The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit staff received recognition from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco for assistance it provided Louisiana following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Blanco honored Ron LaFollette, Denise Tamulis and Mike Pacheco with plaques.
The Compass Bank Colorado Business Leaders Confidence Index declined 4.3 points to an overall reading of 49.9, marking the third consecutive quarter of moderating expectations for the economy.
Baxa Corp., a Denver-based manufacturer of medical devices and systems, announced the release of its new Exacta- Med Oral Dispenser for the administration of liquid medications.
Red Rocks Community College’s emergency and public- services department and the Office of Student Employment Services will host an emergency-services job fair from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at RRCC’s Lakewood campus, 13300 W. Sixth Ave.
Virtela, a Denver-based provider of network solutions, announced significant updates to its VirtelaView customer- management portal.
The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, the Little Nell in Aspen and the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch in Beaver Creek have received AAA’s top hospitality designation, the Five Diamond Award. The hotels are among 93 hotels chosen nationally.
Vista Gold Corp. of Denver announced it has priced a public offering of a minimum of $25 million and a maximum of $32 million of its shares at $8.50 per share. The offer is expected to close Nov. 7.
FirstBank of Douglas County has opened a branch in the Safeway store at 560 Castle Pines Parkway in Castle Pines North.
Sporian Microsystems Inc., a Lafayette-based provider of high-temperature packaging technology, has been awarded a contract from the Department of Energy to develop a universal high-temperature packaging platform. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
The city of Nampa, Idaho, is using GPS-Photo Link software from GeoSpatial Experts of Thornton to create a Web-
accessible map database showing the precise locations of all gravesites in its public cemetery.
FreeStone Software Inc. of Denver has received a contract from the Department of Defense to provide software for website content filtering. Terms of the deal were not announced.
The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District’s wastewater-treatment plant has received the Water Environment Federation’s George W. Burke Jr. Award in recognition of superior safety efforts.
Washington Park Chiropractic has opened a clinic at 421 E. Alameda Ave. Lisa Goodman is a family practitioner with experience treating headaches and neck and back pain, as well as treating and rehabilitating sports injuries.
