Your Fort Collins Area Chamber has been a key advocate for collaborative Regional Transformational projects, including the Innovation Hub at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport - FNL. It was great to have Congressman Neguse and Governor Polis visit Aims Community College - Aviation Department to learn about this dynamic workforce and economic game changing concept. Building community is about serving as a champion, a catalyst and and convener - something we've been doing on this outstand...
It's time again for our monthly update to the Economic Tracker. Your Fort Collins Area Chamber, working with other economic development and business support organizations across the region created a tool to track the economic recovery in Northern Colorado. This valuable resource is a set of indicators that represent critical aspects of the Larimer and Weld County economies, is based on data that is accessible in a useable format and is updated frequently with little lag time. The Economic Tra...
It’s incredible to think that we are already 18 days into the new year. Your Chamber has a long list of “things we want to get done this year” and continuing to attract, retain and align talent for the region is at the top of that list. We have been a convener and catalyst in this space for the last five years and are dedicated to implementing a variety of strategies to support employers in attracting and retaining the talent they need while ensuring a competitive advantage for area employ...
Welcome to 2022. Your Chamber is excited about all the opportunity that lays ahead for business and our community, despite the tremendous sense of loss that we are all experiencing as a result of the Marshall Fire. I’m giving up my Blog space this week to reprint the tremendous BizWest column by my friend and colleague John Tayer, President and CEO of the Boulder Chamber. We have offered our support and assistance to John and the other Chamber leaders across the Northwest Chamber Allianc...
I can’t believe that 2021 is almost over. As I look back on this last year, and my first as President & CEO of the Fort Collins Area Chamber, I am blown away by the talents and investments that community members will make into our organization. I have been humbled and honored to serve in this role the last year – mostly because of the people that I get to work with on a daily basis. Today’s blog is a bit of a thank you letter to the many people who make our community what it is.
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It’s wonderful to have an occasional rainy day in the middle of summer. As someone who grew up on the eastern plains of Colorado, I always appreciate moisture coming from the sky! Rainy days inspire me to pause and reflect, even in the hustle of everyday demands. Below is a catch-all of today’s observations.
Hats off to Chamber member and long-time volunteer Carrie Gillis! Carrie is the Real Estate Manager for a grouping of businesses here in northern Colorado and was inducted int...
Sunshine, outdoor patios and summer break have been taking over my mind the last week or so. It is so exciting to see people out and about, supporting our businesses and celebrating a return to the new normal. I hope that you and your family are also enjoying all that summer has to offer.
But I also need to take over a small bit of your brain to think about action in the name of business. We have a number of opportunities that are circulating throughout the community that are in need of...
As we noted last week, we have officially launched the public phase of Northern Colorado Prospers 2.0 – a five-year catalytic initiative for regional economic growth and a $4 million campaign to fund its implementation.
In my first six months as CEO, I’ve had the great opportunity to talk with more than 80 key employers in Northern Colorado. In those conversations I’ve been able to share the work we’ve accomplished on behalf of the regional business community and where we are headed...
Change, change, change. If there is anything that we’ve learned about a pandemic it’s that things will not stay the same very long.
This last weekend was another one of those change moments for us during the pandemic. The CDC came out with their new mask guidance, Larimer County ended their public health orders and the City of Fort Collins ended their local face cover order. At the same time, the State of Colorado amended their face cover order.
As organizations that work closely with businesses on a daily basis, we want to understand the challenges your business continues to face in 2021.
We previously used results from regional and organizational surveys during this pandemic to help catalyze, design and mobilize funding tools, such as local loan funds and other local government or chamber of commerce responses, including some tax deferment, rebate and micro-grant programs.
We are collecting this information to better serve our b...
