Awards April 26, 2013

The Longmont Area Economic Council presented Cornerstone Awards to Left Hand Brewing Co., Denovo LLC, Genius Lab by vAuto and Goddess Garden. The awards honor growing local employers who sell the majority of their goods and services outside of the Longmont area.

Left Hand received the Large Manufacturing Cornerstone Award to recognize the company’s expansion in 2012 into a new building. The additional space is across from the company’s flagship location at 1265 Boston Ave.

Denovo LLC, a technology consulting firm, received the Large Technology Cornerstone Award. Denovo works mostly on cloud-computing projects for small- and medium-size companies. Denovo has 65 employees in Longmont as well as offices in Laguna Niguel, California.

Software maker Genius Labs by vAuto received the Small Technology Cornerstone Award. The company opened a 3,350-square-foot office at 401 Main St. in 2012. Genius Labs makes web-based software used in the car-auction business and employs 22 people locally

Goddess Garden, an organic skin-product manufacturer, received the Small Manufacturing Cornerstone Award. The company’s signature product is a sunscreen made with natural and organic materials. Goddess Garden has eight employees working at a 10,000-square-foot location at 1821 Lefthand Circle.

The University of Colorado-Boulder honored four engineers at the 48th annual Engineering Awards Banquet on April 26. Elliot Goldman, a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, received the inaugural Recent Alumni Award. John W. Lund, co-founder and director of the Geo-Heat Center, was awarded the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in the Education, and Research and Invention categories. Herb Morreale, a 1991 computer science alumnus of CU-Boulder who founded several successful companies and a nonprofit organization, received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in the Industry and Commerce category. George Born, who founded the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award in the Special category.

Boulder-based Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. was honored by The Boeing Co. as a 2012 Supplier of the Year for outstanding avionics work for its F/A-18 and Harpoon antenna programs. The award was presented during a ceremony in San Diego on April 18.

Boulder Valley Credit Union received a Diamond Award from the Credit Union National Association Marketing & Business Development Council. The award recognizes outstanding marketing and business development achievements in the credit union industry. Boulder Valley Credit Union won the Best Website category for its website redesign/redevelopment.

Niwot-based Crocs Inc. received the Comfort/Wellness Footwear Brand of the Year award from the UK Footwear Industry, and it also received a Masters of Taste Superior Quality Gold Medal Seal from Chefs In America. Both awards recognized the comfort provided by Crocs’ various footwear styles. The UK Footwear Industry Awards recognized Crocs for comfort across styles, while Chefs in America focused on the company’s Crocs @ Work line. Also, Crocs’ chief operating officer Scott Crutchfield was named among Supply & Demand Chain Executive’s Pros to Know list of top professionals in the supply chain field.

Louisville-based Inovonics Inc.’s EchoStream EN6080 Area Control Gateway was recognized at the Security Industry Association’s 2013 New Product Showcase, receiving honorable mention for the Intrusion Detection and Prevention Solutions Wireless Award at an awards ceremony at ISC West.

Boulder-based Suerte Tequila’s Blanco and Anejo varieties won silver medals and its Reposado took a bronze at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, held March 21-24. Each bottle and the set of three took silver medals for packaging and design, after the set of three had won first place at the Denver International Spirits Competition March 2-3. Reposado won a gold and the other two varieties took silver in Denver.

Eight businesses in Lafayette were recognized for their efforts to become more sustainable by the city of Lafayette’s Energy Sustainability Advisory Committee. Lafayette Collectibles and Flea Market was named the winner of the 2013 Green Business Program. Runners-up included Anspach’s Jewelry, Ting’s Place, Compass Nursing Arts, Imagine!, Women Who Paint, Flatirons Habitat for Humanity and Noble Treasures.

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