The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will toast its sesquicentennial with a dry-hopped lager brewed by Molson Coors. Colorado’s beer expert-in-chief, Gov. John Hickenlooper, made the announcement today after he and a panel of beer experts and enthusiasts — Molson Coors Brewing Company President and CEO Mark Hunter, Chamber President and CEO Kelly Brough, current … Read Post
What do you get when you combine nonprofit’s passion of improving human and environmental well-being with the market-driven approach of business? A social enterprise. Metro Denver is home to a thriving network of social enterprises including the Women’s Bean Project which provides women with on-the-job training that, in turn, allows participants to build their confidence … Read Post
Compromise was applauded on solving years-long discussed challenges like construction defects reform from the governor and the head of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce as they reflected on the end of the legislative session with more than 700 business leaders today. “(Compromise) shouldn’t take the most courage. It should be the obvious choice, the … Read Post
Meet all the finalists for the 2017 Business Awards: Green Business of the Year Finalists: Grand Salon, Seattle Fish Co. and MillerCoors Small Business of the Year Finalists: Breo Solutions LLC, AppIt Ventures and TRELORA Large Nonprofit Organization of the Year Finalists: AllHealth Network, Kids First Health Care and Denver Rescue Mission Small Nonprofit Organization of the Year … Read Post
As we celebrate 150 years of the Chamber, you all keep asking us the unreasonable question, what will the next 150 years look like for Colorado? Our answer is based on our history, where we’ve gone from using carriages to seeing driverless cars, from handwritten notes to smartphones, from the Pony Express to instant messaging. … Read Post
When you’re in one place for a while you acquire a lot of stuff. And after 150 years of doing business in Colorado, the leaders of the Chamber have saved photos, letters and telegrams and even hand-written notes that document our work since 1867. Many of those documents have been stored at the Denver Public … Read Post
In 1906, the Denver Metro Chamber hosted and planned what would become the National Western Stock Show. Now this “Super Bowl” of livestock shows creates $100 million in economic impact in just 16 days. This afternoon, 1,100 business and community leaders celebrated the impact of the Stock Show and the state’s roots in agriculture at … Read Post
