Members' Good News of the Week
 New Belgium Brewing featured in national magazine
Recently New Belgium and CEO Kim Jordan celebrated 18 years of growth and business. This feat and the company though has not only received local attention but recently national attention from Entrepreneur magazine, being features as the magazine's November cover story. The story focuses on New Belgium’s beginnings, who the company is and how it has been so successful. "It's really about entrepreneurial tenacity," Jordan told Entrepreneur Magazine about what it takes to be successful. "We just said, 'We're going to figure this out, we're going to make it work.' And you get over that hump." For more on this story, click here.
 Local speech coach wins competition; moves on to regional event
On Oct. 24, Datta Groover represented Fort Collins and Higher Speech in the Northern Colorado Speech Coaching Competition. In the competition, the coaches must listen to a test speaker that gives a speech that is five to seven minutes long. After hearing the speech, the audience or the contestants leave the room and return one at a time to coach the speaker. The one the judges deem has the best ideas and coaching abilities wins the competition. Groover not only won the competition of participants ranging from the Wyoming border along the Front Range to Denver but will now get the opportunity to represent Colorado at the next level in a regional competition with Wyoming, western Nebraska and Colorado.
 Local architect firm recives award
JCL Architecture, Fort Collins, received the Honor award from the American Institute of Architects Colorado North chapter in the commercial category for DAT in Cheyenne, Wyo. See the company's Applause item in the Coloradoan: http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091024/BUSINESS/910240324/1046/business/APPLAUSEIf your company has good news to share with the rest of the Chamber membership, please e-mail it to communications@fcchamber.org.
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