Time and again in our history, we’ve joined with the business, nonprofit and public sectors to successfully engage on ballot issues of significant impact to Colorado’s economic vitality. Earlier this week, we committed to develop a campaign to defeat Amendment 69, ColoradoCare (single payer health care). Amendment 69, termed ColoradoCare by proponents, is a tax … Read Post
The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an industry affiliate of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), today released the seventh edition of its Resource Rich Colorado (RRC) report. The annual study measures and details Colorado’s competitive position in the oil, natural gas, coal, renewables, power, alternative fuel vehicle, and environment and sustainability sectors … Read Post
What makes a business successful? If you ask the CEO of North America’s most visited botanic gardens, it comes down to the 3 Cs: culture, culture and culture. Since he was named CEO of the Denver Botanic Gardens, Brian Vogt has overseen more than 50 construction projects and raised more than $65 million to build … Read Post
Have you started thinking about your business resolutions for 2016? Would you like to be more marketing savvy, start your own business or enhance your businesses creativity? If the answer is yes, then curl up by the fire and crack open one of these books to learn what you can do in 2016 to achieve … Read Post
Colorado’s economic future looks bright for 2016. I was honored to present the 2016 Colorado Business Economic Outlook with Richard Wobbekind, the senior associate dean of Academic Programs at the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business and executive director of its Business Research Division, earlier this week. Unemployment is at 4 percent in the … Read Post
Kenneth Crowley understands the power of a scholarship. It’s part of the work he leads at the Crowley Foundation, preparing high school students for college and adulthood, where he serves as executive director. When he learned about the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation’s flagship program Leadership Denver, his mentor told him it would change his … Read Post
From Colorado’s cleantech industry to building the second-most green buildings in the U.S., being green seems to be in this state’s DNA. So it’s no surprise that it’s in the business community’s DNA, too. Since completing its interior and exterior renovations, the Chamber has been named an Energy Star-rated building, achieved LEED Silver certification, joined … Read Post
