Briefcase – July 22, 2016

CLOSINGS

SpokesBuzz, a nonprofit organization aimed at growing Fort Collins’ music scene through promotion and educational programming, will shut down Sept. 1, citing a lack of funding.

CONTRACTS

Woodward Inc. (Nasdaq: WWD) contracted with UCHealth and Associates in Family Medicine on a new program that provides direct primary care and disease-management services for its employees.

The federal Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory installed its second fuel-efficient, hydraulic hybrid system on a passenger shuttle bus for the lab’s 632-acre campus in Golden. The system is made by Loveland-based Lightning Hybrids.

Boulder-based Wana Brands’ cannabis-infused Sour Gummies, Wana Rolls and Wana Jewels now are available in Oregon through a partnership with Clackamas, Ore.-based Oregon Bud Co.

KUDOS

Flagstaff House, an upscale restaurant that overlooks the city of Boulder from its perch on Flagstaff Mountain, was been honored for the 33rd year in a row by Wine Spectator magazine with a Grand Award for its commitment to fine wine and its 15,000-bottle wine cellar. Flagstaff House is one of only three restaurants in the world to have earned the award for this long, and was one of 88 to receive the Grand Award this year.

The University of Colorado Boulder’s renovated Student Recreation Center received an Outstanding Sports Facilities award from the National Intramural and Recreation Sports Association.

The Good Samaritan Society Fort Collins Village received an Engagement Excellence Award from The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. The award recognizes locations where customers and employees were in the top 15 percent of performers on the society’s 2015 customer and/or employee engagement survey.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Allnutt Funeral Service in Fort Collins acquired Howe Mortuary & Cremation Services in Longmont, combining a pair of century-old businesses. Howe, 439 Coffman St., will continue to operate under the same name, and Geoff Howe, who has owned the family business since 1986, will continue to serve as funeral director and also will take a seat on Allnutt’s board of directors. Other current Howe employees also will remain.

NAME CHANGES

Fort Collins-based nonprofit Pathways Hospice changed its name to Pathways to more accurately include its variety of services and programs.

OPENINGS

Hardware retailer Harbor Freight Tools may open by mid-October in a former Walgreen’s location at 2320 Main St. in Longmont. A building permit has been approved for an addition to the back of the building, and a trailer from MH Pioneer Constructors has been set up on the site.

Lucky’s Market, a Boulder-based natural-foods grocer, will open a new store Aug. 10 in the former Savers space at 695 S. Broadway in the Table Mesa Shopping Center in south Boulder.

Banner Family Pharmacy opened July 18 at Banner Skyline Medical Pavilion, 2555 E.13th St. in Loveland.

DaVinci Sign Systems, headquartered in Windsor, opened a branch at 108 W. Lincolnway in Cheyenne, Wyo.

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