Longmont-based Hillcrest Glass LLC received an award from the Colorado Glazing Contractors Association for the Best Project Under $1 Million for its work on the Microsoft/Bing offices at Walnut and Pearl streets in downtown Boulder. Sun Construction was general contractor.

Boulder-based Outdoor Industry Association received a national leadership award from a coalition representing the National Association of State Park Directors, National Association of Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers, National Recreation and Parks Association and America's State Parks Foundation. Domenic Bravo, administrator for Wyoming State Parks and a representative for the coalition, presented the award to the OIA board of directors in Salt Lake City.

Impact on Education will honor five people in the Boulder Valley School District at the nonprofit's annual Impact Awards on March 6 at the Boulder Theater. This year's award recipients are Russ Lucero, BVSD bus driver; Wendy Pearson, Arapahoe Ridge High School Teen Parent Program director; Kurt Schaefer, Peak to Peak high school science teacher; Stephanie Van Horn, Douglass Elementary third-grade teacher; and John Williams, Boulder High School social studies teacher.

John McCarvel, chief executive at Niwot-based Crocs Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX), was named Retail Innovator of the Year by the National Retail Federation.