Packing Your Parachute (Special Edition)
Packing Your Parachute (Special Edition)

Author: Michael Hale

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1543448372

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Not many people complain of parachutes failing. It is usually too late. Like parachutes, inadequate insurance programs are many times discovered posthaste following a catastrophe, often much to the surprise of management. In this book, we discuss some real-life stories of uninsured or underinsured disasters and coverage disputes. These stories are largely based upon our experiences as insurance expert witnesses in cases where an improperly designed insurance program led to years of litigation, unimaginable costs, and sometimes the bankruptcy of the business and its owner. The mission of this book is to capture the attention of executives on why the way they may be buying business insurance could be all wrong and to provide suggestions on how to improve the process. We write this book as an antivirus scanning program of sorts for the insurance buyer to use in analyzing whether a business insurance agency and insurer are properly packing the companys parachute.

The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire
The History of City Market: The Brothers Four and the Colorado Back Slope Empire

Author: Anthony F. Prinster

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1625847726

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City Market's story begins with a penniless eighteen-year-old immigrant and closes with the business becoming part of the largest supermarket chain in the United States. In 1924, brothers Paul, Frank, Leo and Clarence Prinster bought a meat market in Grand Junction, Colorado, a business venture that would allow them to ride out the stock market crash and the Great Depression. It also allowed them to open the state's first supermarket in 1939, the beginning of an empire that remained in the family for over a century and helped shape the heritage of western Colorado. Tony Prinster shares how the City Market founders and its dedicated employees transformed a family business into the retail brand that touched the lives of so many people.

The Equity Planner
The Equity Planner

Author: Jason King

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-30

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1000993442

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Economic development is intended to benefit everyone in a community; however, in many cases, increased public and private investment can result in the pricing out and displacement of existing residents and businesses. How do we achieve more equitable outcomes? The Equity Planner provides a toolkit of practical solutions for planners and all those involved in placemaking to promote thoughtful, inclusive planning. Each chapter of The Equity Planner examines one particular aspect of inequity in the urban planning sphere, covering issues such as identity retention, affordability, and the protection and enhancement of local assets. While each chapter offers practicable solutions to these issues, the "Notes from the Field" sections describe how these same tools have been used (either successfully or unsuccessfully) in projects the author has been involved in, with a particular focus on the local resistance each project encountered. These real-world case studies are used to suggest methods to overcome such resistance, which the reader can then apply to their present initiatives. This book is written for urban planners, local activists, social scientists, policymakers, and anyone with an interest in equity planning. This book will be of use to both practicing and training urban planners and architects who seek to add equity planning to their professional repertoire.