Mobile auto-detailing business opens
Durango Detail Doctor announces its opening at 29251 U.S. Highway 160.
The business is owned by Richard Padilla who has more than five years of detailing experience. The business offers mobile auto detailing, chip repair and headlight restoration. The washes are guaranteed and scratch proof. Padilla uses steam-power washers.
For more information, call 779-9091.
FredrickZink promotes veteran employee
Michelle Sainio, CPA, CGMA has been promoted to audit manager for FredrickZink & Associates, an accounting, tax and business consulting firm in Durango.
A magna cum laude graduate of Fort Lewis College with a degree in accounting, Sainio joined the firm in 2006. She has developed expertise working with construction contractors, long-term care facilities and nonprofit organizations in Durango as well as across the state.
Sainio was also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi in college and volunteered preparing tax returns. Sainio currently serves as the president of the Four Corners Chapter of the Colorado Society of CPAs, treasurer of the Women’s Resource Center and Finance Committee co-chair for La Plata County American Cancer Society.
FredrickZink & Associates is located at 954 East Second Ave. For more information, call 247-0506.
Growing Spaces receives recognition
Growing Spaces of Pagosa Springs will be recognized Oct. 2 at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts for achievement of bronze-tier environmental leadership by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The department’s Environmental Leadership Program is a voluntary program that encourages and rewards superior environmental performers that go beyond the requirements of state and federal environmental regulations.
Growing Spaces is one of 33 Colorado entities to be recognized this year as a bronze-level achiever. It was acknowledged in the manufacturing and industrial category. In order to be part of the program, entities must meet basic requirements in addition to outlined sets of beyond-compliance requirements that demonstrate how they have made significant achievements improving Colorado’s environment.
For more information, visit www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/environmental-leadership-program or www.growingspaces.com.
Economic summit to take place Oct. 22
The La Plata County Economic Development Alliance’s eighth annual Economic Summit will take place Oct. 22 at the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio.
The daylong business conference, titled “Change: Get on Board,” will address today’s challenges and opportunities facing businesses and communities. Online registration may be found at www.yeslpc.com/2014-la-plata-county-economic-summit/. The event fee is $40 per person.
Fort Lewis College and Mercury will sponsor keynote presenter Daniel Epstein, the founder of the Unreasonable Institute. Epstein is expected to share his insights about his collaborative approach of fostering young entrepreneurs and challenging them to accept change and risk.
Breakout sessions will cover topics such as strategic planning, conflict management, technology resources, managing growth, the future of higher education, mergers and acquisitions and more. The day will end with a networking reception.
For more information, visit www.yeslpc.com and click on 2014 La Plata County Economic Summit.
Medical massage firm opens a second clinic
ARIA Therapeutics Medical Massage has opened an additional clinic at the Horse Gulch Health Campus, Suite 205.
ARIA is also located at Mercy Regional Medical Plaza, inside of Durango Orthopedics/Spine Colorado. Both clinics accept self-pay, insurance and workers’ compensation patients. Certified therapists at both clinics specialize in medical massage for spine, orthopedic, athletic, surgical, chronic and acute conditions.
For more information, call 375-2273 or visit www.AriaWellness.com.
Cheri Kelly receives promotion
Four Corners Health Care Center and Junction Creek Rehabilitation announce that after serving the Durango community as a speech-language pathologist at Junction Creek Rehab for more than 10 years, Cheri Kelly became manager of the Rehabilitation Program on June 1.
The rehabilitation department at Four Corners Health Care Center provides physical and occupational therapies as well as speech-language pathology services to short- and long-term residents and outpatient clients.
Kelly received her undergraduate degree in organizational development from the University of Michigan and her master’s in speech-language pathology from Northwestern University. Kelly is a long-standing member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association including the Neurogenic and Gerontology Special Interest Groups.
For more information, call 247-2215.
Quickbooks intro offered October 9
The Small Business Development Center: Southwest Colorado and First National Bank of Durango will sponsor “Introduction to Quickbooks” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Training Room at First National Bank, 259 west Ninth St.
A break for lunch will be taken from noon to 1 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a brown-bag lunch. This workshop, taught by Certified Quickbooks Pro-Advisor, Bethany McManus, will help small-business owners understand how much money they are bringing in and how they are spending it. Designed for business owners McManus will explain how the software works and how it can help manage the finances of a business and save time. Topics will include: It is installed ... now what? How to get through the set-up process; Creating an effective chart of accounts; Small business accounting 101: What every owner should know; Strategies for managing cash flow; How to make paying bills less painfull; and Incoming: Strategies to get paid faster.
The cost is $70 or $65 for Durango Chamber of Commerce members. To register, visit https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=170340064. For more information, email Asano_L@fortlewis.edu or call 247-7009.
Richard Ballantine joins Colorado Humanities
Colorado Humanities has welcomed to its board The Durango Herald Publisher (retired) Richard G. Ballantine, of Durango, who was newly appointed in July by Gov. John Hickenlooper.
Board members monitor the Colorado Humanities’ mission, provide fiscal oversight, approve programs, make personal contributions and participate in conferences and continuing education activities.
Now retired after 30 years, Ballantine is a farmer, journalist and dedicated philanthropist. Named the 2014 Citizen of the Year at Durango Rocks! by the Durango Chamber of Commerce, he has helped numerous local and state boards, including the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees, where he was president, and the Fort Lewis College Foundation Board. Ballantine earned his undergraduate degree in history from Stanford University before joining the Army, where he served until 1971. He returned to Colorado after a tour of duty in Vietnam and now sits on several boards of directors, in addition to Colorado Humanities.
For more information, call (303) 894-7951 or visit http://coloradohumanities.org.
Candidate forum to take place Oct. 7
The Durango Chamber of Commerce will host an Eggs & Issues/Candidates Forum at 8 a.m. Oct. 7 at the DoubleTree Hotel, 501 Camino del Rio.
The cost is $16 for chamber members and $21 for nonmembers. The forum will feature the candidates running for La Plata County Sheriff – Duke Schirard, R, and Sean Smith, D – and the candidates running for La Plata County Treasurer – Bobby Lieb, R, and Allison Morrisey, D. Reservations are required.
For more information, visit www.durangobusiness.org or call 247-0312.
Herald Staff
