Shaun LaBarre

Shaun LaBarre is the man behind ReSource Yard, a used-building-material sales yard that also rents out tools for do-it-yourself home improvement projects and sells handcrafted furniture.

LaBarre actually operates two Resource Yard programs — one in Boulder and one in Fort Collins — where he constantly champions efforts to recycle old materials to reduce solid waste.

When LaBarre became director of the programs in 2007, the Fort Collins yard was scheduled to be shut down by its board of directors, he said. Since then, the ReSource Yard programs have turned around, posting a 62 percent increase in revenue and a 62 percent…