Grant Family Farms Declares Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

Press Release

Wellingon, CO - Despite all best efforts to the contrary, and along with many other organic farmers in the United States, Grant Family Farms has been struggling financially over the last several years. Ineligibility for crop insurance coupled with millions of dollars in damage from hail storms and drought – not to mention a massive spinach recall, has left the farm in a financial situation that it’s been unable to overcome. As a result, on Friday, December 28, 2012, Grant Family Farms has declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

First and foremost, Grant Family Farms wants to thank the community for their support and loyalty to the farm throughout the years. With this gracious understanding, the Farm would like to take this opportunity to be as open and honest as possible with the community about the current situation.
Grant Family Farms is confident that some things are worth saving – and believes that this community supported farm is one of them. The Farm is working hard and is hopeful that it will emerge from this disappointing situation better than it went in.

Grant Family Farms has been farming in Colorado for 61 years. It was, proudly, the first Certified Organic Farm in the state – in addition to being instrumental with helping Colorado create the process of organic certification and developing the laws that emerged as a result. Throughout its history, Grant Farms has developed an effective local food system with grains, animals, and veggies – on a community supported and wholesale level alike – in addition to building the largest CSA in the nation. The Farm recognizes these distinctions as being a direct result of the amazing support it’s received, and continues to receive, from this amazing community – and it is eternally grateful to the community for that.

In many ways, the Farm has continued to improve and, most certainly, continues to be committed to the CSA community – the life and breath of this farm. The Farm truly hopes that it can count on the community’s continued support and generous patience and it makes this transition towards the future.
At this time, Grant Family Farms is hesitant to offer any specifics with regard to tomorrow. It can say that beyond Chapter 7, nothing is set in stone – and it is important to the Farm that it doesn’t churn the cogs in the rumor mill. But, please know that the Farm’s CSA members and community will be the first to know when there is any additional information to share. The Farm is as hungry for conclusions as the community is for answers – and it will continue to keep information posted in the timeliest manner possible. The Farm anticipates speculation from a variety of sources, but wants the community to know that this is the voice of the Grant Family, the Farm, and the CSA team.
Once again, Grant Family Farms wants to extend a gracious thank you to the community for its continued support, understanding, and patience as it traverses this most difficult path. While the Farm looks forward with hope to what the future might bring – it does so with the anticipation that our community and our amazing CSA family, will be there with us.

Ajkun Ballet holding auditions in Denver

Open to professional and pre-professional dancers

New York City based company Ajkun Ballet Theatre is now accepting applications to audition for openings in the following positions:

SUMMER INTENSIVE PERFORMING IN NEW YORK

Requirements: minimum age 14 years, (there is no maximum age for dance teachers), strong background in ballet or Modern/contemporary Dance. The 2013 edition runs July 20 August 17.

CORPS DE BALLET AND SOLOIST DANCERS

Requirements: minimum age 16 years, maximum age 35 years, background in ballet must include partnering skills and good knowledge of traditional repertory, additional background in contemporary dance a plus, but not necessary. Annual contract: 48 weeks, of which 12 on tour.

JUNIOR ARTISTS

Requirements: minimum age 16 years, maximum age 23 years, background in ballet must include strong pointe skills (females, only), additional background in contemporary dance a plus, but not necessary.

EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DANCER/CHOREOGRAPHER GRANTS (INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE)

The Fund grants $130,000 per fiscal year to dancers and $100,000 to choreographers. Currently are open applications to candidatures for the fiscal years 2014-2015-2016.

Audition Applications must include the audition form and all items listed on the form.

Email ajkun@aol.com or log onto our website to obtain the form. Auditions by DVD are welcome.

AUDITION CALENDAR

USA & CANADA:

Boston, MA on Sunday, February 10, 2013
Vancouver BC (Canada) on Saturday, February 16, 2013
Denver, CO on Sunday, February 17, 2013
Dallas, TX on Saturday, February 23, 2013
Chicago, IL on Sunday, February 24, 2013
New York City, NY on Sunday, March 3, 2013

DENVER, COLORADO:

Sunday, February 17, 2013
Registration: 6:00pm Audition: 6:30pm 8:00pm
at Colorado Ballet
1278 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO, 80203

A complete Calendar is available online: www.ajkunbt.org

Burns Marketing Sponsors NoCoBio Initiative

Press Release (Rocky Mountain Innosphere) Burns Marketing, a full-service marketing agency with offices in Northern Colorado and Denver, announced a major in-kind sponsorship to Rocky Mountain Innosphere to advance the technology incubator’s Northern Colorado BioScience initiative (NoCoBio).

The in-kind services are valued at more than $60,000, making it the largest in-kind sponsorship to ever come through the Rocky Mountain Innosphere. “Because Burns Marketing understands the underlying science and technologies, language, and nuances of the life sciences industry, they will be able to significantly contribute to the success of NoCoBio,” said Mike Freeman, Rocky Mountain Innosphere CEO. “We look forward to working with the firm’s highly talented team, who will provide everything from branding, to digital marketing, to ongoing communications support for NoCoBio.”

“We are excited to support NoCoBio,” said Mike Burns, CEO and president of Burns Marketing. “Our specialists distill complex life science solutions into compelling marketing campaigns that resonate with customers and investors and generate results. We’re eager to help NoCoBio companies establish the solid brand recognition and loyalty that leads to growth and stability.”

Launched by Innosphere and the City of Fort Collins in 2006, NoCoBio is an initiative to drive the life sciences industry and support life sciences companies in Northern Colorado. Along with Burns Marketing, other funding partners of NoCoBio include University of Colorado Health, Colorado State University, and the City of Fort Collins. NoCoBio’s two strategic partners, Rocky Mountain Innosphere and Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA), will provide support and plan execution.

According to Freeman, “2013 will be a breakout year for NoCoBio, so it makes sense to align with the Burns Marketing team, which includes a Ph.D. life sciences specialist and has a proven track record of success with marketing life sciences products and services.”

 Burns Marketing is a full-service marketing firm that helps brands inspire fierce customer loyalty by providing branding, strategic marketing, creative services, and interactive development. The agency describes itself as a “technology-driven powerhouse of creative goodness,” developing cutting-edge marketing and communications solutions for local, national, and international clientele such as Baxa (now Baxter), Life Technologies, SomaLogic, and CHD Biosciences.

Rocky Mountain Innosphere accelerates the success of high-impact scientific and technology startup companies and promotes the development of a regional entrepreneurial ecosystem in Northern Colorado. Innosphere provides entrepreneurial startup companies with resources such as assistance with raising capital, access and connections with academic and government institutions, a network of advisors and mentors, discounted professional service providers, and educational and networking opportunities for realizing business success.

VetDC, Inc. Raises $1.5 Million to Advance VDC-1101 for Canine Lymphoma

FORT COLLINS, CO (Rocky Mountain Innosphere) – VetDC, Inc., announced today the completion of a $1.5 million private financing. The funds will be used to advance VDC-1101 towards veterinary approval in canine lymphoma. VDC-1101 is a novel targeted agent that has demonstrated substantial antitumor activity in pet dogs with lymphoma, and is anticipated to be one of the first FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of canine lymphoma.

“We are thrilled to secure this funding and initiate our VDC-1101 manufacturing campaign,” stated Steven Roy, VetDC’s President & CEO. “This financing is a clear validation of the VetDC business concept and reinforces our belief that VDC-1101 represents a promising new treatment for canine lymphoma. VetDC is rapidly establishing itself as a leader in developing novel treatments for companion animals.”

About VetDC, Inc.
VetDC, a Colorado State University startup headquartered in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a veterinary biotechnology company focused on in-licensing, developing and commercializing novel biotechnologies to address serious unmet medical needs in companion animals. In 2011, the company secured seed funding from the Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4). For more information on VetDC, please visit www.vet-dc.com.

Happy Trails! New website offers detailed information about hiking in Colorado

Press Release – Just in time for the arrival of the vacation planning season, www.RockyMountainHikingTrails.com launched a new website today that gives hikers interested in Rocky Mountain National Park a robust source of trail information at their fingertips.

www.RockyMountainHikingTrails.com offers detailed information on more than 70 hikes, including trail descriptions, key features, pictures, maps, elevation profiles and more. Additionally, the site is organized to make it easier for hikers to compare and choose trails that best suit their hiking preferences. Before the launch of RockyMountainHikingTrails.com, hikers had difficulty finding detailed web-based trail information for Rocky Mountain National Park. Most existing sites list only a handful of the most popular trails, and provide only limited information without regard to individual hikers’ skill level or preferences.

With this new website, hikers can choose trails based on either location within the park, hiking difficulty, key features, or they can simply look at an alphabetical listing. RockyMountainHikingTrails.com uses a mathematical formula to rate trail difficulty which gives hikers a comparable reference point between trails. This information will benefit any day hiker; including people looking for a short stroll to a nearby waterfall, to the long distance hiker looking to climb Hallett Peak, as well as hikes of varying lengths and difficulty in-between.

RockyMountainHikingTrails.com’s goal is to become the most comprehensive source for free information on hiking trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. Currently the site provides detailed information on more than 70 hikes in the Park, including trail descriptions, key features, pictures, maps and elevation profiles.

RockyMountainHikingTrails.com is the sister site to www.HikinginGlacier.com, launched last year, and www.HikingintheSmokys.com, the number one hiking website for the Great Smoky Mountains. Launched in April of 2008, HikingintheSmokys.com has received more than 495,000 visits over the last 12 months, and currently ranks 20th among all 410 hiking websites, according to Alexa.com. HikingintheSmokys.com was also named the best website for Trails on Federal Lands in 2008 by American Trails.

Visit http://www.rockymountainhikingtrails.com/ for more information.

Fort Collins Startup Company Logimesh Technologies Receives ‘Best Technology Development of Energy Harvesting’ Award

FORT COLLINS, CO – (Rocky Mountain Innosphere) Logimesh Technologies, a Fort Collins based technology company focused on developing an intelligent wireless sensor system for the Oil and Gas industry was awarded the “Best Technology Development of Energy Harvesting” award at the IDTechEx "Energy Harvesting and Storage USA" conference in Washington, DC.

The IDTechEx conference is the world's largest conference covering the very latest developments in energy harvesting, a process of capturing and storing energy to operate autonomous device like wearable electronics and wireless sensor networks. “For Logimesh to walk out winning this award gives significant validation to their technology,” said Mike Freeman, Rocky Mountain Innosphere CEO. “Their engineered solution for intelligent remote monitoring is what the market needs and values.”

“We’re very excited to have Logimesh as an Innosphere Client,” said Doug Johnson, VP of capital access at the Innosphere. “Not only is their company very driven to keep high tech jobs here in Colorado, but their technology even beat out Intel and GE last week when they were nationally recognized.”

Logimesh Technologies, LLC is focused on the development of an intelligent wireless sensor platform which will provide a ‘Big Data’ predictive analytic solution for the Oil and Gas industry to remotely monitor the health of engines and compressors in oil and gas field such as the Wattenberg Field on the Front Range. Outfitted with a low-power microprocessor, the devise not only provides a real-time snap shot of the engine health by measuring temperature and vibration, but the actionable data can potentially save companies millions of dollars of unplanned maintenance costs and lost production revenue. It is also possible for the industry to continuously monitor flow rates, tank level and water quality of produced water and frac water from oil and gas wells.

Logimotes™ are small, self-powered electronic sensor devices that can be easily installed onto engines and compressors to track critical machine health attributes and provide real-time gas and oil production information.  Logimesh is using ground breaking High Energy Cell (HEC) technology from Infinite Power Solutions (Littleton, CO), coupled with a thermoelectric generator (TEG), to turn waste heat from the engine into usable voltage and provide sustainable power to the Logimotes.  The HEC technology features a 4-volt rechargeable solid-state chemistry that delivers high power, ultra-low self-discharge rate and long life for permanent battery implementations.

Brining this HEC + TEG technology to the oil and gas industry is what makes Logimesh unique and at the forefront of energy harvesting technologies.  “Up to 16 Logimotes are installed on each engine, providing a snap shot of the engines health every 10 seconds,” said Bill Gillette, founder and CEO of Logimesh.  “The real-time measurement and constant flow of ‘smart data’ is what makes the technology so valuable.  The predictive nature of the data makes the information actionable, potentially save companies millions of dollars of unplanned maintenance costs and lost production

Friday, December 7, 2012 – Season’s Beatings II

Press Release

AirTight Boxing announced SEASON’S BEATINGS II Boxing event on December 7, 2012  at 7:300 p.m. at the Red and Jerry’s Event Center,  at 1840 W. Oxford Avenue, Sheridan, CO

December 7, 2012 Fight Card: Manny Perez, Liza Amaya and Chris Quintana, Opponents to be announced at a later date, including an under card, bouts scheduled will take place at and Jerry’s Event Center starting at 7:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets for this event will be on sale at the King Sooper’s and TicketsWest Office starting at $25. There will also be VIP and ringside seating. Call 720 298 1954 for more information.

For sponsorship opportunities please contact Nicole Romero 303 579 3022 or Steve Mestas 720 298 1954.