Volume 31 • Number 25 • May 16, 2013
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Schwab to open new Lone Tree facility By Tom Barry Business and government leaders joined Charles Schwab corporate executives for a ground breaking at the Lone Tree Arts Center, May 10. The event began in the theater with Brian McDonald, a senior vice president of client service and support for Charles Schwab & Company, Inc., sharing that the company was celebrating its 40th anniversary. Over the last two months, Schwab has been constructing the third largest of seven employee centers in the United States in the city of Lone Tree. Currently, Schwab has three business centers scattered throughout the area. As this new campus, Schwab will consolidate into one major employment center.
“We are leaving a business community and moving to a neighborhood,” said McDonald, a 20-year employee of the financial services company.
Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella, second from left, participates in a groundbreaking with Gov. John Hickenlooper, “Chuck” Schwab and Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning, among other dignitaries.
Officials welcome Schwab
“We go the extra mile for our residents and Schwab does the same for their customers,” said Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning in addressing the by-invitation-only 120 people. “Partnership was the key component,” said Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella. “Schwab plans to bring 500 plus new jobs in.” The financial services company plans to add these new positions at the center in the future. “I started in San Francisco in
Architect Curtis Fentress (left) and Robert Asselbergs, the president of Coventry Development Corporation stand adjacent to a model of the Schwab corporate campus being constructed in Lone Tree. Photos by Tom Barry
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Centennial bans pot businesses
Englewood bans pot businesses … for now
By Peter Jones Like many Colorado cities, Centennial has – at least, for the time being – prohibited marijuana-related businesses within its borders. The City Council has not stopped there, however. Fearing a proliferation of marijuana vending machines or other largely unregulated mechanisms, the city has smoked out virtually any possible commercial production or sale of marijuana. “We added to the ordinance a
By Peter Jones The Englewood City Council wants to find out what residents think about recreational-marijuana businesses, but in the meantime the city is keeping them out. Last week, City Council gave final approval – on a vote of 5 to 2 – to a permanent ban on retail and cultivation businesses in Englewood. The ban could be lifted by a council vote at a later date. A second proposal to place a
After one-year moratorium, voters may decide
catch-all provision that if a particular commercial use [related to marijuana] doesn’t require city approval for permit or licensing, that would be banned,” City Attorney Robert Widner said to the council on May 6 prior to its unanimous vote approving the restrictions. Centennial’s moratorium on marijuana retail and cultivation businesses is not necessarily permanent. It begins Sept. 30 in anticipation of new state regulations allowing and regulating the Continued on page 6
Nonbinding vote could change city’s mind
nonbinding question on November’s ballot is expected to receive unanimous approval on May 20. That vote could change the council’s mind – but not necessarily. Although the council appears divided on the merits of allowing marijuana stores and cultivation operations in the city, Englewood voters were more decisive in their support for Amendment 64, the statewide ballot question that legalized the limited recreational use of marijuana and allowed for a commercialized retail and production system to service it. The amendment also allowed cities and counties to prohibit Continued on page 6