Category Archives: Responses

Profile Response: Sara Tlamka of Honey Stinger, Steamboat Springs, CO

  “Honey Stinger is a company with 90 human employees and about 25 dogs.” For Sara Tlamko, Marketing Specialist, that balance represents why it’s great to work for Honey Stinger. Bill Gamber, a local entrepreneur, started three companies in Steamboat … Continue reading

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Profile Response: LDS Humanitarian Center, Salt Lake City, UT

  I’ve met a disproportionate number of Mormons on my trip, not just in Salt Lake but also throughout the United States. It may be coincidence. Or it may that these family-centered, health conscious, missionary focused believers are more likely … Continue reading

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Featured Response: Joe Mamayek, architect, Boston, MA

Joe Mamayek and I worked together in a large healthcare design firm in Boston. Like the American healthcare system, hospital design is complex and specialized. My focus was on clinical planning; making healthcare facilities that streamlined processes and accommodated medical … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Zach England and Brandon Harrison, C.R.England Company, Salt Lake City, UT

  Trucks are always on my mind. As they approach on the highway they literally pull me toward them. Alongside me, I feel the heat of their engines. Once past, their tailwind pulls me in their wake. I grip my … Continue reading

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Responses – How will we live tomorrow?

How will we live tomorrow? “The hardest thing remains how people are the same and different. Why do whites think cops are fine while blacks don’t? We have different experiences with them. Will our technology bring us a broader view … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Utah County Emergency Preparedness Provo, UT

How do we prepare for the unpredictable and the unknown? That is what emergency preparedness planners do every day. They study past disasters to understand how earthquakes, tornadoes and floods affected us in the past. They evaluate how well we … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Pam and Steve Williams, Steamboat Springs, CO

Pam and Steve Williams have tied themselves to the land. They own and operate Glas Deffryn Ranch, a 200-acre specialty operation outside of Steamboat Springs where they raise Scottish Highland cattle. Although their ranch requires daily work, its hold on … Continue reading

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Profile Response: John Bringenberg, President Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, Denver, CO

Sunny Colorado was one of the first states in the nation to embrace solar energy. The solar industry trade group COSEIA, Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, is a leading advocate for solar energy. John Bringenberg is COSEIA’s current President.   … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Christopher Gorrie, Campus President Ecotech Institute, Aurora, CO

Ecotech Institute represents an emerging facet of America’s educational system: a private institution that provides focused training for high school graduates. Ecotech is the only school in the United States that offers an AA degree in renewable energy resources. About … Continue reading

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Profile Response: Elan Nelson, Medicine Man Marijuana Dispensary, Denver, CO

If you want to know how we will chill tomorrow come to Colorado, the first state to legalize recreational marijuana. I met with Elan Nelson of Medicine Man, one of Denver’s largest dispensaries, to discuss this fledgling industry. Before I … Continue reading

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