Business Digest NEW BUSINESS

Bookappointment.com (www.bookappointment.com) is offering a free appointment management system for businesses. Users can create one or more appointment books on the site and manage that appointment book from a menu, eliminating the costs of a receptionist.

Stephen Rushmore, president and founder of HVS International, and Alan Benjamin of Compass Design, have established HVS Compass, a full-service hospitality interior design firm. The firm has offices in Boulder and in Mineola, Visit www.hvsinternational.com.

Noodles and Company, a Boulder-based restaurant, has opened its 10th location in the newly developed shops at 6th Street and Broadway.

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BCI Commercial Interiors has opened a new showroom at The Collection at the Denver Design Center. The new location will allow BCI to better serve its growing Denver clientele.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Boulder-based Konetix Inc., producer of TimeCentre, a time and labor tracking systems, has expanded its offices at 5660 Airport Blvd. in Boulder. The expansion more than doubles the company’s prior office space. Call (303) 444-8771.

SpectraLink Corp. a Boulder-based provider of workplace wireless solutions, has opened its first international branch office in Bracknell, England.

Front Range Community College is seeking referrals for the new Governor’s Opportunity Scholarship. Recipients will be offered a financial-aid package for the fall 2000 semester.

The NewWest Mezzanine Fund LP, a private investment fund, has been licensed by the United States Small Business Administration as a Small Business Investment Company.

Vision Group has expanded its resources to meet the demand from companies needing help redefining their sales processes and improving the performance and productivity of their sales staffs.

Myogen Inc., a developer of innovative therapies targeting heart muscle disease, has formed a key alliance with the University of Texas Southwestern medical center at Dallas to establish a collaborative research program targeting the development of therapeutics for heart failure.

Longmont-based Case Logic, a supplier of audio and computer accessory products, donated CD storage cases to event attendees at the MusiCares Person of the Year event in Los Angeles. The donation was made to support the MusiCares Financial Assistance Program, an organization that provides healthcare and assistance to music professionals.

Two University of Colorado at Boulder aerospace engineering undergraduate teams tested the effects of zero gravity on NASA’s KC-135 aircraft at the Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston.

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. has ranked Boulder-based Brian R. Cunningham District agency as the sales leader in the company’s Western Region for 1999. The agency, associated with the Richards Agency Inc. in Denver, ranked as a leader in total premium sales.

Nuf Said Advertising of Lafayette created a print advertisement for Time Warner Cable featuring a classic Loony Tunes character – the Road Runner. Visit www.nufsaid.com.

Amy M. Seager, a CPA with the Longmont accounting firm Jensen Burcham Stelmack Edwards, has passed the Intuits exam to become a certified QuickBooks ProAdviser.

ReSource 2000, a non-profit program developed to salvage and reuse building materials from construction and demolition projects, will be deconstructing buildings at the old Boulder steel yard on 30th Street in Boulder. The buildings will be reconstructed at the ReSource 2000 sales yard on 63rd Street. Call (303) 441-3278.

Boulder Media Group was selected to create promotional commercials for Winter Park Ski Resorts.

Colorado State University’s College of Business is offering a new program for finance students to learn firsthand about risk, financial management, responsibility and philanthropy. Called the Summit Student Investment Fund, the program, which provides students with real money to manage an investment portfolio, was started with a $50,000 donation from local developer Bob Everitt.

Jefferson County Airport has improved its ability to remove snow faster and more efficiently with the addition of four high-speed runway sweepers and a military surplus snowblower.

BUSINESS MOVES

The Community Foundation in Boulder County has moved to 1123 Spruce St. in Boulder. Call (303) 442-0436.

Truhlar Financial Strategies Inc. has moved to 2960 Center Green Court in Boulder. Call (303) 444-7161.

Culinary Software Services has moved to 1900 Folsom St., Suite 210, Boulder, 80302. Call (303) 447-1466 or visit www.culinarysoftware.com.

Thomas & Perkins has moved to The Sugar Building, 1530 16th St., #500 in Denver. Call (303) 573-4911.

Pinkard Construction Co. is moving to a new corporate office in Lakewood Garrison Park. The address is 9195 West 6th Ave., Lakewood, 80215. Phone and fax numbers are the same.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Mango, a Boulder advertising, marketing, Web development and large format printing house, has acquired Bolder Exhibits, a locally based trade show booth consulting firm. The new Trade Show Booth Department will be headed by Ken Meyers, former president of Bolder Exhibits.

ColorLink Inc. and Arisawa Manufacturing Co. of Japan have created a new joint venture company called ColorLink Japan Ltd. The new venture will manufacture products based on proprietary technology developed by ColorLink.

C2 Media Inc., a Denver-based provider of Web enabled media graphic services, has acquired Keogh & Co., a screen facility in Denver. The acquisition allows C2 Media to increase the types of products it can offer its customers in the Denver market.

Denver-based Communications World International Inc., a provider of telecommunications services and solutions, and Business Products Inc., a provider of advanced data technologies with an office in Denver, have merged to form a company that provides customers with single-source access to data technologies and services.

GRANTS

Cynthia Vaida of Steamboat Springs has pledged $10,000 to the Colorado BPW Foundation in honor of her maternal grandmother to establish the Helen Scott Calais Scholarship. The new scholarship will be managed by the Colorado BPW Foundation.

The Great Outdoors Colorado Board awarded the town of Nederland with a $25,000 grant to develop a land resource plan. The plan will guide future decisions for enhancing and protecting the environment in Nederland. The plan was funded by the Colorado Lottery.

Allergy specialists, Dr. Harold Nelson of the National Jewish Medical and Research Center and Dr. Stephen Dreskin of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, were awarded a $110,000 grant from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to study the antihistamine citerizine.

The Boettcher Foundation of Denver approved a $500,000 grant to be added to the National Jewish Medical and Research Center’s Centennial Campaign. The funds will be used for the renovation and construction portion of the campaign.

Chevrolet Motor Division will sponsor the community service organization, “Up with People,” as it presents musical shows through the 2001 season. Chevrolet also will be the international presenting sponsor for the new Up with People musical production, “A Common Beat,” and will host the world premier on June 8 in Detroit.

The U S West Foundation provided a $1.4 million gift to the University of Northern Colorado’s Widening Our World (WOW) outreach program.

The Center of the American West at the University of Colorado at Boulder received a $330,000 grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to support the center’s work for tracking changes in the region.

Peter Goldfarb, an actor, director and trustee of Naropa University, has pledged a gift of $1 million to Naropa’s performing arts program to provide increased opportunities for the local community to participate in the performing arts.

The Arts & Humanities Assembly of Boulder County (AHAB) has named the Winter 2000 AHAB/Addison Mini Grant winners. The grants are given twice a year and are open to all Boulder County artists and artist organizations. Grants were awarded to 11 artists and arts organizations selected from 39 applications.

CONTRACTS

Carl Thompson Associates, an investor relations firm, has been retained by ClearWorks.net Inc. and by the Matrix Service Co. for national investor relations programs. Additionally, Carl Thompson Associates’ Creative Services Division has been retained to design and produce several1999 annual reports to share owners. Projects will be done for JP Realty, Horizon Pharmacies, Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals, Golden Cycle Gold Carrier Access Corp., Koala, Solitario Resources, Crown Resources and Black Hawk Gaming and Development.

Boulder-based MessageMedia Inc., a provider of e-mail marketing and customer relationship management services, has established a partnership with NetCreations Inc., a provider of e-mail list management and delivery services. The deal allows MessageMedia to offer clients the opportunity to send e-mail messages to members of a database of more than 6 million e-mail addresses managed by NetCreations’ PostMasterDirect.com service.

ONO, a broadband service provider, has contracted Centera Information Systems Inc., an Internet consultant, to project manage ONOLab!, a broadband Internet content and access service.

Boulder-based Carol Gorsuch LLC, a business transition company, and Hughes & Banks LLP have partnered to provide financial services for growing companies.

Mango, a Boulder marketing firm, has been selected to design a Web site and collateral materials for Open Studios, a non-profit organization that hosts a tour of artists in Boulder during two weekends in October. Call (303) 442-1821. Mango also has been hired by Core Systems Inc. to oversee the development of Core Systems’ upcoming marketing campaign.

SuccessSystems Inc. of Boulder contracted with Accuride Corp. of Columbia, Tenn., a manufacturer of steel wheels for Ford trucks, to provide coaching and training skills for the company’s supervisors and managers. Call (303) 998-0248.

Amazon Promotions of Boulder has been hired by GMAC Mortgage to provide sales training and marketing services.

BCI Commercial Interiors completed the office furnishing of more than 10,000 square feet of space for the corporate headquarters of NetLibrary.com in Boulder.

American Bank of Loveland has named Fort Collins-based Limelight Technologies Inc. as its interactive agency of record. Limelight will help the bank implement information on its Web site while providing short-term maintenance.

Denver public relations and marketing firm BRW LeGrand has been hired by Cold Stone Creamery, a franchiser of gourmet ice cream and frozen yogurt stores, which has a location in Boulder. BRW will help Cold Stone achieve its national growth initiatives, which include adding three new stores to its three Colorado locations.

Evolving Systems, a Boulder-based software, consulting and integration company, has selected Boulder-based communication and design firm, Kingsbury Communication Design, to develop its new corporate marketing materials.

Cue Ball Media, a management consultant firm for the communications industry based in Boulder, has partnered with John Brown Publishing, a publisher of consumer and custom magazines in Britain. The alliance was formed to help John Brown develop its business in North America.

Mango, a Boulder advertising, marketing, Web development and large format printing house, has been hired by local musician Rebecca Folsom to design her Web site. The site includes show dates, music, a photo album, merchandise and an overview of Folsom’s accomplishments. Visit www.rebeccafolsom.com.

Solbourne of Boulder, a provider of technological resources in education, has hired Mango to develop its k12biz sheet.

NEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Kiosk Information Systems has been selected to design and manufacture interactive kiosks for WholePeople.com. The kiosks will be placed in up to 50 Whole Foods Markets nationwide.

A digital mammogram system available at the University of Colorado Breast Center, a division of the University of Colorado Hospital, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The system is the only FDA-approved digital mammography technology west of the Mississippi. Call (303) 273-1633.

Boulder-based Spatial Inc., a developer of Web-based business-to-business interoperability solutions and open-component 3D modeling technology, has renamed its Web-hosted application service for manufacturing companies. The service formerly 3Dmodelserver.com is now called 3Dshare.com.

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