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...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Aug 21, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Leadership
Have you ever thought about serving your community by running for public office? Specifically, have you ever thought about being on the City Council? In our community of 140,000 people, seven are elected as our representatives. We put a significant amount of power and...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 31, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
Where will the jobs come from? As American workers struggle to recover from the Great Recession, they aren’t alone. According to Gallup polling, the number 1 issue on the minds of people everywhere in the world is a good paying job. As I mentioned last week, in...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 24, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Economy, Talent
First, a book recommendation: Consider reading The Coming Jobs War by Jim Clifton. The author is the Chairman of Gallup, the international polling firm. His back contention is that the number one issue on the minds of the vast majority of people on the planet is...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 17, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Leadership
Over a three-week period (July 16- August 5) the Chamber is encouraging members and the public to patronize businesses along the Mason Street Corridor in the downtown area. As you know, between work being done on the railroad tracks by Burlington Northern Santa Fe and...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 9, 2012 | Business & Economy, Business-Friendly Environment, Leadership
The High Park Fire is out and the recovery is underway. One of the unknowns is how many businesses were impacted by the fire. When comparing notes recently with a Larimer County official, we speculated that dozens of businesses – many of them home-based –...
