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03/07/2025

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03/07/2025

Join us for the 2025 Book of Lists Launch Party and Most-Influential Business Leaders Awards on March 10th at the Candlelight Dinner Theatre in Johnstown!

We will be revealing the #1 Most-Influential Business Leaders in each of our ten categories, based on your votes!
​Enjoy an evening of networking with top industry leaders, plus drinks and heavy appetizers​.

Secure your spot today:​ 🔗 https://bizwest.ticketspice.com/2025-mibl-bol-party

Here's a​ look at our next 25 honorees:

🏨 Hospitality
Charlene Hoffman, Visit Boulder, Colorado • Brandon Knudsen, Ziggi's Coffee • Dana Query, Big Red F Restaurants • Joe Steiskal, Limelight Hotel Aspen • Steve Taylor, Hot Corner Concepts

🏭 Manufacturing & Technology
Loren Burnett, Prometheus Materials • Carol Cochran, Horse & Dragon Brewing Company • Marcia Coulson, Eldon James Corporation • Corban Tillemann-Dick, Maybell Quantum Industries, Elevate Quantum • Eric Wallace, Left Hand Brewing Company

🏛 Organizations
Bruce Borowsky, Boulder County Film Commission • Ann Hutchison, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce • Sandra Solin, Capitol Solutions • John Tayer, Boulder Chamber • Kristin Todd, Community Foundation of Northern Colorado

💼 Professional Services
Doyle Albee, Comprise • Kathleen Alt, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP • Lori Sutorius Jones, Avocet Communications • Chris Otto, Plante Moran • Brett Payton, Coan Payton & Payne LLC

🏗 Real Estate & Development
Jennifer Chavez, BioMed Realty • Scott Holton, Element Properties • Martin Lind, The Water Valley Company • Ryan Schaefer, NAI Affinity Real Estate • Cheri Witt-Brown, Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity

​🔹 Title Sponsor: FMS Bank
🔹 Associate Sponsor: Alchemer

​📅 Mark your calendar and grab your tickets today!

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03/07/2025

[Sponsored Content] Three Key Trends in Agribusiness Right Now

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03/06/2025

Join us for the 2025 Book of Lists Launch Party and Most-Influential Business Leaders Awards on March 10th at the Candlelight Dinner Theatre in Johnstown!

We will be revealing the #1 Most-Influential Business Leaders in each of our ten categories, based on your votes!

​Enjoy an evening of networking with top industry leaders, plus drinks and heavy appetizers​. Secure your spot today:​ 🔗 https://bizwest.ticketspice.com/2025-mibl-bol-party

Here's a​ look at our first 25 honorees:

🏦 Banking & Finance
Gerry Agnes, Elevations Credit Union • Shawn Osthoff, Bank of Colorado • Boni Sandoval, Adams Bank & Trust • Nicole Staudinger, FirstBank • Gretchen Wahl, FNBO

🏗 Construction
Connie Dohn, Dohn Construction Inc. • Chris Elder, Elder Construction Inc. • Nick Haws, EPS Group, Inc. • Lori Masi, Hall Irwin Corporation • Jason Sherrill, Landmark Homes

🏢 Employers
Robert Graves, Morning Fresh Dairy Farm • Bridget Johnson, Green Girl Recycling • Doug Radi, Sweet Loren's • Nancy Whiteman, Wana Brands • Brad Wind, Northern Water

🏛 Government & Education
Jeni Arndt, City of Fort Collins - Government • Andy Feinstein, University of Northern Colorado, UNC • Raymond Lee, City of Greeley Government • Amy Parsons, Colorado State University • Nuria Rivera-Vandermyde, City of Boulder Colorado Government

🏥 Health Care
Dawn Anuszkiewicz, Intermountain Health • Margo Karsten, Banner Health • Mitzi Moran, Sunrise Community Health • Simon Smith, Clinica Family Health and Wellness • Robert Vissers, Boulder Community Health

​🔹 Title Sponsor: FMS Bank
🔹 Associate Sponsor: Alchemer

​📅 Mark your calendar and grab your tickets today!

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03/06/2025

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a nationwide block Wednesday on an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to slash grant funding that pays for medical research at universities and laboratories in Colorado and across the country.

A federal judge in Massachusetts issued a nationwide block Wednesday on an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to slash grant funding administered by the National Institutes of Health that pays for medical research at universities and laboratories in Colorado and across the country.

03/06/2025

Pindustry, a Greenwood Village-based bowling, arcade and live-music concept, is coming to Broomfield.

03/05/2025

While Northern Colorado cities continue their growth trajectories, leaders instinctively work to keep the lines of communication open, while at the same time protecting their community identities.

03/05/2025

X Corp., which bought Twitter in 2022, was evicted from its 65,000-square-foot offices in Boulder in 2023 after its landlord claimed the social media giant stopped paying rent.

Attorneys representing X Corp., the Elon Musk-owned parent company of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, are squaring off in court this week with lawyers for a Boulder landlord in a dispute over who is responsible for breaking X’s lease at its former S’Park offices.

03/05/2025

The March edition of BizWest is now live! 📰 Read it today: https://bit.ly/bwmarch2025

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03/04/2025

What an incredible day at the 2025 Northern Colorado Real Estate Summit at Colorado State University. A huge thank you to everyone who attended—your insights and engagement made this event truly impactful. We’re especially grateful for our amazing panelists 🎤 and moderators who brought the sessions to life with their expertise and thoughtful discussions. 👏 Stay tuned for more photos and highlights coming soon!

🙏 Thank you to our sponsors:

Title Sponsors: Elevations Credit Union, NAI Affinity Real Estate, RE/MAX Alliance
Supporting Sponsor: Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti
Lunch Sponsor: The Water Valley Company, Colorado Eagles
AV Sponsor: Waypoint Real Estate, LLC
Associate Sponsors: Alchemer, Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti LLP, Broker Relief Transaction Management, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), Ent Credit Union, EPS Group, Inc., FirstBank, Galloway & Company, Inc., Landmark Homes, Mountain Valley Bank, Pinnacle Consulting Group, ZondaHome

03/04/2025

The new holiday falls on 303 Day (the third day of the third month of the year), which evokes Colorado pride with a reference to its 303 area code and aims to celebrate and promote Colorado’s small businesses, brands, stores and food and beverage makers through limited-time-only sales and promotion, marketing and social media campaigns, events, parties and networking opportunities.

State lawmakers declared Monday that March 3 will now be a new state holiday dubbed Buy Colorado Day.

03/04/2025

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office fielded more than 24,000 consumer complaints last year, a yearly record.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser’s office fielded more than 24,000 consumer complaints last year, a yearly record and up 20% from 2023.

03/04/2025

Infrastructure is a huge piece of a proposed hotel, hockey arena and water park in west Greeley, and Greeley leaders are considering creating a general improvement district to fund it.

Infrastructure is a huge piece of a proposed hotel, hockey arena and water park in west Greeley, and Greeley leaders are considering creating a general improvement district to fund it. Creating such a district, however, could help other development already on the books out west.

03/03/2025

Hundreds of NOAA and NWS employees were dismissed across the country on Thursday, but spokespeople at the Boulder offices of those agencies have declined to comment on how nationwide layoffs are impacting the local offices.

Two former members of Congress and the head of the Boulder Chamber joined a crowd of protesters on a sunny, warm Monday outside the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in south Boulder to rail against the layoffs and firings of federal workers by the Trump administration.

03/03/2025

After not quite two years on the job, Erin Fosdick is resigning in frustration as president and CEO of the Longmont Economic Development Partnership.

03/03/2025

Nearly two decades of wrangling over a massive proposed water project in Northern Colorado have ended with a settlement between the water district that wants to build it and the environmental group that has fought to stop it.

03/01/2025

[Sponsored Content] Three Key Trends in Agribusiness Right Now

Agriculture is constantly evolving, shaped by economic forces, supply and demand cycles, and technological advancements. Today, three key trends are significantly impacting farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses. 1. Record-High Cattle Prices 2. Economic Pressures 3. Technology Is Revolutionizing Agriculture

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We’ve been serving Agribusiness since 1857, so we understand the complexity and volatility of your industry. FNBO will continue to support the future generations of agriculture in a spirit of innovation with broad financial capabilities to move your business forward.

03/01/2025

This newly acquired property near the U.S. Highway 36 and Northwest Parkway interchange is likely where AdventHealth Avista intends to build a new hospital to replace the existing facility at 100 Health Park Drive.

The hospital system that operates AdventHealth Avista in Louisville recently purchased a plot of land within the Redtail Ridge district.