Briefcase October 4, 2013

BRIEFS

Leadership Weld County 2013 class includes Bryce Jacobson of the Greeley Tribune, Scott McPherson of North Colorado Medical Center, Tracy Axton of FMS Bank, Hal Brown of University of Northern Colorado Dining Services, Kamie Cooley of Weld County Justice Services, Gena Duran of UNC Admissions, Marty Ebbinghaus of Sears Real Estate, Celeste Ewert of Envision, Arnie Fiscus of Fiscus Enterprises, Levi Gain of Doug’s Carpet & Upholstery Care, Nicole Hockley of American Eagle Distributing, Katie Kage of UNC Fitness and Wellness, Dena Knapp of State Farm Insurance Cos., Eric Mooss of Banner Health, Gage Osthoff of Realtec of Greeley, Jacob Paul of Otis, Coan & Peters LLC, Crystal Raehal of Hospice of Northern Colorado, Aimee Rogers of UNC Financial Aid, Brad Sharp of UNC Technical Operations, Patty Shupe of Flood & Peterson, Tawnya Thaden of First National Bank, Diana Vasquez of United Way of Weld County, Richard Wayman of the Weld County Sheriff’s Office and Janella Werth of Wells Fargo.    

Fort Collins-based Brinkman Construction has started building Drive II, the seventh building in the $7 million River North TAXI campus in Denver, owned by Zeppelin Development Inc. The four-story, 51,712-square-foot development primarily will consist of office space and is located at the site of the former Yellow Cab headquarters at 3461 Ringsby Court, Denver. Drive II is scheduled for completion in April.

DEADLINES

Applications will be taken until 5 p.m. Nov. 1 for the 2014 Leadership Northern Colorado class. A joint initiative of the Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland chambers of commerce, the Community Foundation of Larimer County and the Community Foundation Serving Greeley and Weld County, Leadership Northern Colorado is designed to educate and motivate leaders who are committed to shaping the future of the region. our region. Thirty current and emerging leaders from throughout the region will be selected to participate in day-long sessions on the fourth Tuesday of each month, January through June, to learn about public governance, land use and infrastructure, education and workforce, economic development and regional leadership. Tuition of $750 includes all meals, session materials and graduation recognition. Applications can be completed online at www.LeadershipNorthernColorado.com or emailed to LeaderNoCo@fcchamber.org. More information at 970-682-3562.

FLOOD RELIEF

Phoenix-based Banner Health, which owns and operates four hospitals, more than 50 outpatient clinics and a corporate office in Colorado towns that saw heavy damage from flooding, is making arrangements to help health-system employees in Northern Colorado who have been impacted. Employees can designate contributions for flood relief through Banner’s Support Our Staff program; employees who have financial emergencies then can apply for assistance from that fund. The program has $300,000 and Banner announced that it will contribute money to raise the total to $1 million. Employees are eligible to apply for up to $1,000 in assistance. In addition, Banner Health has made it possible for employees affected by the flood to cash out accrued paid time off.    

The Community Foundation and United Way of Weld County partnered to create the Weld County Flood Relief Fund. Bank of Colorado will match customer and employee donations up to $10,000.    

College Credit Union in Greeley will donate $5000 to the Weld Food Bank to assist with flood recovery efforts in Weld County and offer special rebuilding loans for repairing homes, replacing broken or lost furniture, purchasing supplies and replacing vehicles. CCU will collect donations at its branches: 2901 S. 27th Ave. and 1503 Ninth Ave.

GOOD DEEDS

The first annual Chipping Fore Charities Golf Tournament held Sept. 9 raised more than $30,000 for Front Range Exceptional Equestrians, Court-Appointed Special Advocates, Crossroads Safehouse and Spirit Crossing clubhouse. Romeo Golf Club and Rotary Club of Fort Collins Breakfast staged the event at Fort Collins Country Club. Paul’s TV donated a 55-inch television for the helicopter golf ball drop. Mercedes of Loveland provided a 2013 Mercedes C300 as a hole-in-one prize. Townsquare Media donated content development, website space and airtime on their local radio stations to promote the tournament. NoCo Channel 5 created content and donated airtime for television ads. Frontier Printing donated all of the printed marketing material for the event.

GRANTS

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded $138,933 to Fort Collins Museum of Discovery to support development and implementation of a two-year project highlighting the High Park Fire. FCMoD will work with partner agencies across Colorado to complete a two-year community engagement project called Living with Fire: A Community Responds, collecting and sharing stories of people impacted by the fire; offering opportunities for collaboration, conversations and research with other local agencies; and providing educational programs to the community.

KUDOS

Colorado State University scientist Jill Baron was elected president of the Ecological Society of America. Baron is an ecosystem ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, a senior research ecologist with the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability – both in CSU’s Warner College of Natural Resources – and a member of CSU’s graduate degree program in ecology.    

Colorado State University professor Tomislav Rovis was named a 2013 Arthur C. Cope Scholar by the American Chemical Society. The award includes a $40,000 unrestricted research grant, plus $5,000 for Rovis, who is the sixth member of CSU’s Department of Chemistry to win the Cope Award. Rovis, who joined CSU’s chemistry faculty in 2000, has won numerous awards for his groundbreaking work in organic chemistry.

NEW PRODUCTS/SERVICES

CollegeAmerica has expanded its School of Technology to include two new three-year bachelor’s degree programs at its Fort Collins and Cheyenne campuses: Software and Mobile Applications Development and Networking and Information Systems Security. The programs also will be available online through Independence University, an affiliated institution. More information is at www.collegeamerica.edu or 1-800-622-2894.    

Fort Collins-based nonprofit NOCO Shares launched a new website, nocoshares.org. The organization provides opportunities for individuals and businesses to engage and give back to the Northern Colorado community and inspire generosity.

OPENINGS

Quality Renovations and Home Services opened at 428 Mountain Ave., Berthoud.    

Internet provider Skybeam opened an office at 619 14th St. SW, Loveland.    

Horse & Dragon Brewery plans to open in the next six months at 124 Racquette Drive, Fort Collins, near Mulberry Street and Lemay Avenue.

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