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It’s very bittersweet to post this, but it’s also (I hope) kind of smart.  We have some big news and by posting it on the site, we can tell many people and everyone can get a good sense for what’s happening, while sparing us the need to retell the story 100x.  Aviva and I looking forward to discussing and sharing all the details, but this will allow everyone to start off with a good foundation.

We’re moving (again).

We came to Denver 5 years ago for a change in lifestyle, and it’s far surpassed our hopes for what it would be like.  We love our house, friends, neighbors, community, the weather, and so much about living in Denver, it’s hard to recall it all.  But things change, and usually for the better.  After a year of regulatory hoop jumping, my company was bought, after the deal was finally approved and actually closed (circa March 2008)!

Over the past few months, the new owners took a long hard look at the office where I work, in a suburb of Denver.  It’s an office full of great people, I’ve hired and worked with many of them over these years.  It was a long and exhasutive process, but the end decision was to wind down the operations in Colorado, hoping to get our teams closer to our customers and colleagues, who are predominantly on the coasts and Chicago.   We thought about it and have decided to move to the South Bay, where I’ll work out of the HQ, in CA.  

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So many questions.. allow me to use a very work-friendly FAQ:

When?  Ideally over the summer.  We’ll try and sell the house, get out there and into corp housing and look to buy a place to get the kids into school

Where?  Not sure.  Towns like Los Altos, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, and others are on the list, but we just want good schools, a few Hebrews, and a reasonable commute for yours truly.

Why?  We love Denver, but Ben loves his job and it’s a great chance to continue doing so.  The Denver job market isn’t a dead end, but after 7.5 years with DCLK, it’s great to be able to continue working there.

Are there any benefits?  Oh yea.  Great career, great place to live, Trader Joe’s, IKEA, beaches, awesome weather, In-and-Out burger, and now football is on even earlier!

Are there are hard parts?  Yup, those too.  We have family in Denver, Jenne/Jorge/Nathaniel/Anderson, lots of friends and a community we enjoy more than we ever hoped – that part is real sad.

Who knows about this?  As of now, anyone with access to a web browser, hopefully you’re using Chrome 

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