• Bite Squad, a restaurant-delivery service, is now available in the Denver area.
• The Society of American Travel Writers presented Denver’s Union Station with a Phoenix Award for its conservation and preservation efforts.
• Holliday Fenoglio Fowler has arranged $49.5 million in financing on behalf of BMC Investments for the purchase of the Liberty Creek Apartments, a 584-unit housing community in Aurora.
• HIP Brand Development, the maker of Colorado Sun ‘Shine whiskey, announced they have granted all sales and distribution rights to Republic National Distributing Company.
• The Colorado School of Mines is a founding sponsor of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Unconventional Hydrocarbon Roundtable, a forum aiming to inform decision-making about development of resources such as shale oil and natural gas.
• Denver-based restaurant accounting firm On-Call Restaurant Accounting is expanding to the New England area with the opening of a new sales office in Boston.
• ANB Bank received the award for medium company of the year from the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
• The Arvada Development Association hosted its annual Business Appreciation Awards Breakfast, honoring local businesses. Honorees included Dennis Meyer of Das Meyer Fine Pastry Chalet, who received the Lloyd J. King entrepreneurial spirit award; Industrial Chemicals Corporation, 5280 Armory and Simply Storage received the business collaboration award; Red Rocks Community College Health Sciences Campus in Arvada was given the community partnership award; Costco was honored as outstanding large business of the year; and S&H Products was named outstanding small business of the year.
• The Wheat Ridge Business Association recognized local businesses at their Business Appreciation Awards Breakfast. The winners included Anthony M’s Visions in Gold and Quality Auto and Tire Care for business of the year; Cheryl Brungardt of Thank ’em Promotions for member of the year; Confluent Development for the Kipling Ridge Shopping Center received the reinvestment award; Colorado ACTS won the cultural commission award; La Fonda Mexican Restaurant received the city council partnership award; Wazee Partners received the mayor’s partnership award; AAA Propane won the special recognition award; and Joe DeAguero was honored with the WRBA rising star award.
