A waning economy? Not if you look at the number of companies that chose Colorado to expand or plop down their headquarters this year.
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Glimpse into Colorado’s 2023 economy reveals slowdown but still signs of job growth
The annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook presentation points to some bright spots in what’s expected to be a challenging year for some industries.
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What’s Working: Thanksgiving meal inflation is higher in Colorado than U.S.
Plus: Unemployment rate increases to 3.6% but troubled tech sector isn’t necessarily to blame, new businesses on the rise, more!
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What’s Working: People with a felony record are getting more opportunities from Colorado employers
Workers with a felony in their past could really use Honest Jobs. Plus: Denver’s slowing inflation rate puts it among “least rising” in U.S., fraud updates and more!
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To keep people from returning to jail, Mesa County follows other communities’ reentry roadmap
Many people transitioning from jail or prison struggle to reenter society without support. Mesa County’s new program helps with housing, jobs, transportation and mental health services.
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A Crested Butte couple just wanted better backpacking coffee. They made something so good NASA came calling.
Mark and Alison Drucker co-founded First Ascent in 2014 and brewed up instant coffee four years later. Their product is now headed to the International Space Station at the request of an astronaut.
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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, […]
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What’s Working: Here’s how Colorado plans to dole out $104.7 million to small businesses
Colorado’s unemployment rate fell for the sixth straight month to 3.3% in July, the lowest (again) since the pandemic began but not quite down to its pre-pandemic low of 2.8%. However, a state economist thinks we’ll get back to that low rate, despite talk of recession, by the end of the year. But first, last […]
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Colorado schools’ hardest jobs to fill: Bus drivers and special education
For Lacey Nelson, the weeks leading up to the start of school are a blur of spreadsheets, meetings, and calls from principals about last-minute teacher resignations. With less than two weeks to go, Denver Public Schools’ director of talent acquisition is still looking to hire 150 teachers, 275 paraprofessionals, and up to 45 bus drivers. […]
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Where Colorado jobs would be if the pandemic hadn’t happened
What’s Working: A version of this story first appeared in a segment of our weekly What’s Working column on July 23, 2022. Additional details are included in this story. Read the full column. >> Sign up for the newsletter Thanks to a gain of 4,500 nonfarm payroll jobs in June, Colorado has now recovered 110.1% of jobs lost […]