Weekly News from 
December 17, 2015 

FEATURED PARTNER NEWS - FARMING & AGRICULTURE
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On Tuesday, December 22, 2015 The GrowHaus, a nonprofit indoor farm, market, and education center working to improve food access in NE Denver's most under-served communities, will be hosting a community toy drive. The holiday season can be extremely tough for many families in the community, which makes giving their kids holiday gifts sometimes impossible. They have nearly 600 children signed up to receive a gift through our toy drive, and they're asking for donations to ensure they all get a present. YOU can make a difference! Even small donations go a long way in making the holidays bright for a family! Learn more about the drive and how you can still make a donation... ICOSA Media produce a video for The GrowHaus called "Food For Thought"...  Watch video
KEY ISSUE - SMART REGULATION
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The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) administers smart, balanced regulation to support the state's thriving business environment.

DORA is committed to ensuring that businesses thrive, protecting the integrity of the marketplace, and promoting a fair and competitive business environment. DORA's divisions -- Banking, Civil Rights, Consumer Counsel, Financial Services, Insurance, Professions and Occupations, the Public Utilities Commission, Real Estate, and Securities -- reach every Colorado county, and each consistently strive to work with these communities to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens and support economic development, as well as protect consumers throughout the state...  Read More
FEATURED PARTNER NEWS - TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS
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On Saturday, December 5, 2015 Navajo Refining employees, their contractors including CAP Logistics, and many citizens from Artesia, NM assembled and delivered 313 Christmas bikes to the Grand Heights Kindergarten. Ride for Bikes, a public charity, celebrated its tenth year in 2015 of providing bikes to children in southeastern New Mexico.  For the past two years, every kindergartner in Artesia has received a new bike. More than 2,800 bikes have been provided to children through the generosity of donors and volunteers...   Read More
BEST PRACTICES
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Annually, Ford publishes a Consumer Trend Report that looks at 10 key micro-trends -- across industries.  For 2016, Ford reveals new consumer insights that signals a renewed sense of inspiration and ingenuity, as consumers are driven more than ever to make the world a better place. Considering the challenges of the past decade - the past year, specifically - consumers are now relying even more on themselves and are determined to shape how they will communicate, work and even travel in the future...   Read More
BRAVE LEADERS
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On Friday, December 11, 2015, representatives from COBRT, CAP Logistics and ICOSA Media traveled to Wyoming for a series of meetings related to the coal industry. This "Coal-O-Quium" was sponsored by the Wyoming Business Alliance in conjunction with the Colorado Business Roundtable, the Wyoming Mining Association, Jordans Western Dining and CAP Logistics. The spotlight of the event was to create a breakthrough clean coal technology to reinvent the industry.  Attendees and presenters came from Colorado and Wyoming, naturally, but also from Texas and Washington, DC ...  Read More
OUR MAGAZINE
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Today, Mexico is Colorado's second-largest trading partner. That wasn't the case in the early 1990s. Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was formed in 1993, trade between Colorado and Mexico has increased nonstop at a rate of 9.6% per year, according to Mexico's Secretary of Economy... Read more in our "Business Around the Globe" edition of ICOSA Magazine, The Voice of the Colorado Business Roundtable.
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CALENDAR
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
1/16/16
2016 Impacto Legislative Preview and Leadership Reception by Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver
1/21/16
Colorado Business Day by Colorado Association of Commerce and Industry
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BRAVE LEADERS
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Business Leaders Commend Major Tax Agreement
BRT Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee Chair: Congress and the Administration demonstrated bipartisan leadership in reaching agreement on a deal that will create the kind of long-term certainty that encourages investment, innovation, economic growth and jobs.

Business Leaders Welcome Conclusion of Expanded WTO Information Technology Agreement Business Roundtable welcomed the successful conclusion of negotiations between the United States and over 50 countries expanding the original 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) to reflect the modern economy.

Business Leaders Applaud Agreement on Omnibus Appropriations BillBusiness Roundtable commends members of Congress for reaching a compromise to fund federal government operations for the 2016 fiscal year and urges swift passage of the legislation.

OUR RADIO SHOW & PODCASTS
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Saturday, Dec. 19
1:00 p.m. 
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Our series on STEM education continues as we take a close look at engaging women and girls in science, technology, engineering and math careers. 

We will talk with Lauren Casteel, President and CEO of The Women's Foundation of Colorado, and Janet Yowell, Associated Director of K-12 Engineering Education in the College of Engineering and Applied Science at CU Boulder. Our conversation will emphasize the importance of encouraging young women to see that they are not just college-ready, but worthy of STEM careers. 

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