by Fort Collins Chamber | Jun 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our ability to look forward pulls us into the future and picks us up when we’ve been knocked down. The past several months has put all that to test. The extended public health response to the novel coronavirus has left a lot of economic rubble. We’re looking up from...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
There’s a story in today’s Wall Street Journal that starts out like this: “The U.S. economy could take the better part of a decade to fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic and related shutdowns, a U.S. budget agency said, as a series of surveys pointed to...
by Fort Collins Chamber | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Board of Directors of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce held its first-ever virtual Board Retreat yesterday. A lot of topics were covered including reopening businesses and rebuilding the economy. Here are observations I shared with directors about how the...
by Fort Collins Chamber | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Chamber has been sending a lot of information to you about specific loan programs and other resources to help you adapt to a pandemic world. It’s time for me to pull that together for a general overview. Respond. In early March we started to pivot toward this...
by Fort Collins Chamber | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorized
The City of Fort Collins and Larimer County have both mandated that businesses open to the public require employees, customers and others entering the business to wear a face covering. Estes Park has also put into place a similar ordinance. We understand these orders...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Chamber has teamed up with Bohemian Foundation, the City of Fort Collins, and Colorado Enterprise Fund to launch a $5 million Larimer County Small Business Recovery Fund. Round 1 will include $2 million in lending capital seeded through a partnership made possible...