by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 25, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Oppressive government regulations are a very common complaint of Chamber members. I hear it with numbing regularity. In the name of safety or fairness government passes laws and regulations that place enormous burdens on businesses. The business costs of compliance...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 25, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
When mid- to large-sized companies are looking to expand, they contract with professionals known as site locators who help them identify communities and sites suitable to meet the companies’ needs. It’s a sophisticated and number-driven process, but...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 21, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment
According to research done by Tim Kane of the Hudson Institute, entrepreneurship in America is in decline. Among some of his findings: “The number of new establishments a year peaked in 2006 with 667,000. That number dropped to 505,000 in 2010. The number of...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 19, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Until recently, the Sierra Club was in favor of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) because natural gas reduces carbon emissions. Then it realized that fracking was actually working, and it undermined their agenda of promoting renewable energy such as wind,...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Sep 4, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
With a neighborhood meeting on August 20 to discuss the development of the Link N Greens property on the northwest corner of Mulberry and Lemay, it became public that Woodward (www.woodward.com) would like to site their corporate headquarters there. This is a great...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Aug 28, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
What role should the community have in retaining primary employers? Should the government have a role in trying to keep such employers and should taxpayer money be used? These kinds of questions are being raised regularly now in Fort Collins. The Great Recession of...
