Winners: Fun, foliage and functional

BOULDER — Shoes that change color, a mobile tour guide and pre-packaged gardens were among the winners as selected by judges at the Boulder County Business Report’s IQ Awards event, held Oct. 3 at the Boulder Theater.

Crocs’ Chameleon shoes won the Natural/Green/Outdoor category. Children who have the shoes like to run inside and outside to see them change color, said Dale Bathum, chief product officer at Crocs Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) in Niwot. Bathum ran away from a microphone on stage, then back to it to illustrate his point. Ultraviolet light changes the shoes from a translucent color to a vibrant…