Diane Hirschhorn, senior vice president and wealth-management adviser for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. (NYSE: SAR) in Boulder, was named in the Barron’s Top 1000 Advisor list for 2012. Hirschhorn has been named to the top 100 Women Advisors list three times and the Top 1,000 Advisor list twice.

Broomfield-based Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) won Global Capacity’s Metro Connect Customer Choice Award for Overall Metro Excellence in the Large Carrier group. The award was presented by Atlantic-ACM, a telecommunications research company, at the Metro Connect USA conference Feb. 20 in Miami Beach, Florida.

The city of Lafayette was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the nonprofit Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report.

The Lafayette Chamber of Commerce will present its Business of the Year award to Jax Mercantile Co. in recognition of its outstanding contributions to the Lafayette chamber, positive impact on the economic vitality of Lafayette and the generosity shown to countless organizations that benefit from its kindness. Chamber Champion award will go to Bob Davis of Re/Max Alliance in recognition of his outstanding commitment to the Lafayette chamber, special events and area organizations that have benefited from his volunteerism. The Community Service award will be presented to Guido Gaz of Stan’s Automotive. Complimentary beer, wine and food from 6 to 8 p.m. Awards presentation at 8 p.m. Event will be Thursday, March 7, at the Gatehouse in Lafayette. Cost is $35 per person and reservations are required. Go online to www.lafayettecolorado.com for more information.

David Bangs of Louisville-based NexGen Storage Inc., Besty Doughty of Boulder-based Spectra Logic Inc., and Brad Painter of Longmont-based Dot Hill Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: HILL), were named CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs by UBM Tech Channel. The award recognizes executives responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their respective organizations while promoting the importance of the channel throughout the information-technology industry.