The University of Colorado at Boulder has been ranked the second-“greenest” school in the nation by Sierra magazine in its 2008 September/October edition. CU-Boulder was the largest school in the top five, with more students than the four other schools combined. Middlebury College in Vermont was ranked first and the University of Vermont at Burlington, Warren Wilson College and Evergreen State College rounded out the top five.
PaySimple, a Denver-based provider of on-demand electronic payment solutions for small businesses, announced that it has implemented technology by Varien, an e-commerce provider. PaySimple integrated its credit card processing services with the Magento open source shopping cart platform.
The Credit Union Associations of Colorado and Wyoming moved to 1009 Grant St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Pride Auto Care recently opened its third location, at 11133 S. Dransfeldt Road in Parker.
Homeless Gear has launched a drive to collect unwanted outdoor gear, such as backpacks, sleeping bags, gloves, hats, water bottles, flashlights, blankets, rain gear and boots, and redistribute the items to the homeless through local shelters. For a list of drop-off centers, go to .
Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards & Dinner, Oct. 24 at the Marriott City Center. Go to . for the nomination criteria and form.
Massage Envy’s Front Range clinics raised nearly $47,000 to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure during a recent day-long fundraising event.
CH2M Hill OMI earned contract renewals for water and wastewater operations and maintenance from New Mexico towns of Eldorado, Grants and Taos. The contracts are worth about $2.9 million annually.
Data393, a Denver-based hosting and information-technology firm, has implemented technological advances and infrastructure upgrades at its Englewood data center to reduce its environmental impact.
Arista, Broomfield’s new mixed- use, transit-oriented development, announced that its first office building has reached 100 percent occupancy with the recent signing of Return Path, a provider of e-mail services.
BrainSpark Media, a Denver-based interactive agency, recently launched the new corporate website for GeoEye, a provider of geospatial products and solutions.
Denver Health was named the new hospital, emergency department primary and special clinic provider for Metropolitan State College of Denver and Community College of Denver. The agreement covers all students as well as their dependents.
