Jay Turley has opened The Flower Peddler at The Riverside Market at 285 N.W. Riverside Blvd. in Bend. The Flower Peddler offers loose cut flowers, hand-tied bouquets, vase arrangements, outdoor seasonally blooming flower pots and house plants. Flowers and plants are available every day at the store, and bicycle delivery is also available. To place orders, visit The Riverside Market or call Turley at 541-390-1999.

Sun Country Tours has opened a new rafting office and retail store in the Sunriver Village Mall. Sun Country Tours provides whitewater rafting guide services, river tube rentals and standup paddle board rentals, lessons and sales from their locations in Bend and Sunriver. More information can be found at www.suncountrytours .com and 800-770-2161.

Bend-based GL Solutions has announced the achievement of gold-certified partner status in the Microsoft partner program. As a gold-certified partner, Microsoft has recognized GL Solutions for its competency in creating solid and stable products as an independent software vendor. GL Solutions serves government agencies and state boards with GL Suite, a commercial off-the-shelf software system tailored for individual government regulatory agencies. For more information visit www.glsolutions.com.

Builder magazine has ranked Redmond-based Hayden Homes 39th on its 2010 Builder 100 list of America’s top builders. The rankings were recently announced at the National Builders Show and are based on the number of home sales in 2010. For more information visit www.hayden-homes.com.