Ed Swartley

Growing businesses often undervalue contribution of skilled writers

CEOs frequently overlook effective writing as weapon in their business-development aresenal. Buy a newspaper advertisement. Print a brochure. Rev up a Google AdWords program. Figure out what this “social media” revolution is all about. Tweet! Business owners...

New Aurora publisher offers writing guide full of self-help for improving communications skills

A new Aurora firm, Fixer Publishing Group, released its first book today, offering a variety of self-help advice for writers in every field and at every level of experience. When Did I Become the Oldest Person in the Room...

Recovery Act brings $6.4 million for Colorado transit projects

The Department of Transportation awarded $6.4 milllion in Stimulus funds to buses and other equipment purchases and facility upgrades in Colorado. The money was part of $600 million distributed nationwide that allowed the Federal Transit Administration to meet an...

Local direct marketing organization pushes lobby effort against proposed Colorado tax hike

The Rocky Mountain Direct Marketing Association issued an alert on Thursday asking its members to oppose tax hikes proposed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D). Two recent bills in the Colorado Legislature – HB 1189 and HB 1193 – would...

The Great Recession: Super Bowl winners know it's all about momentum

“You have to understand the trajectory we were on.” With those nine simple words, Christina Romer said all that needs to be said by the Obama Administration about what now is being called “The Great Recession."...

Denver meeting to focus on $2 billion HUD Neighborhood Stabilization grants

HUD is hosting a series of local roundtable clinics focusing on its program to distribute $2 billion in federal stimulus fund to spur economic development in hard-hit communities. HUD is encouraging state grantees to attend a states-only problem...

Colorado delegation laments deficit; support for Obama budget split along party lines

With recession and burgeoning tax burdens pounding the Colorado economy, residents who looked to their Congressional delegation for direction found little substantive guidance this week. Colorado has cut spending or increased taxes by roughly $2 billion in recent months, but...

Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget; per capita spending outguns City of Aurora by 4-1

President Obama on Monday released details of his 2011 federal budget proposal, showing a a record-shattering $1.3 trillion spending shortfall in a document totalling $3.8 trillion. That spikes the debt for the coming fiscal year at a...

Colorado Senator backing Obama bid for PAYGO to control spiraling deficit

President Obama said Senate passage of “PAYGO” would bolster a trend toward economic recovery by helping to control the burgeoning federal deficit. In his weekly radio address Saturday morning, Obama said Americans “make tough decisions and sacrifice...

Four strategies for increasing jobs and wealth for Coloradans

The President, in his State of the Union address Wednesday night, shifted attention away from a still-active push to spend trillions on healthcare reform that most Americans don’t want. Now, it’s all about jobs and...

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