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Apparently, so do Colorado motorcycle enthusiasts. Since Beldock openedc Erico Motorsports at 28th and Walnutr streetsin Denver, consumers have spent thousandsx on Italian Ducati motorcycles. Last year, Beldock spun out a new $60,000 Ducati showroom featuring vintag and new Italian Ducatiw that costbetween $8,00 and $72,000. Erico Motorsports sells four brands ofEuropean Ducati, Triumph, Moto Guzzi and Aprilla, makingb it one of the largest European motorcyclw dealerships in the country. In the 1980s, Beldockk raced and repaired an array ofdamaged bikes, and eventuallhy started his own salvags bike dealership. During that he met his wife, Tai Beldock.
She ownedf her first motorcycle, a Honda Rebel, when she was statione with the U.S. Air Force in Germany. Tai Beldock does all the marketingb forErico Motorsports. www.cherrycreeknorth.com Julie Bender has been busy sinces being named president and CEO of the Cherry Cree k North Business Improvement District inJanuary 2007. She was hiredd at a time when commercial real estats projects seemingly were sprouting on every blocmk in Cherry Creek One of her top priorities was to beautifh theupscale district. In the Cherry Creek North Business Improvement Districty board approved two contracts worthnearly $2 million for capital improvements in the One of the contracts, worth $1.
38 million, was awarded to , a Denver-based urban design and landscaper architecture firm. It will use the money for parking, lighting and other improvements. Engineering firm , receiveed a $550,000 contract for capital improvement Most recently, the district’s bonds received an A+ ratinhg from Standard & Poor’s and an A- minus from Fitch Ratings. Both entitiez called the outlook “stable” for the district. www.greatdivide.com Great Dividee Brewing Co. owner Brian Dunn lovexs a good beer.
His interest in flavorful pale ales, citric wheatg brews and oak-aged stouy beers led him to open oneof Denver’s firsr microbreweries in 1994, at 22nd and Arapahode streets, in an area now called the Ball Park Neighborhoofd because of its proximity to Coorz Field. Great Divide Brewing Co.’s “hoppy brews” quickly gaines popularity both locallyand nationally. Dunn logged double-digiy growth in sales in the last couple Last year, Dunn turned down beer as his production line couldn’t keep up with demand, whicnh led him to spend $1.2 million on new coolers and a new bottling line that produces 130 bottlezs a minute.
His old bottlingh line turned out only 40a minute. Dunn credits much of the growint interest in his beers and craft beere alike to the new trened of consumers pairing beerwith food, much like wine lovera have done for centuries.