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When the right project meets the right people with the right motivations, great things can happen. Personal agendas disappear, trust is built, resources mesh, and a common vision emerges that can benefit not just those involved, but the larger community too. When this happens, it can be a model for how things can be done to move an entire state forward.
Such has been the case over the last two years, culminating as I sat in a conference room and watched the state's Economic Development Commission allocate $2.5M to position Colorado as the premier center for advanced metal additive manufacturing. OEDIT's Advanced Industry Infrastructure Grant Program was the source of the funding, and this was by far the largest grant ever awarded through this program...
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| KEY ISSUE - HEALTH & RETIREMENT |
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Want to start saving in 2016, but don't know where to start?
Check out myRA®, a new retirement savings account from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
If you don't have access to a retirement savings plan at work or haven't found an easy way to get started, myRA could be a good fit for you. It's simple, safe, and affordable. It costs nothing to open a myRA account, there are no fees, and there's no risk of your account losing money. With myRA, saving for the future is one resolution that's easy to keep. You can open an account today in a matter of minutes at
myRA.gov
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KEY ISSUE - SMART REGULATION
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As we approach the end of 2015, the president and CEO of the National Small Business Association (NSBA) Todd McCracken, wants to thank us for supporting a strong and thriving small-business community through our membership and participation.
Achieving permanency for tax extenders, expanding export opportunities for small business, confirming a chief counsel for advocacy, and expanding access to capital are some major of many accomplishments in 2015...
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| KEY ISSUE - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
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The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) last week announced grantees for the Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program. A total of $4,350,000 will be awarded for Infrastructure Grants to support Colorado's advanced industries.
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Peter Yarrow, of the band Peter, Paul and Mary and now of Operation Respect, came to Denver last week to play a concert at Temple Emanuel. Earlier in the afternoon, COBRT, Yarrow and friends attended a small gathering. Yarrow is scheduled to return for an April 8, 2016 concert at Denver's Paramount Theatre.
Operation Respect is a non-profit education and advocacy organization dedicated to transforming schools, camps and other youth-serving organizations into safer, more respectful, bully-free environments for children and youth
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From our "Business Around the Globe" edition of ICOSA Magazine, The Voice of the Colorado Business Roundtable, an article on international business law.
Globalizing your business can be both exhilarating and nausea-inducing. Instead of worrying about monsters lurking in the dark recesses of international business, an executive's attention should be focused on maximizing the impact of global opportunities. In order to help demystify the process, here are the big legal questions that every company contemplating global expansion should consider... Read More
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 Merry Christmas from Colorado Business Roundtable!
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1/4/16
Legislator's Breakfast 2016 by Aurora Chamber of Commerce |
1/9/16 through 1/24/16
110th National Western Stock Show |
1/12/16
The State of the Cities: Mayors' Economic Forum by Denver Business Journal |
1/14/16
Colorado Mining Association Legislative Reception |
1/15/16
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1/16/16
2016 Impacto Legislative Preview and Leadership Reception by Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver
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1/21/16
Colorado Business Day by Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry |
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New air traffic control approach needed for 21st century (Op-Ed)
Denver International Airport is the fifth busiest commercial airport in the United States, with 1,550 daily flights to more than 180 countries. There is a good reason for that: Colorado is home to some of the nation's leading companies in diverse fields from aerospace to energy to biomedicine; we are also a major tourist destination.
However, getting in and out of Colorado could be made safer and more efficient with proposed legislation that would reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, and specifically, modernize our nation's astonishingly outdated air traffic control (ATC) system...
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OUR RADIO SHOW & PODCASTS
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FINAL SHOW OF 2015 on Radio KNUS 710 AM -- 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 26
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We have our final interview in our
STEM Education Series - this week we discuss the importance of businesses partnering with education to build the sort of workforce they need.
Our guests are
Tom Cycyota, President and CEO of Allosource and
Mark Van Tine, CEO of Jeppesen and VP of Digital Aviation for Boeing.
Listen to COBRT Radio Archives Online.
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