Sunflower picks Boulder site; Wild Oats looks in Longmont

BOULDER – With Sunflower Farmers Market coming to The Village shopping center, Boulder Valley natural foods aficionados will have another place in Boulder to get their fix.

But Longmont also may be getting a purveyor of natural foods in the form of a Wild Oats Market.

With J.C. Penney at Twin Peaks Mall relocating across the street to the former ShopKo location, speculation abounds about a new tenant for the 51,000-square-foot space.

“We are actively looking in Longmont,” confirmed Sonja Tuitele, Wild Oats spokeswoman. “There’s been so much growth there. And we get so many requests; it’s probably the most requested place…