The Colorado Chamber of Commerce announced the winner of the “Coolest Thing Made in Colorado” competition as Freedom Tracks who designed an all-terrain wheelchair attachment in Golden. Watch the full video here.
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CBS News: Coolest Thing Made in Colorado award announced
On Thursday, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce announced Freedom Trax as the winner of this year’s Coolest Thing Made in Colorado award. Freedom Trax is a motorized off-road attachment designed for manual wheelchairs. It allows people whose movement is restricted to enjoy trails and terrain they wouldn’t be able to otherwise without having to pay […]
Pueblo Chieftain: Pueblo elections: Ty Winter, House District 47 candidate, in his own words
With Election Day right around the corner, the Chieftain reached out to 17 local candidates running this November to represent Pueblo County residents as a member of U.S. Congress, the Colorado House of Representatives, the Board of Pueblo County Commissioners, or as the 10th Judicial District Attorney. … Currently the assistant minority leader of Colorado’s […]
Denver Post: Proposition 131 would change Colorado’s election system in races for governor, Congress, other offices
Proposition 131 would fundamentally change how many of Colorado’s elections are run, presenting one of the most sweeping changes to the democratic process in the Centennial State’s 148-year history. … Polis, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston are among Colorado political figures who have endorsed the measure. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce […]
CPR: Proposition 131: All party primaries and ranked choice voting, explained
Prop. 131 would significantly change how Colorado’s primary and general elections are conducted for many offices. It would replace single-party primaries with “all-candidate” primaries. It would also introduce ranked-choice voting for general elections in November. The changes would apply to elections for Congress, the state legislature, governor and other state offices, including the CU Board […]
Denver Post: Kent Thiry won’t give up on reforming Colorado’s elections. But is Proposition 131 the right formula for change?
Kent Thiry first came to Colorado in 1973 for a high school student government conference. After the four-day event ended, the teen called his parents back in Wisconsin to ask for some money. He didn’t want to leave just yet. “I drove down I-70, and I was blown away as I drove around the state […]
Gazette: Centennial-based company looking to make the world better, one healed body at a time
The 2024 winner of the “Coolest Thing Made in Colorado” contest isn’t large, or loud, or even visually arresting. About 12 inches long by 5 ½ inches wide and elliptical in shape, it resembles a “deflated football,” according to its creators. Thanks to regenerative light therapy technology, it boosts the body’s natural ability to heal […]
9 News: Business Brief with Ed Sealover
DBJ: Amazon offers work-life balance for two growing, Denver-area small businesses
Local Denver-area business owners with aspirations of creating a family legacy took a page out of the old business playbook — outsource fulfillment and shipping to allow for more hands-on management and work-life balance. Fulfillment by Amazon was the solution for husband-wife team Mauritha and Harold Hughes of FLEXX ID and brothers David Cross and […]
DBJ: Institutes of higher education in Colorado want to improve their students’ economic prospects. Do they make the grade?
People name many reasons for considering higher education. Learning new skills. Becoming a more informed citizen. Personal achievement. The most mentioned reason in a recent poll conducted by Gallup and Lumina Foundation, however, revolved around a future career. About three-quarters of the U.S. adults surveyed — a group that included people currently enrolled in higher […]