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1 Valentine Special at Enchanted Floral
2 Sweatheart Brunch at May Farms on February 12th
3 5 Days of Valentine's Day at Primo Bistro
4 Oil & Gas Questions Answered at Kelver Library Info Session
5 OEDIT Resource Seminar - February 9 - Fentress Architects in Denver
OEDIT Resource Seminar Series – Session #3 TOPIC: International Trade and Development Programs The next session in the series of OEDIT Resource Seminars is on a topic that was suggested by a number of people from the professional economic development community. They noted their specific interest in international trade as a way to expand markets for the companies in their communities. The seminar will be: Thursday, February 9, 2012 (Tour of facility at 8:30 a.m.) * Fentress Architects is a Denver-based firm with offices across the U.S. and in London. Local projects designed by Fentress include Denver International Airport and Sports Authority Field at Mile High. With projects in South Korea, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and China, Fentress is truly an international firm and an appropriate host for a seminar on international trade. We are pleased that the principal of the firm, Curtis Fentress, is available to provide participants with a tour of their facility, which features models of many of their noteworthy projects. The tour will be at 8:30 a.m. Agenda for February 9 – We have worked closely with Sandi Moilanen, director of the International Trade Office for OEDIT, in developing our agenda. Sandi will be accompanied by the entire international staff, as well as a number of resource people from other public and private organizations. The meeting will conclude with a presentation by Ken Lund, Executive Director of OEDIT. The speakers and a summary of their topics will include: · Impact of Export on Colorado Communities – Sandi Moilanen, International Trade, OEDIT ð Economic growth attributable to export activity, useful statistics on exporting, reasons why companies in your communities should export · What Makes a Good Exporter - Zach Frederick, Managing Director, Frederick Export (private export management firm) ð Characteristics of an exporting firm, industries that export, products/services needed globally · Resources Available to Colorado Exporters ð International Trade Office – Stephanie Garnica (the Americas), Tom Binet (Asia Pacific), Stephanie Dybsky (Middle East & Africa), Jorge Diaz (CO-Exist and other programs) ð Colorado Department of Agriculture – Tom Lipetzky ð US Export Assistance Center – Paul Bergman ð US Small Business Administration – Lynette Newman ð World Trade Center Denver – Karen Gerwitz · Ken Lund, Executive Director, Office of Economic Development and International Trade – Ken will talk about the current status of foreign direct investment in Colorado, the “Colorado Advantage” for foreign investment prospects and State assistance available for foreign companies. He will also update the group on efforts to establish nonstop air service to international markets. Finally, he will comment on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland he is attending with Governor Hickenlooper.
6 Metro Denver InSite, January 2012 Site Selection News
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2011 a record year for prospect activity in Metro Denver
In 2011, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) worked with a record 169 new prospect companies. Approximately 29 companies announced expansion or relocation to Metro Denver for a total of new 3,600 jobs expected with more than $420 million in capital investment in the region. Below are the five major company locations and expansions for the year. - GE Energy announced plans in October to build the nation's largest solar panel manufacturing facility in Aurora, where it will create 355 jobs over the next three to five years. Colorado is already home to GE Energy's thin-film solar pilot line, where joint technology advancements from GE's Global Research Center and PrimeStar Solar have been validated and tested.
- Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced in October that its Colorado operations would become the company's global headquarters. Formerly headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Arrow Electronics is a Fortune 140 company with 12,700 employees worldwide. Arrow brings technology solutions to a breadth of markets, including telecommunications, information systems, transportation, medical, industrial, and consumer electronics.
- DaVita, a leading provider of kidney care services, announced in November that it would expand two portions of its business in Metro Denver. DaVita Clinical Research will add medical, technical, and scientific jobs at a facility that will attract the world's leading healthcare innovators. DaVita will also create an inbound call center to help patients locate dialysis services. Company officials estimate both projects will bring as many as 200 new jobs to Metro Denver. DaVita moved its headquarters from California to Denver in 2009, and is constructing a new $101 million, 14-story, 256,400-square-foot headquarters in downtown Denver.
- Bridgepoint Education Inc., a San Diego-based provider of postsecondary education services focused on providing greater access to higher education, announced in January that it will open a new location in Denver, anticipating adding 500 new jobs at the site. In March 2011, the company signed a lease for 151,331 square feet in the Park Central building located in downtown Denver. In August, Bridgepoint announced an expansion, leasing an additional 80,000 square feet in downtown Denver.
- The Coleman Company, an international leader in the innovation and marketing of outdoor products, announced in December that it would open a new Leadership Center in the Denver West area in unincorporated Jefferson County. The company will occupy a 36,500-square-foot log cabin office building that it originally built in the mid-90s. Coleman says the metro area provides it a platform to design, market, and launch its diverse portfolio of products.
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| | Colorado vying for satellite patent and trademark office
 The Metro Denver region is in the running for one of two new satellite patent offices to be opened in the United States in the next three years.
The newly signed America Invents Act allows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to create satellite locations across the country in order to better connect patent filers and innovators, decrease patent application backlog, improve patent examiner recruitment and retention, and to improve the quality of patent examination. Colorado Senators Udall and Bennet introduced and helped pass section 23 of the AIA, requiring the establishment of satellite patent offices.
Denver lawyers Tom Franklin, John Posthumus, and Michael Drapkin have championed the region as a perfect location due to its high per capita rate of science and technology degree holders and moderate living costs.
Posthumus estimates that at least 100 new patent examiner positions would be created with the potential location, in addition to creating high demand for intellectual property attorneys.
"It would also boost Metro Denver's profile in the eyes of high-tech companies nationwide," he said.
The Metro Denver EDC has partnered with the Intellectual Properties division of the Colorado Bar Association and Senator Bennet's office to manage the submittal process.
"Getting this office would be a major coup and would further establish the region and state as a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship," explains Pam Reichert, vice president of the Metro Denver EDC. |
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| | FOX Business segment points to Denver as best housing investment market
 Radio host and CEO of the real estate investment site OwnAmerica.com , Greg Rand, pegged Denver as the top city for investment opportunity in light of the country's volatile housing market during a Dec. 28, 2011, interview on Fox Business.
Citing an outstanding quality of life, unemployment below the national average, and a foreclosure rate half the national average, Rand told Fox Financial Market Anchor Lori Rothman that Denver's "fundamentals are incredible," and that the city is seeing in-migration from all over the country.
"They're pulling out of the northeast. Pulling out of the southeast. Pulling out of California," explained Rand regarding in-migration to Denver. "If you find places that draw people like magnets, you see support for housing prices and rental prices."
Rand highlighted Denver housing statistics from the mid-90s to 2011, noting that Denver didn't suffer a housing collapse during the period, just a correction, with a bounce back again.
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Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority announces $8M expansion
The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) is expanding its Bioscience Park Center (BPC) by roughly 50 percent with an $8 million, 37,000-square-foot accelerator structure. The new accelerator space will be leased to existing tenants graduating from the incubator and other companies in the modest growth stage. The Fitzsimons Life Science District, located in Aurora, is the center of Colorado's bioscience practice and research community and is one of the largest bioscience real estate developments in the country.
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Fourth Quarter 2011 commercial real estate stats released Office vacancy for the fourth quarter of 2011 is 13.2 percent compared to 14 percent for the same period last year. Two buildings with a total of 58,500 square feet were delivered in the fourth quarter, and 848,960 square feet in seven buildings remained under construction. On the industrial side, rates average $4.54 per square foot, with a 6.2 percent vacancy.
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Federal Highway Administration approves $2.18B North I-25 improvement plan
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), for $2.18 billion in proposed transportation improvements along the I-25 corridor between Fort Collins/Wellington and downtown Denver as well as U.S. 85 and U.S. 287. The project calls for extra lanes, tolled express lanes, interchange upgrades, commuter bus service, and purchase of right-of-way for a commuter rail line between Fort Collins and Denver.
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Colorado Energy Coalition releases annual study
The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an affiliate of the Metro Denver EDC, published its annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and oil industries in December 2011. The third edition of Resource Rich Colorado compares Colorado to the 49 other states based on the presence of natural resources for energy generation, energy policies and programs, and intellectual resources for the energy industry.
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Colorado ranked fifth in a recent Harris Poll that asked adults where--excluding their current home state--they would most like to live. Hawaii, California, Florida, and Texas ranked as the top four states. Denver ranked as the 10th-most favored residence in a separate, city-level survey.
- Harris Interactive, 2011 |
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