2024 Employee Spotlights

Happy Employee Appreciation Week! Downtown is the home to genuine, kind and hardworking small business employees that deserve to be recognized and celebrated every day. Our downtown businesses appreciate their efforts and are providing an incredible array of treats to recognize them including a goody bag filled with surprises from Elevations Credit Union, Symmetry Massage, and Gelato Boy. Plus, they will be entered into the Employee Spotlight drawing. We have prizes from Pendleton, Bliss, Athleta, Clean Your Dirty Face and more!

Looking to nominate one of your own employees who has gone above and beyond?
Submit your nomination here.

Meghan (Hazel) Baltas | People Productions

"Hazel has brought so much to our office and team. She embodies the company values in and outside of the workplace, bringing a presence of collaboration, creativity, and kindness into every situation she is in. As a designer, she continues to go above and beyond for all our clients, creating beautiful and thoughtful designs and campaigns that are exciting and original. She always pushes herself and her work to be better- keeping up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies, learning new skills, and always asking for feedback from coworkers. For the office, Hazel creates such a warm, welcoming, and fun presence. She has helped to organize many fun activities that boost moral and coworker relationships, such as group hikes, leading Music League games, and holiday events. She is such an integral part of our team and company and we are so lucky to have her!" -Nomination by Brenna Peterson.

"Hazel is truly a joy to work with. Not only is she a talented designer who has created beautiful concepts for local, national and global companies. But her attention to detail is fantastic and she keeps projects moving on schedule. She contributes to the company in more ways than just delivering beautifully designed pieces to clients. She speaks up when she notices that something could be improved in the company. She comes to the table with ideas on how to make those improvements. Our industry is changing rapidly with the introduction of AI technologies and Hazel is a key team member doing research and presenting on what she has learned to our team." -Nomination by Allison Phipps

People Productions Media Services, Inc.

Sarah Montes | Colorado Glass Works

"Sarah Montes deserves to be highlighted because of how she makes Colorado Glass Works an incredible place to be every day." -Nomination by Meggy Wilm

Read all about Sarah by clicking (tapping) on her picture (above)

Colorado Glass Works

Brenna Peterson | People Productions

Brenna is the type of coworker that everyone wishes they could have. Not only is she an incredibly talented designer and animator, but she's a consistent and enthusiastic team player. At People Productions, the core of our team and business focuses on the people – keeping humanity at the core of our clients, strategy, and team. Brenna is not only incredible at keeping a human-centered approach to every messaging and strategy project we do for our clients, but she also keeps the humanity of her team members at top of mind, always hopping in to help where needed. I know that any project where I am working with Brenna is going to be a successful one. That's what keeps project managers vying for her help on anything she has capacity for.

Outside of her interpersonal skills, Brenna is extremely talented as a designer and animator. She has a unique ability to be incredibly skilled at the technical abilities, but also with the larger strategy and messaging aspects that keep an important through-line to all her work.

She is always learning new skills, experimenting in her work, and striving to be her best. Brenna is an incredible coworker, friend, and overall person and deserves the spotlight!