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Boulder County Briefcase: Feb. 3, 2014 [Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo. :: ](Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Feb. 02--AWARDS & HONORS The August Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, a leading school for aspiring chefs, pastry professionals and home cooks, announced that executive chef Graham Mitchell was inducted into the Disciples Escoffier International-USA, a prestigious French gastronomic society. escoffier.edu/locations/boulder. LAUNCHES & NEW ACCOUNTS Abraham Paiss & Associates Inc., a woman-owned marketing and public relations firm headed by Neshama Abraham, has been hired to launch The LOOP, a new earbud anti-tangling device for cell phones and computer tables (ipocketloop.com), created by Boulder award-winning architect Scott Rodwin of Rodwin Architecture. Abraham Paiss & Associates will handle media relations and product reviews for national consumer and electronic trade media, and small retail product fulfillment. More information about APA at abrahampaiss.com. Campus Publishers has added George Mason University to its family of 40+ official visitor guides. The Guide will reach 48,000 members of the GMU community. Campus Publishers, which also publishes the University of Colorado's guides, is the leading provider of official campus visitor guides for U.S. colleges. campuspublishers.com. The Gluten Free Bistro's products are headed for the West Coast distributed via United Natural Foods Inc.'s warehouses in Rocklin, Calif., and Ridgefield, Wa. Gluten Free Bistro's Bistro Bites in Margherita and Pepperoni flavors will be available in the majority of Whole Foods Markets in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest in February 2014. theglutenfreebistro.com. Treasures, Upscale Consignment recently opened on the corner of Arapahoe Road and 95th Street in Lafayette. The store offers a selection of women's and men's clothing, purses, shoes, jewelry and household items. treasuresupscaleconsignment.com. NEW HIRES & PROMOTIONS Melton Design Build hired Erik Carver as project development manager. Carver has 12 years of construction experience, eight years of managing his own construction company then three years in the design-build industry in Massachusetts. He has an extensive background in residential work and experience in green building. meltondesignbuild.com. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading provider of real estate services in Colorado, announced that Kim Dunning has affiliated with the company as a sales associate in its Boulder office. In her new position, Dunning will specialize in residential sales in Boulder County. Premier Lending LLC in Boulder announced that Mike Greenberg joined its team as a senior loan officer. Mike brings more than 40 years of experience in the Boulder Valley to Premier Lending. premierlends.com/mgreenberg. OTHER The nonprofit Boulder Writers Alliance announce its 2014 volunteer officers. Joel Meier, senior technical writer at Oracle FS Systems in Broomfield, was elected president; Leah Naess, independent contractor currently serving as senior technical writer for ScheduleSource Inc. in Louisville, was elected vice president; and Chris Petrizzo, principal of Broomfield-based CLIQ Instructional & Performance Solutions, was reelected treasurer. bwa.org. Caplan and Earnest attorneys Stu Stuller and Kristin Edgar, specialists in education law, were selected to present on social media and legal issues in schools at the CASE 2014 Winter Leadership Conference, an event attended by more than 500 state school district officials. celaw.com. Community Food Share is extending weekly "client select" food distribution to Boulder and Broomfield counties residents impacted by the floods through March 31, 2014. Separately, Community Food Share added Courtney Banayad to the board of directors. Banayad is the foundation partnerships manager at the Global Greengrants Fund. At Community Food Share, Banayad will serve a two-year term and may serve up to six consecutive years.communityfoodshare.org. Elyse Foster, of Harbor Financial Group Inc., accepted a position with the newly formed advisory board for the Burridge Center for Finance at University of Colorado-Boulder. The Burridge Center is committed to educating and preparing competent, responsible and ethical investment managers. ado Boulder. harborfinancialgroup.com. Dr. Elizabeth George joined the board of directors of Catalyst High School. Catalyst is an independent high school offering students full-potential learning based on their individual strengths and interests. George is a licensed clinical psychologist with a private practice in Boulder. catalysths.org. Whole Foods Market announced that The Gluten Free Bistro is the latest recipient in its Local Producer Loan Program. theglutenfreebistro.com. Key Equipment Finance has financed a PV solar panel installation for Credit Plus, a Salisbury, Md.-based provider of mortgage credit reporting tools and technology. Key Equipment Finance provided 100 percent of the green energy financing with a $1.9 million capital lease and construction financing to Credit Plus for a 669 kW DC solar photovoltaic system, containing solar panels provided by Centrosolar America. kefonline.com. Pam Metzger, director of relocation and business development at Colorado Landmark, Realtors ,was appointed to a three-year term on the Advisory Council for Leading Real Estate Companies of the World. Twelve Council members serve as ambassadors, liaisons and advocates between the network's 500 member companies and the network's management team. coloradolandmark.com Radish Systems, a leader in customer service voice and data mobility solutions, announces that ChoiceView True Visual Interactive Voice Response (True Visual IVR) is available and running on the Voxeo Prophecy Platform. radishsystems.com. Edward C. Regel, with Regel & Associates LLC, represented the landlord and facilitated a lease at 1225 Ken Pratt Blvd. in Longmont for 4,072 square feet. The new tenant is Fabulous Furnishings, doing business as Lifestyle Consignments. Regal also represented the landlord and facilitated a lease at 1110 Boston Ave., Longmont, for 11,680 square feet. The new tenant is Carmel Special Development Group LLC, regelassociates.com. Boulder-basedTetra Tech operations manager Vicki Scharnhorst was appointed to serve as a member of the Engineering Advisory Council at Kansas State University. In addition to supporting the University president and dean in becoming recognized as one of the nation's Top 50 Public Research Universities, she provides assistance and support to the College of Engineering with the goal of increasing student retention. Scharnhorst is based in Golden. TetraTech.com. Philip Tobias, a Boulder technical and marketing communicator, is serving as the 2014 programs chairperson for the Boulder Writers Alliance. philiptobias.com. Boulder-based Zayo Group, an international provider of bandwidth infrastructure services, completed the amendment of its credit agreement, including an add-on and re-pricing of its term loan and re-pricing of its revolving credit facility. The company received $150 million in cash and expects to save $2 million annually in interest after refinancing a company loan and a credit agreement. zayo.com. ___ (c)2014 the Daily Camera (Boulder, Colo.) 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