A University of Denver team took top honors in the Deloitte Tax Case Study National Competition in the graduate division. DU received a $10,000 award and each team member received a $1,000 scholarship.
Cheesecake Factory Inc. will commemorate its first Grand Lux Cafe in Colorado with a preopening ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Park Meadows mall.
Qdoba Mexican Grill, a Denver-based restaurant chain, announced new franchise partners: Texas-based The Cain Restaurant Group LLC; Maryland-based Fusion Foods Inc.; Minnesota-based Alimento Partners Inc.; and South Dakota-based TJH Holdings LLC. The franchisees plan to open 33 new Qdoba restaurants.
The Colorado Youth Corps Association received a two-year $50,000 Daniels Fund grant to further its mission of engaging young people in the conservation of Colorado’s natural resources while improving the future of participants through work, learning, and service to their communities.
Zayo Bandwidth of Louisville announced the formation of a new business unit called Onvoy Voice Services and has appointed former Onvoy chief operating officer Fritz Hendricks president of the unit. The move follows Zayo’s recent acquisition of Onvoy.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Colorado announced that its associates have pledged $449,000 to support not-for-profit organizations in Colorado in 2008 as part of the company’s Associate Giving Campaign.
Array BioPharma Inc. of Boulder announced that it has commenced dosing patients with ARRY-797, a small molecule p38 inhibitor, in a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the drug for treating pain in dental patients undergoing third molar extraction.
InsureMe, a Denver-based Web company that helps insurance shoppers get quotes from local insurance agents, was recognized at the National Philanthropy Day in Colorado, with the top award in the small-business category.
The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation awarded grants for two University of Colorado at Boulder projects exploring technological solutions to environmental challenges to John Zhai, an assistant professor in the Building Systems Program, and environmental engineering professors Angela Bielefeldt and Scott Summers.
The Colorado Wine Industry Development Board announced that Juicy Lucy’s Steakhouse in Glenwood Springs won the Best Colorado Wine List by the Bottle award. Other awards went to the Mercury Cafe in Denver for the Best Colorado Wine List by the Glass; and Restaurant SIX89 in Carbondale won the Best Use of Colorado Food and Wine award.
Beaver Creek Resort delayed its season opening from today to Friday.
Design Studios West Inc. of Denver recently received the President’s Award of Excellence for Design by the Colorado Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
Marcus & Millichap, the real estate investment brokerage, announced the sale of Bear Valley West to Steve Geyer, a private investor from La Jolla, Calif., for $5.1 million. The property, at 2750 S. Wadsworth Blvd. was sold by Dunn & Associates of Colorado Springs.
