Colorado Academy for the Development of STEM-related Careers has been formed by an alliance of Metropolitan State College of Denver, Colorado School of Mines, Community College of Denver and the Cherry Creek School District. The academy is designed to position the state as a leader in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education.
Envysion Inc., a Louisville-based provider of Managed Video as a Service, has donated its MVaaS technology to the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business for its School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management.
Stratavia, a Denver-based provider of data-center automation and cloud-enablement software, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patents for its Data Palette platform.
JCR Capital of Denver announced that it has established a loan- restructuring division.
Boulder Valley School District selected Organic Valley Family of Farms, the nation’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, as the official milk supplier for the 28,000-student school district. The milk will be bottled and delivered by Sinton Dairy.
Denver Investments, a $7 billion asset-management firm, and GRT Capital Partners announced the formation of Denver Alternatives, an alternative asset division to serve pension funds, endowments, family offices and other institutional investors.
Gasco Energy Inc. of Denver announced that it received notice from the NYSE Amex LLC that its plan to regain compliance with certain NYSE Amex listing requirements was accepted. Gasco was granted an extension until Dec. 27, 2010, to regain compliance with the continued listing standards.
Mountain Living magazine will debut its redesign with the January 2010 issue, which hits newsstands Dec. 29.
Colorado East Bank and Trust has introduced a free electronic check-recovery service for its commercial customers.
Metropolitan State College of Denver’s School of Business, the Chamber of the Americas, LARASA and Telemundo will host the “21st Century Economic and Cultural Integration: Mexico and the United States” symposium Thursday at St. Cajetan’s on the Auraria campus. For information, go to www /eventssymposium.shtml.



