Brighton Business Builders
People do business with those who they know, like and trust!
Are you looking to Grow Your Business by Networking? Join us for coffee, we meet the first three Thursday 7:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. at The Lodge.
The Brighton Business Builders is a Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce membership group. Any Chamber member in good standing has the opportunity to join the Brighton Business Builders. The BBB is an exclusive networking group dedicated to small business in Brighton and the surrounding areas.
Mission: The Brighton Business Builders mission is to help Brighton businesses grow through education, support and relationships. It is well known that the BBB does business with people that they know, like and trust so building relationships is the key to success for all small business.
Meeting Structure
The BBB meets the first three Thursday from 7:45am to 9am, with the exception of the 4th Thursday of each month. Their structure is designed to keep the group engaged; each Thursday has a different outline. The BBB group is a part of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and has membership dues of $80.00 a year.
We encourage you to come to two meetings and check it out with no obligation. (in-person or on Zoom).
30 S Seventh Ave, Brighton, CO 80601
1st Thursday - Member Presentation. These presentations are conducted by group members and offer additional insight into their business journey, or something they are well versed in that can benefit the group.
2nd Thursday - Guest Speakers. Pro Speakers who with inspire, motivate and guide us to success
3rd Thursday - Round Table discussions. A topic chosen in advance that we will discuss best practices, concerns and opinions on the subject. We try to have someone lead these discussions example- a industry expert or city representative.
Susan Chavez
Richard Lambert Foundation Family Grief & Healing Center
Executive Director & Founder
Susan is the founder of the Richard Lambert Foundation and has served as the Executive Director since 2013. Susan oversees the daily management of the Grief Center and its programs. Her commitment and belief that our community needs a place solely to support those who have experienced a death and are grieving has led the organization to new growth. Her vision is larger than our current capacity, and we are excited to see her dream grow. Susan is a native of Brighton, Colorado, and has been married to her husband Jaime for 26 years. She enjoys golfing, camping, reading, and spending time with their children and eleven grandchildren.
Cindy Cogan
Heritage Title Company
Senior Escrow Officer
Cindy Cogan is a Licensed Senior Escrow Officer at Heritage Title Company. Her background provides 24 years of experience in escrow, and 10 years of experience in management. She handles multiple types of transactions, such as Commercial, Residential, New Construction, Land Development, Lender, and Investments. Cindy enjoys having a diverse array of business, as it keeps her sharp and always learning something new.
Her clients and colleagues see how caring and hard-working she is on a daily basis, and she puts integrity and customer service before anything else. Her clients know they can trust her, and that if she gives her word that she will do something for them, it will be done.
One of Cindy’s strongest virtues is always being able to find a solution that satisfies everyone. She always goes above and beyond to meet expectations, and truly cares about her clients and their transactions.
Amy Flora
Flora & Company Properties
Broker/Realtor
Your resource for all things real estate! Whether you are buying your first home, investing, upsizing or downsizing, I am your gal! I pride myself on communicating with you through the entire process step by step to ensure that you informed and happy. The most important person - You! I look forward to serving you in all of your real estate needs.
Gretchen Lapham
CO Chair
Lapham Law Firm
Relationship Manager
Gretchen is important to Lapham Law because she helps to build relationships within the community and the surrounding areas. Her primary focus is to connect with physicians, chiropractors, physical/massage therapists and other health-related professionals and communicate the benefits of having a relationship with a personal injury attorney that you know, like and most importantly trust. She introduces Joe Lapham at Lapham Law to these medical professionals and together they discover if their business philosophies align. The goal is to work together to refer patients and clients to one another and work together toward a common goal.....HELPING THEIR CLIENT.
Christine Polliard
Interstate Energy, Inc.
Owner
I am an experienced business owner and professional with a demonstrated history of working in the retail industry. I am a distributor of the Clean Burn waste oil heaters and boilers. I bring to the table strong business development skills, exemplary customer service, experience in purchasing, sales, service, negotiation, management, banking, human resources, training, customer relations and customer retention. What I enjoy about my current position, is finding the right fit with our product and the customer to help them realize savings with their current on-site consumables. I also love that our product is EPA approved and green, which is especially beneficial to my territory, the beautiful state of Colorado and the eastern half of Wyoming. Please call me to schedule your free in person assessment at (303) 654-0999. Also, I would love your referrals.
Kari Rau
Colorado Geothermal Drilling
Owner VP
Influence Executive Colorado Geothermal Drilling, Geothermal Enthusiast, Advocate for Womenprenuers and Small Business, Athletic Trainer Devotee, & Serial Chips and Queso Addict.
Small business entrepreneur with wide ranging interests in green energy and geothermal to athletics and sports medicine to real estate and investing. Blogging, writing, and sharing my wide ranging interests with anyone that will pay attention. I love learning how others have mastered their crafts and are kicking ass at life.
Shelly George
Evolve Ortho-Bionomy and Medical Intuition
Chief Wellness Officer
As an Ortho-Bionomist, Bodyworker, and Wellness Coach. I recommend that you have at least 5 healthcare professionals in your healing circle. These are people who help you strive for optimal health. They could be a Doctor, Acupuncturist, a Massage Therapist? These are the top on my list, right after Ortho-Bionomy.
Ortho-Bionomy is a bodywork that encourages our own healing mechanisms. With gentle movements, compression and positional release, we engage the natural healing reflexes within. It is very soothing to the nervous system, which allows for more movement in the fascia and bones, reminding us that we can heal ourselves. With Ortho-Bionomy, we can look at what your lifestyle and your level of self-care to assess the best possible course of action.
Our bodies are self healing machines...they just get a little busy and forget how to do it.
Charlotte Rodriguez
Divine Beauty and Style
Owner
Divine Beauty and Style Day Spa provides personalized Luxury Skin Care Treatments, Eyelash Extensions and Permanent Makeup. Which are designed to enhance, maintain, and overall improve the health of your skin and give you the perfect Eyelash and Brow style just for you.
Ian Gerace
Ian Gerace Productions
Video Marketing Strategist
Video content is the name of the game and needs to be in every business's marketing strategy today. From small form micro content on social media, to large scale high quality commercials that bring your potential audience into a successful lead can be intimidating and hard for anyone to do by themselves.
I'm Ian Gerace and over the last 5 years I've perfected my craft of creating professional video content and providing a strong strategy on how to properly market that video to produce the most sales and leads.
Jeramiah Fitzsimmons
Made in the Shade Front Range
Owner
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Experience the difference today! Contact us for your personalized, on-site, no obligation design consultation now!
Keith Cook
Cook Construction & Renovation
Owner/operator
My name is Keith, and I’m the owner of Cook Construction & Renovation. With nearly two decades of experience in the residential renovation industry, my team and I specialize in transforming interior spaces, particularly kitchens and bathrooms
Pam Fresquez
BMO Bank N.A.
Small Business Officer
I am a experienced banker, I have over 40 years of experience in the industry. I owned my own business for 7 years, so I am very familiar with the needs of a small business. I take pride in my work and the excellent service I provide my clients. I am honest, open and am genuinely interested in helping business owners succeed. I live and work in Brighton, so the community is important to me on not only on a professional level, also a personal level. I enjoy meeting new people, I am a Colorado native and I have two beautiful daughters, and a grand daughter and grandson, that are my world. I enjoy riding a Harley in the summer and spending time with family.
Beth Cochran
The Haven Team at Berkshire Hathaway
Beth & Dan have been married for 30 years, and have lived in and reiaed their family in Brighton for the past 23 years. As natives, they enjoy all that Colorado has to offer, especially spening time outdoors.
Beth has a background in Social Work and Early Childhood Development. She spent many years as a Case Manager and an Advocate for famiies and children with special needs; she is very understanding that every family has unique needs without question or judgement.
Dan has a variety of experience in many different aspects of the construction industry including Wholesale Sales of a variety of construction products and supplies.
Combining their professional experiences into The Haven Team, they are a Real Estate Team that you want on your side!
Baltazar Villanueva
Relentless Spirit Fitness & Nutrition
Owner
For over 30 years I have studied martials and instructed individuals for 17 of those years in how to defend themselves and get into shape. During my time in teaching martial arts, I had developed body dysmorphia trying to achieve an unrealistic goal that I had in my mind from pop cultures that I grew up watching as a child and into my teen years.
I pounded my body into the ground by doing countless workouts and undereating. I had to stop teaching because my mental and physical health went to crap and I wasn't in the position to do what I loved to do.
Through research, educating myself and earning certifications in nutrition and fitness, I have been able to recover from my body dysmorphia and have built a respectable physique without following a restrictive diet and doing hours of cardio. My goal is to help other individuals who are suffering from body dysmorphia and who want to look good and feel good in their own body and clothing.
Valerie Juarez
Inspiring HR
Growth Manager, Sr. HR Consultant
Based in Brighton, CO, Valerie (Val) Juarez brings a formal education in Human Resources and 29 years of multi-state and broad experience to the HR Consulting provided to the small businesses we support. With certifications as a master trainer, a 360 feedback de-briefer, experience with mergers and acquisitions, and decades of managing labor law compliance across the U.S. for large businesses, Val leverages her knowledge to balance the needs of an organization's infrastructure with their cultural needs to help small businesses grow and thrive. Developing a trusted relationship, assessing and solving for a company's most important HR voids, providing tools and support to enable business owners to make better informed decisions, and providing on the spot answers to your questions which prevent your "3am employee relations fears" is what Val specializes in on a daily basis.
Rebecca Thomas
Revise Organizing
Owner/ Lead Organizer
We specialize in crafting personalized organizing systems for business professionals and high-performing entrepreneurs, freeing up your time to focus on your family and professional growth.
Nathan Hernandez
Comfy Castle Heating and Air LLC.
Owner/operator
Allow me to introduce myself—I'm Nathan Hernandez, and I've spent my entire 47 years as a proud native of Colorado. My roots trace back to the Sioux Nation, and I cherish my American Indian heritage. Beyond my professional life, I'm a devoted family man, relishing every moment spent with my two wonderful children.
In the HVAC industry, I'm known as a beacon of trust and confidence, and I make a promise to deliver authenticity, integrity, and fair value in all my services. At the heart of my business philosophy lies an unwavering commitment to transparency and honesty.
