Bad news is often easier to manage than uncertainty. At least you know what you are facing and can begin to plan for it. This is the second session where we have asked legislators to reauthorize the hospital provider fee as an enterprise fund. During last year’s session we were asked to hold our proposal … Read Post
Eighteen finalists have been named in the six award areas of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce’s 2016 Business Awards, which will be held Friday, April 29. The Chamber will also recognize an individual who assists entrepreneurs and small businesses with the David E. Bailey Small Business Advocate Award, sponsored by Wells Fargo. Please join us … Read Post
This week Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman released an opinion confirming that creating a hospital provider fee enterprise fund is constitutional. On Tuesday, Colorado House Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst announced she’ll introduce a bill to make the change. As we’ve alerted you in the past, the Chamber has been focused on reauthorizing this fee into … Read Post
With three decades of Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce involvement under his belt, Dave Anderson knows better than anyone how to capture success. You know the saying, “choose a job you love and you’ll never have to work a day in your life”? As president of InSync Photography + Design, Anderson has a busy job, but with his passion … Read Post
Blue Grimes, founder and president of Out of the Blue Screen Printing, loves hearing new ideas for how to improve his business. And he has received them from business students for over five years through the Denver Metro Small Business Development Center’s (SBDC) Strategic Business Analysis. Grimes is in the process of executing new marketing strategies in social media and on the company’s website that he hopes will ultimately … Read Post
What does the future look like for the Denver metro area, and how are chambers playing a role? Jeff Barratt, executive director of Emily Griffith Technical College, sat down on Education Matters with Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kelly Brough and Asian Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Clarence Low to answer … Read Post
This week the Chamber and its affiliate, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, voiced their opposition to House Bill 1275, which would require Colorado companies to pay state taxes for any foreign affiliates that are incorporated in tax haven jurisdictions. While bill supporters estimate this would return $150 million in income to the state, Chamber … Read Post
