Southwest Colorado, San Luis Valley map new career pathways at summit
In the 11 counties of Southwest Colorado and the San Luis Valley, businesses tend to be smaller and educational institutions more widely dispersed, making communication…
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Western Slope summit attendees call for regulatory reform, pay help to boost career pathways
Asked to envision new career pathways for their most in-demand industries, attendees at a Grand Junction summit this week went beyond just educational partnerships, saying…
2025 legislative review: Business wins, a few losses and more battles to come
The 2025 legislative session was one where business leaders engaged early — rallying against the first bill to get a Senate committee hearing — and…
New incentive proposal aims to get Colorado into data-center recruitment game
Feeling that Colorado has fallen way behind other states in the effort to attract capital-intensive data centers, a bipartisan pair of senators is pushing the…
Pueblo-area talent summit stokes plans to re-interest students in the trades
The question was a complex one: How do you convince more kids in southeast Colorado that careers in construction, manufacturing and other fields that don’t…
Business leaders played major role in bill that helped Colorado land Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival is coming to Boulder — a relocation made possible in no small part by a $34 million incentive bill that business…
Ideas from security-clearance classes to cybersecurity hubs emerge from regional talent summit
As the Opportunity Now Regional Talent Summit convened in Arvada Tuesday, Joe Rice acknowledged that if he could accomplish only one thing from the event,…
Industry leaders at first regional talent summit outline new career pathways
Business and educational leaders came together Tuesday to plot new career pathways in manufacturing, construction and health care for northern Colorado and the Eastern Plains…
Employers say they need more skilled talent. Summits are launching this month to achieve that goal.
In less than three weeks, Colorado employers and educators will begin what many feel is a long-overdue process of identifying the greatest shortages in skills…
Incentives to attract Sundance Film Festival win bipartisan legislative applause
Colorado’s film-incentive program has generated division among legislators since its inception. The state’s effort to attract the Sundance Film Festival to Boulder, however, is getting…