1994: The First Woman-Owned Business
04/23/2015
Colorado Lending Source established its spot as Colorado’s top SBA 504 loan program administrator by 1994. No longer a grassroots start up, there were now twice as many members and a new outlook on the lending industry. Ron Reuss replaced Rudy Bianchi as Executive Directory and the board of...
1992: The First Funding
03/19/2015
Although Colorado Lending Source was founded in 1990, and approved SBA 504 loans in 1991, the first loan funding didn’t take place until 1992. A total of seven loans funded that year, one of which was Nor-Mar, Inc. Nor-Mar, Inc. is the company name for a group of Burger King franchises across...
1991: The Organizing of an Organization
03/19/2015
In January of 1991, the U.S. Small Business Administration formally approved the Front Range Regional Economic Development Corporation as Colorado’s newest Certified Development Company. The time, devotion, and collaboration of the early small business pioneers paid off, however before SBA 504...
1990: The Beginning of it All
02/19/2015
Colorado was very different in 1990. With a population of 3.3 million (compared to the present 5.3 million) the Front Range resembled the cow town people imagined. Dirt roads linked suburban developments together, weekend mountain traffic was practically nonexistent, and Denver’s popular LoDo...