Wild Oats Markets Inc., a Boulder-based natural- and organic-foods retailer, announced Wednesday it will donate more than $55,000 to the Sierra Club.
The Alternative Board of Denver has released its 2006 business survey, which shows that more than half of the business owners surveyed are projecting an increase in profitability in 2006 and are predicting an increase in capital spending.
Sirenza Microdevices Inc. of Broomfield has been named the winner of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Exporting in the large-sized manufacturing-company category for outstanding contributions to exporting during the past year.
First Data Corp., a Greenwood Village-based provider of electronic-commerce solutions, announced Wednesday it has signed an agreement to introduce the Star Network for Brookfield, Wis.-based North Shore Bank at more than 40 locations throughout Wisconsin. The Star Network will offer ATM and PIN-secured debit access for North Shore Bank’s customers.
SRC Computers Inc. of Colorado Springs announced Wednesday it has entered into a joint development agreement with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Under the agreement, the NCSA will develop software and processes that will allow programmers in the embedded-systems and signal- processing communities to write programs for use on SRC’s computing systems.
Cash Fast Inc., a Longmont-based deferred-deposit loan company, recently opened its seventh customer- service office, at 12850 W. 64th Ave. in Arvada.
Goodness To Go, a farmers- market specialty-food store, has opened at 1712 E. Sixth Ave. in Denver.
MGA Communications Inc., a Denver-based public-relations and research firm, was named Boutique Agency of the Year by the Holmes Report and was one of five finalists for National Agency of the Year.
Steele Street State Bank announced Wednesday it has reached a multiyear lease agreement at 8450 E. Crescent Parkway in Greenwood Village, which will be the site of its third area bank.
The town of Parker on Tuesday became the first city in Colorado to offer free wireless Internet access. The service is provided as a thank- you from Terrene Communications and will be in place for at least three years.
Barnhart Communications, a Denver-based marketing-communications firm, was recently named agency of record by Black-eyed Pea Restaurants to develop a multimedia advertising campaign.
The Western International festival entered into a partnership agreement with Denver- based Western-wear manufacturer Rocky Mountain Clothing Co. this week. As a $50,000-plus sponsor, RMCC gets naming rights to the opening ceremonies of the festival, which runs Oct. 17-22 at the National Western Complex.
