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Jerry’s Market fills downtown grocery needs for more than 50 years
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Steve Mize pushes out boxes of food for an order that will be donated for the holiday season at Jerry’s Market, 513 14th Ave., in downtown Greeley.
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n the busy corner of 14th Avenue and 5th Street, Jerry’s Market remains the last holdout of the city’s longtime groceries. Now a little more than two years after the downtown Safeway closed, Jerry’s Market stands easily as the city’s longest remaining market and the only full-fledged market serving the downtown area. “It always has been tough since the day we started, you have competition and people shop your competition, and there’s price wars,” said owner Steve Mize. “It’s just very competitive.” Greeley’s downtown Safeway was the oldest store in Greeley, opening in 1957. It pre-dated Jerry’s Market, 513 14th Ave., which came to Greeley in 1964, and Toddy’s, which operated in Greeley for roughly 27 years before closing in 2004. Along the way, a
host of grocery store chains have sprouted locations in west Greeley. When the downtown Safeway closed in July 2014, Jerry’s Market was in its 50th year. At the time, many downtown residents wondered where they’d shop. Officials had hoped to convince another grocery downtown to fill the hole, but Safeway would not sell the property to another grocery. The city instead opted later to build its new fire station there. While there have been rumblings about getting a full-service grocery back into downtown, it likely won’t happen. City officials put out a lot of feelers. Crickets. Large grocery stores like population centers, said Pam Bricker, director for the Downtown Development Authority. “We don’t have the numbers right now that attract them,” Bricker said. “As you’ve probably noticed the big guys are just getting bigger. It is definitely a need, but
“The only perpetual in this business is it is continuously changing, and I think it always will,” Mize said. “But that’s what has kept it so intriguing.”
Steve Mize stands in one of the aisles at Jerry’s Market, 513 14th Ave., in downtown Greeley. The 52-year-old market has been filling the downtown grocery gap since Safeway closed in 2014. This also makes Jerry’s Market the last surviving grocery store in downtown Greeley. April 2017 I Business Connect I 5
interestingly enough, from what I’ve seen lately between Jerry’s and Farmer’s Pantry … we’re still doing a pretty good job of serving the neighborhood needs.” Farmer’s Pantry, 931 16th St., opened in 2015, on the south end of the downtown district, mostly serving the student population. The store boasts farm-fresh produce. Jerry’s, which had long remained busy serving a chiefly Latino population in the north end of Heather Gow, a clerk at Jerry’s Market, checks out a customer Greeley, helped fill the gap in at the downtown grocery store. offerings. Safeway’s demise was an cleaner or wire money via Western Union. immediate shot in the arm. The store may soon begin offering more “I don’t think we really needed it. It was as its distributor was recently acquired by a just nice to have a bit of an increase,” Mize larger company, Mize said. said. “It’s always nice to make more.” The boost in business has allowed Mize to Downtown residents can find their staples increase workers’ hours and invest more into at Jerry’s, including meats, produce, bread the store. and milk, along with everything in between, He said he always works to meet customer from cookies to baby wipes and frozen demand for certain products, as well. goods, and they even can rent a carpet
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The Greeley Tribune and Business Connect are highlighting the up-and-coming leaders across Weld County as part of a new series called Who’s Next. The goal of the Who’s Next series is to honor some of the most dedicated young people working to shape our cities in Weld County every day. The honorees you see on the following pages were nominated by their peers for the outstanding work they are doing in education, and were celebrated at our first Who’s Next event on March 14. View more online at www.greeleytribune.com/whos-next-honoringeducation/ April 2017 I Business Connect I 7
Maria Thomas
Communications Coordinator TRU Hospice of Northern Colorado Age: 37 Maria Thomas is an educator in two capacities. For one, she educates the community about Hospice care through her role as communications coordinator for TRU Hospice of Northern Colorado. Secondly, she educates and spreads awareness about hyperhidrosis through her blog, “My Life as a Puddle,” where she says she raises awareness “one drop at a time.” Thomas put herself through college working as a certified pharmacy technician where she gained a medical background while earning an English degree. She spends her time educating on hospice and grief services while building relationships. “I’m creating personal connections and making people feel like they’re not alone. There are people they can talk to and resources they can access.”
Megan Peterson
Second Grade Teacher Highland Elementary School Age: 26
As a kid, Megan Peterson wasn’t excited about school. That is until she saw her grandma teaching and realized the potential to make education exciting and fun. “As someone who didn’t like school myself, I wanted to be someone who got kids excited to learn,” Peterson said. Peterson taught preschool and special education before settling in second grade at Highland for the past two years. “I strive to make sure I’m providing everything I can for my students.” Dulcie Owen, who nominated Peterson, said, “Mrs. Peterson has the magic touch when it comes to children and teaching them. She is very warm-hearted, empathetic, encouraging and can get her class motivated for learning.”
Nick True
Science Teacher Frontier Academy Age: 30
Nick True started out his college career at the University of Colorado pursuing a degree in engineering. It wasn’t until he became a teaching assistant that he realized he enjoyed teaching subjects more so than actually putting them into practice. He took a leap of faith and transferred to the University of Northern Colorado to earn his degree in teaching. He has been teaching at Frontier for eight years with a brief one-year stint as an interim 8 I Business Connect I April 2017
vice principal at a charter school in Denver. He was responsible for starting the AP Physics course, as well as developing a credit recovery program that allowed struggling students to stay at Frontier. “In the back of my mind I’ve always thought ‘what work can I do that can do the greatest good and make an impact?’ Teach is that work. I believe that a strong, free education is a cornerstone of our democracy and the best civil service I can contribute to that is to teach,” True said. “The capacity to do good is really strong there and the ability to touch lives and help them out in a very measurable way is huge.”
Barbara Figgs
Children’s Ministry Leader Calvary Chapel Greeley Age: 24 Barbara Figgs grew up in the church as the pastor’s daughter, and through the years in the church found her calling in the children’s ministry. She began helping out her mom in the kindergarten age group during Sunday School class in high school. She now oversees the Children’s Ministry at Calvary Chapel Greeley as its director. She has also done work as an administrative assistant for the Colorado Heritage Education School System (C.H.E.S.S.). “At Calvary Chapel Greeley, I enjoy seeing children’s hearts and lives changed by the gospel of Jesus Christ and to see them take what they learn back to their homes and families,” said Figgs.
Jaclyn Cleary
MCAT Special Education Teacher Dos Rios Elementary School Age: 29 Being hearing impaired, Jaclyn Cleary had to overcome her own obstacles throughout school. An experience that led her to vow to one day become a teacher to help those kids like herself that needed additional support. Cleary has taught as a fifth grade teacher, an interventionist, a culturally and linguistically diverse teacher and as a special education teacher. She works with kids with developmental, emotional and physical disabilities every day. She’s also been a multi-tiered system of support coordinator and a building direct instruction coach. While she has a background in music as well, she found her true passion to be helping others succeed. She also finds her passion is for educating in Greeley. “I have had the option of moving to other school districts with higher socio-economic areas and higher-performing students, yet I feel that I make more of a difference here,” Cleary said. “I’m proud to say that I teach and live here by choice.”
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Nidia Dobson Assistant Principal Salida del Sol Academy Age: 33
Nidia Dobson says it was phenomenal teachers she had growing up that made a great impact on her and her education, inspiring her to have that kind of influence on others. In her 11th year of teaching, Dobson has taught first and third grade students in the St. Vrain Valley School District and Eaton School District. She has most recently been an instructional coach and now assistant principal at Salida del Sol Academy. “My greatest achievement in education is working where I am now. Salida del Sol is a dual language immersion school that opened its doors in the fall of 2014. It has been a great challenge working at a brand new school that is still developing policies and procedures but it has also been incredibly rewarding. Our dual-language model focuses on creating bilingual, bi-literate, and bi-cultural students,” Dobson said. “We have great students, families, and faculty at this school and I look forward to seeing the impact this program has on our students and the community in the future.“
Tonijo Niccoli
Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Winograd K-8 School Age: 33 ToniJo Niccoli grew up in a small community in Southern Colorado where she said she was surrounded by amazing and dedicated educators and coaches who reinforced that she could grow up to be whatever it was she chose to be. “Their commitment and encouragement, inspired me to become an educator and to hopefully do the same for my students one day,” Niccoli said. She has worked as a school to work facilitator for Goodwill Industries of Denver, as a special education teacher and as a teacher in the student recovery program at Greeley Central High School. “I love and believe in Greeley and our schools! Greeley’s diversity and ability to provide students with access to a multitude of programs makes this place special,” said Niccoli. “Whether I am a listening ear or advocate for students, families, or colleagues in their time of need or an encouraging smile during times of achievement and celebration, being present for the students, families, and educators that I work with will always remain my number one priority and greatest achievement.”
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Leann Tellez
fifth grade teacher Winograd Elementary School Age: 31 Leann Tellez has enjoyed being around kids since she can remember. “Kids have always naturally gotten along really well with me,” she said. So it’s no wonder she found her career path as an educator. A fifth grade teacher for five years now, Tellez has spent all of those years at Winograd Elementary School in Greeley, where she also coaches middle school volleyball. “I love working at Winograd. We have a diverse population of kids who come from all different backgrounds and situations. Our expectation as a school is that all students succeed. This mindset and support have allowed me to become the teacher I am.” Tellez enjoys building relationships with students of all ages and their parents. With two boys in fifth grade herself, Tellez knows what a compliment it is to hear parents tell her they want kids placed in her class. “It’s really humbling to hear kids and parents say they want to be in your class. It’s all about the relationships.”
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Dir. of Native American Student Services University of Northern Colorado Age: 30 Dr. Eryka Charley said she owes her academic success to positive family role models and educators within her life, specifically, her grandmother. “From her I was taught that in order to pay respect to those who enabled my academic success, I needed to serve in a similar capacity. This sparked a desire to be able to serve in a similar capacity to other Native American students, and those who identify with an underprivileged identity,” Charley said. In pursuit of that dream, Charley has served as the American Indian student support services coordinator at the University of Denver, has held various graduate assistantship, research assistant and policy assistant positions at the Pennsylvania State University where she received a PhD in Educational Leadership in Spring 2016. “My passion to continue working in education largely stems from my experiences working with students. While I cannot and will not take ownership of their success, I feel heavily rewarded from being able to helping them to develop and grow into young adults.”
Tracy Sewald
Fourth Grade Teacher Range View Elementary School Age: 38 Tracy Sewald has always loved working with kids and entered the teaching profession wanting to make an impact on her students the same way her teachers did on her. She has been teaching for 14 years in the Windsor-Severance School District teaching literacy, first, third and fourth grade. She said she enjoys teaching in a small town where she can run into current and former students at the grocery store. “There’s amazing support for teachers from community members and families. All the teachers in this community are very collaborative and encouraging to one another,” Sewald said. “I take pride in knowing I establish a classroom where kids can be risk-takers, inquirers, and will always be loved!”
Troy Rivera
High School English Teacher University High School Age: 39 Troy Rivera wanted to be a lawyer before his high school science teacher told him he didn’t have the heart for it. “He told me I was too caring to be a lawyer and then asked if I had ever thought of being a teacher.” Rivera took that advice and has taught fourth grade, first 12 I Business Connect I April 2017
grade, middle school, high school and college since earning his bachelors degree and two masters in both reading and literacy and educational leadership. Aside from teaching, Rivera has been involved in a number of coaching roles including middle school wrestling, cross county, high school track, tennis and as a student council advisor. Rivera says forming relationships with his students is at the heart of what he does as an educator. “You always have to remember that you have at least one student who may or may not be going through something. I use that as a driving force,” said Rivera. “I get to know my students and their families. If they invite me to an event, I attend them. If you want to be an effective and great teacher you have to be involved.”
Ashley Valenzuela-Ruesgen
Assistant Dir. of Career & Technical Education Aims Community College Age: 27
Ashley Valenzuela-Ruesgen believes knowledge is power and a driving force of positive change in individuals and the community. It’s what led her to be interested in education. She began her journey in education as a full-ride graduate assistant in business operations at the University of New Mexico before joining the Aims Community College team as the business outreach and internship coordinator. She explains her current role as working at the intersection of education and industry. “It is at this intersection that we see private industry partnering with public education to build the workforce of tomorrow,” ValenzuelaRuesgen said. She said she believes the extremely diverse community is one of Greeley’s greatest strengths. She works to continue building a strong workforce as a member of the Weld County Workforce Development Board. “When knowledge is harnessed and combined with people who aspire to lead by making a difference, anything is possible!”
Ashley Aragon
Associate Principal Bella Romero Academy K-8, Principal of the K-3 Campus Age: 33 Ashley Aragon’s first student was her younger sister in the days when she would play school. Aragon has spent her career in Weld County School District #6, but has filled many roles during her time, teaching at Billie Martinez, Christa McAuliffe, Chappelow, Scott Elementary and Shawsheen Elementary. She has now been at Bella Romero for four years. “I grew up in the Greeley community so I love knowing that we (educators) get the opportunity to impact the future of our community,” Aragon said. “I believe the biggest achievements are seen day to day when a student begins to really understand how reading works or when a student’s face lights up because they figure out a math concept, or when a student comes up to me for a hug or when a teacher feels successful...these are the achievements that fill my bucket.”
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April 2017 Even APRIL 6 GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, leads group, 7:30 a.m., at the Chamber, 902 7th Ave., Greeley. This group meets every Thursday morning to share and create business leads for our group’s members. Details: (970) 352-3566. GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, young professionals, 5:30-7 p.m., at the Greeley Tribune, 501 8th Ave., Greeley. Greeley Young Professionals is our 21-39 networking event. Come and join us and meet other young professional in the Greeley area and build business relationships. Free. Details: (970) 352-3566.
APRIL 10 WINDSOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, “So, you want to start a restaurant.” 8:3010 a.m., Pine Room, Windsor Recreation Center, 250 11th St., Windsor. The East Colorado SBDC and Windsor Chamber are excited to present “So You Want To Start a Restaurant.” This seminar is not just for those interested in entering the restaurant business. It is also intended to address many of the operational and strategic issues existing restaurateurs are experiencing. Details: (970) 686-7189.
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APRIL 12 GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, business before hours, 7-8:30 a.m., First FarmBank, 2939 65th Ave., Greeley. Enjoy a delightful breakfast and networking with other chamber investors. Everyone in attendance gets a 15-second commercial on who they are and what they do. Free to members; $20 nonmembers. Details: (970) 352-3566. WINDSOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, business after hours, 5-7 p.m., Art & Heritage Center, 116 5th St., Windsor. The Downtown Development Authority will be hosting April’s Business After Hours. Great time for all the Windsor Chamber members network with other chamber members as well as see what the Downtown Development Authority is working on. Details: (970) 686-7189.
APRIL 13 GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, leads group, 7:30 a.m., at the Chamber, 902 7th Ave., Greeley. This group meets every Thursday morning to share and create business leads for our group’s members. Details: (970) 352-3566.
ents Calendar GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, business after hours, 5-7 p.m., Aims Community College, 5401 20th St., Greeley. This event happens every fourth Thursday of every month. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and network with other Greeley Chamber investors. You can also win door prizes. Free to members; $20 nonmembers. Details: (970) 352-3566.
APRIL 19 GREELEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, brown bag seminar, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the chamber, 902 7th Ave. Break All the Rules - and Close More Sales Presented by Don Overcash, Sandler Training. Have you ever been frustrated with prospects saying they have ‘no money’, ‘no budget’, or a ‘frozen budget’? Are you angry about wasting time and resources on unqualified prospects? Is your business suffering by running in circles instead of having productive sales? Come learn how to establish ground rules for an effective sales meeting, make a no-pressure presentation and distinguish between serious prospects and the ‘think-it-overs’. Free. Details: (970) 352-3566.
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in downtown Greeley hop By Katarina Velazquez For Business Connect Philip Van Drunen, far left, and Rick Destree, far right, sit alongside Casey Cobb, left, and Stephen Pope, founders of Project Ricochet, as they skype in for a quick portrait shot at their office in downtown Greeley.
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website and app development agency that has worked for big-name companies like Survey Monkey and Apple News has a team of six that work in the heart of downtown Greeley. Although a few residents have confused it for a bike shop several times, Project Ricochet, 922 8th Ave., offers a variety of web and app development services to businesses across the nation. Employees have backgrounds in
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opes to get local business building websites pages and can help create efficient smart phone apps. The Greeley office officially put up the agency’s logo last year. In a downtown with expanding entertainment options, few know about the technological gurus working in the office sandwiched between an art gallery and Roasty’s Bar and Grill. The work the Project Ricochet team is tackling surprised Pam Bricker, executive director of the Downtown Development Authority, too.
“I just see the continuing migration of young people to downtown that we didn’t used to have,” Bricker said. “Whether it’s the opening of a business like the Moxi, or a bar, or a brewery, or they’re into the high-tech industry, it’s a wonderful thing that has been missing for a long time. We would love to see other spaces like (Project Ricochet) in the downtown area, and that could certainly happen if we get the demand.” Project Ricochet’s Greeley team is looking to make their work a little more local, April 2017 I Business Connect I 17
Rick Destree, left, and Philip Van Drunen stand in the center of their office in downtown Greeley. Destree and Van Drunen work for website and app development in downtown Greeley.
as they have no northern Colorado-based clients. “I don’t think businesses know they have services they’re going to Boulder, Denver and Fort Collins for right in their backyard,” said Philip Van Drunen, senior developer for the agency. Project Ricochet has a globally distributed team of 25 developers and project managers, all who work out of home offices from California to Mexico. The Greeley team has the largest number of employees who work under the same roof for the agency. That’s coincidental. Senior developer Rick Destree, a 2004 University of Northern Colorado mathematics graduate, was the first to board the Project Ricochet train in the area. The founders of the company, Casey
Cobb and Stephen Pope, found Destree online about seven years ago when he was looking for work as a freelance web designer. He worked as a freelancer in the same office that eventually became the Greeley Project Ricochet office, and that’s how he met Van Drunen, who also freelanced there. From there, it snowballed into a team of six people over the years. “It all evolved very organically, really,” Van Drunen said. “We had this base and we invited in people who needed the work.” Destree said the fact Project Ricochet had a distributed team allowed him to stay in Greeley and didn’t force him to move to large tech-savvy cities where web development jobs are more prominent — like Denver or San Francisco. He liked he could do what he loves in a city he loves.
“We’re a relatively big agency that handles big projects, but we’re local,” Van Drunen said. “We’re right in these businesses’ backyards.”
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“There’s a sense of community here,” he said. Pope and Cobb founded the agency in the San Francisco area about 10 years ago, and it grew into what is now a multi-million dollar company that has clients such as University of California, Berkeley and Maxim. “No one is more surprised than I am that a chunk of Project Ricochet ended up in Greeley,” Cobb said with a laugh in a phone interview. “It’s nice to have a home base to go to where everyone (in our company) can meet up, and there’s value in having so many of our employees under one roof.” According to Van Drunen, Project Ricochet has $1 million worth of software employees use to help with website development, allowing them to build their clients high quality websites. He said they “overcommunicate” with their clients, letting them know what is happening and when it’s happening — especially when it comes to their client’s budget.
Although smaller mom-and-pop shops might not best fit their services, larger businesses and corporations in the area could find the agency useful. Van Drunen said the agency’s client base typically spends anything from $3,000 to $300,000.
Rick Destree, left, and Philip Van Drunen stand in the center of their office in downtown Greeley. Destree and Van Drunen work for website and app development in downtown Greeley.
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Greeley’s entertainment offerings are coming into their own, livening up downtown
Margaret Thompson, left, laughs with her mother, Linde Thompson, as they sit in the Kress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave., in downtown Greeley. Kress Cinema and Lounge has operated as a source of entertainment since it opened its doors in 2008. Greeley’s growing entertainment scene has now attracted other unique companies to set up in the area.
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hen people think of Greeley, entertainment hasn’t always been the word that comes to mind. But that way of thinking is changing as more entertainment businesses make their home in Greeley. A diverse group of businesses have found their place in the Greeley entertainment scene and are helping to drive the continued thought development of Greeley as a city to go to for entertainment. A mainstay in downtown Greeley, the Kress Cinema and Lounge has operated as a source of entertainment since it opened its doors in 2008, when owners Ron and Linde Thompson said the downtown was poised to get an entertainment venue. “The Ice Haus had opened; there were some restaurants and bars, but there wasn’t really anything to do,” Linde said. She and her husband thought a place where people could watch a movie and get some food and drinks was just what Greeley needed. Over the years, they may just the be Greeley’s entertainment pioneers. The downtown corridor and Greeley as a whole has experienced growth in terms of things to do and entertainment venues. The recent additions 20 I Business Connect I April 2017
of restaurants, bars, breweries and other entertainment options have helped to solidify Greeley as a place to go for entertainment. ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS The entertainment options in Greeley have even expanded so much as to accommodate some counter culture in the form of The Nerd Store. The Nerd Store opened in October 2013 at 807 8th St. in Greeley. Owner Travis Parry considers the Nerd Store the one-stop-shop for all things nerd entertainment, including comic books, graphic novels, board games, card games and collectibles. It also offers game nights for group play, including families. “I felt Greeley could really benefit from having a comic and game store,” said Parry. “More so than other surrounding areas because there weren’t as many options in Greeley.” Parry said his business came in after 9th Street had really gotten established as an entertainment area and 8th Street was beginning to follow suit. “It’s obviously great to have businesses like Right Coast Pizza and Brix on the same block,” Parry said. “And something really exciting is looking at opening up on the other side of us.”
Another newcomer to the entertainment scene in Greeley is the Q: The Live Escape Experience, The Asylum, which opened up in November at 810 9th St. An escape room requires a group of participants to solve puzzles and overcome challenges to “escape” the room in a specific amount of time. Owners Kris Maloy and Jolie Beth Boudreaux began Q: The Live Escape Experience in Loveland with two escape rooms before expanding to Greeley. “We moved here from Oklahoma (on) New Years Day in 2015 and saw there were a couple escape rooms in Denver, maybe Boulder, but nothing really up in this area,” said Maloy. “We had thought about it in Oklahoma and once we got here we thought we should bring it to Loveland and Greeley.” GREELEY. REALLY? Linde Thompson said early on, there was some daily doubt about the Kress’ potential for success. After all, something like this was a bit out of Greeley’s league in terms of entertainment. She laughs a little and says, “Only every day. People (would) come in and say ‘Why did you do this in Greeley?’ As though we should have moved somewhere else. This is where we live. It’s a little heartbreaking sometimes to hear, ‘Wow, if you were in Denver or Fort Collins you would be really successful.’ We love where we are.” The Slaughterhouse Derby Girls, another longtime Greeley entertainment staple regularly brings in visitors from out of town. Also founded in 2008, the club began skating at JBS Sports but has been skating at The Kill Floor for the last eight years. And while they’ve seen success, Club Treasurer Tootsie Poppins
admits it has been a bit of an uphill battle. “We are always trying to get the word out and participate in community events, but we are constantly hearing that people don’t know there is roller derby in Greeley,” Poppins said. “We also think that maybe the community doesn’t realize that we are family-friendly.” Despite the fight to establish their name in the Greeley community, the group still sees large numbers of spectators at their events, usually between 50 and 100. Sometimes if the juniors are skating, Poppins said they will see between 150 and 200 specators. Maloy and Boudreaux say they’ve heard similar sentiments expressed at Q: The Live Escape Room Experience from customers who are happy to see them there, but surprised they chose Greeley. “I have heard a lot of people say, ‘It’s great you’re here. There’s not enough fun stuff to do in Greeley.’ There’s still room for more entertainment type things to be here,” said Maloy. “Based on what I’ve heard from people, Greeley residents got accustomed to when Greeley was a smaller town and they had to go to Fort Collins or Denver to do something fun. But that becomes quite the trip. The population had outgrown what was here. There are some good things happening in Greeley.”
This is where we live. It’s a little heartbreaking sometimes to hear, ‘Wow, if you were in Denver or Fort Collins you would be really successful.’ We love where we are.” -Linde Thompson, Kress Cinema & Lounge
COMMUNITY SUPPORT While there may be those who still view Greeley as a poor choice for entertainment options, there is a large portion of the community that has vocalized and shown their support to encourage entertainment venues in the area.
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In fall 2012, the Kress faced a major obstacle. When the business started, movies were distributed in traditional 35-millimeter form. That shifted to digital when in 2012 all theaters nationwide were required to move to digital film by 2013 or miss the opportunity to get first run movies. “We were either going to have to close or do something different,” Thompson said. “Then we saw the Lyric and some other theaters doing a Kickstarter campaign.” The Thompsons began a 30-day campaign in October 2012. “In three weeks time the community offered up $90,000 for us to purchase the equipment we needed and allowed us to stay in business,” said Linde. And as entertainment options continue to grow and new businesses enter the scene, Thompson’s daughter, Margaret Thompson, who now manages The Kress, said she doesn’t see the new businesses as competition. Rather, they bring additional foot traffic and even support one another. “Patrick’s held a fundraiser at the same time as our Kickstarter in 2012 to help us stay in business,” Thompson said. Margaret added that events such as Friday Fest just bring more people downtown and offer more exposure to places residents may not have known existed. “The Moxi, Brix, Patrick’s, Right Coast Pizza. I think it’s been really good for everyone. With the hotel opening up
sometime this year and the growth of everyone around us has been great to get everyone down to the entertainment corridor,” Margaret Thompson said. “Because of the work that places like Wiley Roots and WeldWerks are doing to build a scene downtown with craft beer, it has been very helpful to us, even as a movie theater because we do carry all local craft beers.” Boudreaux, co-owner of Q: The Live Escape Experience, said the response they have received since opening in November has been nothing but positive. “They have really loved it,” she said. “We have gotten nothing but positive reviews and responses. We had a little name recognition coming from Loveland to Greeley, but I would say about 90 percent of our Greeley customers that have come in hadn’t heard of us before. “We keep hearing how much fun participants have had and how much they would recommend it to people.” Poppins agrees that community support and a loyal fan base have helped establish Slaughterhouse Derby Girls in Greeley. “We have a fan base that is always in the stands,” Poppins said. “They usually end up becoming volunteers. We love our fans and volunteers and couldn’t do it without them.”
EVOLVING ENTERTAINMENT After several successful years, Linde and Ron Thompson decided to rejuvenate the Kress by handing over the day-today management responsibilities to their daughter Margaret and her partner Justin Ghofrani. Margaret and Ghofrani had just completed college in Chicago when they decided to return to Greeley and incorporate what they’d learned. “Since Margaret and Justin came over it has really been a shot in the arm to the business,” Linde said. “We’ve really noticed an uptick in business since they’ve taken over The digital projector shines as Linde Thompson, left, and her and focused on a younger sort of daughter Margaret, sit beneath it in one of the booths recently at vibe and broader offering that’s the Kress Cinema & Lounge, 817 8th Ave., in downtown Greeley. more popular with the millennial 22 I Business Connect I April 2017
age. Those were things we just didn’t really know about. They’ve brought a new energy.” Added Margaret: “When we were in Chicago we would frequent urban, hip, fun places in Chicago and figured if we could take something like that and bring it to Greeley we would be ahead of the game.” February is a big month for the Kress, as they showed all the Oscar contending movies, culminating in their annual Oscar Party on Feb. 26, featuring a red carpet and paparazzi. Customers dress up and watch the Oscars on the big screen in what Margaret said is their ‘own little slice of Hollywood.’ Travis Parry knows his Nerd Store offers options to those who may not want to spend their evening bar hopping. “Obviously there are those who enjoy it. Or they would quit showing up and I’d go away,” Parry said. “When we first opened there was a lot of excitement because it was a safe place for other social options and a night place that doesn’t involve alcohol. “I’m not the type of person that likes to go club hopping and there’s a lot of people who come to the Nerd Store for a safe place with a lot of different options.” Parry said his store draws so many different customers because it holds so many different activities and events from comic books to popular card and board games. “It gives people a chance to sit down and socialize with others,” he said. The Nerd Store offers several premium events throughout the year including free comic book day the first Saturday in May, which Parry said brings in anywhere between 1,500-3,000 people each year. “We do other semi-premium events that see close to 50 or 60 people about once a month,” Parry said. “It’s not uncommon to have 70 people coming in to hang out and have fun.” Q: The Live Escape Experience has catered to all ages and demographics since it opened, seeing groups of 13-year-old girls all the way up to 80-year-olds having a blast. “We do birthday parties, groups of friends
and family. We’ve even had a quilting group come in,” Boudreaux said. The business has seen so much success that Boudreaux and Maloy are planning to open a second escape room experience in Greeley this April. The Slaughterhouse Derby Girls continue to promote their sport and their name in the Greeley community, and they are optimistic about the recent growth in attendance lately. “We do see growth in terms of entertainment options and we believe it is because Greeley is growing. The downtown is growing and bringing in some great new venues and options for families,” Poppins said. “We have had more opportunities to go out and promote our events then we have in the past. We have slowly been seeing our numbers increase over the last few months.” Margaret Thompson sums up the evolution of Greeley entertainment best when she talks about she and Ghofrani’s decision to return to Greeley from Chicago to manage the Kress.
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Kenny’s Catering By Darian armer For Business Connect
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f you can think it up as a party or event theme, it’s most likely that Catering by Kenny’s can create a menu to match it. Ranging from dinner parties for six to events with a thousand, Kenny’s has catered it all. Kenny’s Steakhouse opened in 1995 and the catering side of the business followed in 1998. They’ve come a long way from what owner Matt Larson said began out of the back of an SUV without catering vans and hot boxes. Kenny’s offers catering off-premise and also in-banquet and meeting rooms at the event center at Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley. Kenny’s does served or buffet dinners, cocktail parties, receptions, holiday parties and barbecues. There are breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, but Larson said each menu is specialized and handcrafted to meet specific needs. “We have a lot of popular dishes,” said Larson. “But we are always coming up with new ideas and new servings.” 24 I Business Connect I April 2017
Kenny’s will even do the dirty dishes if you want them to. “We bartend, serve the food, wash the dishes ... the client never has to life a finger,” Larson said. Kenny’s even manages to build a kitchen in the middle of the country for the Cattle Baron’s Ball each year. “We build a kitchen on site and serve dinner, entrées and desserts,” Larson said. And while Kenny’s caters even the most exclusive events, it has options for most any budget. “We know people like to save money,” he said. “We can come up with ideas that are cost effective and will fit most budgets. We are always willing to work with the customer.” As well as working with the customer to meet budget and menu needs, Catering by Kenny’s will also work with other vendors, such as florists, and vendors focusing on rentals and design to make sure your event goes as planned.
“We have good relationships with other vendors and local event center,” Larson said. “We know what they expect when they’re in their venues.” Aside from operating a long-standing business in Greeley, Larson said he has lived in the area pretty much all his life.
“This is a good community. The types of customers we do events for are usually involved in the community and serving on boards,” Larson said. “We’re involved in planning a lot of those parties. We like to be involved and giving back to the community.”
For more information visit www.kennysteakhouse.com/catering.html, or contact Pat Veltri, catering director, at 970.302.5694
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Zoe’s Café
Zoe’s Café and its employees live to serve. From the coffee shop to the events center to its catering services, Zoe’s Café exists to serve the Greeley community and provide a welcoming space. Zoe’s Café catering provides off-premise services and catering in their event rooms, including the Belair & Showroom, Zoe’s Café and Suite 100. Ben Fusco, director of Zoe’s Café and Event Center, said the catering side of business began as an independent business from Zoe’s Café, but switched over to be a part of Zoe’s about three years ago. Zoe’s catering offers customized menus to fit a variety of budgets and occasions. But at the heart of it all, catering provides a means for Zoe’s to continue doing what it does best. “We exist for the people of Greeley and the downtown area,” Fusco said. “Catering affords us the opportunity to better serve Greeley.” For more information, visit zoescafeandevents.com, or call (970) 352-2089.
Corleone’s
Corleone’s is a family-owned business that has been serving Greeley for more than 10 years. Offering an array of catering options, there are available catering menu options as well as the opportunity for customized menus to meet any budget or menu need. Corleone’s even offers menus to meet any allergy or dietary needs. Corleone’s catering menu includes breakfast burritos, a taco or burrito bar, pasta bar, hot breakfast, BBQ pork, box lunches, sandwich trays, appetizers, roast beef and steak all as separate menu options. Catering prices can accommodate most any budget, ranging from $2.25 per person up to $19 per person. “I moved to Colorado from California and have raised my kids here,” said Nick St. George, owner of Corleone’s. “I enjoy being in the Northern Colorado community.” For more information, visit www.corleonesgreeley.com, or call (970) 515-6492. April 2017 I Business Connect I 25
If your company doesn’t have a workplace romance policy, it’s flirting with disaster By Kyra Kudick For Business Connect
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ur hands brushed while reaching for the same stale donut on the break room table, sending shivers of excitement down my spine. I knew then that she was the one, and we would spend the rest of our lives together.” OK, that probably isn’t how most office romances start (or end for that matter), but according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey, love is thick in the workplace air, with 38 percent of workers admitting to dating someone who worked for the same company, and 16 percent saying they dated more than one coworker. Management must be taking notice because a study by the Society for Human Resource Management shows 42 percent of employers have a written or verbal policy on workplace romance, almost twice the number that had such a policy in 2005. Legal experts agree that all employers, regardless of size, should have a formal policy in place that covers romantic relationships in the office to limit the employer’s liability should a relationship result in a sexual harassment claim or other workplace issue. 26 I Business Connect I April 2017
Crafting a policy The temptation to create a company policy that prohibits employees from engaging in office romance altogether is understandable, but is ill-advised. “Anti-fraternization” or “no-dating” policies can end up creating a whole other set of issues, and can be difficult to enforce. Instead, employers should craft policies on office romance that define what behaviors are prohibited, and outline the consequences if these rules are broken. Such policies should have the following components: Full disclosure: Whether the relationship is between a supervisor and a subordinate (which some companies ban altogether), or between two employees who work in different departments, the policy should require that the relationship be disclosed to the human resources department. Some companies go so far as to require employees to sign a written disclosure, or “love contract,” which confirms in writing that the relationship is voluntary, advises the couple of the company’s sexual harassment policy, and outlines expected behaviors during the relationship and if/when it comes to an end.
Prohibited behaviors: Romantically involved employees should refrain from engaging in certain activities on company property, including trysts, sexually explicit conversations, and open displays of affection, such as holding hands, hugging, or kissing. The policy should also include expectations for professionalism should the relationship come to an end. For example, the former couple will not share details from their romantic relationship in the office. Consistent enforcement: Whatever consequences you choose for failure to disclose a relationship or for engaging in prohibited behaviors, make sure you have a uniform policy of enforcement at all levels of the company. If you are going to make termination a possible consequence, then be prepared to terminate any employee for the infraction, should it occur. Inconsistent enforcement of policies could leave you open to claims of discrimination. Training: Employees don’t always consider the possible ramifications of office relation-
How is your time being spent?
ships (especially if they are caught up in the romance of it all). To cover your bases, conduct training on your workplace romance policy right along with sexual harassment training. Ignoring workplace romance can be flirting with disaster. Take a proactive approach to creating an office dating policy and protect your company from becoming liable in a sexual harassment suit or discrimination claim arising from the ashes of a flamed-out romance between coworkers. Kyra Kudick is an associate editor at J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc., a nationally recognized compliance resource company. Kudick specializes in employment law/HR issues such as employee relations, hiring and recruiting, and training and development. She is the author of J. J. Keller’s Employee Relations Essentials manual and SUPER adVISOR newsletter. For more information, visit www.jjkeller. com/hr.
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Lia Szasz
has been admitted to practice law in Colorado and Wyoming and will work for Otis, Bedingfield & Peters, LLC. Szasz worked as a law clerk for the firm throughout law school. She recently passed the bar and joined the firm as an associate attorney. Szasz obtained her undergraduate degree from Washington State University and her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. While in law school, she received the best overall combined brief and oral argument award in the Colorado Appellate Advocacy Competition and represented CU in the American Bar Association’s Client Counseling Competition. Before law school, she worked for a real estate and estate planning law firm and for a title company. Her practice at OBP focuses on business law, agricultural law, real estate law and complex commercial litigation. She also has a background in agriculture and real estate.
Loana Ehrhart
has opened her Unique Boutique & Salon in the Sola Salon, 6560 29th St., in St. Michael’s Square. Ehrhart is a licensed certified barber, and she specializes in hair extensions and color corrections for women. Ehrhart has 27 years of experience with hair, and she recently moved from Brickhouse Salon. Call her at (970) 396-9025.
Chelsea Clark
has joined Coan, Patyon & Payne, LLC’s Fort Collins office. Her practice will focus on commercial real estate and business law, including purchase and sale transactions, land use and development planning matters, as well as general business and corporate transactions. Clark earned her undergraduate degree in business from Colorado State University and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver. Clark previously worked as a development manager for the Broe Group, handing land entitlements and infrastructure construction processes for the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor. She assisted in the construction management of Hexel and Vestas manufacturing plants. After her time with Broe, she lived in Aspen and worked as a real estate paralegal.
Amy Dinkel
has joined 365 REAL Property management as managing broker.
Dinkel brings more than three years of service in real estate and an extensive background in accounting and business management. She has been co-owner of Rain-Way Sprinkler & Landscape since 1999 and has held accounting positions at RE/MAX Optimum Group, Kosmerl Machine and, most recently, RVNA of Greeley. 365 REAL Property Management, owned by Dale Hall, has transformed from a small owner-only residential management company to one that is now managing single family, multi-family and commercial properties for themselves and approximately 98 separate rental owners with 385 units in 167 different properties with 10 full time employees. April 2017 I Business Connect I 29
Ryan Sanger
has been admitted to partner in Anton Collins Mitchell LLP’s Greeley office. Sanger is a native of Colorado and a graduate of Colorado State University. His expertise includes serving closely held and privately held companies in a variety of industries, including construction, real estate, manufacturing, beverage (craft breweries, distilleries, and wineries), distribution, professional service and retail. Sanger also has developed a specialty in state and local tax (SALT) consulting. He has a passion for youth issues as demonstrated through extensive philanthropic involvements.
Dr. Wes Hielscher
has joined Dr. Brad Keeney at Keeney Chiropractic, PC, 6200 9th St., Suite 2A in Greeley. Hielscher graduated summa cum laude and valedictorian from Cleveland University in December 2016.
With the addition of Hielscher, the practice now has expanded hours and they are seeing patients at from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, including lunch hours, with appointments available on Saturdays. Call (970) 353-0337.
Lee Morehead
has been promoted to senior associate at the Otis, Bedingfield & Peters law firm. Morehead practices out of the firm’s Greeley office, focusing on oil and gas, general business transactions, probate administration, employment law and related litigation matters. He received his undergraduate degree in international business and his master’s in legal administration from the University of Denver. He graduated cum laude from Vermont Law School. 30 I Business Connect I April 2017
Morehead joined the firm in 2014. In June 2016, he became president of the Weld County Bar Association.
Stan Black
, a retired lawyer who practiced with Hutchinson, Black and Cook in Boulder for 45 years, has joined the Greeley Rotary Club. Black recently moved to Greeley with his wife, Marge, to be closer to their daughter and her family. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, and he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1959 from UCLA Law School. He is a veteran of the Korean War, and he served as a missionary bush pilot in Zimbabwe for a year. He received his LLM master’s degree from London School of Economics. He joined Rotary in Boulder in 1964, serving as president from 1976-77 and district governor from 1985-86. If you are interested in learning more about Rotary, call Mark Llewellyn (970) 590-4911 or mark@markllewellyn.com.
Twyla Fremit
has joined Re/Max Eagle Rock in Loveland as a real estate agent. She has lived and been part of the Windsor community for 10 years. She loves the town of Windsor and the Front Range. Call her at (970) 222-7177 or (970) 593-0999.
Brady Hull
has been named the general manager of NewsTalk 1310 KFKA. Hull will continue to co-host Agfinity Sports Day each weekday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., while taking on the added duties. 1310 KFKA continues to serve northern Colorado with more live, locally produced programming than any other station in the market, with Chad Peterson, Gail Fallen,
Hull & Jason Homan, Tyler Walje and Scooter McGee hosting shows throughout the day and night. Live and local programming on 1310 KFKA also includes University of Northern Colorado football and men’s basketball and high school sports coverage.
Maribel Hidalgo
has joined Sears Real Estate as a broker associate. Hidalgo has a lived in Greeley for more than 20 years where she and her husband have been raising their four children. She has a background in translating in the medical field for more than 15 years and comes to Sears Real Estate as a bilingual broker associate. She specializes in helping English and Spanish speaking buyers and sellers in northern Colorado. She can be reached at (970) 689-6065 or (970) 475-1042 or maribel@searsrealestate.com.
Re/Max Realtor John Armour
relocated to Re/Max Eagle Rock in Loveland. Armour recently received a prominent National Association of Realtors Senior Real Estate Specialist designation, which demonstrations his skills in counseling clients ages 50 and over through major financial and lifestyle transitions such as relocating, downsizing or selling the family home. He has been working with the over-50 population for years by liquidating estates. He is a member of Greeley Area Realtor Association, Colorado Association of Realtors, and National Association of Realtors. He states he picked Re/Max Eagle Rock because of its central location to
Windsor, Loveland, Johnstown, Fort Collins, Greeley and more. Call Armour at (970) 396-5054 or go to www.johnarmour.nocoresidential.com. Re/ Max Eagle Rock is located at 6028 Stallion Drive, Loveland.
Bruce Dennis
has been promoted to advertising director of The Greeley Tribune. Dennis has been employed with The Tribune for 11 years, most recently serving as sales manager. He will be responsible for all revenue generation at the Tribune including digital advertising, nondigital advertising and event production. He is a graduate of Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in business with a concentration in marketing. He lives in Greeley with his wife, Lacy, and two sons, Ethan and Jaxon. Call him at (970) 392-4429.
Scott Kosola
clinical director for The Point Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic, a locally owned clinic that has served Colorado for more than 20 years, is now a new partner in the practice. Kosola has been The Point’s clinical director for 12 years. Kosola joins Max Haynes and Lori Masi as partners of The Point, which operates two locations in Greeley, and one each in Johnstown and Denver. Call (970) 352-8762 or go to pointrehab.net.
— If you, your colleagues or employees are On the Move, send a notice and photo to Business Connect Managing Editor Sharon Dunn, sdunn@greeleytribune.com or call (970) 392-4439. April 2017 I Business Connect I 31
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