Economic development has helped the region stay ahead of the nation but with advances, there are growing pains, like keeping housing affordable for the needed workers.
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Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Denver needs a visionary leader who will prioritize integrity, transparency, and progress
In the coming weeks, we will decide what type of city we are to become for the next generation.
Posted inOutdoors
This Grand Junction company makes the “world’s best sleeping bags” — but you won’t find them in stores
As more businesses look for success in Colorado’s Grand Valley, Wiggy’s remains one of the mainstays of the region’s growing outdoor recreation industry
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: Colorado women earned 85.4 cents for every dollar a man made in 2021
It was even worse in the pandemic. Plus: CSU’s economic forecast for the state, daily paychecks and it’s National Small Business Week!
Posted inEconomy
5 years in, Opportunity Zone investments in Colorado are yielding important dividends
Ranked second in the nation for program success, Colorado is a billion dollars richer in projects, with rural towns and cities both reaping the bounty
Posted inEconomy
From Blue Origin to Zoom, Colorado’s economic wins didn’t slow down in 2022
A waning economy? Not if you look at the number of companies that chose Colorado to expand or plop down their headquarters this year.
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: Colorado sees decline in labor force but job numbers are still better than U.S.
Unemployment rate drops to 3.5% but state sees decline in workforce. Plus: Are there still good jobs out there? Readers and employers respond.
Posted inBusiness
Colorado Tourism Office distributing record-setting $1.8M in grants to Front Range, Eastern Plains
The federal stimulus and recovery funding will go toward five urban visitors bureaus and two rural communities to help regain tourist traffic lost in the pandemic
Posted inBusiness
As places like Cañon City court redevelopment, they find an unlikely ally in the EPA
The agency’s brownfields program just came into lots of new money. And they want rural and small-town Colorado to help spend it.
Posted inNews
What’s Working: Colorado Springs is offering new and expanding businesses $5,000 per employee they hire
Consumers are spending less, productivity is dropping and there are still a ton of job openings. Is that why a recession may be coming? But first, let’s get to business. Colorado continues to invest in attracting startups and small businesses, if you recall last week’s dive into the state’s own venture capital agency. This week, […]