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EX-LAWYER PUSHES GREENER CLEANER
Rusty Perry now cleans and presses the same kind of pricey suits and dress shirts he used to wear to work every day when he practiced law in Denver.
But he's not complaining. Perry hopes to clean up in the business world with Revolution Cleaners - the first dry-cleaning company in Colorado to use a nontoxic and environmentally friendly carbon-dioxide system to clean clothing. The green-technology company has stores in Denver's Washington Park neighborhood and in Boulder and a plant in an industrial section of Northeast Denver. It plans to open two more metro-area stores, as well as stores in Aspen and Steamboat Springs, by year's end. Founded last year by Perry and his partners, Revolution Cleaners also is in talks with investors in Seattle, Dallas and Baltimore who want to introduce the technology to their states.
"The plan is to go national," said Perry, noting that Kroenke Sports in Denver's Pepsi Center recently signed Revolution Cleaners as its official dry...