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Offices Had Employees Who Never Got To Work From Home — The Ones Who Kept The Buildings Cleaned And Maintained
Companies are gearing up to bring remote workers back to the office, but there’s an army of people responsible for maintaining the buildings that have been there the whole time.
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Colorado Ski Towns Could See Record Tourism This Summer As Hotel Occupancy Rates Tick Up
Travel bookings for Aspen and Snowmass accelerated as pandemic restrictions eased, and the trend will likely continue.
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You Read Your Mail Right. Property Values Are Up In Mesa, Boulder And Across Colorado.
Some Coloradans are getting big surprises in their mailboxes this month. County assessors are busy sending out new appraisals to homeowners, as they do every two years.
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COVID Changed What Going Into The Office Looks Like. There’s No Clear Path To Return
More and more people are getting fully vaccinated, but going back into the office is still proving to be complicated.
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Pandemic-Battered Businesses Converged At The Denver Mega Development, McGregor Square. Now It Waits For Crowds To Return
The development includes a hotel, offices, condos, bars, restaurants and retail — and it’ll be a proving ground for what happens when you try to bring people back together after more than a year of avoiding public spaces.
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Colorado Gas Prices Are The Highest They’ve Been In Almost 3 Years
It’s another sign that things are getting more “normal.”
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How You Can Help The Families Of The Boulder Shooting Victims
People from across the country are looking for ways to help families of the 10 people killed at a King Soopers in Boulder this week.
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Colorado Ski Resorts Gear Up For A Snowy Spring Break Crowd
A mix of the vaccine rollout, some pandemic fatigue and this weekend’s snowstorm has driven a lot of people to make vacation plans in the mountains.
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Want To Buy A House In Denver? Do It Fast And Prepare For A Bidding War
Homes in the Denver metro were on the market for an average of just five days last month.
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Coronavirus Spelled A Long And Very Uncertain Year For Colorado Businesses Built On Tourism
Leisure and hospitality businesses are among the hardest hit by the pandemic across the U.S. and in Colorado. The state lost more than 36,000 jobs in leisure and hospitality in December alone.
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Winter Park Reports Largest Colorado Ski Area Coronavirus Outbreak With 109 Cases
Employee outbreaks at ski areas are climbing as the season progresses and crowds on the mountain grow.
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Colorado Ski Resorts Prepare For A Snowy President’s Day Weekend Amid A String Of Coronavirus Outbreaks
Resorts are walking a fine line between keeping people safe during the pandemic and satisfying customers, many of whom paid hundreds of dollars for season passes.
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New Business Filings In Colorado Jumped In The 4th Quarter
An economic rebound that started when COVID-19 restrictions lifted over the summer was interrupted by a renewed surge in cases at the end of the year.
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Will Empty Denver Skyscrapers Fill Up Again With Our New Work From Home Normal? One Exec Says Yes
The CEO of the Colorado Market for BOK Financial says the office is the best place to be — and he wants his employees back as soon as it’s safe.
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Colorado’s December Unemployment Rate Jumps To Highest Since June
Despite the jump in unemployment, statewide labor force participation rose to its highest rate since February to 69 percent.
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Small Business Aid Program Relaunches With Changes to Help Minority-Owned Businesses
This time around, the Payroll Protection Program includes $35 billion set aside for businesses that didn’t borrow last time and $30 billion is for lenders that serve poor and rural communities.