Boulder County launches food truck sustainability program

Boulder County, along with several local partners, has “launched a new grant program designed to help mobile businesses electrify their trucks and reduce emissions,” according to a county news release.

The Food Truck Electrification & Efficiency program helps “food trucks and other mobile businesses to receive up to 80% of the cost of upgrading to electric battery systems and energy-efficient kitchen equipment,” the release said. “Funding is available now for businesses licensed to operate in Boulder County.”

The program “enables food trucks and other mobile businesses to replace their gas-powered generators with quiet, zero-emission battery power and solar systems,” the county said. “Funds can also pay for upgrading old, inefficient refrigerators, prep tables, and cooking equipment. Grants are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis while funding lasts.”

FRCC to participate in Jobs for the Future program

Front Range Community College is one of about a dozen community colleges around the country that will participate in a new PwC Foundation and Jobs for the Future workforce preparedness initiative.

The “$6 million, three-year initiative (is) designed to support 10 community colleges with direct funding and technical assistance aimed at expanding work-based learning and strengthening career-connected pathways for students,” according to a JFF news release.

Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs is the other Colorado institution participating in the initiative.

“This grant will provide vital funding and technical assistance to enhance educational and future career opportunities for their students,” the release said. “At the heart of this initiative is a shared commitment to connect students to paid work-based learning opportunities and quality jobs in high-growth industries.”

Huntington National Bank opens third Boulder County branch in Louisville

Huntington National Bank recently opened a new branch at 515 McCaslin Blvd. in Louisville.

Huntington Bancshares Inc., which has existing local branches in Lafayette and Boulder, operates 37 Colorado locations. The bank is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio and has $210 billion in assets.

“Huntington is excited to expand our banking network in Boulder County by adding this new

branch in Louisville,” Joe Nimmons, Huntington’s regional president in Colorado, said in a prepared statement. “As we expand our branch network in Colorado, we look forward to serving new customers and new communities, and we encourage anyone in the Louisville and Superior area to stop by and learn how we can help them achieve their financial goals.”

Huntington first entered the Colorado market in 2021.

JumpCloud acquires access-management platform VaultOne

JumpCloud Inc., a directory-as-a-service technology platform, recently acquired privileged access management solutions platform VaultOne.

VaultOne’s technology helps clients “protect and monitor critical assets effectively by controlling and monitoring their access,” according to a JumpCloud news release.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

“We are continuously evaluating our customers’ needs to extend JumpCloud into more areas where we can provide secure, frictionless access to resources, regardless of where the team or resources are located,” JumpCloud chief technology officer and co-founder Greg Keller said in a prepared statement. “The acquisition of VaultOne brings a deeply experienced team and established PAM technology into the JumpCloud family.

This allows us to immediately offer a dedicated PAM solution with the granular control necessary to navigate today’s complex security landscape, while providing more critical access control capabilities our customers can consolidate and depend upon from JumpCloud’s platform.”

JumpCloud has made several acquisitions over the past year or so, including of Resmo Inc., an asset management and software-as-a-service (SaaS) IT security firm.

— BizWest reports