Thumbtack’s list of the top ten cities for millennial entrepreneurs includes a Colorado community — one that finishes very near the top. But that’s no surprise. The site small-business-friendliness survey of the U.S. as a whole gives Colorado an overall mark of A, making it one of just twelve states to…
We’ve been reporting about the marijuana policies of presidential candidates, some of whom would like to turn back the clock on legal recreational sales in Colorado and a handful of other states. But there are plenty of reasons to let Colorado’s experiment go forward. Millions of them, in fact. In…
The Boulder City Council has decided to loosen up some of its restrictions on the town’s marijuana industry. During a meeting that went late Tuesday night, councilmembers unanimously approved an ordinance that will update Boulder’s medical and recreational codes after numerous marijuana-industry stakeholders and community members voiced their displeasure with…
Denver is a good place to start a business and Denver Startup Week has been living proof of that. The city’s annual celebration of entrepreneurs, which started in 2012, has already attracted 10,000 people to this year’s edition, which features 250 events over the course of five days and runs…
The Denver Police Department has revealed that seven pot shops were caught selling marijuana to a person under age 21 in a recent compliance sweep; we’ve got the details below. The DPD was clearly aiming to make a big splash with the announcement, and it’s succeeded, with news operations throughout…
In recent months, Denver’s housing market has been among the hottest in the country. But is it finally beginning to cool down? Hardly, according to two national surveys. But a local report maintains that the answer is “yes.” First, let’s take a look at July numbers from Weiss Residential Research. Nationwide,…
Colorado’s tax holiday on retail marijuana provided full waiting rooms and plenty of customers, but most of the action was taking place in growing operations months before. The one-day tax break, a product of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights, saved customers the cost of the 10 percent state sales tax…
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…
