The Denver Hispanic Chamber of Commerce was presented with the Region 2 Large Hispanic Chamber of the Year award at this year’s U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention, Business Expo & International Pavilion, held last week in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Kerpoof, a Boulder-based children’s media company, launched an expanded website for children.
KS Communications and Macerich won the 2007 Grand Gold Pick from the Public Relations Society of America for the “Twenty Ninth Street Opens Its (Out)Doors” campaign.
The Bawmann Group recently signed a contract with the Colorado Department of Human Services, Colorado Works Division to develop and implement a public-information campaign for the Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.
The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority was awarded first-place honors in two categories as part of the National Council of State Housing Agencies’ annual awards for best programs, projects and practices. The CHFA’s 2006 community report was recognized as “Best Annual Report,” and its home-loan- management system – StarSystem – earned first place for “Technology Management Innovation.”
Envirofit International, a Colorado nonprofit, received funding from the Lemelson Foundation to install direct-injection retrofit kits on 3,000 two-stroke motorcycle taxi engines in Vigan, Philippines, by 2010, eliminating the emission of 3,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide and infusing the local economy with $1.4 million in fuel-cost savings.
Coors Brewing Co. will contribute $5,000 to the newly established Wilma M. Taylor Scholarship Fund. Taylor, a retired public appointee under former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb, died in June after a lengthy illness.
Car Wash Express awarded its 1 millionth customer a year of free car washes when the milestone was reached in August by Highlands Ranch resident Chuck Gunther.
