BOULDER - The Boulder County Business Report is accepting nominations for its inaugural Forty Under 40 event honoring the area's emerging leaders.

Nomination deadline is Jan. 8, 2010.

Honorees will be recognized during a networking event in February. Date and location will announced at a later date. Honorees also will be profiled in the Boulder County Business Report.

Candidates can nominate themselves as well as be nominated by someone else. A panel of Boulder Valley community leaders will select the final 40.

Candidates must be younger that 40 years old as of Feb. 1, 2010, have had an impact on his or her organization, live or work in Boulder or Broomfield counties, made significant contributions of time and talent to the Boulder Valley Community and show potential for being a leader during the next decade.

Nominations can be made online at http://www.bcbr.com/bcbr_events.asp?nID=10. For more information contact Emily Trayers at 303-440-4950, ext. 115, or e-mail etrayers@bcbr.com.