Boulder County
Boulder County, located in the northwest Metro Denver area, includes urban, suburban, and rural settings. The county offers one of the nation’s most educated populations and highest concentration of technology workers. Major industries in the area include aerospace, bioscience, information technology, manufacturing, natural and organic products, outdoor recreation, professional services, and renewable energy.
Area businesses benefit from the intellectual energy of the University of Colorado at Boulder and several federally-funded labs including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
Boulder County is home to a number of organizations that provide support to help innovative companies succeed including the Boulder Chamber, Boulder Economic Council, Boulder Innovation Center, Boulder Small Business Development Center, Boulder Tech-Stars, Longmont Entrepreneurial Network, Naturally Boulder, and the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office.
Cities: Boulder, Erie*, Lafayette, Longmont*, Louisville, Superior*
*City located in more than one county