This week, we learned that in August, home prices in the Denver area rose for the sixth straight month, and the average was down just 1.9 percent from the same month last year. Given that catastrophes in the housing sector are largely responsible for our long-running recession, do the August…
Denver International Airport received complaints from some airlines on Thursday for allegedly not clearing runways of snow quickly enough — but DIA spokesman Chuck Cannon believes the facility well. “Obviously, things slowed down on Wednesday and Thursday,” he concedes, “but they have to when you have blizzard conditions like we…
On October 20, talks between grocery workers and Safeway about a new contract broke down only a few hours after they’d started up again — and later that week, King Soopers employees were given a letter strongly implying that if Safeway staffers struck, they’d be locked out. It’s a scenario…
A Denver Post story today noted that an unprecedented attempt to score up to $320 million in loans from two federal agencies in order to bankroll the still woefully underfunded Union Station redevelopment could be on the rocks because the project’s managers haven’t been able to get a favorable rating…
Here are some blogs you might enjoy. Jeremy at Roundball Mining Company predicts that the Nuggets will surpass last year’s 54-win mark by four games, declaring, “Yes we can! The sun is out. The seas have parted. The basketball gods are shining upon us!” Keep hope alive! The Denver Egotist…
Last week, the liberal group ProgressNow Colorado created a searchable map designed to help customers of King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons find other places to shop in the event of a grocery-store strike. Shortly thereafter, a letter to King Soopers employees noted that most of those options were nonunion shops…
You know the decision of a business to relocate is a big deal when the state’s governor offers to serve as a de facto publicist, as Bill Ritter did yesterday during the announcement that the German firm SMA Solar Technology AG will be opening a plant in the Denver area…
Yesterday, in the wake of a negotiating breakdown between Safeway and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, King Soopers employees were given a letter attributed to Dave Savage, vice president of retail operations for the firm. The document accuses the union of “recklessly pursuing a course that will lead…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every Thursday as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job, as posted online: Part-time trampler in Capitol Hill Pay: $10 to $100 per hour depending…
On October 20, negotiators for grocery workers and Safeway, one of three giant chains whose contracts with union employees in Colorado have expired, sat down for the first time in ages to try and hammer out an agreement. But very little hammering actually took place. “The workers said, ‘Here’s our…
It doesn’t really look like the sort of car the government would throw money at you to buy. Those, we always assumed, were the sort of cars that would fit in your freezer. But apparently, a state tax credit would indeed allow Colorado residents to buy the new Tesla Roadster…
Denver City Councilman Rick Garcia may be the elected official behind a moratorium being considered at city council tonight that would halt multi-unit development in northwest Denver. But are the real folks calling the shots the neighborhood activists Garcia represents? After all, the moratorium isn’t what one would consider subtle…
The Job: Telemarketing person Pay: $8 an hour Qualifications as posted online: “Are you a gamer? Do you play computer or online games that aren’t super involved and allow you the time and freedom to make phone calls? You might be a good fit for our office position. You must…
I got into a conversation at a party this weekend about which neighborhood business district in Denver might emerge as the next cool place. Or, as real estate agents like to say, an “up-and-coming location.” People who self-identify as urbanites spend a lot of time talking about this sort of…
The city’s offer to Republic Airways Holdings — an effort to keep as many Frontier Airlines jobs in Colorado as possible — doesn’t represent the final word on potential lures. “They’re in negotiations,” says Tom Clark, the Denver Economic Development Corporation’s executive director, “so that means there’s wiggle room.” Nonetheless,…
In today’s competitive economy, small businesses must offer more services to a wider range of consumers — and this Denver mechanic is providing customers with the best of both worlds. Storefront signage states that all makes and models of auto mechanic specialist services are offered to drivers, while “tabacco” products,…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every Thursday as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The Job: Time traveler Wanted (Greater Denver Area), found on Craigslist Pay: $250,000 Qualifications: “I am looking…
Yesterday, the last votes by unionized Safeway workers were counted, and once again, they turned thumbs-down on a contract that struck plenty of employees as extremely familiar. According to United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 spokeswoman Laura Chapin, “The most recent offer is virtually the same one they’ve been…
Speaking from Loveland Ski Area, the first in the state to open for the 2009-2010 season, Jennifer Rudolph is enthusiasm made flesh, which makes perfect sense given that she’s the communication director for Colorado Ski Country USA, whose mission is to urge anyone and everyone to head for the hills…
Talk-show blather king Rush Limbaugh didn’t exactly make a splash as a Monday Night Football commentator (except with people who think Donovan McNabb gets overpraised because he’s African-American). But he could get another shot at the NFL soon — as the owner of the St. Louis Rams. And depending upon…
Having trouble finding work? You’re not alone. Follow Jobbed every Thursday as we troll for the weird, the wacky and the worst of what the recession-era world of job ads has to offer. The job: Pipe layer Pay: Not available, although a hard hat, a safety vest and one pair…
Today’s finalization of Frontier Airlines’ sale to Republic Airways Holdings won’t challenge Top Gun when it comes to high-flying action. “It was a very typical transaction, very similar to when you buy a car or when you close on a mortgage,” says Steve Snyder, Frontier’s spokesman. “It was a virtual…
