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Rocky Mountain Youth Clinic Opens
"Thornton was the ideal place to open up our clinic. With
20 exam rooms, it is double the amount of exam rooms of any other clinic we own
and operate."
- Larry Wolk, Founder and Executive Director of
The Rocky Mountain
Youth Clinics.
The latest medical facility to open in Thornton's Health
Services District is Rocky Mountain Youth Clinic. RMYC is part of a nonprofit
organization dedicated to providing accessible, high-quality health and dental
care to children and adolescents, regardless of insurance status or family's
ability to pay. The organization was incorporated in 1996 by Dr. Larry Wolk, a
Denver pediatrician, in response to the gap in the healthcare system that left
many low-income and at-risk children and adolescents without access to care.
Since its inception, The Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics have
grown from a single clinic providing approximately 2,000 patient visits per year
to a network of three traditional clinics in the Denver Metro Area (at
Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Aurora Medical Center and North Suburban
Medical Center), two mobile health clinics (one medical - one dental), and more
than 20 satellite clinics throughout the State of Colorado that together provide
approximately 50,000 patient visits per year. The RMYC's sole objective is
reducing indicators of morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents with
low socioeconomic status through accessible, high quality healthcare.
The new RMYC will employ approximately 12 healthcare
professionals and they will join the more than 2,100 industry employees already
based in Thornton's Health Services District.
City Sales Tax Online and Easy
The City of Thornton revamped its
Sales and Use Tax Website
and added new automated features including an online option for City merchants
to file and pay their City sales tax.
"We are continually exploring ideas to make the compliance process more
efficient and convenient for taxpayers.
Online filing provides added convenience for our taxpayers and improves
internal efficiencies for our Finance Team.
Saving postage costs and encouraging 'green' practices by eliminating the
need for paper and envelopes are added benefits to filing online," said Finance
Director, David Boyd.
The new system allows sales tax payments to be filed if they are on-time. If
businesses owe tax, their bank account will be debited within five business days
of the tax return's due date.
The City's Web site also features other business and consumer sales tax related
information. Click on the Sales & Use Tax link under the Business & Development
menu. For more information on City
Sales Tax issues call 303-538-7400.
Redevelopment is Booming
"We have more projects actively under redevelopment than at
any other previous time in the Original TDA's history," said Business
Development Director, Robert Smith. The original TDA is the Urban Renewal Area
started in 1982 and covers much of Thornton's commercial areas to the south of
104th Avenue. "Nearly 10 percent of the property in the Urban Renewal Area is
in some phase of development, with highly visible construction projects
including HighPointe Park, Shops along Grant Street, and Plaza Las Americas.
The former big box store at 102nd and Grant is being remodeled. A new Old
Chicago restaurant opened earlier this summer. The movie theatre in the
Thornton Town Center is being redeveloped into a 'dinner and a movie under one
roof' concept. It really is an exciting time for Thornton's continuing
redevelopment efforts."
TDA
Annual Reports and
development updates on individual commercial projects can be accessed
online.
Business Info on the Web
The
City of Thornton's website has
literally hundreds of pages of important information for businesses.
Specific and comprehensive demographic reports from nearly a hundred
different intersections of the City are available for download.
Zoning, parcel, and special area maps are also included on the site.
Special reports, plans and information-rich resources are at your
fingertips 24/7.
Our
interactive
business listings allow surfers to access business information
alphabetically, by business type or by the center where the business is located.
The members of the
Business
Development Team are ready provide you with information and tools to help
you to become more successful.
Visit the site and don't hesitate to call if assistance with navigation is
needed.
Survey: Thornton is a Great Place to Do Business
Hill Research Consultants of Houston, Texas conducted phone
interviews with 201 Thornton businesses. The businesses were randomly selected
from the 1,500+ businesses physically located within the City and were
representative of large employers, home businesses, operations in all parts of
Thornton and included a diverse cross section of business types.
Even with the national economy sliding, there is optimism
among our businesses and overall, the opinions of Thornton businesses are
positive. The results of this independent survey have informally been likened
to a "report card of all B+'s or better".
Some quick "thought bites" from the results:
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Eighty-six percent surveyed believed that
Thornton is a good city in which
to do business.
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Nearly two thirds (63%) of
Thornton businesses indicated
that overall prospects for local area businesses over the next several
months are good.
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Nearly a third (28%) expect to hire additional staff in the next six months.
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More than a quarter (26%) expect to add additional space in the next three
years.
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Thornton scores solidly for
climate, convenience, housing and business space.
See
summary of
survey results.
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