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Local staffing company expands to Boulder
FORT COLLINS - Ginny Teel, owner of 10 til 2 - The Part-Time Placement
Service of Northern Colorado, has announced that she is expanding her
business by acquiring the already successful Boulder territory.
In the past four months the staffing industry has experienced an
employment boom, according to Teel, prompting her to make the move.
"It is the perfect time for my business to expand to Boulder," Teel said
in announcing the expansion. "Numbers are up and I am excited to
continue to provide Boulder companies with the professional part-time
employees they need to move forward."
Fort Collins-based 10 til 2 specializes in providing companies with
quality, college-educated employees and can staff virtually any
professional position.
"We take care of the expensive, time-consuming human resource duties so
our clients can focus on running their business," Teel said. "And the
professionals we place work on a part-time basis. It really proves to be
an invaluable option for businesses."
For more information, visit www.tentiltwo.com or e-mail Teel at
gteel@tentiltwo.com. |
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Abound Solar panels headed for test project in California
LOVELAND - Abound Solar panels will be installed in a commercial-scale photovoltaic test project.
Abound's AB1 modules will account for one of the largest components of the Chevron Technology Ventures' Project Brightfield. The project is a ground-mounted installation at a former refinery in Bakersfield, Calif. The site will act as a test facility to compare the performance of multiple emerging solar products.
In all, the site has a nameplate capacity of 190 kilowatts. The energy generated will be used to offset electrical needs at nearby Chevron facilities.
"Abound Solar is proud to be involved in Chevron's Project Brightfield and eager to compare the performance of our thin-film modules against any other leading technology on the market," said Tom Tiller, CEO of Abound, in a prepared statement.
Project Brightfield will also incorporate thin-film technologies from MiaSole, Schuco, Solar Frontier, Sharp and Solibro. Innovalight will provide crystalline-silicon photovoltaic panels at the site. |
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Green Summit features new Beyond the Limits Award
FORT COLLINS - The 2010 Northern Colorado Green Summit lunch, hosted by
Kennedy and Coe, Certified Public Accountants and Consultants, will
feature the presentation of the new Poudre Valley REA Beyond the Limits
Award.
Green Summit, presented for the fourth year by the Northern Colorado
Business Report, is a full-day conference which will be held April 8 at
the Drake Centre, 802 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins.
To receive the Beyond the Limits award a company must be on the Poudre
Valley REA system and must have shown innovation and leadership in:
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Renewable energy - installing renewable energy systems on site or
supporting renewable energy through manufacturing, development, design
or financing.
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Energy efficiency - installing or upgrading equipment, lighting,
software or other systems to reduce electricity usage.
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Energy conservation - improving physical plant or offices through
auditing energy use and weatherization and insulation efforts.
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Employee involvement - supporting green programs of any kind.
The focus for the Green Summit is giving business the means to go green.
For detailed information about speakers, panelists, exhibitors, booths
and sponsorships as well as nomination forms for the Beyond the Limits
Award go to www.NCBR.com. or contact Events@ncbr.com.
Attendees and exhibitors will also have the chance to securely shred
unwanted documents and recycle e-waste - electronic devices past their
prime. Immediately following Green Summit the City of Fort Collins will
host its 2010 Climate Wise EnvirOvation awards reception. The event is
free with pre-registration; register at
http://www.fcgov.com/climatewise/.
Title sponsor for the Green Summit is the city of Fort Collins.
Additional support comes from the Better Business Bureau, presenting
sponsor; Toolbox Creative, marketing sponsor; Poudre Valley REA, Beyond
the Limits Award Sponsor; Kennedy and Coe LLC, lunch sponsor; the
Governor's Energy Office - Project C, supporting sponsor; Super
Shuttle/Yellow Cab, transportation sponsor; Professional Document
Management, shredding and recycling sponsor; Davinci Sign System, sign
sponsor; and Porter Industries and Northern Colorado Paper, breakfast
sponsors.
Registration for the Green Summit, which includes breakfast and lunch,
is $49, and is open online at www.NCBR.com, under Events on the
homepage. Deadline for reservations is April 6. |
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CSU's Farland serving on national committees
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University's vice president for research
has been tapped to served on a couple of committees at the National
Academies of Science.
Bill Farland will serve as chair of the National Research Council
committee on Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions. The
committee will look at developments in toxicology, molecular biology,
bioinformatics and other fields for application toward identification
and control of environmental impacts on human health.
Additionally, Farland was named to the National Research Council's Board
on Environmental Studies and Toxicology. The committee will report on
whether certain materials are more hazardous in nano form. Examples
range from metal oxides used in sunscreens to materials produced during
manufacturing processes. |
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Estes Park rooms mostly empty in February
Estes Park hotels and lodges saw the lowest occupancy percentage in
Colorado for February, according to the most recent Rocky Mountain
Lodging Report.
In February, accommodations in Estes Park reported a 20.1 percent
occupancy percentage - down from 24 percent in February 2009. The
average room rate increased almost $10 in the past year to almost $120.
Fort Collins lodging facilities reported a February occupancy percentage
of 41 percent - up a half of one percentage point compared to last
year. The average room rate was down to just over $76 from more than $85
last year. Loveland, which was added to the Rocky Mountain Lodging
Report last summer, had an occupancy percentage of 49.3 percent with an
average room rate of $87.76.
Throughout the state, occupancies were up slightly - from 52.9 percent
in 2009 to 54.8 percent this February. The highest occupancies and room
rates were seen in the ski resort towns. Vail led the pack in occupancy
at 76.8 percent while Aspen garnered the highest average room rate at
$404.61. |
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national news
Health stocks outpace market after reform passes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Medicaid insurers, hospital companies and even drugmakers rose on Monday as many investors concluded that passage of landmark U.S. healthcare legislation will add millions of new paying patients.
Arrow bows to $3.1 billion bid from Shell, Petrochina
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Arrow Energy Ltd agreed to sell its Australian coal-seam gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina <0857.HK> for a sweetened $3.1 billion, giving resource-hungry China its first bite of Australia's burgeoning coal-seam gas industry.
Obama pay czar to
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Obama administration pay czar Kenneth Feinberg plans to review past compensation at 419 firms that received bailout funds, including JPMorgan , Goldman Sachs , according to a source close to the U.S. Treasury Department.
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