SKICO RECEIVES AWARDS
Aspen Skiing Co. took home three awards during a recent National Ski Areas Association convention. The first award, for marketing at resorts with 500,000-plus skier days, recognized SkiCo's program which distributed 40,000 compact fluorescent light bulbs to company customers and saved 10 million pounds of CO2 emissions - the equivalent of taking 910 cars off the road each year. The second award was for SkiCo's environmental marketing campaign, which most prominently ran "Save Snow" ads in major magazines such as Outside and Freeskier. And the third award they received is for their safety program, which had the best employee involvement and education. It's the sixth year SkiCo has been given the safety award for their initiatives both internally with employees and externally with guests.
PLUM TV NOMINATED FOR TWO EMMYS Channel 16, operated by Plum, has been nominated for two Heartland Regional Emmy awards. "Aspen Ideas Festival 2007," selected for best topical documentary, follows three festival fellows to the Aspen Ideas Festi
val held last July. "Aspen Food & Wine Classic Recap" was nominated for best special events coverage. It's the first time Plum has been nominated for an Emmy, and they were the only organization in the Roaring Fork Valley to be recognized. The winners will be announced at a July event in Denver.
SOJOURNER RECOGNIZED FOR EXCELLENT WINTER ISSUE
Aspen Sojourner magazine is the recipient of the Maggie award, a designation given out for Best Visitor's Guides by Western Publications Association, for its holiday issue which was on shelves last winter. Sojourner was up against 22 other publications for the award, which was recently given out a celebration in Los Angeles. That particular issue covered immigration, politics, local community leaders, fashion, architecture and sports.Face timeOur weekly profile of a local business community member
