Awards November 8, 2013

Sid Anderson, general manager of the Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, was inducted into the Colorado Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hall of Fame during an awards dinner at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Induction is based on a person’s lifelong commitment to the industry and their commitment to the association in terms of membership and support. During his 35 years as general manager, Anderson sees his greatest achievement as accomplishing what was needed to make the hotel a local and national landmark. Since its opening in 1909, the hotel has been a fixture in the community. It offers 160 luxury guest rooms in addition to more than 10,000 square feet of event space.

The Longmont Chamber of Commerce presented annual awards to members Nov. 1. Large Business of the Year award – Oskar Blues Brewery; Small Business of the Year – Essex Motors; Rookie Business of the Year – High Plains Bank; Nonprofit of the Year – Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley; Making a Difference Award – Don Oest, IBM; Ambassador of the Year – Randy Schow, Mountain States Children’s Home.

Santiago Carlos Grijalva, director of the Power Systems Engineering Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award at the 25th Great Minds in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) HENAAC Conference in New Orleans. Grijalva is responsible for establishing and directing the NREL’s grid research portfolio at its $135 million Energy Systems Integration Facility.

Longmont-based Parascript LLC was named a 2013 Tech Innovator by CRN in the category of Printing & Imaging for its FormXtra Capture technology. The annual awards recognize vendors that have launched the most innovative new hardware and software solutions over the past year. Parascript’s FormXtra Capture software recognizes machine print, handprint and cursive writing on checks, documents and forms, giving businesses the ability to more easily obtain information from a wide variety of documents. The latest version, FormXtra Capture 5.4, incorporates signature verification, handwritten keyword location and data extraction on unstructured documents.

Boulder-based Best Organics Inc. received the 2013 Bronze Environmental Leadership Award from the Colorado Environmental Leadership Program of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Best Organics was selected for its high standards in environmental stewardship, commitment to organic products and supporting the local and regional economy.

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