CNBC's Power Lunch to air From Denver Friday, Sept. 21

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Noon ET. Just had on a primer on CNBC. Topics include Colorado leading the country in foreclosures, DIA and the airlines among others. These are usually informative shows from different cities across the country and well worth seeing if you have a chance to.

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"Power Lunch (http://www.cnbc.com/id/20477021/site/14081545/)" is on the road September 7 - October 26, visiting eight cities in eight weeks. Join co-hosts Bill Griffeth and Sue Herera as they talk to the biggest CEOs, money managers and entrepreneurs about where you can find investing opportunities in their cities. Click on a city to find out more about guests on the show.

Denver
Snapshot

When & Where: Sep. 21 -- Anschutz Family Sky Terrace of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Host: Sue Herera

Guest Hightlights: Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Steven Ells; Frontier Airlines CEO Sean Menke; Fritz Meyer AIM Investments; Vail Resorts CEO Robert Katz.

Favorite Things About Denver

Sue Herera

The Rocky Mountains -- What a wonderful thing to be able to look out your window and see such a magnificent sight.

Quality of life. -- Blue skies! Outdoors! There is so much to do -- hiking, skiing, biking. Whatever you do, it's great to just get outside.

Great for families. -- There are so many fantastic museums: Denver Nature and Science (check out the giant aquamarine) and the Denver Museum of Art. And don't miss the Denver Zoo, all 80 acres of it.


Profile

Mayor: John Hickenlooper (since Aug. 19, 2003)
Population: 566,974
Year Founded: 1858
Ethnic Mix: 50.1% Caucasian, 31.7% Hispanic, 11.1% African-American, 2.8% Asian & Pacific Islander, 1.3% Native American, 3% Multiracial.
Unemployment Rate: 3.9% (June)
Median Home Price: $255.200 (2Q)
Did You Know? Denver is ranked the "thinnest" city in America by the American Cancer Society. Colorado brews more beer than any other state.

Top Tourist Attractions: Buffalo Bill Grave and Museum, Colorado Railroad Museum, Colorado State Capitol, Coors Brewery, Denver Art Museum

Top Companies: Qwest Communications, TransMontaigne, Samsonite, Molson Coors Brewing, MDC Holdings

Famous Natives: Jeanne Jackson (CEO of Banana Republic, 1995-2000), Peter Hanson Coors (vice chairman of Molson Coors Brewing and partial owner of the Colorado Rockies baseball team


History

In the 1880s and 1890s, the city was briefly a mining settlement, where gold prospectors panned gold. Denver then became more of a railroad town and a supply hub for new mines in the nearby mountains when rich gold deposits were discovered in 1859. By 1890, Denver had grown to be the fifth-largest city west of the Mississippi River.Denver earned an uusual distinction in 1974 when it was selected to host the Winter Olympic Games, but residents voted down proposals to supply public funding. Today, the city claims to have the 10th largest central business district in the United States. Denver's position near the mineral-rich Rocky Mountains has made energy and mining important sectors in the local economy. It is also home to many federal offices. The city will host the Democratic Party's national comnvention in 2008.

More Information:
Municipal Website
Denver Chamber of Commerce

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History

In the 1880s and 1890s, the city was briefly a mining settlement, where gold prospectors panned gold. Denver then became more of a railroad town and a supply hub for new mines in the nearby mountains when rich gold deposits were discovered in 1859. By 1890, Denver had grown to be the fifth-largest city west of the Mississippi River.

Ironically, while Denver was just a bunch of miner's tents, Pueblo Colorado was already a well established city.

The current city of Pueblo represents the consolidation of four towns: Pueblo (incorporated 1870), South Pueblo (incorporated 1873), Central Pueblo (incorporated 1882), and Bessemer (incorporated 1886). Pueblo, South Pueblo, and Central Pueblo legally consolidated as the City of Pueblo between March 9 and April 6 of 1886. Bessemer joined Pueblo in 1894.

The consolidated city or Pueblo was once a major economic and social center of Colorado, and was home to important early Colorado families the Thatchers, Ormans and Adams.

When the D&RG was first forming the population of Pueblo approved a $150,000 bond to help with railroad construction. Canyon City also approved a $50,000 bond for construction to their site. But, the General decided to build to Pueblo first. This move may have been to facilitate the line over La Veta Pass and into the San Luis Valley. These were the earliest days of the railroad and they were just starting out. At the time, General Palmer wanted to build a railroad south to Santa Fe, NM and eventually on to Mexico. Pueblo was directly on the path to the south. So, construction began and the first train came to Pueblo in 1872.

CF&I was a major employer in Pueblo and a firm of enormous importance to the industrialization of the West and played a pivotal role in the history of American labor relations. The company’s roots stretch back to 1872. General William Palmer and his colleagues in the Denver and Rio Grande Railway (D&RG) wanted a local source for steel rail for their expanding narrow gauge empire. Several subsidiary companies were created by the D&RG, including the Central Colorado Improvement, the Southern Colorado and Coal Town, and the Colorado Coal and Steel Works companies. These companies were created to secure the necessary natural resources essential for the production of iron and steel. In 1880, the companies were consolidated into the Colorado Coal and Iron Company (CC&I). CC&I merged with its chief rival, the Colorado Fuel Company, in 1892 forming the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
Historically the other major employer in Pueblo was the State Hospital, established in 1879, which formerly served the entire state.

Until a series of major floods culminated in the Great Flood of 1921, Pueblo was considered the 'Saddle-Making capital of the World'. Roughly one-third of Pueblo's downtown businesses were lost in this flood, along with a substantial number of buildings. Pueblo has long struggled to come to grips with this loss, and has only recently begun a resurgence in growth.

Were it not for that flood, today we may have well been cheering on the Pueblo Broncos.

Notable natives and residents
* Grant Withers, Hollywood leading actor, from the silents to 1950s.
* David Packard, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
* Damon Runyon, newspaperman and writer.
* Kelly Reno, child actor from The Black Stallion.
* Frank G. Clarksdale, cat wrangler for movie short Cat's Saturday.
* Dick Martin (comedian), of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, lived for a time in the McClelland Orphanage in Pueblo.

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Coming up in a little over two hours. Highly reccomended if you have a chance to watch this program.

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118% increase in foreclosures from 2003 - 2006. ReMax CEO says if you don't have to sell, don't do it.

Up next Denver business reporters on Colorado's economy.

Denver named #2 place in country to do business. Wages lagging far behind.

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Jamestown - 1608ish :)

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Future businesses in Colorado include Bio-science, healthcare services, renewable and alternative energies.

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Chipolte's CEO up next, I'm sure business if fine for them in Colorado considering how many people here say they eat there :)

Their stock up $4 just today.

Says they use meat from animals exposed to no pesticides, hormones, steroids, etc... Animals are organically raised.

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Year to date stock up over 54%!!

Buys more naturally raised food/meat than any other restaurant.

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Showing 'Tom's Baby (13 lb crystalized gold nugget) on display at the Museum. At today's prices it's worth over $750,000!!

http://www.rockymountaintravel.net/gold/tt_tomsbaby.jpg

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Denver's best guacamole and salsa....Blue Bonnett Cafe.

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I recommend you consider going to the Museum there (in City Park)-we went last weekend and saw the Titanic exhibit-they had the real items that they picked up from the crash site and the history from conception to Iceburg-lots of info, and they make you a part of it-absolutely worth it-

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I recommend you consider going to the Museum there (in City Park)-we went last weekend and saw the Titanic exhibit-they had the real items that they picked up from the crash site and the history from conception to Iceburg-lots of info, and they make you a part of it-absolutely worth it-
Titanic ticket for first class $4,200 back in the day, in today's dollars about $85,000.