U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced that about $1.8 million is available to encourage more organic agriculture production in Colorado. Cutoff date for this application is May 20.
AAA Colorado will support Earth Day 2011 with the Great Battery Round-Up to collect used car batteries for recycling. On April 22 and April 23, consumers may bring used batteries to three metro-area locations: Grease Monkey, 7181 Pecos St.; Grease Monkey, 395 Wadsworth Blvd.; and Pacesetter Roadside Assistance, 3950 S. Kalamath St. in Englewood.
Front Range Community College will receive an $82,817 grant from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to support Energy Boost training in Brighton. The 92-hour program covers the basic skills Colorado’s clean-energy industries look for in entry-level positions.
Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services announced the sale of the Courtyard, a 197-unit apartment complex at 5100 Leetsdale Drive, for $9.1 million. Neither buyer nor seller was identified.
Credit Union of Colorado received a Diamond Award and an Award of Merit from the Credit Union National Association for its 2010 mobile banking campaign.
University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort College of Business won first place at the Global Asset Management Education forum for its Student and Foundation Fund. The SAFF class won in the Undergraduate Core Student Funds category, competing against students from 24 countries.
Third St. Chai and Canyon Bakehouse received loans from Whole Foods Market as part of its Local Producer Loan Program. Third St. Chai, a Boulder-based microbrewed-tea company, received a $100,000 loan to automate its filling line. Canyon Bakehouse, a Loveland-based producer of whole-grain, gluten-free breads, received a $25,000 loan to buy new product-line equipment.
Mountain Shades Inc., a Denver-based sport-sunglass manufacturer, announced a three-year licensing agreement with New Balance. Mountain Shades will develop a new line of running-specific sunglasses, New Balance Sun, in the U.S. market through 2013.
Mental Health Center of Denver has been recognized by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare as the winner of the 2011 Awards of Excellence in Service Innovation for its program to treat individuals with mental illness and substance-abuse disorders who are involved in the criminal-justice system.
Energy Outreach Colorado, a statewide nonprofit that supports low-income-energy-assistance and affordable-housing-efficiency programs, received the top rating from Charity Navigator, an independent charity evaluator. Energy Outreach has received the top four-star ranking for nine consecutive years.
