I love the Olympics! The athletic achievements. The powerful personal stories of the athletes. And, this year these games take us to Pyeongchang, South Korea. These Olympics are particularly cool for those of us in Colorado, because we sent 31 of the U.S.’s 242 winter Olympians. That’s more Olympians than any other state in the nation … Read Post
Our mission is to put Coloradans to work in really good jobs. The reason we are good at that is because we work together throughout our state, we help develop our workforce and we value them. We invest in the right things like infrastructure (and, yes, we know we desperately need investment in our transportation … Read Post
Everyone needs outside eyes to solve problems and I love having the opportunity to be that person,” said Dan Kobler, partner at Campfire Digital and a current member of the Leadership Denver (LD) 2018 class. Dan had the opportunity to be that person for Paul Hunter, a student leader at Regis University, this past fall through the Colorado … Read Post
Last week our team at the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) was greeted with a simple email that has big implications for our region and our state: We are among the 20 cities that Amazon is continuing to consider in its hunt for its second North American headquarters. Our phones started ringing … Read Post
Whether or not you set a resolution for yourself each new year, it is common for all of us to reflect on our past year — what went well, what we should have done differently and what we need to focus on both for work and personally. (We know that some years this reflection is … Read Post
As we celebrated 150 years of being in business in November, we said we were just getting started. And as we ring in the New Year, you will see that is true with our laser focus on policy issues at the 2018 legislative session. Here are our top priorities for the session and why these … Read Post
Collaboration is foundational to everything we do. We truly respect the work of all three sectors – public, private and nonprofit – because we all play a critical role in our economic success. Colorado has more than 21,000 public charities, which means there is a place for every one of us to get involved in … Read Post
