LPP seeking nominees for community leader awards [Derived headline]

LPP seeking nominees for community leader awards

Leadership Pikes Peak is seeking nominations for its community leadership awards.

There are three categories:

The Community Inspiration Leadership Award recognizes a LPP graduate who is an outstanding volunteer and leads a community effort or nonprofit organization in the Pikes Peak region. The award acknowledges someone for stepping up, for giving his or her time and talents, and for taking a leadership role.

The Modeling the Way Community Leadership Award recognizes a LPP graduate whose community leadership in his or her professional and personal life has motivated colleagues, friends, family or community members to get involved. This person is a team builder or a collaboration builder.

The Mary Lou Makepeace Community Trustee Award recognizes an individual whose sustained community leadership has had a lasting impact on a broad segment of the Pikes Peak region. This award is LPP's highest accolade and is named after former Colorado Springs mayor and former Leadership Pikes Peak executive director Mary Lou Makepeace for her vision and commitment to Colorado Springs. Past recipients of this award have demonstrated the most exemplary and highest sustained commitment to community trusteeship.

Nominations should include a submission form, which is available at www.leadershippikespeak.org, and a narrative. Additional letters of support are welcome.

Completed nominations must be received by Feb. 1. They should be mailed to Leadership Pikes Peak, P.O. Box 128, Colorado Springs, CO 80901; faxed to 632-5391; or e-mail to lpp@leadershippikespeak.org.

For more information, visit www.leadershippikespeak.org or call 632-2618.

Awards will be announced in advance and presented during the Celebration of Community Leadership on April 19 at the County Regional Development Center.

Peak Vista selects 2008 board officers

Peak Vista Community Health Centers has selected its board officers for 2008.

Steve Ingham of Academy Bank will serve as chairman. Sue Forester, a community volunteer, is past chairwoman, and George Guerrero of El Pomar Foundation is vice chairman.

Marilyn Bignell of Summit Medical-Legal Solutions is secretary, and Steve Scott of Flying Horse Signature Homes is treasurer.

Peak Vista, which was founded in 1971, provides primary medical care and dental services to more than 53,000 resident of the Pikes Peak region.

Business.gov adds state, local search features

Business.gov has launched new search features and expanded content that make it easier for small business owners to find forms, licenses, permits and regulatory information from federal, state and local governments.

In addition to federal government resources, business owners now have access to more than 9,000 state, territory, county and city government Web sites that provide information about starting and managing a business while complying with regulations.

Business.gov's new search service is a "mashup" -- a service created by combining content from separate Web applications -- of Google-based services that include Google's Custom Search Business Edition, Google Maps, the Google Search Appliance and publicly available compliance information culled from federal, state and local government Web sites.

For example, if a user types in "business license Richmond, VA" the relevant results on licenses will be returned from the City of Richmond and State of Virginia Web sites.

Business.gov also has expanded the content of its Small Business Guides, which help business owners understand what regulations and programs apply to them, how to comply and how to stay in compliance while growing and managing their operations.

LearningRx makes two lists

LearningRx has been ranked No. 276 among the "Top 500 Franchises" and No. 19 among the "Top New Franchises" by Entrepreneur magazine.

The company also was included among the fastest growing franchise systems by Franchise Times and has been among the "Top 100 Franchises" for the last two years according to Franchise Market Magazine. LearningRx specializes in identifying and correcting cognitive skill deficiencies that keep people from achieving their full potential in school, business or life.

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