Farms 1816 E. Larimer County Road 16E Loveland $29,893 $29,893 $0 17 CO 80537 Mario Herrera N/A Loveland $29,657 $29,657 $0 18 CO 80537 Robert Rudolph N/A Fort Collins $27,969 $27,969 $0 19 CO 80524 Tom Herring N/A Wellington $26,924 $26,924 $0 20 CO 80549 Winick Farms Inc. N/A Wellington $24,986 $24,986 $0 21 CO 80549 John I. Boxberger N/A Fort Collins $24,392 $24,392 $0 22 CO 80524 Harry E. Sauer N/A Loveland $22,758 $22,758 $0 23 CO 80538 Stegner Dairy 1817 U.S. Highway 287 N. Fort Collins $22,106 $22,106 $0 24 CO 80524 Seaworth Ag. Enterprises Inc. P.O. Box 719 Wellington $21,184 $21,184 $0 25 CO 80549 Numbers from Environmental Working Group's Farm Subsidy Database Based upon responses to Business Report survey researched by Kathleen Chaballa To be considered for future lists, e-mail [email protected] March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 23 The Twist Largest Ag-Subsidy Recipients No. 1 based on most money received from Weld county: Loyd Farms with $393,806 Weld County, ranked by amount received Customize lists at http://ncbr.datajoe.com

COMPANY STREET ADDRESS CITY STATE/PROVINCE RANK POSTAL CODE TOTAL SUBSIDIES RECEIVED 2005 AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM WELD COUNTY 2005 AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM OTHER COUNTIES 2005 Konig Ranch 57851 Weld County Road 81 Grover $416,435 $219,715 $196,720 1 CO 80729 Loyd Farms 66732 Weld County Road 87 Grover $393,806 $393,806 $0 2 CO 80729 Booth Land & Livestock P.O. Box 72 Lucerne $288,129 $165,693 $122,436 3 CO 80646 Lost Creek Land & Cattle Co. N/A Roggen $276,612 $276,612 $0 4 CO 80652 Cervi Farms N/A Greeley $193,285 $193,285 $0 5 CO 80632 Bernice Frank N/A Loveland $185,731 $185,731 $0 6 CO 80538 Strohauer Farms Inc. 19595 Weld County Road 50 LaSalle $178,915 $178,915 $0 7 CO 80645 Whitman Farms Inc. 1307 52nd Ave. Ct Greeley $159,081 $159,081 $0 8 CO 80634 Gary Souther N/A Pierce $157,749 $157,749 $0 9 CO 80650 Frank Brothers N/A Milliken $142,227 $142,227 $0 10 CO 80543 2 D Grotheer Farms N/A Pittsburg $141,196 $141,196 $0 11 KS 66762 LHH Farms 1024 Ninth Ave., Suite 1 Greeley $139,391 $123,982 $15,409 12 CO 80631 R & E Farms N/A Greeley $134,164 $134,164 $0 13 CO 80632 Millard and Joel Bashor N/A Gill $132,220 $132,220 $0 14 CO 80624 Whitman Brothers Inc. N/A Greeley $126,618 $126,618 $0 15 CO 80631 Eckhardt Farms Inc. 21454 Weld County Road 33 LaSalle $121,943 $121,943 $0 16 CO 80645 Diamond J R Farms N/A Nunn $121,935 $121,935 $0 17 CO 80648 Wiedeman Farms & Ranch LLC 7615 W. Fourth St. Greeley $120,577 $120,557 $0 18 CO 80631 Shelton Land & Cattle Ltd. 23043 Weld County Road 42 LaSalle $117,652 $117,652 $0 19 CO 80645 Wes Moser Inc. 12954 Weld County Road 43 Hudson $116,545 $116,545 $0 20 CO 80642 A & B Hill Ranch Inc. N/A Briggsdale $113,175 $113,175 $0 21 CO 80611 Robin T. Walter N/A Santa Ynez $109,757 $109,757 $0 22 CA 93460 S & W Kohlhoff N/A Briggsdale $106,902 $106,902 $0 23 CO 80611 Cooksey Farms N/A Roggen $105,533 $105,533 $0 24 CO 80652 Reid Ranches Co. N/A Roggen $104,088 $104,008 $0 25 CO 80652 Based upon responses to Business Report survey researched by Kate Hendrickson To be considered for future lists, e-mail [email protected]

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CORN, from 20 farmers planted 2.2 million acres of New crop interaction Cooperative based in Denver. Hofer said wheat last year, more than twice than Hanavan said he expects to see more last year “was very difficult for our growers, was planted in corn. Darrell Hanavan, Colorado fields planted in corn this year to especially on the Front Range” where a positive. “I think it’s interesting that there’s executive director of the Colorado satisfy “a huge and growing ethanol shortage of rain reduced yields. that big of a carryover and the price is still Association of Wheat Growers in Den- demand.” That shift to corn will also be The Western Sugar Cooperative is com- strong,” he said. ver, said the projected price for wheat good for the prices of wheat and other com- posed of about 1,000 shareholder/growers Northern Colorado is now home to this year is about $4.50, a big jump from modities, he said, as they become less avail- in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska and ethanol processing facilities in Windsor, the $3.35-per-bushel average price in able. Montana who contract to grow sugar beets Sterling and Yuma and others are 2005. “We’re going to see prices for all com- for the cooperative’s five processing facili- planned near Evans and Walsh in south- “The price was good,” he said. “But we modities move up as a result of the demand ties. eastern Colorado. Last month, Gov. Bill had the record smallest (winter) wheat crop for corn driven by ethanol demand,” he The cooperative has steadily been Ritter announced that 22 more gas sta- since 1969. I think it bodes well for the next said. “I really believe it’s going to push increasing the number of acres planted tions in Colorado would add E85 marketing year we’re in now. We have the wheat demand and price.” since 2003 and last year planted about ethanol/gasoline flex fuel to their potential for an above-average crop and Hanavan said the rapidly growing 42,000 acres that produced 947,000 tons of pumps. prices.” demand for corn is creating “an interaction beets. That’s a far cry from the late 1990s, Sponsler said all of that is encouraging Wheat is unusual in that growers can (between commodities) that we haven’t when more than 72,000 acres of beets were farmers to consider corn when planting sea- grow it almost year-round, with winter seen in the history of agriculture.” planted. son begins in April. “It’s a notch in favor of wheat planted in the late summer or early Another major Northern Colorado crop A longtime fixture in Northern Col- planting corn over another crop,” he said. fall for harvesting the next summer and — sugar beets — also looks to have a good orado agriculture, sugar beets have come The 2007 outlook is also good for the spring wheat planted in April or May for year in 2007, according to Mike Hofer, vice under intense competition from sugar from region’s biggest crop, wheat. Colorado harvest in the fall. president of agriculture for Western Sugar cane grown in tropical climates. Still, Hofer said 2007 looks promising for the cooperative. “I think it’ll be good,” he said. “We’re contracting our acres right 3rd Annual now. Beets have been an important part of Wednesday & Thursday these guys’ farming for over 100 years.” But Hofer said the cooperative keeps a September 19th & 20th, 2007 measure of control over how much is plant- ed — likely around 40,000 acres again — to help keep prices up and not overload its processing capacity. “We have five facilities and want to keep them fully utilized,” he said. “(Forty thou- sand acres) is about what we need each year.” The largest, most comprehensive Business & Industry Conference & Exposition in Northern Colorado! Hofer also senses a move to corn by some growers to reap the ethanol boom. “Do I see more acres switching to corn? Presenting Sponsor Definitely.”

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March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 25 TECH/PERSONAL COMPUTING Microsoft’s Vista rolls out to skeptical local reception

any of ITX’s clients who want to make the the Internet, and many people are waiting Various versions of Vista NoCo providers echo change from Windows to Vista. for the kinks to be worked out before Part of Vista’s new appeal, according to “It’s a conservative market and people attempting the full-fledged update. Microsoft, is that with four different ver- national sentiments: are in a wait mode to see if Vista provides a Results of the Vista Adoption Study con- sions, it offers advantages for home, busi- stable platform,” he said. “People are cau- ducted by online tech magazine CRN and nesses and combined computing use. All Let’s all wait and see tious.” research firm Cowen & Co., released on versions tout the benefits of a higher level of Adams, who has attended several Vista Feb. 20, showed more than one-third of data protection than has been available in By Cari Merrill conferences, is still trying to decipher the the 170 solution providers surveyed don’t previous Windows operating systems.. c [email protected] new system himself. expect Vista adoption among their small- The cheapest version, Home Basic, Rather than having businesses call the businesses customers to begin until at retails for $199 for the complete package, D espite its much-anticipated and bally- Fort Collins-based information technolo- least next year. Another 15 percent don’t $99 for the downloadable upgrade from hooed debut, Microsoft’s new Vista operat- gy support provider asking to upgrade know when their customers will begin Windows XP, but does little more than pro- ing system has left many local businesses their system, Adams said, ITX is fielding installing Vista. vide a way to browse the Internet an check skeptical, and they are in no rush replace “conservative questions” about the new The survey also found that the most like- e-mail. Home Premium retails at $239 for the existing Windows systems on their com- OS. Of the more than 140 commercial ly drivers of the move to the new operating the package or $159 for the upgrade. In puters. and government clients that ITX serves, system will be new hardware purchases and addition to the Basic functions, Home Pre- The fresh software, introduced to the most of those calling about Vista are still application compatibility or improvements. mium offers expanded entertainment func- market on Jan. 30, boasts more user- researching it. “No one’s said, ‘Let’s (upgrade) today,’” tions, such as games and DVD player/burn- friendly tools, such as multiple tabs The most common questions concern Adams said. er, and some of the functions of the within a single browser window, a more whether a user’s current system can handle And while ITX is starting to dabble its Business version, such as scheduled back- advanced firewall for enhanced security the upgrade or whether new machines are feet in the Vista pond, other businesses ups. and more sophisticated search func- necessary to sustain the new program. aren’t even experimenting with the new The Business version — $299 or $199 for tions. “I have the same concerns (as other peo- technology. the download- is designed for small busi- But even with those features, Vista is not ple),” Adams said. “I’m asking the same Computer tech support firm and Inter- nesses that want to be less reliant on IT sup- in high demand. Microsoft CEO Steve questions as customers. One is, ‘Do I need a net communication provider FRII, for- port. This system also has a new interface — Ballmer cautioned Wall Street analysts on high-performance machine to use merly Front Range Internet Inc., doesn’t Windows Aero — which is said to make Feb. 15 not to get their hopes up too high (Vista)?’” have anyone in the company using Vista, navigating the new operating system easier. for revenue from the new product — which Microsoft offers an Upgrade Advisor on said Amy Madden-Cobb, director of mar- Vista Ultimate — $399 or $259 for the resulted in a 2.4 percent decline in compa- its Web site to help users determine whether keting. download — incorporates all of the features ny stock on Feb. 16. they can upgrade their current system or “We’ll eventually get (Vista) in house but of the Business and Home Premium ver- Mike Adams, communication software need to buy the new Vista package com- we’re not sure when,” Madden-Cobb said. sions. development manager of Information plete. “It’s hard to tell because Vista is just getting For large, global companies, Vista Technology Experts, said he has yet to see Tales of Vista upgrade woe abound on launched to the world.” See VISTA, 30

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cards,” he said. restaurants are within range of where you’re Accurate city software, The devices have had memory cards in standing.” the past, and just like digital cameras, the And unlike the newer high-definition bigger memory cards amount of information they can store has entertainment systems that come with grown exponentially. It allows users to keep cryptic instructions and a dozen remote adding to popularity more software instantly at their disposal controls, you don’t have to be an engineer without having to switch out cards when to use today’s GPS. “You can turn on the By Jessica Centers they visit a different city or want to go from GPS not knowing much and it’s going to ne [email protected] city software to trails or topographic infor- start working for you almost automatically,” mation. Kimball added. T hat executive who’s never late and can Improvements in the technology always wow clients and friends by finding and power of antennas has at the same Good for sports, too a charming restaurant in the most remote time made the systems more accurate, Although these toys can turn navigating corner of a city he’s never traveled to allowing them to pick up satellite sig- a business trip into its own adventure game before may not be as savvy as he looks. He nals easier and hold them with more — one in which a man never has to ask for could be planning his daily life with the accuracy. “It increases the ease of use directions — the most popular way to use same Global Positioning System technolo- because you don’t have to wait around the GPS is still the sport of geocaching. gy the military uses to map a battle strate- for the GPS to pick up a satellite,” Kim- Players use the handheld devices to follow gy. ball explained. clues to hidden treasure troves. And while the growing popularity of Most of the buyers he sees coming into And this game isn’t relegated to well- GPS handheld units is no secret, their capa- REI to look at GPS systems are still middle- heeled executives. “A lot of people that bilities are ever-changing, meaning the jet- aged men with plenty of disposable income. enjoy geocaching are not looking for a setter who lives to impress may want to The units retail for somewhere between higher-tech type GPS because geocaching think about upgrading to a newer model, $100 and $600, depending on the features. doesn’t require the higher level of sophisti- again. You don’t want to be playing Super Users are mostly interested in hiking or cation,” according to Kimball. “It’s definite- Mario when your neighbor gets his PS3. traveling in the backcountry or, for the ly a younger crowd. My experience, the peo- Travis Kimball, a GPS sales specialist at dashboard-mounted models, getting ple I’ve associated with, have all been in Kate Hawthorne, Northern Colorado Business Report REI in Fort Collins — which lists its coordi- around their own town, according to Kim- their 20s.” nates as 40 degrees 31.9 minutes North, 105 ball. Kimball uses his own GPS for the most SENSE OF PLACE — Travis Kimball, GPS specialist with degrees, 04.633 minutes West, on its Web “City software has streets, hotels, restau- practical application of all. “Basically, I have REI in Fort Collins, displays two of the most popular site — sees the technology getting better all rants,” he said. “There’s even some where it so I can make sure whenever I go hiking I handheld positioning devices the store sells. Although no specific sales figures were available, Kimball said the time. you can type in that you want Asian food “The new big thing in GPS is memory See GPS, 30 his department was the fastest-growing in the store and it will tell you what the Asian food last year.

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COMPANY PERSON IN CHARGE ADDRESS EMPLOYEES 2007 REVENUES 2006 BRANDS OF HARDWARE SOLD E-MAIL TITLE RANK PHONE/FAX EMPLOYEES2006 REVENUES2005 BRANDS OF SOFTWARE SOLD PRODUCTS/SERVICES WEB SITE YEAR FOUNDED 3T SYSTEMS INC. Citrix, Cisco, Imprivata, Canon, HP, Wyse, Packeteer. IT consultancy offering application development and Tim Reeser; Wray Smith 5832 S. College Ave., Suite C 250 $32,000,000 Mortgage Cadence, Citrix, Microsoft, RES PowerFuse, integration, imaging/workflow, unified communications [email protected] and Eddie Speir Fort Collins, CO 80525 105 $22,400,000 SurfControl, Privacy Networks, BEA, Stellent, solutions, managed services, advanced infrastructure and www.3tsystems.com Partners 1 (970) 229-5888/(970) 229-5895 VMware. security. 1994 ITX - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXPERTS INC. Full-service IT support, including network set-up/admin, 2120 S. College Ave. 120 $10,100,000 Intel-based PCs, servers, ShoreTel VoIP phone database & software development, wireless, VoIP/telecom, [email protected] Bruce Hottman Fort Collins, CO 80525 103 $6,500,000 systems, Sonicwall Firewalls. network security, desktop support, hosting, back-up plans, www.itxfc.com Vice president 2 (970) 282-7333/(970) 282-3764 Microsoft and Oracle. disaster recovery and e-mail archiving/retrieval. 1996 LEWAN & ASSOCIATES INC. 1608 S. College Ave. 24 $15,145,000 All major brands. Digital imaging, document management, networking, www.lewan.com Steve Cluff Fort Collins, CO 80525 23 $13,975,555 All major brands. storage, disaster recovery, IP telephony and equipment www.lewan.com Branch manager 3 (970) 484-8822/(970) 484-5329 and supplies for above. 1972 CONNECTING POINT 2401 17th St. 22 $5,263,713 HP/Compaq, IBM, Cisco, Sonicwall, Lexmark, 3Com Network integration, remote managed services, network [email protected] Ted Warner Greeley, CO 80634 21 $4,692,002 and ESI. security, unified communications (VoIP), technical www.cpgreeley.com President 4 (970) 356-7224/(970) 356-7283 Microsoft, Novell, Symantec and Citrix. outsourcing, product sales. 1985 VISTA SOLUTIONS CORP. 2619 Midpoint Drive, Suite F 16 $4,785,636 HP, IBM, Riverbed and ProCurve. Solutions for business continuity and back-up, storage [email protected] Bob Vomaske Fort Collins, CO 80525 16 $4,292,921 Windows and Linux. and information lifecycle management, network, blade www.vistasolutions.net CEO 5 (970) 212-2940/(970) 212-2950 and server-based, and medical IT. 1992 TECHSMART SOLUTIONS INC. Dell Solutions Provider and custom-built TechSmart 328 Airpark Drive, No. 200 13 $1,300,000 computer systems. IT consulting, services and products for small business [email protected] Andrew Hensen Fort Collins, CO 80524 12 $1,100,000 Microsoft and Symantec partners; most other major and individual users. www.onlinepchelp.com President 6 (970) 498-0808/(970) 472-0247 brand software products. 1998 WHATWIRE LLC 3115 35th Ave. 12 N/A N/A Internet, T-1's, OC3s, hot spots, co-locations, spam & virus [email protected] Robert A. Stanley Greeley, CO 80634 10 $830,000 N/A filters. www.whatwire.com N/A 7 (970) 352-0023/(970) 330-1689 2003 NORTHERN COMMUNICATIONS GROUP 372 Mountain View Rd. #8 9 N/A Panasonic and Iwatsu. Installs new phone system and Voice Over IP systems; to [email protected] Jason Long Johnstown, CO 80534 8 N/A N/A include voice, data, fiber and IP camera cabling. Also www.ncgcorp.com President 8 (970) 484-5000/(970) 344-1124 maintains phones systems for most major brands. 1995 RUN PC INC. Custom notebooks, desktops and server systems. 524 W. Laurel St., Suite 2 6 $1,200,000 Authorized Intel systems, AMD systems. [email protected] Jon J. Willis Fort Collins, CO 80521 4 $1,200,000 Microsoft, Corel, Lotus, Borland, Norton, Powerquest Computer sales and service. www.runpc.com President 9 (970) 493-5565/(970) 493-5571 and SBS. 1987 COMPUTER RENAISSANCE 2721 S. College Ave., Suite 1B 6 $900,000 B Custom branded, HP, Dell and Compaq. Computer hardware, software, repair services and [email protected] Aron Kriss Fort Collins, CO 80525 6 $830,000 Mircrosoft. network specialists. N/A Manager 10 (970) 223-8398/N/A 1997 GREELEY COMPUTER SERVICES 3810 W. 10th St., No. 2A 6 $600,000 AMD, Intel, Machspeed, Biostar, Seagate, Western Family-owned PC service and repair, DSL Internet access, [email protected] Tom Selders Greeley, CO 80634 6 $600,000 Digital. Web hosting, network consulting. greeleycomputer.com N/A 11 (970) 304-1315/(970) 351-8080 Microsoft. 1994 DATA PRODUCTS & SERVICES INC. Mary Kay Kennedy and 2618 Brookwood Drive 4 $480,000 B Cisco, HP, Compaq, Linksys, Acer, IBM, Toshiba and Computer information technology, networks, network [email protected] Dianna Convey Fort Collins, CO 80525 4 $467,302 all name-brand hardware. integration, wireless, service and support, software, VOIP. www.dpscorp.com Owners 12 (800) 669-8194/(970) 221-4776 Microsoft, Linux and all name-brand hardware. 1988 Region surveyed is Brighton, Weld and Larimer counties. Based upon responses to Business Report survey researched by Kate Hendrickson N/A-Not Available To be considered for future lists, e-mail [email protected] B Business Report estimate

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The CoCreate OneSpace Suite for 3D product development 2D & 3D computer-aided design, integrated data management 3801 Automation Way, Suite 110 125 $75,000,000 and product lifecycle management. The suite includes and collaboration software. Specialized services for business [email protected] William M. Gascoigne Fort Collins, CO 80525 70 $75,000,000 OneSpace Modeling, OneSpace Model Manager and process automation and support are available from the www.cocreate.com CEO 3 (970) 267-8000/(970) 267-8001 OneSpace.net. company's worldwide consulting organization. 2000 TECHNIGRAPHICS SYSTEMS INC. 2301 Research Blvd., Suite 101 100 N/A C Visual information systems, database development, custom [email protected] Stefanie Walts Fort Collins, CO 80526 93 $18,300,000 PlotFinder and ePinPointer. software, digital mapping and GIS. www.tgstech.com General manager 4 (970) 224-4996/(970) 224-3001 1981 DELTEK Franklin Klausner and David 2002 Caribou Drive 85 $7,800,000 Time billing /job cost accounting and marketing, Proposal [email protected] Marvin Fort Collins, CO 80525-4325 85 N/A Generation, and CRM for the professional servcies industry. Software, training and technical support services. www.wind2.com President 5 (970) 482-7145/(970) 493-4578 1983 COLORADO VNET 255 E. Sixth St. 75 C N/A [email protected] William Beierwaltes Loveland, CO 80537 70 N/A N/A Home-automation systems. www.coloradovnet.com CEO 6 (970) 203-3700/(970) 203-3701 2002 INDICATIVE SOFTWARE, INC. 724 Whalers Way, Building i 60 N/A [email protected] Lacy Edwards Fort Collins, CO 80525 55 N/A Indicative 7.8, IT service management software. Implementation services and professional support. www.indicative.com CEO 7 (970) 530-0790/(970) 226-1547 2003 COLORADO CUSTOMWARE INC. 1109 Oak Park Drive, Suite 100 48 $5,539,854 RecordWare, RealWare, GeoWare, FieldWare, ScheduleWare Land-records management software for recorders, assessors [email protected] Lori Schlotter Fort Collins, CO 80525 33 $4,905,379 and CollectWare. and treasurers in state and local governments. www.coloradocustomware.com CEO, Owner and President 8 (970) 212-4001/(970) 223-4204 1989 NEW CENTURY SOFTWARE INC. Provide suite of GIS-based applications for pipeline New Century Software is a leading provider of GIS software 2627 Redwing Road, Suite 100 32 N/A companies to manage pipeline facilities, pipeline integrity, development, mapping services, conversion and consulting in [email protected] Ron Brush Fort Collins, CO 80526 32 N/A GPS data collection, automated map generation, data the oil & gas pipeline industry. Customers include Fortune 100 www.newcenturysoftware.com President 9 (970) 267-2000/(970) 206-0157 integration and data maintenance. energy companies to small pipeline operators. 1994 HONEYWELL INC. 4700 Innovation Drive, Building A 30 N/A Software for total plant solutions for the process-control N/A Rich Hall Fort Collins, CO 80527 30 N/A N/A industry. www.honeywell.com Manager 10 (970) 204-1454/(970) 204-1513 1993 Software and services for collecting, indexing, storage and OPTIMUS CORP. retrieval of high-volume corporate documents and data for Roland Straub 4715 Innovation Drive 30 $4,600,000 OptiSeries; including OptiMaster, OptiAuthor, OptiCore and compliance, litigation, and content distribution. Products [email protected] CEO and President 11 Fort Collins, CO 80525 27 $4,600,000 OptiMedia. provide highly scalable read-only and interactive Web www.OPTIMUSsoftware.com 1988 (970) 226-3466/(970) 226-3464 presentment and production of portable media. EMC Information management and storage software, including 5010 Granite St ., #E1 30 N/A EMC Avamar, EMC Captiva family, EMC GDDR, EMC Consulting services, training, managed services, N/A N/A Loveland, CO 80538 N/A N/A Infoscape, EMC Invista, EMC RecoverPoint/SE, EMC implementation and integration. www.emc.com N/A 12 (970) 635-0619/N/A CLARiiON. N/A PRIVACY NETWORKS INC. E-mail Integrity Suite (EIS) provides company-wide e-mail 200 W. Mountain Ave., Suite 102 23 N/A E-mail Integrity Suite: Privacy NETworks, PrivacyVault, integrity. 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MANAGERS, from 1 aimed at justifying the expenditure of each and every public dollar. Bruno’s administration runs under the suddenly faced with plummeting revenue “business plan” model, one with similar and the tough decisions that recession dic- attributes. Like a business executive caught tated. in a spiraling recessionary downturn, Bruno Boulder’s revenue base fell 18 percent had to adjust the plan to fit that circum- during four years beginning in 2001, said stance shortly after his arrival in Boulder. Bruno, who was picked for the Boulder job “We tried to solve our problems in 2003 after a nationwide search. Fort Collins tax and 2004 with pay freezes,”Bruno said. “We receipts, partly because of Loveland’s emer- realized early on, but maybe not soon gence as a major retail center, also sagged enough, that that wasn’t going to do the job. during the same period. In retrospect, I wish we had done some- By 2005, Bruno’s Boulder administra- thing more bold in 2003.” tion had cut 100 jobs from the city work Atteberry and Bruno talk at least weekly, force, laying off 60 people. Atteberry as close friends usually do. But their conver- presided over a similar budget slash, paring sations also run toward city management. employment by 110 jobs, 66 of them When Atteberry was forced into difficult requiring layoffs. choices in 2005 and 2006, and wound up “Both of us have run the risk of having cutting both staff and programs, it was not our legacies being ones of cutting down, without consulting his friend. ratcheting back,” 42-year-old Atteberry “Those conversations are not just about said.“You want to be part of building some- the ‘toolbox,’”Atteberry said. “It’s about the thing up, rather than breaking it down.” philosophy. It’s about the approach. It’s a Bruno lamented that a wish-list of civic great friendship, and those conversations projects has languished during the eco- would not have gone on with such regular- nomic slump, while the citizens who envi- ity if we weren’t friends.” sioned them grew more impatient. “Sure, it’s hard for us,”Bruno said, refer- Work-life balance ring to himself and Atteberry. “But even With jobs that require meetings eight to more, it affects the council. It’s hardest on 10 times daily, and that drive their work- them. They want to go new places and do weeks toward the 80-hour mark, Bruno and new things, but the resources aren’t there.” Atteberry acknowledge that striking a work- life balance is one of their biggest challenges. Popularity grows Atteberry is deliberate in carving out The two men have not merely survived time for his wife, Deborah, and three chil- all the budgetary pain. They have emerged dren ages 8 to 14. For example, Feb. 23 was as the most popular city managers in each a rare vacation day for Atteberry, made so city’s recent history, according to elected to accommodate oldest son Joshua’s birth- officials and business leaders alike. In fact, day. He does the same yearly for each of his it’s hard to find critics of either. children. Fort Collins City Council member Kelly “That’s what balances him,” said Debo- Ohlson, who has long histories with both rah Atteberry, who has been with her hus- Bruno and Atteberry, said both had shown band since the two were high school sweet- mettle in dealing with the region’s most dif- hearts in Sebastopol, Calif. “He has a per- ficult fiscal crunch in more than a decade. sonal life. But because we’re such a close “When revenues are climbing 14 percent family, we miss him the times he’s not here.” a year, you can pick somebody off the street, Bruno is about to become a father for make them city manager, and have them do the first time. He and his wife, Shelly, are OK,” Ohlson said. “The job is a lot harder expecting the birth of their first child in late when the times are tough. But these guys spring, shortly after Bruno’s 50th birthday. have gone after it with energy and passion. His mentor in preparing for middle-age And they’re peaking, now. They’re right at fatherhood is Boulder Mayor Mark Ruzzin, the top of their games.” who in his middle 40s is the parent of a 1- The two find support not only from each year-old boy. city’s council members, at whose pleasure “Between babies and baseball, we find they serve, but from members of the that our relationship is not just all about city business community. Atteberry is as much business,” Ruzzin said, adding that it’s hard at home with top executives at Fort Collins to strike a balance between friendship with companies as with senior city staff mem- Bruno and his role as one of his council bers and his elected bosses. Likewise, Bruno supervisors. “When you work very closely counts among his Boulder friends and sup- with people, you develop close relation- porters some of the city’s most influential ships. Frank and I are most certainly business leaders. friends.” One is Lou Dellacava, a former senior Bruno and Atteberry, having weathered IBM executive who has become one of the worst of their cities’ financial down- Boulder’s most successful real estate devel- turns, now look forward again to building opers and investors, and who shares their economies. Bruno’s East Coast, blue-collar roots. Economic development remains a key “He’s been a hero here, and without a interest for Bruno, who for 13 years was whole lot of aid and help from his bosses,” director of economic development for Fort Dellacava said. “He’s got one very impor- Collins. Atteberry, likewise, takes a hands- tant ingredient, and that’s the confidence of on approach to recruiting new employers his staff. He’s a great leader in that regard.” and helping existing companies expand. JUST WHAT THE People in the business community credit More alike than different him for negotiating the arrival in Fort DOCTOR ORDERED Like the cities they run, Bruno and Atte- Collins of two of the nation’s most sought- berry are marked more by similarities than after technology companies. Congratulations Poudre Valley Health System differences. Their common traits, aside “I know Darin was really instrumental on making your dream a reality at Centerra. from the mustaches and goatees that each in discussions with Intel and AMD,” said Welcome Medical Center of the Rockies! wears, have led to management plans that Larry Stroud, a broker with Realtec Com- dovetail. mercial Real Estate Services, and one of the Atteberry, once being named city man- region’s most experienced real estate pros. ager on a permanent basis after a term as “He’s got a real desire to improve the eco- www.mcwhinney.com interim manager in the wake of Fischbach’s nomic health of the city. He’s taken on departure in June 2004, adopted a “budget- some really tough situations, and I think, ing for outcomes” governance model. It largely because of Darin, Fort Collins is requires intensive fiscal soul-searching on now more poised to be successful than any the part of each city department staff, time in recent history.”

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GPS, from 26 Meanwhile, Keystone Resort has found a Latest, greatest technology way to get in on the craze this year thanks to But not everyone is looking for the trea- a geocaching enthusiast on staff. As part of sure hunt. For some, the device itself is the Are we there yet? will be able to get back to the point that I a lodging package, guests get a free, $150 treasure. started at.” Garmin eTrex Legend GPS unit that leads At the Sharper Image in the Flatiron The Fort Collins REI store will hold a class on While mountaineers often do the same them on a scavenger hunt through the Crossing Mall in Boulder, David Ross, a the Basics of GPS on Thursday, March 15, at 7 when they’re navigating the backcountry, resort. senior sales associate, doesn’t get customers p.m. The class will present a general Colorado ski resorts have been finding ways “As far as we’re aware, most of the geo- looking for games. The men — and there overview of the devices, but attendees who for people who stick to the trails to play caching situations have been set up more have been some women as well — want the own a GPS unit should bring the instruction with digital mapping as well. At Telluride, in urban environments and this one best and newest gadget. manual. Call (970) 223-0123 for more infor- guests can use a mountain miles GPS sys- involves skiing,” according to Keystone Right now it’s the Garmin nuvi 660 GPS, mation. tem called Slope Tracker. spokeswoman Amy Kemp. “It’s a more selling for $899.95. That price will get you a “It tracks all your skiing, average speed, active, outdoors-type of experience. Defi- four-inch display — the biggest around — calories burned, how many runs, and you nitely high-tech meets high-adventure and a built-in travel kit with mapping and get a printout of all that information, map- concept.” popular places in every city in the United “It does just about everything and it’s all ping where you’ve been,” explained Tel- This year’s hunt is fairly easy because it’s States and surrounding islands, Canada and real straightforward, with easy directions to luride spokeswoman Katie Singer. Folks essentially a test run to gauge interest, she Europe. It’s also an MP3 player, audiobook follow,” Ross said. who book a four-day vacation package at said. If there’s enough demand, the resort player, language translator, currency con- The only thing it doesn’t come with is the resort can use the device to earn fre- may offer more advanced geocaching in the verter, and comes with Bluetooth hands- games, but it sure sounds like a toy that will quent flyer miles, too. future. free calling. get lots of playtime. “ “At Houska Automotive, ethics is the nuts and bolts VISTA, from 25 Customer nominated Houska Automotive has been a Enterprise was launched in November, of good business. and is “designed to significantly lower IT recognized name in Fort Collins auto repair since 1945. But, the excellence and integrity in cost and risk,”according to the Microsoft ethical business practices demonstrated by Houska goes well Web site. beyond top notch service. Along with all of those new features there can be potential downsides. 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ID THEFT, from 1 Weld County DA Ken Buck was out of was sentenced to two years of work release ly recognized accreditation. town and not available for comment for and 10 years’ probation. Despite the strength of the team,Yeager said this story, but spokeswoman Jennifer Finch “Without the task force, these cases may they are still low on resources. At any given Inc., a San Diego-based identity risk man- detailed some of the major cases tackled in have never been prosecuted due to the lim- time, each of the detectives is handling a mini- agement company, showed the highest rate Weld County during the past 14 months: ited resources and experience of area law mum of 20 cases and sometimes as many as 40. of identity fraud occurring in large metro- I Kent French opened nine checking enforcement agencies,” Finch explained. “That’s an improvement,” Yeager said, politan areas such as New York, Detroit and accounts at a Greeley bank without any “The financial help of banking institutions explaining that at one time detectives were Los Angeles. ID Analytics ranked Colorado money. He used the accounts to write 86 in our community helped make prosecut- handling between 60 to 100 cases at a time. as 21st in the nation for identity theft, while checks that resulted in $41,000 in actual ing these cases possible.” Because of the limited number of offi- the FTC report put the state at No. 6. monetary losses to victims. French also cers on the Fort Collins force, he said, there The difference between the reports wrote more than $24 million worth of bad Low on resources isn’t an option to promote more people to comes down to the information source. The checks to local charitable foundations. He The Fort Collins Police Department sees detective with the financial crimes unit. FTC compiled consumer complaints from was found guilty of theft of $500-$15,000, a its share of fraud cases as well. Instead, they are working at increasing their its own Web site and phone system, the Bet- Class 4 felony; fraud by check of $500 or “Our financial crimes unit consists of efficiencies and decreasing their workloads. ter Business Bureau, the Internet Crime more, a Class 6 felony; and attempted theft three detectives and one civilian investiga- Now, when an individual files a complaint, Complaint Center and other organizations. under $100. He was sentenced to four years tor,” said Sergeant Greg Yeager, who heads they are made aware of how long it could be ID analytics gathers identity fraud informa- in the Colorado Department of Correc- the property crimes detective unit. before an investigation can begin. With tion from credit issuers, such as banks, tions. He said that the detectives spend little some cases, this wait time can be as much as credit card companies and telecommunica- I Bank officer Frederick Allison stole time in other areas of law enforcement due 11 months, Yeager said, and many victims tions companies. money from a bank customer using a to the specialization needed to investigate decide to pursue civil or small claims “They focus on different things,” said ID forged deed of trust. He was found guilty of financial crimes. The team actually has one actions instead. Analytics Chief Operating Officer Steve theft of $500-$15,000, a Class 4 felony, and certified fraud examiner - an international- “That’s just part of the crunch,” he said. Coggeshall. “We are catching a lot of identi- ty fraud that these consumer reports don’t.” Coggeshall explained that his company Think big Bank small collects much larger data volumes than the consumer-reported incidents represent. For instance, there are some identity fraud inci- dents where there is not a consumer victim. A person could create a fake Social Security number and name to gain some economic benefit from a company, which Coggeshall said his company’s research shows makes up a majority of identity fraud incidents. ID Analytics is able to track fraud inci- dents using zip codes. The company gath- ered identity fraud incidents flagged by credit issuers from 2003 through mid-2006. The data usually represents where the fraudsters are operating from, rather than where the victim is located. However, Coggeshall said, more often than not, these are one and the same. ID Analytics data shows that identity fraud flags in zip code areas starting with 806, which encompasses Greeley, Brighton and most of Weld County, are about 30 per- cent below the national average. Larimer County had similar results. The 805 zip code area includes Larimer County, parts of Longmont and the southwestern Weld County towns of Erie, Dacono, Fred- erick and Firestone. Overall, the area was about 40 percent below the national average for identity fraud incidents. However, Coggeshall said that the zip code area covering Milliken had an unusu- ally high number of incidents in the first half of 2006 — putting it at 70 percent above the national average. Coggeshall said that overall, the FTC report seems to mesh with the ID Analytics “We’ve got a banker with plenty of horsepower.” data. “I think in general we’re supportive of each other,” he said. “My only guess is that Imagine shopping for a new car in a park, “In a dealership this spectacular, buying or servicing the FTC heard from some vocal people in surrounded by music and sculpture – and all the your car is a real pleasure,” says Joe. “It’s something these areas. I see these areas as very low in auto brands you want to compare, all in one place. we’ve all dreamed about for years. ID fraud.” “Home State Bank is helping us to build our The ID Analytics report makes for an Or picture yourself dropping your car for service, interesting comparison of how Northern then boarding a 5-minute shuttle to the Promenade dream – with construction loans, operating Colorado stacks up against the rest of the Shops at Centerra. See a movie. Sip a cappuccino. accounts, investment accounts, and many other nation. However, it does not include infor- Have lunch. Go shopping. banking services.” mation on other types of fraud, as the FTC If you’re looking for an amazing experience in an auto report did. If that sounds better than an old-fashioned car dealership, you’ll dealership, steer for the Motorplex. But if you’re Beefing up to fight fraud love the new Motorplex on I-25 looking for a bank with In both Larimer and Weld counties, local in Loveland. Rex King, Joe Gebhardt the horsepower to law enforcement has been beefing up to and Ryan Ferrero (pictured left to take you where you’d deal with the increasing size and complexi- right) have built a new home for like to go, call ty of fraud cases. the King, Davidson, and Ferrero Home State The Weld County District Attorney’s Howard Wigert VP Business Banking Bank. 203-6100 office and several local banks formed the dealerships in Loveland – in the Weld County White-Collar Crime Task largest auto mall in Colorado. Force in June 2005. The purpose of the task force was to raise awareness about the growing problem of financial crimes in

Weld as well as to raise money to hire an Member FDIC investigator to assist Chief Investigator Tony Molocznik with complex cases.

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Research Assistant By the time this edition of the Business Kate Hendrickson Report is in the hands of readers, Colorado’s [email protected] top housing officials likely will have concluded Copy Editor/Web Editor N oah Guillaume their careful analysis of the state’s residential [email protected] foreclosure picture. Biz-journal trade association MARKETING What happens thereafter depends on the Marketing Director willingness of a fast-growing, California-based Jim Rath private data provider to adjust its methods to [email protected] ADVERTISING reflect more accurately the magnitude of Col- Senior Account Executives orado’s foreclosure problem. bringing conference to Colorado Lindsay Gilliland The company, RealtyTrac Inc., in nine of its [email protected] 12 monthly foreclosure reports during 2006, Nancy Glen [email protected] put Colorado at the top of a list ranking states The Alliance of Area Business Publica- Attendees will, of course, have a variety of by the number of foreclosure properties as a Ac count Executives tions, a Los Angeles-based association that vacation interests, including golf, hiking, Sandy Powell percentage of total households. has had a major impact on growth at the fishing, motor tours, camping, arts, enter- [email protected] Trouble is, RealtyTrac’s numbers and those Northern Colorado Business Report and our tainment - you name it - and we want to Carol Wood the Colorado Division of Housing is compiling sister paper, the Boulder County Business make sure that our visitors, who have [email protected] are vastly at odds with one another, according Report, is bringing its become close friends over the years, experi- Classified Account Executive to a preliminary scan of the state’s figures. Aubrey McCarthy annual summer confer- ence the best that Colorado has to offer. [email protected] The disparity arises mostly because Col- ence to Colorado. Sponsors see it the same way. So far, the Special Project Account Executive orado’s way of dealing with troubled home AABP, which I am Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. Jacob Johnson loans is unique — and uniquely transparent. proud to serve as presi- has signed on, as have the aforementioned [email protected] Colorado is the only state in the nation in Advertising Department Assistants dent through the confer- visitors bureaus and United Western Bank in Ashlan Geer which public trustees, appointed in each of the ence, is a trade associa- Boulder. Many others are interested. Our [email protected] 64 counties, manage the foreclosure process. tion representing almost own affiliated company, DataJoe LLC in PRODUCTION In other states, the process is usually handled P roduction Manager 80 business journals and Lakewood, is also a sponsor. Bernie Simon by a mix of private trustees and civil courts. magazines from the Having 200-plus business-journal [email protected] In doing their work, Colorado’s trustees PUBLISHER’S United States, Canada, employees visit our state is an incredible Art Director generate freely available public records in vol- Mexico and Australia. NOTEBOOK opportunity. This is the perfect chance to get C had Collins [email protected] umes that few other states match, and Realty- The group provides pro- Christopher Wood the word out not only about our Colorado Trac’s surveyors find a richer vein of data to Creative Director fessional training and communities as vacation destinations but James Schlichting mine here than anywhere else in the nation. development for publish- also about economic-development opportu- [email protected] In fact, RealtyTrac’s marketing vice president ers and editors and professionals in sales, cir- nities along the Front Range - and it will be a ADMINIS TRATION acknowledged in a Business Report interview last Office Manager culation, production, design and other areas. great showcase for local journalism and Lori Buderus month that the unusual availability of such The conference will take place June 21-23 design experts, many of whom will con- [email protected] records in Colorado means his company might at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in downtown Den- tribute at various presentations. I.T . Director count the same property as many as three times as ver, but its impact will reach far beyond the Our staff - and staff from the other three Chris Sullivan it wends its way through the foreclosure process. [email protected] Mile High City. Although not on the scale of hosts - is working hard to organize events CIRCULATION RealtyTrac has little incentive to change its the Democratic National Convention, slated and provide ideas for attendees, especially Circulation Director methods to arrive at a more accurate count. It April Wertz for Denver in 2008, the AABP conference will those who are bringing families. Outings will [email protected] is not as if the company is providing its fore- truly be a statewide event. be organized during the conference for fami- C irculation Consultant closure reports as some sort of public service. Hosts for the conference include the ly members, with ample information provid- Joe Chafey It is a business that sells its data to subscribers, Northern Colorado Business Report, the ed for those planning day trips or extended [email protected] including real estate investors, brokers, lenders Boulder County Business Report, the Col- stays before or after the conference. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS C ari Merrill, Jessica Centers, Margette Pulis and others with an interest in foreclosure orado Springs Business Journal and Col- This conference won’t necessarily translate properties. The more data RealtyTrac can oradobiz magazine. It’s the first time that into 80 separate articles on the wonders of assemble from its various sources, the greater more than one publication has served as host Colorado. But it will serve as an excellent vehi- that database’s appeal to subscribers. for the conference. cle for our state and communities to showcase In a way, Colorado is a victim of its own effi- More than 200 attendees are expected, themselves before an influential audience. And ciency. The transparency of its foreclosure record and many plan to spend extra days exploring that will translate into word of mouth, positive system is irresistible to a company that depends Colorado with their families. We hosts are impressions and, yes, articles about what a on volume more than it does on accuracy. providing ample information on vacation great place Colorado is to work and play. When the counting is done, we hope hous- ideas, including those from the state of Col- ing division officials will present the strongest orado as well as convention and visitors Christopher Wood can be reached at (970) possible case for RealtyTrac to change its bureaus in Boulder, Colorado Springs, Den- 221-5400 or via e-mail at [email protected]. methods, and we hope the company, in the ver, Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland and other Catch his blog, Woody’s World, at interest of fairness, will listen. communities. www.ncbr.com.

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MALPRACTICE, from 3 Ted J. Clarke, M.D. COPIC’s chairman and malpractice suits filed in the U.S. were national “crisis” in medical malpractice CEO. groundless,” he said. claims. “At this stage in 2007, I would Medical malpractice claims soared in The study, published in May, looked at a refrain from calling it a crisis because so and total damages at $1 million unless eco- Colorado in the 1970s and 1980s, as did the random sample of 1,452 closed malpractice many states have taken stands to mitigate nomic damages are higher. cost of providing coverage for physicians claims from five liability insurers. The study that crisis.” Natalie Brown, an attorney with the Col- sued for malpractice. Plaintiffs were receiv- found that “approximately one-third of orado Trial Lawyers Association specializ- ing millions in damages for not only their claims were without merit in the sense that Claims decreasing ing in medical malpractice suits, said the actual economic losses — medical costs, the alleged adverse outcomes were not Robert Francis, The Doctors Co.’s chief caps should be higher. “The caps are too lost wages and future earning power — but attributable to error.” operations officer, said the numbers of low, generally speaking, as people with the also for non-economic damages. Even so, the study found that one in four malpractice claims the company receives most catastrophic damages are not fully of those claims without merit resulted in an from Colorado have been dropping over compensated for their injuries,” she said. Two decades of reform award, with an average of $485,348 paid per the last decade. “Colorado has been “What it comes down to is a quality-of-life Over the last 20 years, malpractice tort claim. improving since the late ‘90s and we saw issue, and we need to fully compensate peo- reform measures have been adopted by But the study also found that “portraits even more improvement in the last year, ple whose quality of life has changed drasti- most states, including caps on the amounts of a malpractice system that is stricken with and that’s why we could reduce the rates,” cally based on a medical malpractice that can be awarded. Colorado was one of frivolous litigation are overblown” and that he said. injury.” the first states to cap awards in the Health “the malpractice system performs reason- Francis said Colorado physicians cov- Colorado’s other major malpractice Care Availability Act of 1988. ably well in its function of separating claims ered by The Doctors Co. now pay an aver- insurance company — Denver-based However, there are more battles to be without merit from those with merit and age annual malpractice premium of about COPIC Co. — is holding its rates steady this fought by tort reformers, according to Dar- compensating the latter.” $20,000 compared to about $26,000 nation- year, also in response to fewer claims and “a ren McKinney, director of communications McKinney said those who push for mal- ally. more favorable medical liability environ- for Washington, D.C.-based American Tort practice tort reform do not advocate limit- Francis said Colorado was reporting a ment,” according to a company press Reform Association. ing economic damages. “No one’s ever sug- claims frequency of about 5 per 100 physi- release. “Not only do we feel that, but a fairly gested caps be placed on economic damages cians in 2006, about half the frequency “The net effect is that most Colorado impressive study by the Harvard School of such as court costs and medical bills,” he nationwide. physicians will see their premiums roughly Public Policy published in the New England said. “Colorado is very moderate overall rela- unchanged for the 2007 policy year,”said Dr Journal of Medicine found 39 percent of the And he admits there is no longer a tive to number of claims,” he said.

WHIRLYBIRD, from 18 Hahn has taken Masters aloft twice, and said The publicly traded company (NYSE: BRS) he’s impressed with her innate abilities. “For specializes in serving off-shore oil drilling someone who hasn’t been around aviation, platforms, and advertises pilot openings she’s phenomenal,” he said. paying slightly above $58,000 plus benefits. enrolling. Masters will exit the program as a heli- West said she credits Griffith, and his “We can say now that 50 percent of our copter teacher, with 200 hours of flight time sharp eye on the helicopter employment incoming class is female,” West said. and prospects for earning $25 to $50 per market, for getting the Aims program off Greeley resident Sirah Masters, 19, took hour as a part-time flight instructor, the the ground. a demonstration ride in a helicopter at Jef- industry’s entry-level job. Annual incomes “We just felt there weren’t enough jobs ferson County Airport a year ago. The flight for such newcomers fall in a range slightly out there,”she said.“Front Range called me, was enough to turn her course away from above or below $25,000, not much consid- and said they had people who wanted train- becoming a vegan chef. ering the $60,000 cost of the Aims program. ing but couldn’t afford it. Coincidentally, But once students accumulate hours suf- Tom Hacker, Northern Colorado Business Report the market got better. It was Don and Lifetime commitment ficient for employment flying helicopters FLIGHT PARTNERS — Aims Community College heli- Robert and their willingness to go and get “This is what I see myself doing with my for TV news stations, hospitals or natural copter pilot major Sirah Masters, here in the pilot’s their certification that made this possible.” life,” she said, standing in the Front Range resource exploration companies, the pay seat of a two-passenger Schweizer 300C helicopter on As Griffith, Lane and West would attest, Helicopters hanger near the flight simula- rises quickly. A new pilot such as Masters, the ramp at Fort Collins-Loveland Airport, looks for- entering the aviation industry as a career tor. She’s also taking Spanish classes, and with 1,000 hours of flight experience, might ward to Tuesdays when she and instructor Doug Hahn, choice means committing to a labor of love. said she wants to fly helicopters in Central hook up with a company that will pay right, take to the sky. “We have people who are 40 or 45, and and South America once she hits the $60,000 or more annually. even older people who have left careers to required flight-hour threshold. For example, one of the biggest employ- Houston-based helicopter service company do this,”West said.“People do it for the love Front Range Helicopters instructor Doug ers in the industry is The Bristow Group, a with a global fleet of more than 330 aircraft. of flying.” 34 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 LEADS BANKRUPTCIES • FORCLOSURES • INVENTIONS

BANKRUPTCIES VALORIE KAYE STEWART, 1110 CHESTER COURT, LENDER: HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL TRUSTEE. JOHNSTOWN, CO 80534. CASE NO.: 2007-10901. DATE: AMOUNT DUE: $147657. CASE NO.: 7699. DATE: 1/30/07. INVENTIONS Windsor, Colo. Assignee-at-Issue: Primary Inte- removable media. Inventors: Kahn, Jessica L., Applications for bankruptcy protection are filed 2/6/07. CHAPTER: 7. gration LLC, Herndon, Va.. Date: 2/13/07. Boulder, Colo.; Summers, Dennis M., Port with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Denver. Chapter 7 BORROWER: RYAN M. MORIARTY, 2 652 AVOCET The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office recently Orchard, Wash.; Green, Mark A., Berthoud, Colo.; denotes filings made for liquidation. Chapter 11 indi- HANS K. WILLIAMSON, 260 E. HOLLY ST., MILLIKEN, ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-2802. LEGAL awarded the following patents to Northern Col- Patent No.: 7176914, System and method for Coleman, David A., Silverdale, Wash.; Fry, Gregory cates filings for reorganization. Chapter 13 indi- CO 80543. CASE NO.: 2007-10786. DATE: 1/31/07. CHAP- DESCRIPTION: SOUTH MEADOW LARK HTS; LOT 20 BLK orado inventors and companies. Included are directing the flow of data and instructions into P., Portland, Ore.; Fry, Carl, Portland, Ore. cates filings that enable petitioners to pay off their TER: 7. 2. LENDER: BANK NEW YORK TRUST CO. AMOUNT DUE: the patent number, description, inventors, at least one functional unit. Inventors: Emmot, Assignee-at-Issue: Sonic Solutions, Novato, Calif. creditors over three to five years. $215000. CASE NO.: 7700. DATE: 1/30/07. assignee-at-issue and date awarded. Numbers Darel N., Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee-at-Issue: Date: 2/13/07. preceded by a “D” were awarded for a design; Hewlett-Packard Development Co., L.P., Houston, LARIMER COUNTY FORECLOSURES BORROWER: KELLY L. MCELWEE, 1014 FENWICK “RE” indicates a reissue. Texas. Date: 2/13/07. Patent No.: 7178063, Method and apparatus DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524-6444. LEGAL for ordering test cases for regression testing. This section includes notices of election and JORGE M. NORMAN, 2016 BRECKENRIDGE DRIVE, DESCRIPTION: WATERGLEN PUD; LOT 192. LENDER: Patent No.: 7174689, Concrete anchor float. Patent No.: 7177111, System and method for Inventors: Smith, Zachary S., Fort Collins, Colo. demand filed by creditors alleging default on a BERTHOUD, CO 80513. CASE NO.: 2007-10811. DATE: BANK NEW YORK. AMOUNT DUE: $170281. CASE NO.: Inventors: Alyea, Mark Duane, Rapid City, S.D.; optimizing track spacing across a stroke. Inven- Assignee-at-Issue: Hewlett-Packard Development debt. Foreclosures are not final until a Public 2/1/07. CHAPTER: 13. 7701. DATE: 1/30/07. Torpey, Beth Marie, Rapid City, S.D.; Fisher, tors: Gururangan, Raghu, Pleasanton, Calif.; Co., L.P., Houston, Texas. Date: 2/13/07. Trustee’s Deed has been issued. Included are the Andrew Joseph, Borman, N.D.; Sletten, Matthew Zayas, Fernando A., Loveland, Colo. Assignee-at- borrower, property address, lender, amount and VIVIAN LEE SWEETMAN, P.O. BOX 1974, FORT BORROWER: EUGENE DELEN MERICLE, 5133 STILL- Aaron, Rapid City, S.D.; Pinon, Stephanie Nicole, Issue: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Patent No.: 7178880, Wheel centering pin, kit date filed. COLLINS, CO 80521. CASE NO.: 2007-10810. DATE: WATER CREEK DRIVE UNIT B, FORT COLLINS, CO Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee-at-Issue: Building Osaka, Japan. Date: 2/13/07. and method. Inventor: Andersen, James H., Fort 2/1/07. CHAPTER: 7. 80528-3027. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: STETSON CREEK Construction Solutions Inc., Rapid City, S.D. Date: Collins, Colo. Date: 2/20/07. LARIMER COUNTY 5TH FLG; LOT 2. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL 2/13/07. Patent No.: 7177246, Optical disk drive focus- PAUL MATTHEW SPENCER, 3001 COLT COURT, FORT TRUST CO. AMOUNT DUE: $175250. CASE NO.: 7702. ing apparatus using sum signal. Inventors: Patent No.: 7179170, Pass-through live valida- BORROWER: JOANNE BROWN, 435 E. 11TH ST., COLLINS, CO 80526. CASE NO.: 2007-10837. DATE: DATE: 1/30/07. Patent No.: 7175949, Radiation-sensitive com- Hanks, Darwin Mitchel, Fort Collins, Colo.; Salko, tion device and method. Inventors: Martinek, LOVELAND, CO 80537-4827. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LIN- 2/1/07. CHAPTER: 7. positions and imageable materials. Inventors: Mike, Corvallis, Ore.; Van Brocklin, Andrew, Cor- Michael G., Fort Collins, Colo.; Jackson, Mark D., COLN PL ADD; LOT 1 BLK 2. LENDER: WELLS FARGO. BORROWER: RALPH A. & BRENDA L. VAUGHAN, Tao, Ting, Fort Collins, Colo.; West, Paul R., Fort vallis, Ore. Assignee-at-Issue: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins, Colo.; Downs III, Justin G., Fort AMOUNT DUE: $156800. CASE NO.: 6505. DATE: NANCY ELIZABETH WHITE, 1413 HUMMEL LANE, 4211 PAGE PLACE, LOVELAND, CO 80537-7663. LEGAL Collins, Colo.; Beckley, Scott A., Windsor, Colo.; Development Co., L.P., Houston, Texas. Date: Collins, Colo. Assignee-at-Issue: IGT, Reno, Nev.. 1/25/07. FORT COLLINS, CO 80525. CASE NO.: 2007-10849. DESCRIPTION: 1006 Section 2 T4N-R69W. LENDER: Miller, Nicki R., Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee-at- 2/13/07. Date: 2/20/07. DATE: 2/2/07. CHAPTER: 7. GMAC MORTGAGE CORP. AMOUNT DUE: $127982. CASE Issue: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.. Date: BORROWER: LYNN & KARL W. MURPHY, 3306 KIT- NO.: 7703. DATE: 1/30/07. 2/13/07. Patent No.: 7177375, Limit detector with hys- TERY COURT, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-2351. LEGAL JULIE LOUISE WATERS, 2524 N.E. FRONTAGE ROAD, teresis. Inventors: Wahl, Mark A., Windsor, Colo.; DESCRIPTION: ROSSBOROUGH 2ND FLG; LOT 105. FORT COLLINS, CO 80524. CASE NO.: 2007-10860. BORROWER: SUZANA M. & ADAM P. ARMIJO, 1602 Patent No.: 7175967, Heat treatment of multi- Barnes, James Oliver, Fort Collins, Colo. LENDER: BANK NEW YORK TRUSTEE. AMOUNT DUE: DATE: 2/4/07. CHAPTER: 7. WILLOW DRIVE, BERTHOUD, CO 80513-9344. LEGAL layer imageable elements. Inventors: Mulligan, Assignee-at-Issue: Avago Technologies General $162717. CASE NO.: 6507. DATE: 1/25/07. DESCRIPTION: NORTH PARK SUB 3RD FLG; LOT 1 BLK James L., Fort Collins, Colo.; Clark, Eric, Loveland, IP Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore. Date: 2/13/07. THOMA S WOODROW BESHORE, 3409 TERRY RIDGE 4. LENDER: WORLD SVGS BANK FSB. AMOUNT DUE: Colo.; Ray, Kevin B., Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee- BORROWER: GEORGE A. & JEANETTE J. KUENE- ROAD, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524. CASE NO.: 2007- $225875. CASE NO.: 7704. DATE: 1/30/07. at-Issue: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.. P atent No.: 7177379, DDR on-the-fly synchro- MAN, 1707 HASTINGS DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 11025. DATE: 2/9/07. CHAPTER: 11. Date: 2/13/07. nization. Inventors: Shihadeh, Elias, Longmont, 80526-2271. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: CEDAR VILLAGE 1ST BORROWER: KIP H. & POLLY ANN TANI, 2905 NEIL Colo.; Valencia, Redentor, Longmont, Colo.; FLG; LOT 69. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL GARY GEORGE BEAM, 410 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, LOVE- DRIVE, APT. 1, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-6623. LEGAL Patent No.: 7175969, Method of preparing neg- Kommrusch, Steven, Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee- TRUST C. AMOUNT DUE: $155257. CASE NO.: 6884. LAND, CO 80538. CASE NO.: 2007-10767. DATE: 1/31/07. DESCRIPTION: TRAIL WEST PUD; LOT 60. LENDER: ative-working radiation-sensitive elements. at-Issue: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunny- DATE: 1/26/07. CHAPTER: 7. WELLS FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $155076. CASE Inventors: Ray, Kevin B., Fort Collins, Colo.; vale, Calif. Date: 2/13/07. NO.: 7924. DATE: 1/31/07. Munnelly, Heidi M., Windsor, Colo.; Tao, Ting, Fort BORROWER: THOMAS P. FLEUTER, 809 COUNTRY- CHASITY ANN DEVOSS, 500 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, Collins, Colo.; Wieland, Kevin D., Greeley, Colo.; Patent No.: 7177441, System and method for SIDE DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524-3622. LEGAL LOVELAND, CO 80538. CASE NO.: 2007-10793. DATE: BORROWER: MANUEL LOPEZ, 1545 BOX PRAIRIE Beckley, Scott A., Windsor, Colo.; Huang, Jian- secret communication. Inventors: Condon, John DESCRIPTION: COUNTRYSIDE PK PH 3; LOT 150. 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 7. CIRCLE, LOVELAND, CO 80538-7307. LEGAL DESCRIP- bing, Trumbull, Conn. Assignee-at-Issue: East- B., Berthoud, Colo.; Mitchell, Joan LaVerne, Long- LENDER: US BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $119900. CASE NO.: TION: SHAMROCK WEST 2ND SUB; LOT 6 BLK 6. man Kodak Co., Rochester, N.Y.. Date: 2/13/07. mont, Colo.; Rijavec, Nenad, Longmont, Colo.; 6885. DATE: 1/26/07. JEFFREY SCOTT CRONER SR., 2 731 CARNATION LENDER: FFMLT 04FF10 BANK NEW YORK. AMOUNT Trenary, Timothy James, Berthoud, Colo. PLACE, LOVELAND, CO 80537. CASE NO.: 2007-10821. DUE: $208000. CASE NO.: 7925. DATE: 1/31/07. P atent No.: 7176658, C ontroller for permanent Assignee-at-Issue: International Business BORROWER: REBECCA JOHNSON, 537 W. 39TH ST., DATE: 2/1/07. CHAPTER: 13. magnet alternator. Inventors: Quazi, Fazle, Boul- Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y.. Date: 2/13/07. LOVELAND, CO 80538-2272. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BORROWER: KRISTINA M. HALIW, 33 MOHAWK der, Colo.; Scott, Harold C., Lafayette, Colo.; Koch, WEST 39TH CONDOS; LOT 537. LENDER: INDYMAC GARY MYRON SUSLAK, 1 ASPEN DRIVE, LOVELAND, COURT, RED FEATHER LAKES, CO 80545. LEGAL Stewart C., Loveland, Colo. Assignee-at-Issue: Patent No.: 7177449, Image correction system BANK FSB. AMOUNT DUE: $108852. CASE NO.: 6886. CO 80538. CASE NO.: 2007-10864. DATE: 2/5/07. CHAP- DESCRIPTION: CRYSTAL LAKES 5TH FLG; LOT 19. Magnetic Applications Inc., Lafayette, Colo. Date: and method. Inventors: Russon, Virgil Kay, Gree- DATE: 1/26/07. TER: 7. LENDER: CITIMORTGAGE INC. AMOUNT DUE: $105942. 2/13/07. ley, Colo.; Baggs, Scott Clinton, Fort Collins, Colo. CASE NO.: 7926. DATE: 1/31/07. Assignee-at-Issue: Hewlett-Packard Development B ORROWER: MICHELLE OLSON, 88 54 LONGS PEAK STEPHEN RICHARD BROWN, 2 081 FIRESTONE Patent No.: 7176698, Voltage sensing device Co., L.P., Houston, Texas. Date: 2/13/07. CIRCLE, WINDSOR, CO 80550-2576. LEGAL DESCRIP- COURT, LOVELAND, CO 80538. CASE NO.: 2007-10883. B ORROWER: TRACEY BAISLEY, 16 25 DIANA DRIVE, and associated method. Inventors: Birlingmair, TION: RANCH AT HIGHLAND MEADOWS SUB; LOT 22 DATE: 2/5/07. CHAPTER: 7. LOVELAND, CO 80537-6907. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Douglas K., Fort Collins, Colo.; Adams, Larry L., Patent No.: 7177990, Automatic format of BLK 2. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST CO AMERICA. SHERRI MAR SUB NO 4 RPLT LTS 5-9 BLK 2; LOT 6. AMOUNT DUE: $538726. CASE NO.: 6887. DATE: ALFONSO CERVANTES, 3593 BIANCA COURT, LOVE- LENDER: US BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $161108. CASE NO.: 1/26/07. LAND, CO 80537. CASE NO.: 2007-10884. DATE: 2/5/07. 7927. DATE: 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 7. BORROWER: PHILLIP & GLORIA ANN RODARTE, RIVER WEST PUD SUB; LOT 204. LENDER: CREDIT TRUST. AMOUNT DUE: $188720. CASE NO.: 3451209. BORROWER: RUSSELL G. DERICKSON JR., 381 BORROWER: SANDRA K. WINSTON, 2631 MOORE 4163 PEACH TREE COURT, LOVELAND, CO 80538-2360. SUISSE FIRST BOSTON. AMOUNT DUE: $525000. CASE DATE: 1/26/07. CAPTAINS COURT, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524-4835. JENNIFER L. PROCTOR, 705 14TH ST. S.E., LOVE- LANE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-2161. LEGAL DESCRIP- LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SUGARLOAF EST 3RD SUB PUD; NO.: 9220. DATE: 2/5/07. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: POINT TWNHMS PH III; LOT 9. LAND, CO 80537. CASE NO.: 2007-10936. DATE: 2/7/07. TION: FOX CREEK PUD FLG 1; LOT 8. LENDER: COUN- LOT 1 BLK 2. LENDER: BANK NEW YORK TRUST CO. BORROWER: PETER & RAMONA BAKER, 4605 ZION LENDER: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC. AMOUNT CHAPTER: 7. TRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC. AMOUNT DUE: $237517. AMOUNT DUE: $203173. CASE NO.: 8897. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: ANTHONY C. & BARBARA E. DRIVE, GREELEY, CO 80634-9102. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: DUE: $191288. CASE NO.: 7244. DATE: 1/29/07. CASE NO.: 7928. DATE: 1/31/07. SORENSEN, 520 ESTES PARK ESTATES DRIVE, LYONS, HILL N PK FLG 2; LOT 18 BLK 9. LENDER: WELLS CURTIS CHARLES GUNSCH, P. O. BOX 1391, WELLING- BORROWER: LORI K. KOLLER, 1840 WINTERGREEN CO 80540-8263. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ESTES PK EST FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $115834. CASE NO.: BORROWER: MELVA DULL, 3325 CRAZY HORSE TON, CO 80549. CASE NO.: 2007-10867. DATE: 2/5/07. BORROWER: SANDRA M. TRUMBLE, 2321 DALTON PLACE, LOVELAND, CO 80537-6239. LEGAL DESCRIP- FLG 2; LOT 26. LENDER: INDYMAC BANK FSB. AMOUNT 3451210. DATE: 1/26/07. DRIVE, WELLINGTON, CO 80549-3030. LEGAL DESCRIP- CHAPTER: 13. DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-5357. LEGAL TION: THOMPSON VALLEY EST 1ST SUB; LOT 26 BLK 1. DUE: $251582. CASE NO.: 9221. DATE: 2/5/07. TION: BUFFALO CREEK SUB 3RD FLG; LOT 9 BLK 3. DESCRIPTION: SPRINGFIELD FLG 1 PUD; LOT 15. LENDER: US BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $119900. CASE NO.: BORROWER: JOSE LUIS ORQUIZ, 111 SECOND ST., LENDER: GMAC MORTGAGE CORP. AMOUNT DUE: WELD COUNTY LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST. AMOUNT 8898. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: CHARLES W. SHEPPARD, 916 N. AULT, CO 80610. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: AULT TWN OF; $171800. CASE NO.: 7245. DATE: 1/29/07. DUE: $134800. CASE NO.: 7929. DATE: 1/31/07. CLEVELAND AVE., LOVELAND, CO 80537-4719. LEGAL LOT 7 BLK 3. LENDER: WELLS FARGO BANK. AMOUNT SCOTT JOHNSON, 5055 PELICAN ST., BRIGHTON, CO BORROWER: KEVIN PETERSEN, 4128 LOST CANYON DESCRIPTION: PARK PL ADD; LOT 26 BLK 2. LENDER: DUE: $127593. CASE NO.: 3451211. DATE: 1/26/07. BORROWER: JON G. WALKER, 305 N. SUNSET ST., 80601. CASE NO.: 2007-10757. DATE: 1/31/07. CHAPTER: BORROWER: MARK T. SKAKUM, 3180 HUDSON DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80538-8772. LEGAL DESCRIP- SHELTER FINANCIAL BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $144735. FORT COLLINS, CO 80521-1433. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 13. COURT, LOVELAND, CO 80538-4935. LEGAL DESCRIP- TION: ROCKY MOUNTAIN VILLAGE 2ND SUB; LOT 2 CASE NO.: 9222. DATE: 2/5/07. BORROWER: MATTHEW A. HOYT, 1610 39TH STREET ROSTEK ADD; LOT 5 BLK 2. LENDER: WELLS FARGO TION: VANGUARD-FAMLECO 9TH SUB; LOT 7 BLK 6. BLK 9. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST C. COURT, EVANS, CO 80620-2424. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $17292. CASE NO.: 7246. DATE: BRANDEN JAY BAALMAN, 52 PELICAN AVE., LENDER: GSR MTG LOAN TRUST 2005 AR5. AMOUNT AMOUNT DUE: $279928. CASE NO.: 8899. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: KYONGHUI KIM, 5125 S. SHIELDS ST., GREEN MEADOW SUB 2ND FLG; LOT 32 BLK 1. LENDER: 1/29/07. BRIGHTON, CO 80601. CASE NO.: 2007-10773. DATE: DUE: $298807. CASE NO.: 8280. DATE: 2/1/07. FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-9609. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: WELLS FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $122264. CASE 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 13. BORROWER: ALAN R. BROWN, 1936 CONNECTICUT RIDGE PUD AMD LTS 21-22 & TR H; LOT H. LENDER: NO.: 3451212. DATE: 1/26/07. BORROWER: CYNTHIA A. & JOSE SANTANA, 200 BORROWER: KATHY L. & CAL B. PIERCE, 4215 DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525-2985. LEGAL BANK NEW YORK. AMOUNT DUE: $482597. CASE NO.: 23RD ST. S.E., LOVELAND, CO 80537-7354. LEGAL JOSHUA A. CRAMER, 13708 ADAMS ST., BRIGHTON, PAGE PLACE, LOVELAND, CO 80537-7663. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: TIMBERLINE VILLAGE PUD; LOT 4. 9665. DATE: 2/6/07. BORROWER: JEFFREY M. LARSON, 3773 ANVIL DESCRIPTION: SUMMIT ADD TO LOVELAND; LOT 16 CO 80602. CASE NO.: 2007-10978. DATE: 2/8/07. CHAP- DESCRIPTION: 1030 Section 2 T4N-R69W. LENDER: US LENDER: LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2. COURT, MEAD, CO 80542-4521. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BLK 6. LENDER: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK. AMOUNT TER: 7. BANK NATIONAL TRUSTEE. AMOUNT DUE: $220100. AMOUNT DUE: $168307. CASE NO.: 8900. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: BROOKS H. & ADRIENNE C. YATES, MARGIL FARMS 2ND FLG; LOT 120. LENDER: BANK DUE: $57819. CASE NO.: 7247. DATE: 1/29/07. CASE NO.: 8281. DATE: 2/1/07. 4212 SADDLE NOTCH DRIVE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526- NEW YORK TRUST. AMOUNT DUE: $171944. CASE NO.: ADAM G. KOLLE, 270 N. NINTH AVE., BRIGHTON, CO BORROWER: ROBERT W. BUCK, 5425 NANTUCKET 3595. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: WILLOW PK SUB FINAL 3451213. DATE: 1/26/07. BORROWER: DYNAMITE PROPERTIES LLC, 3328 80601. CASE NO.: 2007-11008. DATE: 2/9/07. CHAPTER: BORROWER: DANIEL ODONNELL, 1307 ELLEN COURT, LOVELAND, CO 80537-7923. LEGAL DESCRIP- PLAT; LOT 3 BLK 6. LENDER: CITIMORTGAGE INC. MCCONNELL DRIVE, LAPORTE, CO 80535-9347. LEGAL 13. PLACE, LOVELAND, CO 80537-6916. LEGAL DESCRIP- TION: MARIANA COVE PUD SUB; LOT 4 BLK 1. LENDER: AMOUNT DUE: $214710. CASE NO.: 9666. DATE: 2/6/07. BORROWER: DANNY RAY & MONIKA M. JONES, 5 DESCRIPTION: COTTON WILLOW EST 1ST FLG & 3RD TION: SHERRI MAR ADD NO 3; LOT 3 BLK 1. LENDER: US BANK NATIONAL TRUSTEE. AMOUNT DUE: $71226. ASPEN LANE, WINDSOR, CO 80550-4814. LEGAL FLG AMD; LOT 13A BLK 4. LENDER: CENTENNIAL BANK DAVID ALLEN HUSCHER, 508 SUNDANCE CIRCLE, HSBC MORTGAGE SERVICES INC. AMOUNT DUE: CASE NO.: 8901. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: MELVIN RUSSELL THURBER JR., 4616 DESCRIPTION: WINDSOR WEST SUB; LOT 18 BLK 7. WEST. AMOUNT DUE: $394648. CASE NO.: 7248. DATE: DACONO, CO 80514. CASE NO.: 2007-10804. DATE: $75680. CASE NO.: 8282. DATE: 2/1/07. CLIFF VIEW LANE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-4507. LENDER: BANK NEW YORK. AMOUNT DUE: $141830. 1/29/07. 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 7. BORROWER: JEFFREY A. DONJON, 503 E. EIGHTH LEGAL DESCRIPTION: HORSETOOTH LAKE EST; LOT 94. CASE NO.: 3451214. DATE: 1/26/07. BORROWER: JODY M. & JODY MARIE LAMAR, ST., LOVELAND, CO 80537-4909. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LENDER: CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC. AMOUNT DUE: BORROWER: DAN JAMES, 1720 E. 11TH ST., LOVE- JESUS GERARDO BERUMEN, 421 GLEN AYRE ST, 1640 KIRKWOOD DRIVE, UNIT 2031, FORT COLLINS, CO ORCHARD PK ADD TO LOVELAND; LOT 22 BLK 3. $101992. CASE NO.: 9667. DATE: 2/6/07. BORROWER: JUNIOR MERCADO, 4300 N. SHENAN- LAND, CO 80537-3242. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: KOLDE- DACONO, CO 80514. CASE NO.: 2007-11019. DATE: 80525-2037. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARKWOOD EAST LENDER: BANK NEW YORK. AMOUNT DUE: $158000. DOAH ST., GREELEY, CO 80634-9209. LEGAL DESCRIP- WAY INDUSTRIAL 3RD SUB; LOT 5 BLK 12. LENDER: 2/9/07. CHAPTER: 13. CONDO; LOT 2031 BLK 20. LENDER: WELLS FARGO CASE NO.: 8902. DATE: 2/2/07. WELD COUNTY TION: WEST HILL-N-PARK 1ST FLG 1ST REPLAT; LOT 4 GSR 2006OA1. AMOUNT DUE: $212199. CASE NO.: 7249. BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $99733. CASE NO.: 8891. DATE: BLK 14. LENDER: EVERBANK. AMOUNT DUE: $101536. DATE: 1/29/07. JOHN PAUL MOSSER, 235 WALNUT AVE., EATON, CO 2/2/07. BORROWER: JULIE M. & DON M. DESAIRE JR., BORROWER: RICHARD G. & TINA M. GRAY, 6610 CASE NO.: 3451215. DATE: 1/26/07. 80615. CASE NO.: 2007-10922. DATE: 2/6/07. CHAPTER: 4105 STRINGTOWN DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80538-6144. RANCH LAND LANE, CARR, CO 80612. LEGAL DESCRIP- BORROWER: BONNIE B. FERRIS, 7086 MOUNT NIM- 13. BORROWER: DANIEL L. & PAULA S. HORIHAN, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BUCK 2ND SUB; LOT 13 BLK 7. TION: 0045F Section 12 T10N-R68W. LENDER: WASH- BORROWER: KRISTINA J. TRUJILLO, 439 26TH BUS ST., WELLINGTON, CO 80549-2248. LEGAL 6912 CARLYLE LANE, WELLINGTON, CO 80549-2273. LENDER: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC. AMOUNT INGTON MUTUAL BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $376695. CASE AVENUE COURT, GREELEY, CO 80634-2624. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: KNOLLS AT WELLINGTON SOUTH; LOT 8 TARA J. BARGER, 3818 CENTRAL ST., EVANS, CO LEGAL DESCRIPTION: MEADOWS; LOT 10 BLK 3. DUE: $198167. CASE NO.: 8903. DATE: 2/2/07. NO.: 9668. DATE: 2/6/07. DESCRIPTION: BROADVIEW AC 3RD ADD; LOT 8 BLK 4. BLK 2. LENDER: LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 80620. CASE NO.: 2007-10970. DATE: 2/8/07. CHAPTER: LENDER: CITIMORTGAGE INC. AMOUNT DUE: $195413. LENDER: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS. AMOUNT DUE: 2. AMOUNT DUE: $146052. CASE NO.: 7695. DATE: 7. CASE NO.: 8892. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: COULTER EDWARD BROWN, 1731 W. BORROWER: LORETTA M. YOUNG, 1085 SIXTH ST., $119160. CASE NO.: 3451216. DATE: 1/26/07. 1/30/07. STUART ST., FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-1530. LEGAL BERTHOUD, CO 80513-1053. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: GAR- JOSHUA ALEXANDER PETRONELLA, 7231 PRARIE BORROWER: CYNTHIA A. & CINDY LIVINGSTON, DESCRIPTION: FOOTHILLS GREEN 1ST FLG; LOT 57. DEN FAIR HOMES; LOT 28 BLK 5. LENDER: US BANK. BORROWER: PETRA RINCONES, 1912 FIFTH ST., BORROWER: SHAWN D. & DEANNE M. WEDEMEY- CIRCLE, FREDERICK, CO 80503. CASE NO.: 2007-10797. 3247 EAGLE CLIFF DRIVE, ESTES PARK, CO 80517. LENDER: LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LN TRUST 2. AMOUNT DUE: $142388. CASE NO.: 9669. DATE: 2/6/07. GREELEY, CO 80631-1809. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: HOUS- ER, 3 016 KYLE CIRCLE, LOVELAND, CO 80537-9097. DATE: 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 13. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: WINDCLIFF EST CONDO NO 2; AMOUNT DUE: $189691. CASE NO.: 9216. DATE: 2/5/07. ES SUB; LOT 5 BLK 1. LENDER: ALWAYS ENTERPRISES LEGAL DESCRIPTION: BONNELL WEST PUD 5TH FLG; LOT 2 BLK B. LENDER: GMAC MORTGAGE CORP. BORROWER: JOANN & STANLEY D. SMALL, 2018 INC. AMOUNT DUE: $3760. CASE NO.: 3451451. DATE: LOT 9. LENDER: LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK FSB. JOHN PAUL NOFTSKER, 3508 YOSEMITE DRIVE, AMOUNT DUE: $121115. CASE NO.: 8893. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: MICHAEL ALMEIDA, 2537 ORCHARD SKYE COURT, FORT COLLINS, CO 80528-6308. LEGAL 1/29/07. AMOUNT DUE: $460527. CASE NO.: 7696. DATE: GREELEY, CO 80634. CASE NO.: 2007-10794. DATE: PLACE, FORT COLLINS, CO 80521-3137. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: HARMONY CROSSING PUD; LOT 171. 1/30/07. 1/31/07. CHAPTER: 7. BORROWER: JAMES E. JR. & GALE J. CARTER, DESCRIPTION: OVERLAND SUB; LOT 12. LENDER: WELLS LENDER: WACHOVIA MORTGAGE CORP. AMOUNT DUE: BORROWER: JASON S. SR. & MELANIE LEON- 1107 WHITE ELM DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80538-2811. FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $149905. CASE NO.: 9217. $222972. CASE NO.: 9814. DATE: 2/7/07. HARDT, 3175 HOLLY ST., ERIE, CO 80516-9408. LEGAL BORROWER: CHARLES M. & LISA N. COBB, 5833 KURT ALLEN HAUGLAND, 4027 28TH STREET ROAD, LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ORCHARD EST ADD; LOT 11 BLK 7. DATE: 2/5/07. DESCRIPTION: GRANDVIEW HIGHLAND EST; LOT 13. PLATEAU COURT, FORT COLLINS, CO 80526-5102. GREELEY, CO 80634. CASE NO.: 2007-10819. DATE: LENDER: US BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $156049. CASE NO.: BORROWER: MARINA K. NAVA, 1166 E. FIFTH ST., LENDER: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK. AMOUNT DUE: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SCENIC KNOLLS SUB; LOT 10. 2/1/07. CHAPTER: 7. 8894. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: ROBERT W. BUCK, 54 25 NANTUCKET LOVELAND, CO 80537-5840. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: WIL- $231800. CASE NO.: 3451452. DATE: 1/29/07. LENDER: US BANK NATIONAL TRUSTEE. AMOUNT DUE: COURT, LOVELAND, CO 80537-7923. LEGAL DESCRIP- SON ADD; LOT 7 BLK 1. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK $152081. CASE NO.: 7697. DATE: 1/30/07. ROBERT A. MARTINEZ, 4954 W. SECOND ST., GREE- BORROWER: WILLIAM & MARY MAYER, 105 HART- TION: MARIANA COVE PUD SUB; LOT 4 BLK 1. LENDER: NATL TRUST. AMOUNT DUE: $333754. CASE NO.: 9815. BORROWER: RUSSELL L. & CASSI R. KNAPP, 1421 LEY, CO 80634. CASE NO.: 2007-10872. DATE: 2/5/07. MAN ST., FORT COLLINS, CO 80521-2103. LEGAL DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO. AMOUNT DUE: DATE: 2/7/07. 11TH AVE., GREELEY, CO 80631-4727. LEGAL DESCRIP- B ORROWER: DAVID L. & ERICKA L. DRAUCKER, CHAPTER: 7. DESCRIPTION: FRUTCHEY SUB; LOT 12. LENDER: WELLS $288000. CASE NO.: 9218. DATE: 2/5/07. TION: SEAMAN & CRANFORDS SUB; LOT 6 BLK 156. 3029 HIAWATHA DRIVE, LOVELAND, CO 80538-2454. FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $166534. CASE NO.: 8895. BORROWER: DARRIN EDWARD HUNT, 471 OSAGE LENDER: CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC. AMOUNT DUE: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: FAIRWAY WEST 1ST ADD LOVE- VICTORIANO BENAVIDEZ, 1018 31ST AVE., GREELEY, DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: RHONDA S. ROSS, 4107 MILL RUN TRAIL, RED FEATHER LAKES, CO 80545-8659. LEGAL $187480. CASE NO.: 3451453. DATE: 1/29/07. LAND; LOT 7 BLK 3. LENDER: US BANK NATIONAL CO 80634. CASE NO.: 2007-10899. DATE: 2/6/07. CHAP- COURT, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525-3338. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: CRYSTAL LAKES 5TH FLG LTS 37-38 TRUSTEE. AMOUNT DUE: $204000. CASE NO.: 7698. TER: 13. BORROWER: CEDRIC N. & MARIA A. LUNDBERG, DESCRIPTION: GOLDEN MEADOWS 2ND FLG; LOT 16 AMD; LOT 37A. LENDER: BAYVIEW LN SERVICING LLC. BORROWER: ADELAIDA & ISRAEL SEGURA, 2118 DATE: 1/30/07. 4747 DILLON AVE., LOVELAND, CO 80538-1478. LEGAL BLK 2. LENDER: GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING. AMOUNT DUE: $110569. CASE NO.: 9816. DATE: 2/7/07. FOURTH ST., GREELEY, CO 80631-1805. LEGAL SOLOMON G. LOPEZ, 315 30TH AVE., GREELY, CO DESCRIPTION: HARVEST GOLD 2ND SUB; LOT 9 BLK 6. AMOUNT DUE: $225536. CASE NO.: 9219. DATE: 2/5/07. DESCRIPTION: COYS SUB NORTH; LOT 13 BLK 2. BORROWER: VICTORIA LYNNE, 2426 PARKFRONT 80631. CASE NO.: 2007-10958. DATE: 2/8/07. CHAPTER: LENDER: WELLS FARGO BANK. AMOUNT DUE: $37231. BORROWER: KEVIN M. PIERCE, 1498 HIGHWAY 79, LENDER: COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS INC. AMOUNT DRIVE UNIT H, FORT COLLINS, CO 80525-7617. LEGAL 7. CASE NO.: 8896. DATE: 2/2/07. BORROWER: M. SHAUN AMUNDSEN, 2113 W. RIVER KEENESBURG, CO 80643-8304. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: DUE: $110785. CASE NO.: 3451454. DATE: 1/29/07. DESCRIPTION: RIGDEN FARM FLG 7 WILLOW; LOT 70. DRIVE, WINDSOR, CO 80550. LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Section 26 T1N-R63W. LENDER: DEUTSCHE BANK

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garnered a lot of national media attention. Ice Energy has about 100 units The ever-increasing national recognition ECO-LIST, from 4 In addition to being recognized in the deployed in California right now, with a of Northern Colorado energy companies is a Plenty 20, Ice Energy was the subject of a handful installed in Fort Collins as well. boon for the Northern Colorado Clean pump as much as $2.6 million per day back recent article in Fortune Small Business. Kaiser said he is currently evaluating geo- Energy Cluster, launched in May with the into the Philippine economy. Late last year, the company was named graphical expansion for Ice Bear sales goal of enhancing the industry. “The money is flowing right back into the one of “Five Promising Cleantech Star- later this year, focusing on an entire “It certainly brings recognition to these economy rather than out the tailpipe,” he tups” by business trade magazine Red region at a time. companies, but also to the region,”said Maury said. Herring. “The numbers will jump dramatically in Dobbie, president and CEO of the Northern Gary Kaiser, vice president for strategy sales,” he said. Colorado Economic Development Corp. Big-picture benefits and business development for Ice Energy, Additionally, the company is seeing inter- Dobbie said that the coverage that Bills said that the recognition in Plenty said that the coverage has attracted inquiries est from national chains for installation in companies such as Envirofit and Ice Ener- magazine was nice because it acknowledges from around the country and the world, new stores and is in a bid process with three gy are garnering is good both abroad and the big-picture benefits Envirofit’s technolo- from as far as Asia and Australia. of the largest utilities in California. locally. gy offers. Often technological improvements At this point, Ice Energy has focused its “The more we tell the stories, the more aimed at environmental benefits do not efforts on sales in California. The Ice Energy Colorado hub people understand, from the business stand- translate into cost savings as well. cooling unit, known as the Ice Bear, yields Despite its strong push in California, Ice point, where they fit in,” she said, explaining But that seems to be a common theme the best mix of cost and energy savings in Energy remains committed to its status as a that there are companies in energy-related with the businesses chosen for the Plenty 20. areas where incentives are offered for con- Colorado company. companies in Northern Colorado that are Ice Energy produces air conditioning units serving energy at peak grid times. In Ana- “Colorado is becoming more and more still operating under the radar. that create ice at night, when energy demand heim, Calif., the local utility rewards reduc- well known for companies related to renew- In all, the coverage is a positive for the is low, to cool homes, offices and other facili- tions in peak demand energy use. Users there able energy,” Kaiser said. “We are a company local economy. ties during the day when energy demand is can save 20 percent to 35 percent on the cost located here in Colorado. It’s really becom- “It benefits the entire region,” Dobbie highest. The seemingly simple technology has of electricity through a rebate. ing a hub of renewable energy.” said.

GLOBAL, from 5 reduce carbon dioxide emissions through snowy winter, Graham said the recent bliz- participation in the city of Fort Collins’ zards are examples of the phenomenon. “In ClimateWise program. In January, the Warming to the topic general, more precipitation is falling as chamber announced it was pursuing a heavy precipitation events,” he said. “But wealth, power and agility to effect the change Dave Graham’s free presentations on global goal of becoming the first chamber in the you can’t correlate any one given event to needed in this world that government often warming and climate change can be scheduled nation to be “climate neutral,” which global warming.” doesn’t have, especially the agility.” by calling him at (970) 484-4577 or visiting means offsetting its carbon dioxide emis- One thing’s certain: Graham’s mes- Graham said business can get involved [email protected] in reducing global warming by cutting sions by buying wind-produced power, sage is likely to get a warmer reception in down on energy use, reducing transporta- turning off lights and computers when the business community now that sever- tion activities when possible, using more not in use and other energy-saving mea- al major corporations and even chief local supplies and recycling materials — all sures. global warming doubter President measures that can reduce a company’s Graham said there are many things busi- own story,” he said. “I try to focus on Col- George W. Bush acknowledged its exis- expenses as well. nesses and individuals can do to help fight orado’s experience — reduced ski seasons, tence in his most recent State of the “It all comes down to saving money,” he global warming, and he — like Gore — has his drought and the impact on farm crops, the Union address. said. own slide show to detail some of those actions. impacts of growth.” “Seeing is believing and believing is see- The Fort Collins Area Chamber of “Every one of the (people trained by Asked if global warming could be a ing,” he said. “Once you start believing it Commerce has already taken steps to Gore) will have his own slide show and his tough sell in Colorado after a long, cold, you see it more and more.” 36 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007

RUSPORT, from 3 points. The next year would prove to be a rest of the teams in the Champ Car World said. “It’s more exciting.” challenge. Series will be racing new cars this year. This year, two races have been added in RuSport released Allmendinger from the The new Georgia-built Panoz DP01 cars Europe — one in Holland and one in Bel- “We felt at that point we had to say team early in the series. will replace the English Lola vehicles, and gium. Dale said that there is a big Champ enough is enough,” Dale said, adding that “We went our separate ways after the offer fewer options and extras than the Car fan base in Europe. Additionally, the the company had already spent a good deal fourth race,”Dale said, without elaborating. Lolas. It is a huge change, according to RuS- series will hold its first-ever race in China. of money designing the building and the Cristiano de Matta eventually took the port commercial services coordinator Tom There will be one race missing this year, delay would have meant additional expen- wheel of No. 10. However, during a test ses- Lutz. though. ditures. sion in August, de Matta was seriously Champ Car officials announced in Feb- That caused the company to reevaluate injured when his car hit a deer at Road A ‘human game’ ruary that the Denver Grand Prix event its plan, and to remain in Northern Col- America in Elkhart Lake, Wis. “Every team will have basically the same would be postponed for the next two years. orado. “He almost didn’t survive,” Dale said. chassis,” he said. “It makes it more of a The race was held on the streets surround- “Our biggest task has been trying to sta- “I’m glad to say he’s 99.9 percent back to human game.” ing the Pepsi Center in the Auraria area. bilize,” Dale said. “What happened is that normal.” The switch, Lutz explained, means that However, scheduling conflicts with Cirque people started to get settled in up here.” De Matta is recovering at home in Brazil. the race will depend less on how much du Soleil this year and the Democratic RuSport employs about 35 people, many RuSport is still evaluating drivers for its No. money a team is able to spend and more on National Convention next year pushed the of whom moved to the area to join the 10 car. its mechanic preparation and driver skill. series into a postponement. team. A new driver won’t be the only new addi- To go with the new cars, the Champ Car RuSport is disappointed to see the Den- tion for this year’s racing series. In Novem- World Series will also see several new races ver race on hold. Focus on racing ber, retired California businessman Dan in the 2007 season. The season opener on “For us, that is in effect our home race,” With the location issue resolved, the Pettit purchased RuSport from founder April 8 in Las Vegas will be a first-of-its- Dale said. “It gave us a chance to have RuSport team was able to focus on its rac- Russo. Pettit was previously the co-owner of kind race for Sin City. While previous races friends and family come to the race.” ing season. In 2005, both of RuSport’s dri- PKV Racing, another team in the Champ have occurred at a permanent racetrack, Although the Denver race is only post- vers, Justin Wilson in the No. 9 car and A.J. Car World Series. this year, it will be held on the streets of poned, Dale is still holding out hope that Allmendinger in the No. 10 car, finished the In addition to a new, yet-to-be named downtown Las Vegas. another option will work out for a Col- season in the top five in championship driver and a new owner, RuSport and the “We prefer to race on the streets,” Dale orado race.

SUMNER, from 3 tion. Sumner also owes about $225,000 in sat in court on the morning of Feb. 22 for erty. Sumner told Schreck that through The prior and pending civil lawsuits. Sumner’s first appearance. Schreck is listed Loan Consultants he would be able to The indictment goes on to allege that in court documents as a possible witness, secure a construction loan for Schreck to Sumner describes the transactions as a Sumner did not disclose to investors that he but his allegations are not part of the case build a home on the land. According to “series of personal promissory notes.”How- was fined and permanently barred by the against Sumner. Schreck, Sumner collected a $1,000 retainer ever, the indictment labels the exchange as National Association of Securities Dealers in Schreck owns Colorado Table Cloth, a fee to start working on the loan, which was securities “evidenced in part by the promis- 1998 for “failing to disclose material informa- firm in Longmont that supplies caterers and to have been for around $139,000. sory notes.” tion relating to the transactions and when he event centers. He claims to be on the other After eight months with no performance Securities law requires myriad disclosures knew or should have known that he would be side of Sumner’s dealings, as a borrower on the loan, Schreck became worried about be made to investors. The charges allege that unable to repay the loan promised.” rather than a lender. Sumner’s intentions. He filed a report with Sumner did not disclose several items about “I feel really bad about the whole situa- He first began dealing with Sumner in the Fort Collins police in July 2001, but later his past that might have had an effect on tion and the people that were drug into 1999 when Sumner assisted Schreck in dropped the charges when Sumner confront- investors’ decisions. According to the indict- this,” Sumner said. securing a small business loan of about ed him. Schreck said that Sumner convinced ment, Sumner was convicted of felony theft $15,000. Schreck said that Sumner secured him that there would be no way for him to in 2001 related to a 1995 case. He was Borrower’s perspective the loan with no problems. secure the loan if the case went to court. ordered to pay more than $75,000 in restitu- John Schreck, an alleged fraud victim, In 2000, Schreck purchased some prop- Over the course of the next year, accord- ing to Schreck, Sumner continued to assure him that the loan was progressing. Schreck said Sumner pulled through with a separate business loan of $26,000 for him in January 2002, at which point Schreck paid him his commission of $1,300 and gave him an advance of almost $3,000. In a statement to police, Schreck said that Sumner would JOIN THE MOVEMENT... later claim that the advance was actually payment for his consulting fees. It wasn’t until May 2002 that construc- tion on Schreck’s home began. However, and join us at the 2007 Northern Colorado rather than having found a lender for the loan, Schreck said, Sumner found a builder willing to cover the majority of the con- struction expenses with the guarantee of later funding and payment. Schreck also obtained a small construction loan from a Fort Collins-based mortgage lender. Dinner of Champions Schreck said that he lost contact with Sumner until just before the home was completed in September 2002. However, Thursday, March 8 • 6 –10 p.m. there was still no loan to cover the expens- es. In the following months, Schreck said Hilton Fort Collins Sumner continued to promise that the loan was not far off and that he needed his fees advanced so that he could continue to focus Hope Award Recipients ~ Mark & Neyla Driscoll all of his efforts on it. By August 2003, there was still no loan and MS Champion Award ~ Jim Dunlap the mortgage lender foreclosed on the prop- erty. Altogether, Schreck told police, he lost $155,000 in equity in the foreclosed property Individual tickets: $150 • Table of 10 guests: $1,500 and $35,000 in funds advanced to Sumner, Please contact Allison Hines at 970.482.5016 or [email protected] interest costs and money paid to people involved with the construction of the home. to reserve your seats, or for more information. Schreck filed another statement with Fort Collins police detailing his loss in March 2005. Schreck said that the police told him Thank you to our 2007 sponsors: the information he passed along to them about his situation, as well as information he Tom & Jean gathered about other alleged victims, played a major role in their investigation. Sutherland Police spokeswoman Rita Davis referred all questions regarding the Sumner case to the Colorado Attorney General’s office. March 2-15, 2007 The Northern Colorado Business Report 37

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38 The Northern Colorado Business Report March 2-15, 2007 ECONOMIC INDICATORS

BUILDING PERMITS December 2006 Construction activity in Northern Colorado during December 2006. December 2005

Larimer County Weld County 360 500 LABOR FORCE 280 400 Latest available labor force figures for Northern Colorado:

200 300 Total Labor Force Employed Unemployed Colorado 200 120 Dec. 2006 2,642,535 80,702 2,540,579 93,516 101,956 12,814 Dec. 2005 2,561,833 2,447,063 114,770 100 40 Larimer County Dec. 2006 170,299 5,043 164,409 5,917 5,890 874 al al Tot Tot Dec. 2005 165,256 158,492 6,764 sidential sidential sidential sidential e e Re Re Weld County Non-building Non-building Non-r Non-r Dec. 2006 114,849 4,421 110,434 5,073 4,415 652 Dec. 2005 110,428 105,361 5,067 Year-to-date construction activity through December 2006. Fort Collins Larimer County (Year to date) Weld County (Year to date) Dec. 2006 81,103 2,323 77,873 2,803 3,230 480 2,500 6,250 Dec. 2005 78,780 75,070 3,710 2,000 5,000 Greeley 1,500 3,750 Dec. 2006 47,347 1,755 47,183 4,075 2,164 320 Dec. 2005 45,592 43,108 2,484 2,500 1,000 Loveland 1,250 Dec. 2006 32,833 1,001 31,851 1,146 982 145 500 Dec. 2005 31,832 30,705 1,127 al al SOURCE: COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Tot Tot sidential sidential sidential sidential e e Re Re Non-building SOURCE: F.W. DODGE Non-building Non-r Non-r

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presents

GENERAL Latest Previous Change Last Change Last month listing prev. mo. year prev. year update

Employment 274,843 280,481 -2.0% 263,853 4.2% 12/06 Unemployment 10,305 10,384 -0.8% 11,831 -12.9% 12/06 Colo. unemp. rate 3.9% 3.9% 4.5% 12/06

F.C.-Loveland Airport Jet Fuel (gallons dis.) 70,033 86,909 -19.4% 69740 0.4% 1/07

Motor Vehicle Reg. 60,475 49,800 21.4% 64,289 -5.9% 1/07

Vectra Small Business Colorado Index 94.10 100.70 -6.6% 101.20 -7.0% 1/07 U.S. Index 91.50 95.10 -3.8% 90.10 1.6% 1/07 Consumer Price (Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Utah) Items (1982–84 = 100) Food & Beverages 204.80 204.77 1.5% 199.22 2.8% 1/07 Housing 217.50 217.48 0.9% 209.94 3.6% 1/07 Transportation 179.10 179.07 1.5% 172.88 2.8% 1/07 Medical Care 346.03 345.98 1.5% 329.55 5.0% 1/07

REAL ESTATE

Latest Previous Change Last Change Last Total construction (000s) month listing prev. mo. year prev. year update Larimer $26,336 $47,019 -44.0% $75,028 -64.9% 1/07 Weld $31,795 $35,918 -11.5% $65,567 -51.5% 1/07

Building permits 243 217 12.0% 414 -41.3% 1/07 Apartment vacancies FC-Loveland 8.8% 9.5% -0.7% 12.9% -4.1% 3/06 Greeley 8.1% 8.8% -0.7% 12.1% -4.0% 3/06 Apartment rates Fort Collins $749 $730 2.6% $740 1.2% 3/06 Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art Greeley $625 $615 1.6% $611 2.3% 3/06 Office vacancy rates Fort Collins 10.3% 12.5% 12.7% 9/06 Loveland 6.9% 6.4% 7.2% 9/06 Exhibition Greeley 20.2% 20.9% 19.7% 9/06 Retail vacancy rates & Silent Auction: Ft Collins 5.7% 5.9% 6.6% 9/06 Loveland 3.6% 3.2% 2.0% 9/06 Greeley 5.5% 5.9% 6.0% 9/06 February 2-March 2, 2007 Industrial vacancy rates Fort Collins 4.3% 4.9% 3.7% 9/06 Loveland 5.1% 3.7% 3.2% 9/06 Closing Reception: Greeley 8.8% 9.1% 9.0% 9/06 Friday, March 2, 6:00-9:00 pm

SALES Latest Previous Change Last Change Last Gala Celebration & Live Auction: month listing prev. mo. year prev. year update Restaurant retail (000s) Saturday, March 3, 6:30 pm Larimer $112,241 $103,806 8.1% $105,175 6.7% 9/06 Weld $51,970 $48,089 8.1% $46,716 11.2% 9/06 Gross sales (000s) Larimer County $587,867 $741,142 -20.7% $552,763 6.4% 10/06 Major Sponsor: Associate Sponsors: Weld County $619,887 $680,154 -8.9% $565,716 6.4% 10/06 New tax accounts 486 502 -3.2% 562 -13.5% 2/06

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics are for Larimer and Weld counties combined. Sources: Larimer County Workforce Center (Employment stats); National Bankruptcy Institute (Quarterly bankruptcies data); Colorado Office of Business Development (total Colorado manufacturer and agricultural exports); Cheyenne Airport; Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport; Larimer, Weld County Depts. of Motor Vehicles (Motor vehicle registrations); Average growth indicator based on model developed by regional economist John Green; Vectra Bank Colorado (Colorado & U.S. Small Business Indices); F.W. Dodge Data 201 S. College Avenue (Construction statistics); Larimer County Public Trustee, Weld County Public Trustee (Foreclosures - Notice of Election and Demand); The Home Builders Association of Northern Colorado (Building permits); Colorado Fort Collins, Colorado Division of Housing (Apartment vacancies & rates); Realtec Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. (Office, www.fcmoca.org retail, industrial vacancy rates); Colorado Dept. of Revenue (Restaurant sales, gross sales figures, new sales [email protected] tax accounts); U.S. Depts. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index). (970) 482-2787

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