Tag: Colorado Businesses
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Survey: 86% of women-owned businesses in Colorado won’t last over 6 months at current rates
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Department of Labor gives Denver over $7 million for training, upskilling program
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More than $1 million in Winter Outdoor Dining Fund grants doled out to 260 Colorado restaurants
Hundreds of Colorado restaurants were given more than $1 million in grants through the state’s most recent round of the Winter Outdoor Dining Fund, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The program, funding outdoor dining spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic, is in partnership with the Colorado Restaurant Association, the Colorado Restaurant Foundation, Xcel Energy and the…
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State program may loosen COVID-19 capacity limits on specially certified businesses
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment released guidelines Monday for the 5 Star State Certification program, designed to assist local businesses by allowing those with special certifications to increase capacity. Details about the parameters of the program, which counties are eligible and what requirements businesses will have to follow will be released later…
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Tattered Cover bookstores sold to Colorado investors
Denver’s famous Tattered Cover bookstores are changing ownership for the second time since the retirement of longtime owner Joyce Meskis in 2017. The independent bookstores were purchased by a team of Colorado-based investors in a private sale announced Wednesday, ending 49 years of private ownership. Previously, the stores were owned by husband-and-wife duo and book…
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Pandemic unemployment doubles in one week, regular unemployment hits 6-month high
Colorado’s unemployment rates are returning to record-breaking peaks from the first two months of the COVID-19 pandemic as cases rise and businesses close throughout the state. In the week ending Nov. 28, 17,130 regular unemployment claims were filed, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. That is the highest number of claims since…
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Colorado’s pandemic unemployment claims highest since June
Colorado’s unemployment rates are rising, with the number of initial pandemic unemployment claims higher than it has been since June, according to data released Friday by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. There were 7,281 initial pandemic unemployment claims for the week ending on Nov. 7, more than double the number of initial claims…
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State launches #ShopLocalColorado campaign ahead of 2020 holiday season
Gov. Jared Polis launched the #ShopLocalColorado campaign Monday, encouraging residents to support Colorado small businesses going into the holiday shopping season. The campaign, in collaboration with the Office of Economic Development and International Trade, provides shoppers with a website where they can see an interactive map of regional shopping campaigns. “Colorado’s small businesses, entrepreneurs and restaurants…