Beauty, day spa announces opening
The Zen Den Body and Skincare announces its opening at 1315 Main Ave., Suite 220.
The business is owned by Erica Munz, who has a background in esthetics. The beauty and day spa offers light therapy, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, Phyto5 skin care, Glo therapeutics, energetic skin care and massage. The business is open by appointment.
For more information, visit zendendurango.com or call 403-5757.
SCAPE to host Startup Showcase
SCAPE will host a Startup Showcase from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at the Fort Lewis College Ballroom.
Registration is required. SCAPE will present the 2015 class of SCAPE companies and startups from the area including: Pretty Cool, Durango; Unlimited Controls, Durango; GitPrime, Durango; Sit-Ins, Durango; Mountain Drones, Telluride; and Exovita Biotech, Albuquerque.
For more information, email Elizabeth Marsh at emarsh@goscape.org, call 317-0880 or visit www.eventbrite.com/e/2015-scape-startup-showcase-tickets-18021596079.
Amanda Fresh moves practice
Amanda Fresh, medium and spiritual healer at Fresh Spiritual Wellness, has moved her practice to The Osteopathic Center with Robert Paul Lee, Jennifer Letellier, ND and George and Lori Ann Glass, with Glass and Glass Bodywork.
Fresh offers mediumship readings, spiritual guidance readings, Reiki, intuitive healing and animal communication/energy healing. All services can be done remotely or in the office.
For more information, visit www.FreshSpiritualWellness.com or call 946-0464.
Pilates Durango welcomes instructor
Pilates Durango welcomes Claire Roser as a full-time Pilates instructor.
Roser has been practicing Pilates for more than 10 years and recently completed her teacher certification through Pilates Sport Center based in California.
For more information, call 749-3178 or email claire.e.roser@gmail.com.
Chamber to host Business After Hours
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host Business After Hours from 5 to 7 p.m. Aug. 20 at Tafoya Barrett and Associates PC, 150 E. Ninth St., Suite 300.
There will be door prizes. The cost is $7 for chamber members and guests.
Groundbreaking ceremony to be held
Buena Vista Builders Inc. announces the groundbreaking ceremony for Roger and Christine Sterling’s new Southwest Appliance facility at 10 a.m. Wednesday at 21 Davidson Creek Road, in the Rancho Vedado subdivision next to the Three Springs subdivision just off U.S. Highway 160.
Leading the groundbreaking will be Bob Smith, president and owner of Buena Vista Builders Inc., general contractor for the project, in conjunction with Tom Umbhau of Bauen Group Architects, and First National Bank of Durango. Southwest Appliance, Buena Vista Builders Inc. and First National Bank of Durango and members of the Home Builders Association of Southwest Colorado.
Southwest Appliance’s new 7,829 square foot facility will include 3,458 square feet of designated retail space, 1,118 square feet of appliance service repair space, 948 square feet of office space, 2,430 square feet for the new warehouse and lots of parking.
For more information, call 259-0521 or visit www.southwestapplianceinc.com.
Starting a business workshop offered
The Southwest Colorado Small Business Development Center and 1st SouthWest Bank will sponsor the workshop, Starting Your Business, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Durango Public Library Program Room, 1900 East Third Ave.
This course is designed to help people navigate through the steps needed to start a successful business. Presenters will include a small-business specialist, marketing expert, small-business banker, an attorney and an accountant. Topics will include: Business planning, legal structure, taxes, marketing and market research and finance options. The fee for the workshop is $25 or $20 for Chamber of Commerce members.
To register, visit https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=170350041. For more information, call 247-7009.
Alpine Bank president appointed to board
Alpine Bank Vice Chairman and President Glen Jammaron was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper to serve as a representative for bankers west of the Continental Divide on the Colorado Banking Board.
The Colorado Banking Board is the policy-making and rule-making authority for the Division of Banking. Jammaron is a 30-year veteran with Alpine Bank, having joined the bank in 1985 upon graduating from Western State College. He has served a wide variety of executive positions, including branch president, head of central operations and as a long-term board member.
The nine-member, governor-appointed Colorado State Banking Board consists of five members who are executive officers of commercial banks, an executive officer of a trust company, an executive officer of a money transmitter business, and two public members who possess expertise in finance through their current experience in business, industry, agriculture or education.
For more information, visit www.alpinebank.com.
Engineering firm adds to its team
Jenna Delwiche has joined the Russell Planning & Engineering team.
Delwiche received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering: bio-resources in May 2014 from Montana State University. After graduating, she spent two summers as a raft guide outside Yellowstone National Park. She is excited to now be a part of the Russell team as a Design Engineer I.
For more information, visit www.russelleng.biz.
Herald Staff
