[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Troy Niese: “The pond is getting winterized. It’s a like a bunch of dads inspecting a DIY project.” For years, our office fascinations have evolved. First, it was doughnuts (thanks, Jeff Kunk). Then roundabouts (don’t worry, we still love...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nora Schwartz: “The simulator keeps saying: ‘Go back and adjust your difficulty settings’… but it was already set to beginner.” This week, the entire Choice One crew headed to Caddy’s, a golf-themed bar and restaurant, for our quarterly offsite...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Matt Hoying: “Kari didn’t like Spaceballs.” Gasps were heard. Jaws dropped. Somewhere, Mel Brooks felt a disturbance in the Schwartz. After returning from our Lexington company trip last week, Graphic Designer Kari casually mentioned she didn’t love Spaceballs, the 1987...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Choice Mindsets: "A Trip Down Memory Lane"” Choice One in the Las Vegas airport, 1997. Today, many of us from Choice One are headed to Lexington, KY. If you didn’t know, we take a trip together once every two years...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Inquiring Mindsets: “Caption this photo of Andy Shuman.” “Is this the coffee shop?” -Craig Eley, Traffic Engineer “It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just a Choice One survey drone*.” -Troy Niese, Project manager “Why do cats land on their feet but...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dane Sommer: "First pitch scheduled for 3:34pm." Allen Bertke: "Stealth bomber flyover at 3:33pm?" Another Friday afternoon, another random Choice One contest. This time? Engineering co-op and Trine University pitcher Tyler Stueve was challenged by engineer Dane Sommer to a...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kendra Peterson: “I haven't even been here for a month, and the spammers are using my email?!” Kendra, our new Loveland-area Business Development and Municipal Relations Specialist, hasn’t even hit her one-month mark at Choice One, and already she’s...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Connor Sperdute: “How deep is the pond?” If you missed it, our Loveland office recently moved to a new building—complete with a scenic pond just outside the windows. The pond offers peaceful views, the sound of trickling water, and,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Troy Niese: “I wish we had gotten a picture of how much water Michael Seeger got on himself while trying to hook up the coffeemaker.” A couple of weeks back was moving day for our Loveland office. After six...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Brian Barhorst: “200 donations just kinda started as a friendly competition to reach 10 gallons.” Long-time Choice One designer Brian “Barney” Barhorst recently hit his 200th lifetime blood donation. That’s right—two hundred. For context, that’s enough blood to fill...