Native Roots stores have been a part of the Colorado marijuana scene for years — and the chain has grown to encompass eleven recreational and medical outlets across Colorado in part because of clever marketing. Take a 2010 review, in which our William Breathes noted that Native Roots “has better mall shopping…
The green market is headed for the stock market. Although dispensary businesses are having trouble securing financial services — because marijuana is still illegal at the federal level — several pot-related Colorado companies are either currently being publicly traded…or soon will be. How do they manage that? It’s never the…
Businesses tend to steer clear of politics when it comes to advertising for fear of alienating potential customers. Granted, there are a few exceptions — like, say, the new Rocky’s Autos ad that makes fun of Donald Trump’s hair. Yet we were still surprised that Frontier Airlines would take an apparent…
Back in March, our Thomas Mitchell reported about the rise of groups such as the Marijuana Business Association Women’s Alliance, Women Grow and the NORML Women’s Alliance. A number of Mitchell’s interview subjects expressed their hope that the marijuana industry will set a new standard for gender equality. Six months later, this…
The city of Glendale has revised its plan for an entertainment district on the banks of Cherry Creek to omit the land owned by a family that has repeatedly clashed with city leaders. The new plan (on view below in its entirety) does not include 5.4 acres of land owned…
The latest numbers in regard to rent prices in Denver are out. And in the majority of metro-Denver communities, the upward trend continues. The data, courtesy of ApartmentList.com, calculate rent prices during the month of August for ten cities in the area. Numbers include the average cost of one- and…
It can often be difficult to assess the true costs of mineral extraction and energy production across the West. Take, for example, the massive blowout from the much-neglected Gold King Mine earlier this month, which sent three million gallons of metal-laced, toxic water into the Animas River, an orange plume…
Last month, we published “How Much You Need to Make to Have an Adequate Standard of Living in Denver.” The post used number complied by the Economic Policy Institute — and there’s a lot more data about Colorado available. EPI’s website includes a tool dubbed the Family Budget Calculator, which “measures the income a…
Last week, we posted about the five Colorado counties where incomes have risen the most since 1980. Now, we look at the other side of the coin: the five Colorado counties where incomes have fallen the most over that same period. As before, the information comes from the folks at…
Over recent months, we’ve continued to hear whispers about the impact the rapidly growing marijuana industry is having on commercial real estate prices, as well as the amount of available warehouse space. Now, a new Wall Street Journal piece offers insight into the situation — and helps identify some of the winners…
Countless Colorado business owners have softened their feelings toward cannabis after realizing how much money can be made off it. Now, one Aurora entrepreneur is taking things a step further by naming his shopping center after it — or at least its milder cousin. Aurora’s Chambers Point Shopping Center will…
Earlier this year, we shared a list of the ten wealthiest Zip Codes in the Denver area — many of which are located in parts of the city that have been well-to-do for many years. But when it comes to the five Colorado counties in which incomes have risen most…
Want to invest in Colorado? If so, there are plenty of publicly traded Colorado companies. But which are the ones that are most likely to offer you a return on your money? To find out, Smart Asset looked at Colorado-based stocks over approximately a five-year period, from January 2010 through March 2015,…
Talk about a surprise. The Expedia travel service has announced the results of the 2015 Insiders’ Select rankings, described as “an annual crowd-sourced list of the world’s best-reviewed hotels.” Among those on the roster is a single hotel in the United States — one based in Colorado. And we have…
On August 4, a small but important election will take place in Glendale, a tiny city with big ideas. A total of twelve people who own property or lease space within a few blocks along Cherry Creek will vote on whether to create a “downtown development authority” (DDA) for the…
Last December, we published a post headlined HIGH RENT IN DENVER: WHAT $1,000 A MONTH WILL GET YOU. Less than a year later, unfortunately, the piece is out of date. Rent costs have continued rising through 2015, as many of our readers have noted. But the variety of prices is…
If you were planning to take part in the Lozilu Denver mud run on August 29, well, you’ll have to find another way of getting dirty. The event, slated to take place at the Broomfield County Commons Park, has been canceled, along with all other Lozilu mud runs around the…
How rich is Prince Bandar bin-Sultan? Prince Bandar, who served as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 2005, just sold what’s reported to be his last Aspen-area property for $5.87 million. But an Aspen Times source suggests that it was never one of the Prince’s residences. Instead, he used the 5,980-square-foot…
Over the past few months, we’ve documented Denver’s red-hot housing market and noted that many properties are selling way above list price. But real estate sales in Colorado as a whole are scorching as well. FindTheBest.com has compiled facts and figures about how quickly properties sell after they’re listed, and Colorado…
Back in November 2014, our William Breathes wrote about the Fourth Corner Credit Union’s efforts to provide banking services for the marijuana industry. As Breathes noted at the time, FCCU was “set to open” — possibly as soon as January 1 — “and even has the backing of Governor John…
Earlier this week, we shared photos of progress on the rail line to DIA, a project that’s expected to be completed in the spring of 2016. The plan is for light rail to reach Aurora next year as well, and a new report details how things are going on that…
The folks at FindTheBest.com have pulled together lists of the most and least respected companies in America. And unfortunately, a Colorado firm is on the latter roster. The data is culled from two rounds of Harris Poll surveys. The first asked 4,000 respondents to list America’s most visible companies, while the…
