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Amy Wells Fitness

Entrepreneur Amy Wells provides fitness services to those interested in training and coaching in the Peak to Peak area. Based in Black Hawk, Wells provides personal fitness expertise and positivity-oriented workouts.

Wells is available by calling 720-308-8916 and via Facebook @amywellsfitness. Since the quarantine began, Wells has been providing at-home workouts still available on the page, using weights and gravity to achieve fitness goals.

Tips, goals and workouts are also delivered via @amy.dawidowski.wells on Instagram. The program offered by Wells include a combination of outdoor workouts, better “clean-eating” practices and behavioral modification. Wells holds a Bachelors of Psychology and Interpersonal Communications, in addition to a Master of School Counseling and status as a Diamond Beachbody Coach. In short, Wells both coaches and mentors other instructors in their practices.

Her passion is in working with family and friends, while leading an active lifestyle.

“I want to support women while they discover their passion and purpose in their lives,” Wells said, as part of the mission statement of coaching. Her fitness goals are to improve health and

physical well-being for women, so what does she hope to give clients on a personal level?

“To have an abundance of contentment and feelings of self-worth,” she said.

Cookbooks & Facemasks

Mother Anne Ott and daughter Angel O’Grady are no strangers to cooking with cannabis. Their work is available online via Amazon in Kindle and paperback format, totaling 294 pages and stuffed with appetizers. Mobile formats allow for cooking-on-the-go, while Angel O’Grady has also produced artwork, a children’s book and a DIY-beauty book.

Salads, sides, dressings and sauces with hemp or cannabis filled another cookbook, but after that, O’Grady, began to utilize her brand Homemade Beauty to provide face masks, healing ointments and more during Shelter-in-Place. Recipes for making home remedies in lieu of store-bought mixes began to fill @HomemadeBeautyBook on Facebook. Her business dynamics include aromatherapy, Do-It-Yourself, and homemade products to make or purchase. Visit for handcrafted products.

Nederland Property AXIS

When it comes to Nederland, Heather Gray knows the streets like the back of her hand. As a real estate agent, Gray offers her services through Nederland Property AXIS. The business, located at 110 Snyder St. is reachable by calling 720-797-0007.

Gray serves Nederland and the surrounding area. Gray’s business cellphone contact is 303-618-4969. For more information on availabilities or to express interest in selling, contact her directly.

Best Mac Solutions and Peak to Peak

Owner Karelle Schaffe’s Peak to Peak Websites and Best Mac Solutions guarantee tech savvy when it comes to both online and offline functions. “Mac Service, Support and Training” are the three provisions of what Best Mac Solutions offers.

In addition, the IT company offers newsletters, tips and tricks, and quick fixes at ww.bestmacsolutions.com. Pricing and a list of services is available online or by phone at 303-459-3363.

Alternatively, Peak to Peak Websites has hosted numerous websites for businesses in the Nederland area and statewide. Schaffe has been a Mac user since 1986, learning IT support and business network solutions in her career’s progression. Multi-computer offices and homes are a welcome task for her to solve efficiently, Past clients’ professions have ranged from authors and lawyers to ministers and videographers.

Good Life Pilates

Pam Harrington offers pilates classes for those interested at www.pamharringtonpilates.com. In the midst of the Covid-19 virus, Good Life Pilates has switched to Zoom classes for those that register. The site also offers varying levels of pilates and scoliosis-specific sessions.

Others who have tried the service have vouched for the pilates’ effectiveness, reducing lower back pain and increasing mobility. Clients including Dr. Andre Ranucci have expressed gratitude for the ability to return to sporting activities. Workshops from introductory teachings for humans to even pilates for equestrian riders are shown throughout the website. The “Stable Core Method,” is designed to improve posture, weight distribution and balance for horses and their riders. Beginning exercises are offered in online videos, accessible from a device and internet connection anywhere.

For more information, call 303-748-0289 or visit online to email. Good Life Pilates is also featured on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

Wings of Lace Boutique

Wings of Lace Boutique owner Kimberly Spagnola hit the business scene in 2016, continuing to provide custom apparel and more home décor items today. Located at 75 E. 1st Street in Nederland, the Boutique recently reopened to the public. With the effects of Covid-19 still being experienced across the country, Spagnola is available to discuss purchase specifics or questions. She is available by call at 303-258-7779, or text at 303-717-2010.

“We deeply appreciate your support through this difficult time,” Spagnola said in regard to the reopening. “We are very excited to see all of you again.”

Items range from apparel like bracelets, seasonal clothing, earrings and necklaces purses, rings, and wrist. Look out for sale notifications via the gift shop’s Facebook page, Wings of Lace Boutique.

(Originally published in the May 21, 2020, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)