Archive for the ‘Local Businesses’ Category

• Shop local services

  Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

  This year, you could give gifts. Or, you could give the gift of a stronger local economy, more jobs, more money for local charities and more tax dollars for infrastructure by buying services instead of goods. Spa treatments, haircuts, house cleaning, massages and computer help are all examples of services that can be purchased from locally owned businesses.

• American Express offers credit for Small Business Saturday

  Monday, November 21st, 2011

  American Express is offering card holders a $25 credit if they register their cards in advance and make a purchase of $25 or more at a local business on Saturday, Nov. 26 as part of their second annual “Small Business Saturday.”

• The dirtiest way to get clean

  Thursday, October 13th, 2011

  When Loveland started to redevelop its downtown area a few years ago, city planners knew one of its proposed building sites, a dry cleaning facility called Leslie the Cleaner, should at least undergo a preliminary environmental assessment.

  The results were to be expected, according to Tracy Turner-Naranjo, environmental compliance administrator for the City of Loveland. The city did a more thorough analysis and found soil and groundwater contamination.

• Beyond green homes

  Thursday, September 22nd, 2011

  Prepare to be amazed. Or surprised. Or jealous. This year’s Tour of Sustainable Homes, formerly the Tour of Solar and Green Homes, has planned a day of programming designed to let you get acquainted with more than your neighbors’ solar panels.

• Creatively building community

  Friday, September 16th, 2011

  Though the general rule is not to play in the street for fear of cars, the pedestrians of Boulder will have the opportunity to take over a vehicular domain and do just that this coming weekend.

• New B-cycle station will provide greater east Boulder access

  Thursday, August 25th, 2011

  Boulder B-cycle has announced the installation of a new B-cycle station at The Village Shopping Center, at Arapahoe, Canyon, Folsom and 28th Street.

• Teagan and Mack

  Thursday, October 21st, 2010

  Business takes baby steps in eco-entrepreneurship By Charmaine Ortega Getz Lisa and Glenn Cratty were looking for a better quality of life when they relocated their young family to Louisville from Los Angeles in 2009. But while looking for another job in her field of corporate management, Lisa realized that the dream could still elude [...]

• From beetle-kill pine to pellet stove fuel

  Thursday, August 26th, 2010

  Reusing in a big way By Charmaine Ortega Getz It was sorrow that compelled Rosalie Bianco to act. “I was in Grand County a couple of years ago,” she recalls. “It was breaking my heart to see all the trees dying from pine beetle infestation, and then watching all the dead trees logged and burnt, [...]

• Green Guru and GoLite

  Thursday, August 5th, 2010

  Getting in (recycled) gear for the outdoors By Charmaine Ortega Getz Climbing, hiking, biking, camping, scuba diving, surfing, fishing, kayaking — enjoying environmental recreation to the fullest often means there’s a lot of gear that goes with it. And it’s the kind of gear that can wind up in landfills or incinerators when it’s made [...]

• Thorne’s bright future

  Friday, July 30th, 2010

  Thorne Ecological Institute celebrates new solar energy system On Thursday, July 29, a dozen local youth participating in Thorne Ecological Institute’s Renewable Energy Summer Camp hosted an event to celebrate Thorne’s new 10kw Solar Photovoltaic system. Each summer, Thorne hosts a week-long camp on renewable energy. This year, Thorne’s students, ages 5 to 11, have [...]