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We have been mentioned in the news recently!
July, 2008.
Capabilities announced today that it has been selected as the vendor by the Denver Convention Host Committee to provide repair services
during the Democratic National Convention. Capabilities will have a mobile workshop located at the SE corner of 16th Street
and Stout Street and will service all types of mobility equipment, including power wheelchairs, electric scooters, manual
wheelchairs, walkers and canes. The service is available to delegates and visitors attending the Democratic National
Convention in August in Denver. The mobile repair service will be open for business on Monday, August 25 through Wednesday,
August 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The flagship store in Westminster will be open during its
regular business hours, Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m.
July, 2008.
Pam Pressel and Kathryn Arbour, Founders of Capabilities, a Westminster-based retailer offering products for mobility,
fitness and comfort to Baby Boomers and their families, were both named finalists for the Outstanding Women in Business Awards,
sponsored by the Denver Business Journal.
The Awards luncheon takes place at the Denver Marriott Center Hotel on August 7, 2008. Pressel is a finalist in the Health Care category and Arbour is a finalist for the National Association of Women Business Owners’ (NAWBO) Member of the Year.
July, 2008.
Capabilities and Handyman Matters, both Colorado based companies, have launched a strategic alliance to deliver products and
services to those who want to “age in place” safely and comfortably. The two companies will focus initially on the sale and installation
of stair lifts, a means of transporting individuals between floors when they can no longer navigate stairs.
Capabilities, a retailer with products for mobility, comfort and independence, serves Boomers and their families, individuals with disabilities, caregivers and everyone who needs products to help with day-to-day living.
Handyman Matters operates through national franchises to provide handyman services with a particular expertise on making homes accessible for seniors and people with disabilities.
Women Entrepreneur
May, 2008.
Regular columnist Bonnie Price discusses the importance of business plans and uses Capabilities as an example.
HME Magazine
February, 2008.
Kathryn describes the "Gas Cap" conundrum and explains how aids for daily living often make such a difference for an individual facing life's challenges.
Help in making career choices - A nugget of advice from Kathryn featured in the Rocky Mountain News.
New product release: Crutch Covers and Grips.
January 21, 2008
Capabilities now carries our own label. We've been working with local artist, Amy Vicioso, creating a line of Mobile Art. We're releasing this week our line of Mobile Art Crutch Covers and Grips. Not just any crutch covers and grips, mind you! These are very comfy ones with layers of foam and in an assortment of colors to suit your personality and clothes. Be sure to take a closer look.
Full press release.
Make Mine a Million Dollar Business Finalist.
Denver Business Journal
August 17, 2007.
The Denver Business Journal features Capabilities in their Outstanding Woman in Business Award issue.
Exerpt. Kathryn Arbour's Capabilities retail store offers everything from wheelchairs and canes to fitness products and unique gifts. The store also has a community center that she offers to organizations, such as the Rocky Mountain Stroke Association, which provides physical therapy, speech assessments and support groups for stroke survivors and their families once a week.
Denver Business Journal
August 17, 2007.
The Denver Business Journal features Capabilities as a finalist in the NAWBO Member of the Year award.
Exerpt. Kathryn Arbour is vice president of operations on the National Association of Women Business Owners board. She recently received the Make Mine a Million $ Business Award for women entrepreneurs. The award was sponsored by Count Me In and Open with American Express.
August 20, 2007.
The Rockies Venture Club featured
Capabilities in its Spotlight on Business series.
Exerpt. Capabilities is nearing their two year anniversary and is more than
just a lifestyle products store. Upon entering their Westminster location, the passion and enthusiasm is more than noticeable.
The environment is welcoming and warm. The staff is friendly and accommodating. Capabilities, with their signature tagline
‘Be Unlimited,’ offers lifestyle products for health, comfort, and independence to all age groups.
The story continues here.
July 16, 2007.
The Foundation Fighting Blindness named Pam
Pressel, CEO of Capabilities in Westminster, as Denver Chapter President of the Board of Directors. The mission of the Foundation
Fighting Blindness, Inc. is to drive the research that will provide preventions, treatments and cures for people affected by
retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, Usher syndrome, and the entire spectrum of retinal degenerative diseases.
Pam will lead the Board in its efforts to raise funds, increase public awareness, and provide support to local communities.
Denver Business Journal
July 9, 2007.
The Denver Business Journal features Capabilities in their July 9 issue.
Exerpt. Even an experienced entrepreneur and a former Fortune 500 executive sought out their local Small Business Development Center when starting their latest project. Pam Pressel,
co-founder of the Partners in Colorado home-care business, and Kathryn Arbour, a former executive at Smith Barney and Kaiser Permanente, also worked with
Olp to perfect their business plan and secure a loan to fund Capabilities, a retail medical supply store in Westminster. That plan also earned them a place in the
Make Mine a Million $ Business program sponsored by Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence, a nonprofit that supports women entrepreneurs with microloans
and education opportunities.
Capabilities opened in September 2005, but Pressel and Arbour still call the SBDC regularly for advice. Pressel said they're looking to open stores in other states. "[Jim] was a terrific help to us to put some reality around the numbers," Arbour said. He encouraged them to examine their cash-flow assumptions, and had them re-write their business plan until they had a strong, realistic one that got them a needed business loan. Photo credit: Kathleen Lavine | Business Journal
May 27, 2007.
Kathryn Arbour, Co-Founder and President of Capabilities,
has been named a finalist in the Make Mine A Million Program. Sponsored by Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, the leading national
not-for-profit provider of micro loans and business education for women entrepreneurs, the Make Mine A Million Program helps women entrepreneurs
grow and build sustainable enterprises, create jobs and develop innovative products and services.
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May 2, 2007.
Pam Pressel, Co-Owner and CEO of Capabilities, a Westminster-based retail store
specializing in lifestyle products for health, comfort and independence, was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Colorado
Talking Book Library. CTBL is a free service providing books, open to all Coloradans with visual, physical and learning disabilities.
Capabilities carries one of the largest selection of aids for those with low vision or blindness in the region.
"Local entrepreneurs get
international exposure" - Coverage of Pam and Kathryn's session at the National Council on Aging international conference in Chicago March 2007.
Colorado
and Co, a special division of NBC 9News, featured Capabilities recently.
710 KNUS News/talk radio interview.
9News coverage in Denver, CO.
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