Friends of Blue Star: Brewability

Craig, Jonathan, and Carlos (who deserves his own post, coming soon!) went to visit one of the most amazing, inclusive spaces in the Denver Metro area this week. Brewability is the brainchild of Tiffany Fixter, with Director of Innovation Morgan Forsyth as her right hand.

Coming from a background in Special Education, Tiffany knew she wanted to create more than just a restaurant, so she has built a full community gathering space, with an eye toward making it accessible to everyone. From braille menus and a sensory area with tactile games, noise-canceling ear protection, and everything in-between, to a vibrating dance floor, to low sofas designed to make transferring from wheelchairs easy and comfortable, Brewability has accessibility baked in from the ground up. And of course they offer gluten-free options (with specially marked cooking utensils and pizza boards to avoid cross-contamination).

Critically important, Brewability does not just offer a space conducive to customers with disabilities; they exist for the purpose of providing a workplace that is accessible, respectful, and accepting of employees with a wide range of needs as well.

Brewability is one of the Colorado companies who is proving that hiring workers with disabilities is not charity, and not something to do just to feel good. It is an excellent business decision. I feel safe in predicting that Tiffany will never say “nobody wants to work anymore”.

“How do I know my data is secure?”

As a NAID AAA certified recycler, Blue Star is held to the globally most rigorous standards of secure data destruction.

As soon as we receive anything that could potentially store data (hard drive, cellphone, tablet, CD, smartwatch, or even an old VHS tape or floppy disk), it is immediately secured in our data cage. Every single potential data-bearing unit we receive is either wiped or physically destroyed, by us or by another NAID-certified partner.

We are trusted by governments and government agencies, defense contractors, healthcare providers and legal firms to securely destroy their data.

Check out the National Association for Information Destruction for more information!

Friends of Blue Star: Mile High Content

Big thanks to Alex and the crew at Mile High Content for the great write-up of us, and their support of our mission! Check it out at https://milehighcontent.com/philanthropy-blue-star-recyclers!