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      <title><![CDATA[Mines' powerful new supercomputer to focus on energy research]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado School of Mines' new 155 teraflop supercomputer dubbed "BlueM" will allow researchers to run large simulations in support of the university's core research areas while operating on the forefront of algorithm development using a powerful hybrid system.
The system will be housed at the Natio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Winners for Excellence in Exporting announced]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced on May 16, 2013 the two winners of the 2013 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting.
This award has been given since 1970 and honors Colorado companies that demonstrate a commitment to international trade.
T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver OED offers business development forum]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA["The Fax About Small Business" to showcase entrepreneurial resources, Colfax development opportunities
In celebration of National Small Business Week and Denver's original "Main Street," the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED), Colfax on the Hill and the Bluebird District are offering a bus...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Unique NNMI opportunities in Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, the Obama Administration announced three new pilot institutes as part of the&nbsp;National Network of Manufacturing Innovation&nbsp;(NNMI)&nbsp;- two from the Department of Defense (DOD) and one from the Department of Energy (DOE). This is fortuitous timing for the state as the Colorado G...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA's 70th successful mission with Air Force satellite]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the fourth Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-4 satellite for the U.S. Air Force at 5:38 p.m. EDT on May 15, 2013 from Space Launch Complex-41.
"The ULA team is honored to place another next-generation GPS satellite on orbit for o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA earns top 10 ranking among world's best airports]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DIA earns multiple honors in prestigious customer-based rankings
Denver International Airport has been named one of the top 10 airports in the world and the No. 3 airport in North America by Skytrax, a worldwide leader in airport research services. DIA was ranked ninth on the list of the "World's B...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woodward breaks ground on $200 million redevelopment ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Woodward, Inc. broke ground on May 15, 2013 for a new campus for its corporate headquarters and Industrial Turbine Systems business at the former Link-N-Greens golf course in Old Town Fort Collins.
The groundbreaking at the 101-acre site concluded a nine-month process where Woodward reviewed multip...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cleantech innovation gets big boost in Colorado ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) announced that Gov. John Hickenlooper will sign House Bill 13 - 1001, the Advanced Industries Acceleration Act, in Greeley, Colo. at 1:30 p.m. The bill provides for annual allocations of several million per year for the next decade including over $1...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lanx completes $15 million Series C equity financing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Proceeds to drive continued sales force expansion and new product launches
Lanx, Inc., a privately held global spine company focused on developing and commercializing innovative devices for fusion surgery, announced on May 13, 2013 the closing of a $15 million Series C equity financing.
The financ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU's $1.5M venture fund for innovation, collaboration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado State University System announced on May 13, 2013 the creation of a $1.5 million venture capital fund to support innovation and promote collaboration in higher education.
"State funding for higher education has dropped more than $160 million since 2009, and we must find new ways to mai...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT leads Nordic high-tech industry trade mission ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) will lead a delegation of Colorado bioscience and IT companies to Denmark and Sweden from May 13-17, 2013. Participating companies will meet with foreign partners who will help the companies sell their products and services ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Jewish renames school to honor $15M donation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-renames-school-to-honor--15m-donation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[National Jewish Health has renamed its free kindergarten through eighth grade school for 90 chronically ill children to recognize the long-time support and commitment to education and health on campus by John and Carrie Morgridge and the Morgridge Family Foundation. The renaming also honors their re...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[American Tube Technology goes solar]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[American Tube Technology, Inc., held an official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 100 percent solar powered production facility in Denver on May 1.
The newly complete solar panel array atop the facility makes American Tube Technology the world's first 100 percent solar powered small diam...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder adds new management consulting courses]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CU-Boulder's Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program partners with IMC to offer new Management Consulting Certificate
The Lockheed Martin Engineering Management Program at the University of Colorado Boulder now offers a graduate-level Management Consulting Certificate.
The university is par...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small biz, education highlighted at State of the State]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Making Colorado branding initiatives revealed to the business community
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper called for Colorado to become the healthiest state and the leader in education reform, and lauded Colorado's leadership in supporting small business, in his address at the Denver Metro Chambe...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-B ranked 14th worldwide for scholarly publications ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder has been ranked No. 14 in the world on the scholarly impact of its journal publications, according to an analysis by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
The Leiden Ranking analyzed the 500 universities with the la...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Level 3 announces carrier cloud voice solution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/level-3-announces-carrier-cloud-voice-solution.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced on May 13, 2013 the launch of a Carrier Cloud Voice solution, freeing CLECs, wireless carriers, cable multiple system operators (MSOs) and telcos to focus on growth instead of on building or expanding a voice network. The new solution enables service providers ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita gives $1.75M to communities across the US]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-gives--1-75m-to-communities-across-the-us.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Way of Giving empowers teammates to make a difference
DaVita&reg;, the kidney care division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, announced that it has given away more than $1.75 million to charities in more than 1,000 communities across the U.S. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Summit Materials awarded incentives to move to Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/summit-materials-awarded-incentives-to-move-to-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC) members agreed&nbsp;on May 9, 2013,&nbsp;to&nbsp;award Summit Materials LLC, a heavy-materials company based in Washington, D.C., $1.3 million to move its headquarters to the&nbsp;Metro Denver&nbsp;area and create 79 new jobs in the state.
Summit Mater...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy, NCAR power up renewable energy forecasts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/xcel-energy--ncar-power-up-renewable-energy-forecasts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Xcel Energy announced an expanded agreement with the National Center for Atmospheric Research for sophisticated renewable energy forecasting. The agreement with the Boulder, Colo.-based center extends an existing relationship that has saved Xcel Energy's 3.4 million electricity customers in eight st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada completes NASA safety review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-completes-nasa-safety-review.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo., has completed its first major, comprehensive safety review of its Dream Chaser Space System. This is the company's latest paid-for-performance milestone with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which is working with commercial space par...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SBDC launches new website for Colorado small businesses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sbdc-launches-new-website-for-colorado-small-businesses.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network launched a new and improved website for Coloradans interested in starting a small business or enhancing their existing business. The new site, www.coloradosbdc.org, focuses on the user experience, and makes it simpler for business owners ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making Colorado Initiative calls for youth ambassadors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/making-colorado-initiative-calls-for-youth-ambassadors.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Branding initiative enlists young Coloradans to capture the spirit of their communities and help define the state's brand
Making Colorado, the most inclusive, collaborative and ambitious branding effort ever undertaken by a state, is looking for youth ambassadors to support the effort and join the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New CSU database tracks energy legislation in all 50 states]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-csu-database-tracks-energy-legislation-in-all-50-states.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University's Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) announced on May 7, 2013, the rollout of the Advanced Energy Legislation (AEL) Tracker - a new online database of energy-related state legislation pending in all 50 states, from solar to natural gas and everything in between. This ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado exhibiting at WINDPOWER 2013 in Chicago ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-exhibiting-at-windpower-2013-in-chicago-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)--along with several economic development groups from throughout the state--are promoting Colorado's expansive wind-energy industry this week at the WIN...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper unveils new health report for Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-unveils-new-health-report-for-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on May 6, 2013,&nbsp;"The State of Health: Colorado's Commitment to Become the Healthiest State," a plan to make Colorado the healthiest state. The plan will create a comprehensive and person-centered statewide system to address a broad range of health needs, deliver...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL staff recognized for breakthrough technologies]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently recognized the professionals behind the lab's greatest innovations from the past year during its Intellectual Property &amp; Technology Transfer Awards. 
With more than 100 active licenses covering the spectrum of renewabl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper to keynote State of the State Luncheon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-to-keynote-state-of-the-state-luncheon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Making Colorado branding initiatives will be revealed to the business community
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WHAT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host the State of the State Luncheon on Friday, May 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is gener...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita surpasses 2,000 clinics and 50,000 teammates]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Milestones come as company strengthens focus on high-quality coordinated care
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. announced on May 1, 2013 that the company has reached two important milestones as of the end of the first quarter of 2013 - owning or operating more than 2,000 centers, and employing more t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2013 Small Biz Expo coming May 23]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2013-small-biz-expo-coming-may-23.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Free public event to include economic forecast, lenders' panel, and resource fair
There's nothing small about the collective impact of Denver's entrepreneurs, as 90 percent of the city's business sector are employers with fewer than 25 employees. To celebrate this impact and mark the local observan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe expands customer base in China]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-expands-customer-base-in-china.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Through Siwei Worldview, its joint venture partner in China, DigitalGlobe has recently established several new relationships, and strengthened existing relationships, throughout China, reinforcing the value&nbsp;it can provide to customers looking for high volume and high quality imagery products.
...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DDP report shows employment gains, surging real estate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ddp-report-shows-employment-gains--surging-real-estate.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) released the second Economic Update of 2013 on May 1, 2013.&nbsp;The Partnership publishes economic updates every quarter to provide timely economic data about Downtown Denver to various stakeholders. Stakeholders use these reports in a variety of ways including...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder to create new colleges ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-to-create-new-colleges-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Boulder Provost Russell L. Moore announced on May 1, 2013, the campus will be taking the first steps needed to formally propose the creation of the first new colleges on the campus in 50 years: a college focused on media, communication and information, and a college designed a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frontier enhances FlyFrontier.com site]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/frontier-enhances-flyfrontier-com-site.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[FlyFrontier.com Offers More Choice, Perks and Value
Frontier Airlines announces forthcoming changes to further reduce fares and to improve the travel experience for its most loyal customers, including those who book through FlyFrontier.com. Frontier will further differentiate its services by chargi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[LiveWell CO launches 2nd phase Social Change Campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/livewell-co-launches-2nd-phase-social-change-campaign.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nonprofit dedicated to reducing obesity has helped make obesity personally relevant; now focusing on behavior change
LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit organization committed to preventing and reducing obesity in Colorado, has launched the second phase of its statewide, multi-year social change campaig...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University graduate programs remain among the nation's best, according to the U.S. News and World Report "2014 Best Graduate Schools" edition.
Colorado State's professional program in the Department of Occupational Therapy - designated a "Program of Excellence" by the state of Colora...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two University of Colorado Boulder professors have been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
The new members are Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth of the ch...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the first day of National Bike Month, May 1, 2013, the League of American Bicyclists has released its latest Bicycle Friendly State ranking.
For the sixth year in a row, Washington continues to lead the nation, with high performance in all categories. But up-and-coming states -- including Delawa...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[First-ever recognition marks milestone for safety, quality standards
DaVita&reg;, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, announced on April 29, 2013&nbsp;that DaVita Hospital ServicesSM, the company's inpatient kidney care services, has receive...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed on April 29, 2013 Senate Bill 13-230 (the "FY 2013-2014 Long Bill") and thanked legislators for their bipartisan dedication to Colorado's values.
"After enduring a significant economic downturn, Colorado's economy is outperforming the nation's. Looking ahead, expected ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[In order to avoid possible disruption to the Solar*Rewards program for small-sized solar installations in Colorado, Xcel Energy, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA) jointly propose an increase in program capacity for 2013. 
So...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto selected by Topaz Shared Services]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Topaz Shared Services selects TriZetto's Trading Partner Solution to enable real-time provider collaboration, greater efficiency and innovation in care delivery
TriZetto Corporation announced on April 29, 2013 that TopazSM Shared Services, LLC, a health insurance technology and service provider, ha...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado business owners rated their state as among the most supportive in the nation, according to the 2nd annual Thumbtack.com and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Small Business Friendliness Survey.
The Thumbtack.com Small Business Friendliness Survey is the only survey to obtain data from an ex...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/saic-to-work-on-dia-s-integrated-airport-management-sys--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) [NYSE: SAI] has begun work on Phase I of Denver International Airport's (DIA) $4.5 million initiative to develop and implement an Integrated Airport Management System (IAMS). Implementing a highly-capable command and control/event management plat...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita to honor more than 4,000 teammates in Denver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DaVita HealthCare Partners hosts inaugural villagewide meeting to celebrate, educate and give back to the community
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. announced on April 24, 2013 that the company will honor more than 4,000 DaVita&reg; teammates and HealthCare Partners&reg; leaders from around the worl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Reinvention Center moves to CSU]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University is the new host institution for The Reinvention Center, a national consortium of 65 major research universities dedicated to improving undergraduate education. CSU Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs Alan Lamborn has been appointed the center's executive director.
"The ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M Hill, EKO partner for infrastructure development]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Green Path Partners offer financing, delivery options for environmentally focused projects
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, has joined forces with EKO Asset Management Partners, a specialized investment and advisory firm, to form a new partnersh...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU professor awarded $400,000 from NSF]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Colorado State University computer science professor has received a $400,000 National Science Foundation Early CAREER award to make computer systems more efficient.
Shrideep Pallickara, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science, will use the grant to explore robust processing of d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA releases latest Bioscience Colorado magazine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-releases-latest-bioscience-colorado-magazine.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[10 years of supporting the bioscience industry in Colorado: then, now, the future
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) released the week of April 22, 2013 its 10th anniversary edition of Bioscience Colorado at the BIO International Convention in Chicago, IL.&nbsp;This publication is Colorado'...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CTA selects local entrepreneur, leader as new CEO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cta-selects-local-entrepreneur--leader-as-new-ceo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Technology Association (CTA) has named local entrepreneur and technology community advocate Erik Mitisek as the Association's new CEO. A Colorado native, Mitisek has been helping to build Colorado companies for over 14 years and also has been active in helping build the Denver technology co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace honored as Boeing Supplier of the Year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-honored-as-boeing-supplier-of-the-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has been honored by The Boeing Company as a 2012 "Supplier of the Year" for outstanding avionics work, specifically on the F/A-18 and Harpoon antenna programs. The award was presented during a ceremony in San Diego, CA on April 18.
Boeing annually acknowledge...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL teams with Navy to cut energy use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-teams-with-navy-to-cut-energy-use.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Check off a list in your head of the government organizations that play a role in the security of the United States. The Department of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security probably come to mind, as well as the CIA or FBI. While the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NRE...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Level 3 selected to enable global radio platform]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/level-3-selected-to-enable-global-radio-platform.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Level 3 providing CDN services to expand and enhance live streaming and on demand experience for VoiceAmerica listeners
Level 3 Communications, Inc. announced on April 17, 2013&nbsp;it is providing content delivery network (CDN) services for VoiceAmerica, a producer of more than 300 original live I...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online voting begins for Denver Sports' 'Top 9 Moments']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[VISIT DENVER and Denver Sports have announced the finalists for the Denver Sports Top 9 Moments, presented by Bank of the West.
In partnership with 9News and Bank of the West, the "Top 9" is a statewide video and photo award contest looking back at the greatest Colorado sports moments of 2012.
Vid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Post names NREL as a top work place ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been recognized by the Denver Post as a "2013 Top Work Place." NREL is one of only 15 large Denver-area employers selected this year.
"I am very gratified that we were nominated by one of our employees for this aw...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tri-State announces expansion of Colorado Highlands Wind]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tri-state-announces-expansion-of-colorado-highlands-wind.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's newest renewable energy facility is already growing. The current 67-megawatt Colorado Highlands Wind project - from which Tri-State receives 100 percent of the power - is expanding to 91 megawatts. Construction, using 14 GE turbines, is expected to commence in July and be completed this f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed to modernize U.S. Joint Theater Air Operations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-to-modernize-u-s--joint-theater-air-operations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is upgrading the command and control system that allows Joint Force Air Component Commanders to deploy air assets, execute air tasking orders and synchronize management of air operations.
The U.S. Air Force selected Lockheed Martin to modernize the air tasking order capa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thornton-based Analytica Group celebrates success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/thornton-based-analytica-group-celebrates-success.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thornton-based Analytica Group recently celebrated their many years of success, their proposed expansion in equipment and services, and their past and present company ownership in an open house gathering at their Thornton headquarters.&nbsp; Established in 1984, and located in Thornton since 2000, A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder gets $36M from NASA for space weather mission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-gets--36m-from-nasa-for-space-weather-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder will receive roughly $36 million from NASA to build and operate a space instrument for a mission led by the University of Central Florida that will study Earth's upper atmosphere to learn more about the disruptive effects of space weather.
The mission, known as th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace wins Air Force weather satellite contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-wins-air-force-weather-satellite-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to perform risk reduction work on the next generation of microwave sounding and imaging instruments for the Weather Satellite Follow-on program.
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Under a contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small satellites becoming big deal for CU-Boulder students]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/small-satellites-becoming-big-deal-for-cu-boulder-students.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For some University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates, designing, building and flying small satellites is becoming a large part of their hands-on education.
NASA recently selected CU-Boulder as one of 24 institutions or organizations to fly tiny satellites as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets plan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EDCC presents awards at Spring Conference]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC), at its annual Spring Conference April 3-5, gave out its 2013 awards for excellence in the field of economic development in Colorado. The Council has a long history of recognizing the best practitioners, companies and volunteers that collectively h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT accepts apps for Bio Discovery Evaluation Grant]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade is accepting applications from early-stage bioscience companies interested in receiving funding through grants made possible by the Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program (BDEGP). Applications are due by May 1, 2013. The appl...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cool Planet Energy Systems, a California biofuel company, may relocate its headquarters to the Denver area and open a manufacturing plant here - and that could create as many as 393 new jobs within three years.
The Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC) voted unanimously to offer as much as...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[iTriage CEO to keynote Chamber's Healthcare Breakfast]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/itriage-ceo-to-keynote-chamber-s-healthcare-breakfast.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WHAT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host the "2013 Health Care Breakfast: Technology + Innovation = Empowered Health Care Consumers" on Friday, April 12 from 7:30 to 9 a.m. The event is generously sponsored by Exempla Healthcare...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boulder's Symplified awarded USPTO patent ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Symplified, the leader in Identity as a Service (IDaaS) for the hybrid cloud, announced on April 10, 2013, that&nbsp;the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded the company a patent for its unique approach to access management and policy enforcement for hybrid environments.
Sy...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin completes Delta Prelim design for GPS III Satellite ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-completes-delta-prelim-design-for-gps-iii-satellite-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has successfully completed a Delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) for the next Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite vehicles planned under the U.S. Air Force's GPS III program.
The GPS III program will affordably replace aging GPS satellites, while improving c...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Office of Economic Development launched on April 10, 2013, a five-year Business Investment Program designed to support businesses that are investing in growth through capital investment and job creation.&nbsp;
The program includes a tax credit that is part of the si...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO aerospace industry is at the center of space exploration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This week, aerospace leaders from across the nation and around the world will be in Colorado Springs at the 29th National Space Symposium to discuss the future of space. 
With the retirement of NASA's space shuttle program and a shrinking national budget, it would be easy to assume that the future ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brainspire Solutions opens Denver office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/brainspire-solutions-opens-denver-office.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Brainspire is being launched as a spinoff from Pariveda Solutions, a leading national technology consulting firm delivering strategic services and technology solutions. Though the name is new, Brainspire's four Co-Founders (DJ Wardynski, Carly Kaufman, Mark Palestine and Kevin Burrus) and consulting...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded an $8 million contract with NASA Goddard Space Center to upgrade the command, control and telemetry (CCT) subsystems of the Earth Observing System (EOS). Enhancing the CCT subsystem will allow NASA to lower maintenance costs by exploiting automation and virtu...]]></description>
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 The &nbsp;Town of Windsor was honored with the Small Community of the Year award from the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC). The award ceremony took place on Thursday April 4, at the EDCC's Spring Conference luncheon in the Antler's Hotel in Colorado Springs.   The Town has most rec...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The City and County of Denver's Office of Economic Development will report on the 2012 accomplishments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs at a public meeting April 18, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Denver District Two Police Station, 3921 N. Holly St.The report, officially known as the Consolidat...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report: Significant increase in magnitude of U.S. natural gas resources]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Potential Gas Committee, which receives guidance from the Potential Gas Agency at the Colorado School of Mines, on April 9, 2013,&nbsp;released the results of its latest biennial assessment of the nation's natural gas resources, which indicates that the United States possesses a total technicall...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow's branding highlights innovation as economic driver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Global technology company launches thought leadership and brand campaign
Celebrating the impact that innovation has on improving daily life, Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced a multifaceted, multichannel awareness effort designed to promote the company's leading position in the elec...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace begins integration for DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 ]]></title>
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Click here for a high-res image.
Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has begun integration for WorldView-3, the next generation commercial remote-sensing satellite being built for DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions.
The third satellite in a ser...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas receives its largest turbine order in Canada for 299 MW project]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With reference to the Vestas Wind System A/S company announcement No. 13 of 8 April 2013, Vestas has secured a firm and unconditional order for the delivery of 166 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines along with a 20-year service and maintenance agreement for the 299 MW Blackspring Ridge Wind Project, a joint ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Change is in the air at NREL's Wind Center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) is at the nexus of a changing landscape, where the mountains meet the plains. It's also where changes in the wind industry are being previewed. And, a visitor or passerby will notice significant yet subtle changes taking place on site, including a new turbi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[4th annual Boulder Startup Week slated for May 15-19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/4th-annual-boulder-startup-week-slated-for-may-15-19.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Twenty-four qualified job seekers will receive free airfare to Boulder to meet with hiring companies and participate in the week's events
Boulder Startup Week 2013 will be held May 15-19, featuring dozens of networking and business education events and the opportunity for 24 job-seekers to apply fo...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NAPE Expo Expands to Denver December 2013]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In its 20th Year, World's Largest E&amp;P (Upstream) Oil &amp; Gas Expo Announces Regional Expansion with NAPE Rockies
In conjunction with NAPE Expo, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and VISIT DENVER announced today that NAPE's newest regional show, NAPE Rockies, will be held in Denver later this ye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver: No. 1 in REI's Cycling Town Showdown]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Posted by T.D. Wood on 04/03/2013, REI Blog
We're calling it a landslide victory: The votes are in, the riders have spoken, and Denver is the champion of REI's inaugural Cycling Town Showdown.
Our 8-city bracket tournament concluded Wednesday with the Mile High City positively dominating the champ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hybris to open endurance sports themed office in Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hybris-to-open-endurance-sports-themed-office-in-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[hybris, the world's fastest-growing commerce platform provider ranked "leader" by both principal analyst firms, announced on April 3, 2013 its plan to open a new endurance sports themed office in Boulder, Colo.
The new office, slated to open spring 2013, aims to create a unique working environment ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ hybris to open new endurance sports-themed office in Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-hybris-to-open-new-endurance-sports-themed-office-in-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[hybris, the world's fastest-growing commerce platform provider ranked "leader" by both principal analyst firms, announced on April 3, 2013,&nbsp;its plan to open a new endurance sports themed office in Boulder, Colorado.
The new office, slated to open spring 2013, aims to create a unique working en...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zayo Group establishes new corporate headquarters in Boulder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Zayo Group, an international Bandwidth Infrastructure provider announced on April 3, 2013, that&nbsp;it will open a new 15,520 sq. ft. Corporate headquarters office at 1805 29th Street in Boulder, Colo. Zayo currently has offices in Louisville, Colo., as well as the Denver Tech Center.
"Zayo has st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State launches inclusive branding initiative]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What Makes Colorado Colorado? 
On &nbsp;April 2, 2013 the state of Colorado introduced Making Colorado, the most inclusive, collaborative and ambitious branding effort ever undertaken by a state. Commissioned by Gov. John Hickenlooper and led by Colorado's Chief Marketing Officer Aaron Kennedy, fou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[South Terminal redevelopment goes vertical at DIA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hotel on track for 2015 opening, DIA launches live video of construction site&nbsp;
Denver International Airport's South Terminal Redevelopment Program construction has reached a milestone. Vertical construction is now underway, and the 519-room Westin Hotel and Conference Center is starting to tak...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Business confidence surges, says CU-B Leeds School ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The confidence of Colorado business leaders has surged going into the second quarter of 2013, according to the most recent Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released April 2 by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
With waning uncertainty giving way to a stabilizing...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto opens HQ to clients and hundreds of new workers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper Welcomes On April 2, 2013 Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Trace Devanny, chairman and CEO of TriZetto Corporation, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new worldwide headquarters of the healthcare IT company. Located in the Meridian International Business Center in Douglas County, Co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder faculty honored for tech commercialization]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office presented awards on April 1 to university researchers and companies representing best practices in the commercialization of university technologies.
The TTO presented the Boulder campus awards to four researchers and one startup company during i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Governments of Alberta and Colorado have agreed to work together to share ideas, best practices and information that supports a cleaner energy future.
The co-operative efforts were discussed and agreed to after Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and Alberta International and Intergovernmental ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBRE Group Inc. ranked #1 for tenant representation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbre-group-inc--ranked--1-for-tenant-representation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Law Journal, a leading publication serving the legal profession, has ranked CBRE Group, Inc. the number one commercial real estate services firm nationally for representing law firm tenants. The ranking, which was featured in the March 25 publication, was derived from votes by its natio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Businesses enter 'Amazing Rock the Earth Race']]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA['Amazing Rock the Earth Race' Offers Unique, Challenging Team-Building Opportunity on April 21, 2013
Rock the Earth, a national nonprofit environmental organization that partners with the music industry, announced on March 26, 2013 a number of ways Colorado area businesses can get involved in the f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On March 26, 2013, the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) began efforts to highlight companies that are bridging the gap between traditional and new energy to support the creation of a stronger, cleaner and more efficient energy industry.
"In the past, there has been this perception of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Biz Tech Expo "Navigating the Cloud," October 24]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Technology Partners and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce announced on March 26, 2013 that the 2013 Denver Biz Tech Expo "Navigating the Cloud" will be held October 24th at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum.
Created for business owners, executives and IT professionals, the Den...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intermap announces $750,000 Mapping Contract]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Intermap (TSX: IMP), (ITMSF:BB), a leading provider of geospatial solutions on-demand created from its uniform, high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth's surface, announced on March 25, 2013, that the Company was awarded a US $750,000 task order from Dewberry Consultants LLC for the fourth ph...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aero sensor on 8th Landsat satellite snaps first images]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aero-sensor-on-8th-landsat-satellite-snaps-first-images.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. Operational Land Imager (OLI) aboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) has completed initial checkout and along with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center built Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) snapped the mission's first multispectral images. 
(Log...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kizuna (Friendship) Reception 3/22 at Littleton High School]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/kizuna--friendship--reception-3-22-at-littleton-high-school.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kizuna (Friendship) Reception
Friday, March 22, 2013&nbsp;&nbsp; 5:00 pm -7:00pm
Littleton High School
&nbsp;
Under the Kizuna (bonds of friendship) Program, fully funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, students from Littleton High School are currently visiting Japan and Japanese st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[March 25 is Aerospace Day at the Capitol]]></title>
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WHO: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The event is co-hosted by Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR), Colorado Space Coalition (CSC) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) along with participation from leading aerospace organizations and educational institutions, including ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications receives leadership award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/level-3-communications-receives-leadership-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Level 3 recognized by Frost &amp; Sullivan for leadership in internet services based on market performance
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) announced that it has been honored by Frost &amp; Sullivan, a leading industry research firm, as the recipient of the 2012 U.S. Growth Leadership Awar...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics announces new facility in Brazil]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arrow establishes IT asset disposition and reverse logistics presence and expands computer system integration operations in Brazil
Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced the opening of a new facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that establishes a presence for the company's value recovery (electroni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DDP launches guide to downtown developments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) released the first ever Downtown Denver Development Map on March 21, 2013, at the Partnership's monthly member forum, Downtown Development Takes Off: Creating a World Class City.
Intended for developers, investors and brokers interested in Downtown Denver, the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto's solution fills void in regional health plan market]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trizetto-s-solution-fills-void-in-regional-health-plan-market.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TriZetto Corporation announced on March 20, 2013 the availability of a comprehensive care management and analytics solution for regional healthcare organizations. Bundled with accelerated implementation and application management services for a predictable monthly fee, the solution simplifies deploy...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA names winners of 2013 Partner in Aviation Award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-names-winners-of-2013-partner-in-aviation-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 12, 2013 Denver International Airport's Manager of Aviation, Kim Day, announced that VISIT DENVER and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), are the joint recipients of the 2013 DIA Partner in Aviation Award.
Day made the announcement during the annual State ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-faculty-win-prestigious-nsf-career-awards.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three University of Colorado Boulder engineering faculty were selected in the spring of 2013 to receive National Science Foundation CAREER awards.
Assistant professors Abbie Liel and Matthew Hallowell of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, and Mahmoud Hussein of aerospace engineerin...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District's contractor for the East Rail Line, Denver Transit Partners (DTP), has begun to install girders on the commuter rail bridge over Pe&ntilde;a Boulevard, just east of E-470. While this work is underway, the following traffic restrictions will be in place:

From ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL selected for Iraq CSSP project management]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Project Is Critical in Supporting Growth in Iraq's Petroleum Production and Exports
CH2M HILL (www.ch2mhill.com), a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, announces that the company was selected by South Oil Company (SOC) of Iraq to provide project management cons...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force to launch Infrared Surveillance Satellite]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin [NYSE : LMT] are ready to launch the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft on Tuesday, March 19 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window is 5:...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of Colorado Hospital joins CORHIO network ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced on March 19, 2013 that University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has signed an agreement to connect to its health information exchange (HIE). By connecting its Epic electronic health record (EHR) system with CORHIO's HIE, Universit...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Applications being accepted, Regional Tourism Act program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) is now accepting applications for the Regional Tourism Act (RTA) program.
The Regional Tourism Act establishes a program that gives local governments the opportunity to apply to the EDC for approval of large-scale regional ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro cities announce Homebuyer Assistance Program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[4% down payment and closing cost grants available for qualified borrowers in Denver and Littleton
Buoyed by successes from past homeowner programs and with an eye on the future, the City and County of Denver and the Metro Mayors Caucus launched on March 19, 2013&nbsp;the Metro Mortgage Assistance P...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[USPTO, NSF, NBC Learn launch "Science of Innovation" series]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/uspto--nsf--nbc-learn-launch--science-of-innovation--series.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Educational videos highlight people, process behind innovation
The U.S. Commerce Department's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, launched on February 11, 2013 an 11-part "Science of Innovation" se...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita receives national award for patient safety efforts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-receives-national-award-for-patient-safety-efforts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Renal Physicians Association recognizes innovative clinical practices
On March 15, 2013&nbsp;DaVita&reg;, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, was recognized with the Patient Safety Improvement Award during the Renal Physician Ass...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO Gov's OIT selected for NCWIT Pacesetters Program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has been selected by the National Center of Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) to participate in its Pacesetters program. OIT is the only public sector agency to be selected and joins 35 esteemed universities and companies such as ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver B-cycle expands from 53 to 83 bike stations ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fourth season starts Monday, March 18 with three new stations at Denver Zoo, Denver Museum of Nature and Science and Auraria Campus. Kaiser Permanente continues as Founding Funder; Frontier Airlines becomes "Official Airline" of Denver B-cycle
Denver B-cycle announced on March 14, 2013 that 30 new ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA's next Mars mission invites public to come aboard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-s-next-mars-mission-invites-public-to-come-aboard.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's next Mars mission is giving students and the public worldwide an opportunity to have a personal connection with space exploration through a new education and public outreach effort called the "Going to Mars" campaign. The campaign is led on behalf of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[300 riders expected for B-cycle "First Ride" March 17]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Three-hundred Denver B-cycle riders will gather Sunday, March 17 at 1 p.m. at B-cycle's office before heading out to deliver bicycles to 56 shared-bike stations around the city.
&nbsp;The riders will meet at B-cycle headquarters, 2737 Larimer St., to enjoy food, entertainment and door prizes. Rider...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[College Measures reports grad's first-year earnings]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia released on March 13, 2013&nbsp;the Colorado Department of Higher Education and College Measures website (collegemeasures.org/esm/colorado) and final report, "Higher Education Pays: &nbsp;The Initial Earnings of Graduates from Colorado's Colleges and Universities Working in Color...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Apply for Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deadline for application is Friday, April 19
Colorado exporters are encouraged to apply for the 2013 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting, an award that recognizes companies that demonstrate a commitment to growing through international trade. Winners will be formally recognized at World Tr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. issues Amend. 64 Implem. Task Force statement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--issues-amend--64-implem--task-force-statement.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper released this statement&nbsp;on March 13, 2013&nbsp;about the Amendment 64 Implementation Task Force report:"The commendable work by the task force sets the stage for sensible regulation and enforcement in Colorado. We want to thank Barbara Brohl and Jack Finlaw for their lead...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeppesen to provide manpower planning to British Airways]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/jeppesen-to-provide-manpower-planning-to-british-airways.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, has signed a contract to provide British Airways with the Jeppesen Manpower Planning solution to increase pilot management efficiency for the international carrier. Jeppesen Manpower Planning will allow British Airways to produce cost-efficien...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State of DIA 2013 caps 'Science of a Successful Airport']]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/state-of-dia-2013-caps--science-of-a-successful-airport-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC)--in cooperation with its industry affiliate--the Metro Denver Aviation Coalition (MDAC), hosted the State of Denver International Airport (DIA) 2013 luncheon&nbsp;on March 12, 2013&nbsp;at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study finds UAS industry to create 1,191 jobs in CO in 3 yrs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/study-finds-uas-industry-to-create-1-191-jobs-in-co-in-3-yrs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Study Finds Enormous Job Creation Potential Following Integration of Unmanned Aircraft into the National Airspace
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled new economic data on March 12, 2013, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBRE gets top honors in Fortune and Lipsey surveys]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbre-gets-top-honors-in-fortune-and-lipsey-surveys.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) was the highest-ranked commercial real estate services and investment company in Fortune's annual Most Admired Companies list for the third consecutive year and the number one commercial real estate brand in Lipsey Company's annual brand survey for the 12th consecutive ye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL named to "World's Most Ethical Companies"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-named-to--world-s-most-ethical-companies-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ethisphere Institute award recognizes exceptional ethical leadership actively upheld within various industries
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has been recognized for the fifth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2013 Wo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deadline for Energy Execs applications extended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/deadline-for-energy-execs-applications-extended.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has extended the application window for the 2013 Executive Energy Leadership Academy to March 20. "Energy Execs" is a leadership program focused on educating business, community, and government leaders about achievin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita named to FORTUNE's World's Most Admired List ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-named-to-fortune-s-world-s-most-admired-list-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. (NYSE: DVA) and a leading provider of kidney care services, has been named the most innovative company on FORTUNE&reg; Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies' 2013 ranking of health care facilities. This marks the fourth consecutive year DaVit...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Judges begin work in Colorado patent office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/judges-begin-work-in-colorado-patent-office.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The first three administrative patent judges assigned to the new United States Patent and Trademark (USPTO) office in Colorado began their first day on the job on March 4, 2013. The judges will work out of the temporary space in Lakewood until renovations at the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in D...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report shows job, residential growth downtown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/report-shows-job--residential-growth-downtown.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) released the first Economic Update of 2013.&nbsp;The Partnership publishes economic updates every quarter to provide timely economic data about Downtown Denver to various stakeholders. Stakeholders use these reports in a variety of ways including tenant attracti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD, Kiewit break ground on I-225 Rail Line project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd--kiewit-break-ground-on-i-225-rail-line-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 250 people watched as the first dirt was turned for the I-225 Rail Line project. The groundbreaking ceremony took place at the Centrepoint and Sable Transfer Station in Aurora, which is the future site of the RTD Aurora City Center Station. A trumpeter from Buckley Air Force Base performed th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA passenger traffic sets January record]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-passenger-traffic-sets-january-record.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[February 28, 2013 marked the 18th anniversary of Denver International Airport (DIA), and another record-setting month of passenger traffic.
A total of 4,024,783 passengers passed through DIA in January, representing a 3.1 percent increase over January 2012. It is also the first January that passeng...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AT&T invested $475+ million in Colorado from 2010-2012 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/at-t-invested--475--million-in-colorado-from-2010-2012-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Expanded 4G LTE Coverage, New Cell Sites and Boosted Capacity Drive Improved Customer Experience
AT&amp;T* invested more than $475 million in its Colorado wireless and wireline networks from 2010 through 2012, with a focus on expanding 4G LTE mobile Internet coverage and enhancing the overall perfo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC celebrates a decade of 'game-changing']]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-celebrates-a-decade-of--game-changing-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) hosted its Ninth Annual Meeting Luncheon on February 28, 2013, celebrating Metro Denver's most significant economic development accomplishments from 2003-2013. The luncheon took place in the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Cen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Air Force awards Lockheed Martin GPS III satellites contracts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--air-force-awards-lockheed-martin-gps-iii-satellites-contracts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[GPS III program transitions from cost-plus to fixed-price contract structureThe U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next generation Global Positioning System satellites, known a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[On Deck launches regional hub, sponsors small biz contest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/on-deck-launches-regional-hub--sponsors-small-biz-contest.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Governor Hickenlooper and Denver Mayor Hancock welcome tech-powered Main Street lender's expansion
On Deck, the technology-powered Main Street lender, announced on February 26, 2013 the opening of a new Western regional office in Denver, Colorado. The Denver office, which opened with 16 em...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FirstBank celebrates fifty years]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FirstBank Holding Company, the Lakewood-based holding company for the largest locally owned banking organization in Colorado, is kicking off its fiftieth anniversary celebration. Founded on Feb. 28, 1963 and on the principle of doing what is right for local communities, FirstBank is marking this mil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA selects United Launch Alliance for ICESat-2 mission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/NASA-selects-United-Launch-Alliance-ICESat-2-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to provide Delta II launch services for the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)-2 mission, currently scheduled for July 2016.A firm fixed-price la...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's economic benefit to Colorado totals $814.8 million]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-economic-benefit-to-colorado-totals--814-8-million.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Energy laboratory is one of Jefferson County's largest employers
The net economic benefit of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to Colorado's economy was $814.8 million in fiscal year 2012, according to a study by the University of Colorado's Leeds School of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT unveils new online tool to help attract, retain jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/oedit-unveils-new-online-tool-to-help-attract--retain-jobs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) launched on February 20, 2013 Colorado InSite, an innovative mapping system that allows businesses looking to relocate or expand in Colorado to find available properties, and maps over 600,000 businesses in the state.
"Thou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock launched on February 20, 2013 JumpStart 2013, a new short- and long-term economic development plan for Denver. Building on strategies from last year, the plan introduces new tactics to further spur job creation, business development and the building of sustainable communitie...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Strong results for state's concurrent enrollment programs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia released on February 20, 2013 the Colorado Department of Higher Education's and Colorado Department of Education's 2011-2012 Annual Report on Concurrent Enrollment. &nbsp;Concurrent enrollment programs include all programs where students are simultaneously enrolled in high school...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Job creation soars through economic development fund]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Business attraction and retention efforts highlighted in Denver Office of Economic Development Annual Report
Denver's business recruitment and retention efforts saw a sharp boost in 2012, according to an annual report issued on February 19, 2013 by the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED). T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper announces grants to 44 CO airports]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper on Feb. 15, 2013, authorized the distribution of $20.6 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues through 44 grants to Colorado general aviation airports under the Aviation Discretionary Grant program. The program is administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation's...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed, Mines to celebrate National Engineers Week 2/19]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 area high school students will converge on the Colorado School of Mines campus Feb. 19 to experience "a day in the life of engineers" in celebration of a National Engineers Week event sponsored by Lockheed Martin. 
Students will engage in hands-on learning regarding engineering and resea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper released the following statement about President Barack Obama's State of the Union address as delivered on February 12, 2013: "There is no greater priority than getting people back to work and making America a magnet for jobs. That will happen only if Congress joins the Presid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto, Capital BlueCross collaborate for enhancements]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trizetto--capital-bluecross-collaborate-for-enhancements.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TriZetto Corporation announced on February 13, 2013 that its integrated software and services solution set has enhanced Capital BlueCross' already high-performing claims-processing unit.
Leveraging TriZetto's core, care and network management solutions and consulting services has helped Harrisburg,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA successfully launches 2nd NASA payload in 12 days]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-successfully-launches-2nd-nasa-payload-in-12-days.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched NASA's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) payload at 10:02 a.m. PST on February 11, 2013 from Space Launch Complex-3. This was the 2nd ULA launch of the year, the 36th Atlas V mission, and the 68th ULA launch in just over six ye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intrex Aerospace selects Adams County as new HQ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/intrex-aerospace-selects-adams-county-as-new-hq.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leading Aerospace and Defense Company Moving to Thornton, Energizing the City's Economic Development Efforts
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Adams County Economic Development (ACED), a non-profit corporation dedicated to expanding the economy of Adams County (www.AdamsCountyED.com), announced on February 11, 2013 that Int...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changes large and small underway on Colfax]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/changes-large-and-small-underway-on-colfax.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver businesses on East and West Colfax Avenue will be getting new coats of paint, windows and exterior lighting with grant support from The Fax Partnership and West Colfax Business Improvement District in 2013.The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) awarded both organizations approximatel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Joins SAP® PartnerEdge® as distributor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arrow-joins-sap--partneredge--as-distributor.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics Inc. announced on February 8, 2013 its new agreement with SAP America. Arrow is adding SAP products and solutions to its portfolio and is becoming one of the first distributors in the United States to join the SAP&reg; PartnerEdgeTM program for authorized resellers.
"Arrow is plea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado exports set record high]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-exports-set-record-high.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's exports of manufactured, agricultural and mineral products increased 11.3 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, growing from $7.3 billion to $8.1 billion.&nbsp; Colorado's rate of growth topped the 4.4 percent national average for merchandise export growth for the same period.
"Despite a cha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gold Rush 2.0: Denver's financial services industry booming]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Visa and Fidelity Investments are two of the most recent expansions to the Wall Street of the West
In the first three weeks of 2013, four major financial services companies announced significant expansions in Douglas County, south of Denver. Fidelity Investments, Visa, Northwestern Mutual, and Redw...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. could double energy productivity by 2030]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have long understood that using energy more efficiently can be just as beneficial as finding new ways to produce energy more efficiently.
On Feb. 7, NREL Director Dan Arvizu and a blue-ribbon panel of 2...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brookings convenes space leaders to grow opportunity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/brookings-convenes-space-leaders-to-grow-opportunity.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anchored by critical military installations, glistening clean rooms, and a dynamic GIS and earth-observation industry, Colorado possesses one of the most diversified, high-potential space economies in the nation, concludes a new study released by the Brookings Institution in Denver on Feb. 5, 2013. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trulia classifies Denver one of 5 "booming" housing markets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trulia-classifies-denver-one-of-5--booming--housing-markets.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rents Gains Cool Down Nationally as More Multi-Unit Buildings Are Completed
Trulia (NYSE: TRLA) today released the latest findings from the Trulia Price Monitor and the Trulia Rent Monitor, the earliest leading indicators available of trends in home prices and rents. Based on the for-sale homes and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 satellite set for 2014 launch ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-s-worldview-3-satellite-set-for-2014-launch-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI) ("DigitalGlobe") announced that its previously planned satellite construction program related to its third WorldView-class satellite remains on track.&nbsp;
DigitalGlobe can now confirm that it plans to complete WorldView-3 on its original schedule to be ready for lau...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder announces completion of solar array]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University&nbsp;of Colorado Boulder's (CU-Boulder) campus has a brand-new solar array, according to a press release. The 500 kilowatt (KW) system, which will deliver much-needed electricity to the sprawling college, was designed in a partnership with Panasonic Eco Solutions North America and Lig...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Celebrating 25 years of partnership, regionalism]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Economic Development Professionals recommit to Code of Ethics
The Metro Denver Economic Development Professionals celebrated the 25-year anniversary of partnership that has made Metro Denver a national and even global model for successful regional economic development at their January meeting.
"We...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advanced Industries Exports Accelerator Act announced]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The bipartisan Advanced Industries Exports Accelerator Act was introduced&nbsp;on February 2, 2013&nbsp;as House Bill 13-1193 in the Colorado House of Representatives. The legislation will create a comprehensive international export development program for Colorado's advanced industry businesses tha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$3 million grant may assist up to 10,000 students]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-3-million-grant-may-assist-up-to-10-000-students.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver Public Schools has received an Investing in Innovation (i3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education through a partnership with the lead grantee, Jobs for the Future, a non-profit organization in Boston. The $3 million grant will be used over five years to expand the early college model - ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe and GeoEye complete combination ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/DigitalGlobe-GeoEye-complete-combination .html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Creates a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis
On Janurary 31, DigitalGlobe, Inc. and GeoEye, Inc. announced the completion of their combination, creating a global leader in earth imagery and geospatial analysis. The combined company will trade on the NYSE stock exchange as Digita...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SNC, Lockheed Martin Space Sys. partner on Dream Chaser]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/snc--lockheed-martin-space-sys--partner-on-dream-chaser.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, of Littleton, Colo., is joining the SNC Dream Chaser&reg; team. Lockheed Martin will be an exclusive partner to SNC on NASA's Certification Products Contract (CPC), and has been competitivel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oniqua MRO Analytics announces Denver expansion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New hires, larger office space to accommodate customer growth, vertical market expansion and increasing demand for MRO optimization solutions in the region
Oniqua MRO Analytics, the leading provider of analytics-based MRO optimization solutions for asset-intensive organizations, today announced it ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Bank financing new homeless facility]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Bank has extended financing to Colorado Coalition for the Homeless for their new Stout Street Health Center &amp; Renaissance Stout Street Lofts, a mixed-use five-story development in downtown Denver. A groundbreaking celebration will take place at the site of the new development on January 30,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL seeks leaders for national Executive Energy Academy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-seeks-leaders-for-national-executive-energy-academy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are currently being accepted for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) 2013 Executive Energy Leadership Academy. NREL's Executive Energy Leadership Academy, also known as Energy Execs, is a leadership program for non-technical decision-makers thro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mines receives new safety technology from MineARC, Inc. ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mines-receives-new-safety-technology-from-minearc--inc--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new, permanent refuge chamber for Colorado School of Mines' Edgar Experimental Mine is the latest in mine safety rescue technology and training.
The MineARC Refuge Chamber is capable of sustaining as many as 20 people for 36 hours in relative comfort while waiting for rescue if access to the surf...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AlloSource donates tissue to innovative research ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/allosource-donates-tissue-to-innovative-research-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[AlloSource, one of the nation's largest non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of cellular bone allografts, announced the donation of research tissue on Jan. 29, 2013,&nbsp;to the Steadman Philippon Research Inst...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) submitted on January 25, 2013 an amended spending request to the Joint Budget Committee. The request details how excess funds from the December revenue forecast should be spent.The forecast originally indicated $142 million was available f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA announces Jan 30 "Bioscience Day at the Capitol"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-announces-jan-30--bioscience-day-at-the-capitol-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association's "Bioscience Day at the Capitol" will be held Jan. 30 and include three presentations related to Colorado's bioscience industry.
The event begins at 7:30 a.m. in the Capitol Building's Old Supreme Court Chambers, 200 E. Colfax Ave., with registration and breakfast....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL acquires fuel cell hybrid vehicles for new research]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-acquires-fuel-cell-hybrid-vehicles-for-new-research.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently received four fuel cell hybrid vehicles - advanced (FCHV-adv) on loan from Toyota through a two-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement. These vehicles will help NREL enhance its research related...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-breaks-all-time-passenger-traffic-record-in-2012.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[2012 TOTALS SET NEW RECORDS FOR BUSIEST DECEMBER AND BUSIEST HOLIDAY TRAVEL SEASON
Denver International Airport&rsquo;s (DIA) passenger traffic continued to grow in 2012, making it the busiest year in the airport&rsquo;s history. A total of 4,308,760 passengers traveled through DIA in December 2012...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace completes $75M manufacturing expansion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. opened the door&nbsp;on January 25, 2013&nbsp;on a new era of space programs by celebrating the completion of an advanced satellite manufacturing center that more than doubles current spacecraft production capability. The 90,000-square-foot expansion is design...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panasonic completes solar project at CU Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/panasonic-completes-solar-project-at-cu-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Panasonic Eco Solutions North America announces that it has completed a 500 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation installation at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU-Boulder). The system was developed and built by Panasonic with local support from Lighthouse Solar. Financing was provided by...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor Hancock unveils $5.4 billion economic blueprint ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mayor-hancock-unveils--5-4-billion-economic-blueprint-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock&nbsp;on January 25, 2013&nbsp;released "Smart Jobs: Development," a new strategic blueprint for three focus areas that will create more than 100,000 jobs, generate $5.4 billion of economic benefit, and transform the city and the region for decades to come.
"Great cities req...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Annual&nbsp;industry analysis details nine-county Metro Denver/Northern Colorado region's ongoing competitiveness among country's 50 largest metros in creating new jobs
The nine-county Metro Denver and Northern Colorado region made considerable progress in expanding its industry base in 2012, accor...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's RSF influences new high performance buildings]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Research Support Facility (RSF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has hosted thousands of visitors since it opened as one of the world's largest high performance office buildings. Generating buzz about the energy savings possible in commercial b...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lipinsky elected president, Faculty of Federal Advocates]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[McKenna Long and Aldridge attorney Lino Lipinsky has been elected 2013 president of the Faculty of Federal Advocates (FFA), an organization of more than 600 attorneys dedicated to improving the quality of legal practice in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.Lipinsky, a par...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bregal Sagemount invests in Recondo Technology]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Recondo Technology announced on January 24, 2013 that the company has received a $20 million growth investment from Bregal Sagemount. The investment will enable Recondo&reg; to accelerate its already impressive organic growth rate, enhance its customer support teams, and complete strategic acquisiti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Students to compete in 23rd Colorado Science Bowl]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Forty-two teams of Colorado high school students will answer on-the-spot science and math questions at the 23rd Colorado Science Bowl on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Dakota Ridge High School.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) began the science bowl tradition in 1991 as a way to encourage high school stu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hitachi, Tendril partner to deliver smart energy applications ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Companies will present combined solutions at DistribuTECH 2013 in San Diego
Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (Hitachi CTA) and Tendril&reg; announced on January 22, 2013 that the companies are partnering to deliver a wide range of smart energy applications to consumers via an array ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD plan could accelerate north metro rail line]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Regional Transportation District (RTD) General Manager Phil Washington announced&nbsp;that RTD has identified another item for the FasTracks Internal Savings Account that may allow it to take advantage of favorable debt interest savings. Refinancing a portion of its debt could offer RTD an opportuni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Aurora honored by green energy trade group]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association (COSEIA), a trade group based in the Centennial State, recently awarded the town of Aurora, Colorado, with its "Solar Friendly Communities" designation. This honor, bestowed during a press conference early this month, celebrates the actions taken by l...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M Hill a top company to work for]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has been named to the 2013 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For &reg; list. This is the sixth time CH2M HILL has earned a place on the coveted list. The full list will be published in the magazine's January 21 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin awarded $100 million for GPS station]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sustaining System That Delivers Global Positioning Data Worldwide
Continuing a legacy of more than 30 years supporting the Global Positioning System, Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to sustain the ground control segment for the GPS satellite constellation. The U.S. Air Force Space Comma...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State energy collaboratory expands research focus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To reflect its broader focus, the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, a research consortium including the University of Colorado Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory has adopted a new name: the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charles Schwab invests $230 million for new campus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on January 16, 2013 Charles Schwab's renewed commitment to Colorado, with a $230 million investment in real estate in Lone Tree.Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) has approximately 2,000 employees in the Denver area and will relocate its workforce, currently in three rented office ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Emerging trend: corporations & mixed-use communities]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Charles Schwab and ExxonMobil among companies attracted to walkable environments outside of downtowns
An emerging trend of large corporations embedding within mixed-use master planned communities could be on the rise. For Coventry Development Corporation-the developers behind the 3,500-acre RidgeGa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fidelity to establish new regional site in Metro Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fidelity-to-establish-new-regional-site-in-metro-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fidelity Investments announced on Jan. 14, 2013,&nbsp;plans to establish a new regional U.S. site in Denver with the opening of a customer contact center that will have the capacity to employ as many as 500 people. Fidelity, one of the world's largest providers of financial services, is headquartere...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper welcomes Redwood Trust to Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-welcomes-redwood-trust-to-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper&nbsp; joined Brett Nicholas, President of Redwood Trust, on Jan.&nbsp;11, 2012,&nbsp;to announce the expansion of Redwood Trust's new financial services operations center in Douglas County. The expansion will add 550 jobs over the next five years."Redwood Trust is a significan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper delivers State of the State address ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-delivers-state-of-the-state-address-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper today delivered his third State of the State address. The governor's remarks focused on jobs and the economy, education reform, health care, energy and a variety of other topics. Here is the text of the speech as prepared:Thank you Mr. President. It's good to see so many frien...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA has busiest November ever]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport's (DIA) passenger traffic in November 2012 was another record-breaking month with 4,179,802 passengers, a 2.2 percent increase over the airport's travelers in November 2011. DIA's year-to-date traffic figures show a slight increase of 0.6 percent over last year with 48,8...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Altitude Digital secures $5 million of funding ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mercato Partners Invests Growth Capital to Accelerate Sales
Altitude Digital, an online display and video advertising company, has secured $5 million of growth capital from Mercato Partners alongside a new credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. This capital will be used for key marketing initiat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. ambassador Roos touts benefits of DEN-Tokyo flight]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The soon-to-launch direct flight from Denver to Tokyo holds not just short-term economic opportunities for the area, but also the chance to make connections through tourism and student exchanges that build long-term growth, the U.S. ambassador to Japan said while in Colorado on Tuesday.
John Roos s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. announces Visa Global Tech Center expansion in CO]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on Jan.&nbsp;8, 2013,&nbsp;that Visa will expand its existing Global Technology Center in Douglas County. This expansion will increase Visa's technology presence and create hundreds of new jobs in the area over the next five years."We are excited that Visa has ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[19th Annual Boots 'N Business Luncheon debuts Jan 11]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WHAT:&nbsp;The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the National Western Stock Show team up for the 19th annual Boots 'N Business Luncheon, presented by U.S. Bank. Entertainment for the event is sponsored by Hensel Phelps Construction Co. This storied tradition highlights the Stock Show's importance...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA launches Institute for education and workforce]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is officially launching the Colorado BioScience Institute (The Institute) today. The announcement is made by April Giles, CBSA President &amp; CEO, who says, "The Institute is a 501(c)3 non-profit that our Association is establishing to provide educational and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advanced Industries Accelerator Act announced]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Speaker-elect Mark Ferrandino, Senate President-elect John Morse, and members of the General Assembly today to announce the bipartisan House Bill 13-1001 "The Advanced Industries Accelerator Act." The economic development legislation will create new highly-skilled jobs,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[McWhinney announces medical anchor in Broomfield]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Health to plan 66-acre medical campus at North Park&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) recently purchased 66 acres from McWhinney at its developing North Park mixed-use community in Broomfield, Colo. UCHealth is planning a medical campus that w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber will host a business policy briefing at the Colorado State Capitol on Tuesday, January 8 to inform members of the General Assembly and others about issues of importance to the business community.
The briefing - to be hosted from 9-11 a.m. in the Old Supreme Court Chambers -...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO to save more than $280 million as Medicaid expands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/co-to-save-more-than--280-million-as-medicaid-expands.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced plans today to save more than $280 million in Medicaid spending over 10 years, permitting the prudent expansion of coverage in Colorado. Projections show the savings, existing provider fee structure and other health-related revenues will more than cover the cost of t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten major economic development accomplishments in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ten-major-economic-development-accomplishments-in-2012.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Metro Denver had a landmark year in 2012 for major economic development news and accomplishments. From the announcement of a long-awaited nonstop flight to Tokyo to several big-league company&nbsp;relocations and expansions&nbsp;and the location of a satellite office of the U.S. Trademark and Patent...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woodward acquires Hydraulic Thrust Reverser Actuation Systems business from General Electric]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Woodward-acquires-Hydraulic-Thrust-Reverser-Actuation-Systems-business-General-Electric.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Woodward, Inc. announced that on December 27, 2012, it signed a purchase agreement with GE Aviation Systems to acquire the assets of its hydraulic thrust reverser actuation systems business located in Duarte, California (the "Duarte Business") for $200 million in cash, and the parties have entered i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Commuter survey reveals habits of downtown workers ]]></title>
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The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) released the 2012 Commuter Survey.&nbsp; 2012 survey results showed that transit and driving alone are the two most commonly used modes among Downtown Denver commuters. When asked how they commuted to work on the day of the survey, 45% reported using...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado business confidence remains positive, says CU ]]></title>
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Colorado business leaders' optimism is modest going into the first quarter of 2013 with uncertainty surrounding the country's political and economic environments, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulder's...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita Clinical Research celebrates milestone year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[2012 Brought New Jobs, Innovative Clinical Research Programs and More 
DaVita Clinical Research&reg; (DCR&reg;), a provider of clinical research services focused on kidney research as well as a multitude of specialty therapeutic populations, released a recap of its milestone year in 2012.
"DaVita ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas commends President & Congress on PTC extension]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-commends-president---congress-on-ptc-extension.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas is pleased that the White House and Congress have agreed to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for 2013. The PTC has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support, and Vestas commends the President and Congress for confirming their commitment to a balanced, clean-energy portfolio.
Vestas beli...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs proclamations for Amend. S, 65]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed on January 1, 2013 an Executive Order that makes an "official declaration of the vote" related to Amendment S and Amendment 65. The declaration formalizes the amendments as part of the state Constitution. Amendment S updates the state's personnel system for the first ti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's award-winning PV cell pushes efficiency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-award-winning-pv-cell-pushes-efficiency.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It takes outside-the-box thinking to outsmart the solar spectrum and set a world record for solar cell efficiency. The solar spectrum has boundaries and immutable rules. No matter how much solar cell manufacturers want to bend those rules, they can't.
So how can we make a solar cell that has a high...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CEO Tom Clark named Business Person of Year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's biggest economic development deals of the year carry a common, if not glaringly noticeable, element. They benefited from the Tom Clark touch. In recognition of his impact on business growth, Clark has been named The Denver Post's 2012 Business Person of the Year.
The major wins - a new U...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[State revenue forecast improves by $159.6 million]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) announced today state general fund revenue is projected to be $159.6 million higher in the current fiscal year than was forecast in September.Under current law, the excess funds in the new revenue forecast will carry over into next year's ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[USA Pro Challenge heads to eight Colorado cities]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Third annual edition of race starts in Aspen and expects over 1 million fans to line the route.
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The nation's most challenging cycling race will call eight Colorado cities home in 2013 when it starts in Aspen on August 19 and ends in Denver on August 25, 2013. The USA Pro Challenge announced...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NoCo manufacturing facility completed, creating 300 jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/noco-manufacturing-facility-completed--creating-300-jobs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[McWhinney delivers 165,000 square-foot facility in nine months
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Loveland-based real estate development firm McWhinney completed the development and construction of a 165,000-square-foot oil and gas pipe manufacturing facility for National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in their Iron Horse Business Park...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics acquires Waching unit]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Increases Exposure to Fast-Growing Wireless and Infrastructure Market in China
Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced today that the company has signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Arrow will acquire all of the assets and operations of the wireless and infrastructure business unit of Waching...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OtterBox honored as top U.S. job creator by Inc. magazine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/otterbox-honored-as-top-u-s--job-creator-by-inc--magazine.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[OtterBox&reg;, the global leader in mobile technology protection, was recognized as one of the top job creators in the United States by Inc. magazine.
Based in Fort Collins, Colo., OtterBox was honored in the national ranking of Inc.'s Hire Power Awards. In its inaugural year, this award recognizes...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Swedish Med. Center a leader in Acid Reflux/GERD treatment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/swedish-med--center-a-leader-in-acid-reflux-gerd-treatment.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Rocky Mountain-region patients living with Acid Reflux disease, also known as GERD, have welcome relief - literally and figuratively - at the hands of Swedish Medical Center's (Live Link to http://www.swedishhospital.com/) Reginald Bell, M.D. Bell is the only physician in the region performing...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CEC releases annual Resource Rich Colorado report]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an industry affiliate of the Metro Denver&nbsp;Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), today released its annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the oil, natural gas, coal, renewable energy, and sustainability sectors of the energy...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Public input sought for Denver's five-year consolidated plan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[30-day public review period begins for housing and community development plan
The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) presented its draft of the 2013-2017 Consolidated Plan for public review. The public review period ends on January 11, 2013.
A public meeting will be held to discuss the pl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL cements tunneling expertise with six awards]]></title>
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Denver-headquartered CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has received six global tunneling awards at the 2012 New Civil Engineer Tunneling Awards in Toronto. These recognitions build on the tunneling team's success at the 2011 awards in Hong Kong...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ambassador, panelists at Japan America Society of CO]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
Please join the Japan America Society of Colorado
as we explore
WHY JAPAN MATTERS IN 2013
FOR COLORADO &amp; THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
11:30 am (prompt start) Until 1:30 pm
Brown Palace Hotel
321 17th Street, Denver
Grand Ballroom
Luncheon Presentation
Feat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cerapedics secures $19M Series C financing ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cerapedics-secures--19m-series-c-financing-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cerapedics, Inc., based in Westminster,&nbsp;announced that it recently completed a Series C round of private equity financing totaling $19 million led by new investors MedImmune Ventures and CVF, LLC, an affiliate of Henry Crown and Company. Existing investors including OrbiMed Advisors and NGN Cap...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe announces location intelligence partnership]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-announces-location-intelligence-partnership.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New MapBox SatelliteTM, Featuring DigitalGlobe Imagery, Empowers Businesses and Consumers to Create and Publish Professional-Grade Maps via the Web
DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, announced on Dec. 11, 2012,&nbsp;that MapBox, a provider of open so...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sharklet Technologies closes $2M in Series B financing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sharklet-technologies-closes--2m-in-series-b-financing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sharklet Technologies announced on Dec. 11, 2012, that it has attracted additional capital from Altria Ventures for accelerated growth and development of SharkletTM, the world's first bacteria-inhibiting micro-texture surface technology. Altria Ventures, the venture capital investment arm of Altria ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA successfully launches third X-37B for the Air Force]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-successfully-launches-third-x-37b-for-the-air-force.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[First Spacecraft to Launch on an Atlas, Return to Earth and Launch Again
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket successfully launched the third Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-3) for the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) at&nbsp;1:03 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-41. The OTV...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Space Systems gets $10M NASA contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Sierra-Nevada-Space-Systems-gets-$10M-NASA-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA Awards Contracts in Next Step Toward Safely Launching American Astronauts From U.S. Soil
NASA announced on&nbsp;Dec. 10, 2012,&nbsp;the next step in its plan to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil, selecting three companies to conduct activities under contracts that will enable future ce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volaris launches service from Denver International Airport]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Volaris-launches-service-Denver-International-Airport.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport welcomed Mayor Michael B. Hancock&rsquo;s delegation as they arrived on Volaris&rsquo; inaugural inbound flight from Mexico City this afternoon. The inaugural flight marks the start of Volaris&rsquo; nonstop service from DEN to Benito Ju&aacute;rez International Airport ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA awards the industry's best of 2012]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association honors the outstanding bioscience companies and individuals in the state during its Annual Awards Dinner at the Hyatt Convention Center, Denver
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) unveiled winners of its 2012 industry awards during ceremonies this evening ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor's Housing Task Force submits recommendations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Committees formed to explore feasibility and help create comprehensive housing strategy
The Mayor's Housing Task Force has submitted a series of recommendations designed to assist with the development of a new, comprehensive housing strategy for the City and County of Denver.
"I commend the task f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Race to the Top - $29.9 million announced]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced today the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Colorado a $29.9 million grant from the Race to the Top: Early Learning Challenge.Colorado will receive the $29.9 million in federal funding ov...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente to bring 500 new IT jobs to CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/kaiser-permanente-to-bring-500-new-it-jobs-to-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente announced&nbsp;on&nbsp;Dec. 6, 2012,&nbsp;that Colorado will get a healthy boost to its economy next year as the health care provider opens an information technology (IT) campus in Greenwood Village in January 2013. Kaiser Permanente has begun recruiting and hiring staff for this c...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Census report details demographics for Metro Denver ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau released estimates from the American Community Survey on Dec. 6, 2012, the most detailed portrait of America's towns and neighborhoods -- even for the smallest communities within a metro area -- for the combined years from 2007 to 2011. The American Community Survey permits co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU celebrates entrepreneurs chosen for accelerator ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-celebrates-entrepreneurs-chosen-for-accelerator-.html</link>
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Colorado State University's Institute for Entrepreneurship is celebrating 12 outstanding CSU entrepreneurs and their teams that have been accepted into the recently launched New Economy Venture Accelerator program for 2013.
An event to recognize and congratulate the entrepreneurs will be held fro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe secures contract with US Air Force]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-secures-contract-with-us-air-force.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe, &nbsp;a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced it will provide upgrades to multiple U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision mobile ground stations. This new capability will enable the delivery of the highest-quality imagery directly to warfighters and f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita named among five most likeable companies 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-named-among-five-most-likeable-companies-2012.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita recognized as "a community first and a company second"
DaVita&reg;, a division of DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. and a leading provider of kidney care services, was recognized this week as one of the top five most likeable companies in the U.S. by New York Times bestselling author Dave Ker...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA posts small traffic increase in September over 2011]]></title>
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Denver International Airport's passenger count grew 0.8 percent in September from the same month in 2011, the fourth straight month with a year-over-year traffic increase, officials said Monday.
September's passenger count was 4,379,049, up from 4,344,205 in September 2011.
Year-to-date tallies ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU team gets $9.2M grant to engineer E. coli into biofuels ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-team-gets--9-2m-grant-to-engineer-e--coli-into-biofuels-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has been awarded $9.2 million over five years from the U.S. Department of Energy to research modifying E. coli to produce biofuels such as gasoline.
"This is a fantastic opportunity to take what we have worked on for the past decade to the next level...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/positive--broad-based-job-growth-for-co-in-2013--says-cu.html</link>
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Colorado will continue on the road to recovery and add a variety of jobs in 2013 across almost all business sectors following a positive year in 2012, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Wobbekind's announcement is part of the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raytheon gets $7.2M contract for GPS work in CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/raytheon-gets--7-2m-contract-for-gps-work-in-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Defense Department has awarded a $7.2 million contract to Raytheon Co. in Aurora for work on the Global Positioning System.
The contract was announced Tuesday.
The Defense Department says the contract is for work on the Next Generation Operational Control System for GPS.
The work will be done...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Datalogix awarded "Colorado First" Grant for workforce training]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/datalogix-awarded--colorado-first--grant-for-workforce-training.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Company scores second job creation grant in five months
Datalogix, the leader at connecting digital media and offline purchasing data, announced today that it has been awarded a "Colorado First" Grant by the State. The Grant is earmarked for Colorado companies growing rapidly and investing heavily ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VetDC, Inc. raises $1.5M for canine lymphoma treatment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vetdc--inc--raises--1-5m-for-canine-lymphoma-treatment.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[VetDC, Inc., announced the completion of a $1.5 million private financing. The funds will be used to advance VDC-1101 towards veterinary approval in canine lymphoma. VDC-1101 is a novel targeted agent that has demonstrated substantial antitumor activity in pet dogs with lymphoma, and is anticipated ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeppesen-designed procedures bring efficiencies to DIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Jeppesen-designed-procedures-bring-efficiencies-to-DIA.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RNAV RNP arrivals designed by Jeppesen in concert with Denver International Airport, FAA and other stakeholders to improve flow of arrival traffic, reduce pilot and controller workload and lessen environmental aircraft environmental impactJeppesen, a unit of Boeing Flight Services, has collaborated ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pedal the Plains TV special to premiere 11/28 on Altitude]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/pedal-the-plains-tv-special-to-premiere-11-28-on-altitude.html</link>
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The Pedal the Plains television special will premier tonight on Altitude Sports Entertainment. The one-hour program is produced by High Noon Entertainment, with help from the Colorado Film School, and highlights the history and culture of Colorado's eastern plains while showcasing the people who t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver recognized as first Solar Friendly Community]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The City and County of Denver is the first municipality to be recognized as a Solar Friendly Community under an innovative new program designed to help bring down the costs of solar energy.
Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock accepted the award at a ceremony November 27 at the City and County Building....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leadership Foundation announces Pittsburgh for 2013 LEX]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/leadership-foundation-announces-pittsburgh-for-2013-lex.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation announces that Pittsburgh has been selected as the destination for the 2013 Leadership Exchange program.&nbsp; In October 2013, 150 of the region's business and civic leaders will convene in Pittsburgh to explore its best practices in cross-sector colla...]]></description>
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Front Range Airport is ready to launch its bid for spaceport licensing with full funding commitments from strategic partners.
"The Colorado Department of Transportation's Division of Aeronautics approved a grant request for $275,000, which is the last commitment needed to match a $200,000 grant r...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has released the finalists for the 'Company of the Year' award at its Annual Awards Dinner Celebration -- Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver. The announcement is made by April Giles, CBSA President and CEO, who says fi...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[GE Lighting acquiring Boulder-based Albeo Technologies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ge-lighting-acquiring-boulder-based-albeo-technologies.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[GE Lighting-inventor of many of the major lighting technologies at work today, including the first visible LED 50 years ago--has signed an agreement to acquire Boulder, Colorado-based Albeo Technologies Inc., a privately held LED fixture manufacturer established in 2004.
"The addition of Albeo Tech...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper, OEDIT release Blueprint Annual Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper--oedit-release-blueprint-annual-report.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade today released the Colorado Blueprint 2012 Annual Report. The Colorado Blueprint is the state's work plan to improve the state's economy by helping businesses grow and attracting new jobs to the state.
"T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IBC acquires former Avaya R&D facility in Westminster]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ibc-acquires-former-avaya-r-d-facility-in-westminster.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Will renovate portion of 1.2 million-square-foot building on 105 acres
IBC Holdings, LLC, has purchased a 1.2 million square-foot building on 105 acres in Westminster, Colo. that was an Avaya (formerly Lucent Technologies) research and development facility originally built by Western Electric in 19...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DDP economic report shows center city on upswing]]></title>
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The Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) released the second Quarterly Economic Update for 2012 today.&nbsp; The Partnership publishes economic updates every quarter to provide timely economic data about Downtown Denver to various stakeholders. Stakeholders use these reports in a variety of ways incl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's research facility garners 2nd LEED® Platinum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-research-facility-garners-2nd-leed--platinum.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Research Support Facility (RSF) on the campus of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. has earned its second LEED&reg; Platinum designation for new construction from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization de...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver selects partners for development projects]]></title>
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The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) has issued award letters to 34 organizations slated to receive federal grant funding in 2013. Funds will be made available through the City's allocation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to support housing, neighborhoo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Econ Outlook Forum 12/3 by CU Leeds School of Business]]></title>
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The University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business will present its 48th annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum on Monday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. at the Denver Marriott City Center.
The event at 1701 California St. is free and open to the public but reservations are required for thos...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO announces expanded work to increase graduation rates  ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Efforts supported by grant from Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation
Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced on Nov. 19, 2012&nbsp;plans to expand Colorado's efforts to help to increase high school graduation rates and better prepare students for success in college and careers. This...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$20 million CU instrument package set for Mars spacecraft ]]></title>
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A $20 million remote sensing instrument package built by the University of Colorado Boulder, which is leading a 2013 NASA mission to understand how Mars might have lost its atmosphere, has been delivered to Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colo., for spacecraft integration.
The remote sensing packag...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace wins NASA S-Band Phased Array Demonstration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-wins-nasa-s-band-phased-array-demonstration.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has been selected to develop its S-Band phased array antenna for the next-generation U.S. Space Launch System (SLS) under a NASA Research Announcement.
The Ball Reliable Advanced Integrated Network (BRAIN) will deliver a single-solution prototype antenna that...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DMCC seeks Director, Colorado Competitive Council]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2012
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Job Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director, Colorado Competitive Council (C3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Date:&nbsp; November 11, 2012
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Department:&nbsp; Public Affairs and Com...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MapQuest launches "Discover" travel experience tool]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. announces MapQuest Discover, one of several upcoming tools focused on the complete travel experience: discovering, planning, exploring and documenting the places where the map meets life. MapQuest Discover is part of the ongoing evolution of MapQuest's...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two CH2M HILL projects recognized by DBIA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, announces that two of the firm's design-build projects have been recognized by the Design-Build Institute of America&nbsp;(DBIA). The Spokane County Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Washington has wo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA travelers to receive free global calling service]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[denverpost.com
Travelers at Denver International Airport now have the ability to make domestic and international phone calls free of charge. The free, ad-supported calling service, called RMT Free Phone, is accessible at more than 200 landline phones located throughout Jeppesen Terminal and all thr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeppesen announces three-year partnership with BP shipping]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Jeppesen-announces-three-year-partnership-with-BP-shipping.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeppesen Optimization Solutions will be used aboard LNG, product and crude oil vessels to increase efficiency, reduce risks and save fuel costsJeppesen has finalized a contract to provide its advanced optimization solutions to BP Shipping, one of the world&rsquo;s largest operators of oil and liquid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New at CU: computer science for non-engineers]]></title>
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Students enrolled in the University of Colorado Boulder's College of Arts and Sciences will soon be able to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in computer science, following a November 14, 2012 vote of the University of Colorado Board of Regents.
At present, CU-Boulder students seeking a degree in co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU launches Africa entrepreneurship program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-launches-africa-entrepreneurship-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Billions of people across the globe lack access to affordable products to improve their health, incomes and standard of living. Colorado State University's College of Business will begin educating entrepreneurs to develop market-based solutions for these challenges.
CSU's Sustainable Enterprise MBA...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-NOAA study shows summer climate change]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Analysis of 90 years of observational data has revealed that summer climates in regions across the globe are changing -- mostly, but not always, warming --according to a new study led by a scientist from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences headquartered at the University...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL Growth Forum offers networking nirvana ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-growth-forum-offers-networking-nirvana-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A greener detergent, a better solar-cell coating, an off-the-grid freezer - cleantech entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to money-men and -women in 10-minute bursts at the 2012 Industry Growth Forum last month in Denver.
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA "Rising Star" Finalists, Annual Awards Celebration]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa--rising-star--finalists--annual-awards-celebration.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Finalists for the CBSA's 2012 'Rising Star of the Year' company award are InDevR, Inc., Boulder; Mosaic Biosciences, Aurora &amp; Boulder; Sophono, Inc., Boulder; and Surefire Medical, Inc., Westminster.
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Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has released the finalists for the 'Rising Star ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper will join the TBD Colorado Advisory Group on Wednesday, Nov. 14, to hear the TBD Colorado Board of Directors' policy recommendations developed as a result of community conversations held across the state this year.
WHEN:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 9 to 1...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-B #1 in CO for sending, receiving intl students]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-b--1-in-co-for-sending--receiving-intl-students.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder enrolled more international students during the 2011-12 academic year and sent more students abroad during the 2010-11 academic year than any other higher education institution in Colorado.
The data, released today by the Institute of International Education in it...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[iLumen locates sales and marketing office in Denver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Financial Business Intelligence Innovator Poised for Growth in Core Market Segments: Banking, Accounting and Franchising
&nbsp;iLumen, a leader in customized business intelligence solutions, announced on Nov. 11, 2012, the appointment of Rob Ganjon as chief executive officer and David Kallery as ch...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[April Giles named President & CEO of the CBSA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/april-giles-named-president---ceo-of-the-cbsa.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[April Giles, Executive Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) for the past two and a half years, has been named President &amp; CEO following an extensive national executive search conducted by an ad hoc committee of the CBSA Board of Directors. The announcement is made by Stev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace celebrates Suomi NPP anniversary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-celebrates-suomi-npp-anniversary.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite built for NASA, marked one year on orbit, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.
Suomi NPP is the bridge to the next-generation U.S. civil polar-orbiting Earth-observation satellite system. It provides continuity ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[C3 announces 2012-2013 leadership ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/c3-announces-2012-2013-leadership-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Competitive Council (C3) announces Jason Dunn, an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP (Brownstein), will continue to serve as chairman of the statewide business advocacy organization for 2012-2013. This is Dunn's second term as chairman of the organization. Don Childears, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL receives numerous accolades from industry and DOE]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-receives-numerous-accolades-from-industry-and-doe.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its employees have garnered awards and recognition from industry groups for advancing energy research as well as furthering the lab's sustainable operating practices.
Bryan Pivovar Named Charles W. Tobias Young ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver International Airport sees record-breaking month]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Denver-International-Airport-sees-record-breaking-month.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Traffic figures increase slightly from 2011Passenger traffic at Denver International Airport (DIA) surpassed the five million mark for the second consecutive August, marking a new record for the 17-year-old facility. August 2012 was the busiest August on record with a total of 5,083,518 travelers pa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CenturyLink extends services into CoreSite Data Centers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/centurylink-extends-services-into-coresite-data-centers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CoreSite Realty Corporation (NYSE: COR), a national provider of powerful, network-rich data centers, announced on Nov. 15, 2012, that CenturyLink is extending its full suite of voice and IP services into five additional CoreSite data centers, offering ubiquitous coverage in all 14 CoreSite data cent...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Antero Resources to sell Piceance Basin assets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/antero-resources-to-sell-piceance-basin-assets.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Antero Resources announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell all of its natural gas and pipeline assets in the Piceance Basin to a private company for $325 million in cash plus the assumption of all of Antero's Rocky Mountain firm transportation obligations. The transaction is expected t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NSF awards CSU grant for storm computer modeling]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nsf-awards-csu-grant-for-storm-computer-modeling.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After years of devastating storms along the U.S. coast, the National Science Foundation has awarded a team of researchers a three-year, $550,000 grant to develop more predictive computer models of the ocean, including the impact of storm surge during a hurricane.
The award is shared by a team of in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Etkin Johnson constructs 74-acre mixed use project ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/etkin-johnson-constructs-74-acre-mixed-use-project-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Etkin Johnson Group announced on Nov. 5, 2012, the official launch of construction of Broomfield Business Center, located off Via Varra and the Northwest Parkway in Broomfield, CO. The initial components of the 74-acre mixed-use development include construction of the 374-unit Retreat At The Flatiro...]]></description>
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The Global Cities Initiative&nbsp;on Nov. 2, 2012,&nbsp;announced its 2013 schedule of forums, bringing business, civic and government leaders together to explore how their metropolita...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered the FY 2013-14 proposed budget to the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) that makes targeted increases and restores funding in many critical areas. The proposed budget includes new and continuing resources for: protecting the last and the least in Colorado, restoring and e...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita and HealthCare Partners finalize merger]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Combined commitment to clinical excellence, patient quality of life, physician leadership
DaVita Inc. (DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced the closing of its previously a...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder startup receives Gates Foundation grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-startup-receives-gates-foundation-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new startup company that sprang from the University of Colorado Boulder this year is a Grand Challenges Exploration winner, an initiative funded by the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.
Psychology and neurosciences department Associate Professor Don Cooper, co-founder and chief science officer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBCA 2012 Study reveals arts & culture generated $1.76B impact]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbca-2012-study-reveals-arts---culture-generated--1-76b-impact.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver metro area arts, cultural and scientific organizations rebounded from the economic crisis in 2011, generating $1.76 billion in Total Economic Activity and $527 million in Economic Impact, according to the 2012 Economic Activity Study of Metro Denver conducted by the Colorado Business Committe...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado housing market continuing to improve]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From denverpost.comThe number of single family homes, condominiums and town homes sold during the third quarter of 2012, taken together, increased compared to the same quarter in 2011, and median home prices statewide rose, according to the latest information included in the Colorado Association of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CEO Magazine ranks CTU's online MBA global Top 10]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The online MBA program from Colorado Technical University (CTU), a leading provider of education for motivated students, is ranked among the top 10 online Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in the world, according to CEO Magazine, a publication of the International Graduate Forum.

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      <title><![CDATA[Xcel joins NextEra for ribbon-cutting at Limon wind farms]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ranchers, federal, state and local officials, along with energy industry leaders, gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony for NextEra Energy Resources' Limon I and II Wind Energy Centers.
NextEra Energy Resources, the nation's largest generator of wind power, hosted the event and was joined by Xce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Veronica Vaida, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry and a fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences this month.
She was elected to the academy in recognition of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL Growth Forum brings together energy innovators ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-growth-forum-brings-together-energy-innovators-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 25th Industry Growth Forum this week attracted nearly 400 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and policymakers to Denver.
The two-day forum highlighted clean energy industry technology and business developments.&nbsp;In ad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Applt Ventures top small business plan in Denver ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/applt-ventures-top-small-business-plan-in-denver-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[AppIt Ventures was named the grand prize winner of the Denver Office of Economic Development's JumpStart Biz Plan Awards at a judging event earlier today. The honored business receives a $50,000 cash award, free office space for a year, and mentoring resources to assist the firm with its future grow...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU discovery could speed up drug discovery]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What happens when you make two things that weren't meant to be together fall in love?
You publish a paper in Science, one of the world's leading scientific journals, especially when the discovery could revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry.
Colorado State University Chemistry Professor Tomisla...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S DOE awards $1M to CSU Engines Laboratory ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s-doe-awards--1m-to-csu-engines-laboratory-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Colorado State University's Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory - one of the most advanced cookstove laboratories in the nation - a $1 million grant to build a more efficient biomass cookstove that could further reduce indoor air pollution around the gl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC releases annual competitiveness report]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Toward a More Competitive Colorado report: state moves past 'boom and bust' economy, dominates competitor states for innovation
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) released its eighth edition of Toward a More Competitive Colorado (TMCC) on Oct. 24, 2012, an annual b...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU researchers uncover new target for cancer research]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-researchers-uncover-new-target-for-cancer-research.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a new paper released today in Nature, BioFrontiers Institute scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder, Tom Cech and Leslie Leinwand, detailed a new target for anti-cancer drug development that is sitting at the ends of our DNA.
Researchers in the two scientists' laboratories collaborated...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OED celebrates StartUp Week names high-growth firms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/oed-celebrates-startup-week-names-high-growth-firms.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In celebration of Denver StartUp Week, the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) today recognizes five high-growth companies as "Denver Gazelles." Each firm has been named for its success and growth potential. The companies are comCables, Ibotta, Inspirato, Ping Identity and TrackVia.
"We com...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CCIA annouces 2012 leadership award winners]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA) presented awards to fourteen recipients last night at their annual Colorado Cleantech Industry Awards Celebration.
"We are proud to recognize this year's winners for their significant efforts in expanding the cleantech ecosystem in Colorado," said ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver No. 6 in U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-no--6-in-u-s--metro-clean-tech-index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Building on the success of the State Clean Energy Index which tracks clean-energy activities at the state level, Clean Edge is introducing the U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index. This new subscription-based benchmarking service, geared toward city and metro level stakeholders, tracks the clean-tech activit...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS to serve as charter member of Campbell Institute]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ihs-to-serve-as-charter-member-of-campbell-institute.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IHS, the leading source of information and analytics, today announced that it is now a charter member of the Campbell Institute. The newly established Campbell Institute is the center of excellence for environmental, health and safety (EHS) at the National Safety Council, bringing together leaders o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Niobrara Energy Park announces findings for data center project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/niobrara-energy-park-announces-findings-for-data-center-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recent CH2M HILL research shows promising international data center performance metrics for the Niobrara Energy Park, a strategically located project in northern Colorado, that will combine clean fossil fuels, alternative energy, Microgrid, energy storage and cloud computing data centers. A 2-page s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT annouces business plan competition finalists]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) today announced the top ten finalists of its first ever JumpStart Biz Plan Awards. Launched earlier this summer, the program recognizes the top ten start-up and early-stage business finalists with tools to help their businesses thrive in Denver.&nbsp;...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean Edge's inaguaral U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/clean-edge-s-inaguaral-u-s--metro-clean-tech-index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clean Edge's inaugural U.S. Metro Clean Tech Index subscription service provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis of how the 50 largest U.S. metro regions, and the individuals, businesses, and organizations that operate there, compare across the clean-tech spectrum. According...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of Denver releases new small biz funding directory]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA["Denver Capital Matrix" details funding sources for Denver entrepreneurs and small businesses
Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) Executive Director Paul Washington announced on Oct. 22, 2012, the release of the Denver Capital Matrix, a new resource director...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-NIST scientist receives L'Oréal-UNESCO award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-nist-scientist-receives-l-oréal-unesco-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Deborah Jin, an adjoint professor of physics at the University of Colorado Boulder and a fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been awarded the L'Or&eacute;al-UNESCO For Women in Science award.
Jin also is a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and NIST locate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New CU-Boulder discoveries hold promise to treat Hep B ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-cu-boulder-discoveries-hold-promise-to-treat-hep-b-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A University of Colorado Boulder-led team has discovered two prime targets of the Hepatitis B virus in liver cells, findings that could lead to treatment of liver disease in some of the 400 million people worldwide currently infected with the virus.
CU-Boulder Professor Ding Xue, who led the studie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS to serve as charter member of Campbell Institute ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ihs-to-serve-as-charter-member-of-campbell-institute-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IHS, the leading source of information and analytics, announced that it is now a charter member of the Campbell Institute. The newly established Campbell Institute is the center of excellence for environmental, health and safety (EHS) at the National Safety Council, bringing together leaders of high...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Startup Week kicks off Oct. 22]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver Startup Week is a celebration of everything entrepreneurial in Denver and it kicks off next week with over 1500 people from the startup community engaged in over 70 events.&nbsp; Denver has a rich history of entrepreneurship and this week long event will showcase Denver's entrepreneurial comm...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado PERA creates fund for Colorado's entrepreneurs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-pera-creates-fund-for-colorado-s-entrepreneurs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado PERA has launched a new investment vehicle that will make millions of dollars available to Colorado's business community. &nbsp;The capital will be earmarked for Colorado businesses that have a nexus to Colorado and currently have the support of a financial sponsor. &nbsp;The new fund may a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BP awards CSU $5 million to research tech for oil industry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bp-awards-csu--5-million-to-research-tech-for-oil-industry.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University has obtained a $5 million grant from BP covering five years to study mechanisms involved with technology for oil recovery.
"Understanding processes associated with extracting petroleum resources from rocks in watered-out wells is at the heart of these research efforts," sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU engineering professor awarded Packard Fellowship]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Milos Popovic, assistant professor of electrical, computer and energy engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been awarded the prestigious Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering.
Popovic is one of 16 scientific researchers from universities across the country to receive this y...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver's Civic Center designated a National Historic Landmark]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar designated Denver's Civic Center as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) today, marking it as the City and County of Denver's first NHL and one of two Civic Centers in the country to achieve this prestigious recognition, announced Historic Denver, Inc., the Denver...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL Growth Forum features 30 clean energy companies]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thirty clean energy companies, including eight Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Oct. 23-24 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory 25th Industry Growth Forum.&nbsp;
In ad...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ 'Can do' approach to beverage packaging means jobs for CO]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Consumer demand is making aluminum cans more relevant than ever, according to a report from the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
More than 92 billion aluminum beverage cans were sold in the U.S. in 2011 reflecting a decline in annual sales -- particularly among standard 12...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder degree rated highly nationally for ROI]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When it comes to landing "good paying" jobs and receiving a high return on investment, University of Colorado Boulder graduates are in good shape nationally, according to two recent reports released in October 2012.
CU-Boulder ranked in the top 20 in a recent report released by SmartMoney that rate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU to co-host Nat'l Manufacturing Innovation Workshop 10/18]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-to-co-host-nat-l-manufacturing-innovation-workshop-10-18.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University (CSU)&nbsp;has teamed with NIST's Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office and other local hosts to offer a public workshop for the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation on Oct. 18 in Boulder.
The workshop is designed to enhance competitiveness and innovation...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the fifth and final milestone for its Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with the agency's Commercial Crew Program. The Hazard, System Safety and Probabilistic Risk Assessment detailed how ULA's Atlas V rocket launch system ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Forest City Enterprises, Inc., (NYSE: FCEA and FCEB) announced on Oct. 11, 2012, &nbsp;that its Stapleton mixed-use community in Denver has been rated as the ninth best selling master-planned community in the nation by Metrostudy, a national real estate rating service. Stapleton moved up six spots i...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;




Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, Chief Financial Officer Cary Kennedy and Denver Manager of Aviation Kim Day announced today the highly successful sale of $856 million airport revenue bonds at a historically low interest rate of 3.69%. The bond sale provides $394 million of funding f...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-wins--1-4-million-nsf-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $1.4 million for a new study on how changes in land use, forest management and climate may affect trans-basin water diversions in Colorado and other semi-arid regions in the western United States.
The grant, part of the National Science Foundat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/spaceport-colorado-signs-letter-of-intent-with-rocket-crafters.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Front Range Airport, home to the future Spaceport Colorado, signed a Letter of Intent with Rocket Crafters, Inc. for horizontal launch, dual-propulsion, suborbital flight operations at this "remote, but accessible" general aviation airport.
The Letter of Intent outlines a mutual intent to promote a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[AIAA-Rocky Mountain Section First Annual Technical Symposium (ATS)"Game Changing Technologies and Strategies:&nbsp;Collaboration to Explore Burgeoning Technology Horizons"
October 26, 20128:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Denver Museum of Nature and Science2001 Colorado Bld., Denver, CO 80205
The American Inst...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/david-wineland-of-nist--cu-boulder-wins-nobel-prize.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[David J. Wineland, a lecturer in the University of Colorado Boulder physics department who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics on Oct. 9, 2012, was described as both "brilliant and humble" by one of his former graduate students.
Wineland is a physicist with the National Institute of Standards and T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 16th Street Mall ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/celebrating-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-16th-street-mall-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This month the City of Denver, Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), the Downtown Denver Business Improvement District (BID) and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) are celebrating thirty amazing years of the 16th Street Mall. Today marked the official celebration with a special event commemorat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State grants export development grants to 13 small businesses]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced last week that it has selected 13 small businesses from throughout the state to receive Colorado Export Development Grants (CEDG). A record number of companies from across the state applied for the grants this year...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[PIXIA Corp. to open office in downtown Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/pixia-corp--to-open-office-in-downtown-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PIXIA Corp., the industry leader in high-performance scalable data access solutions for BIG data, announced Oct. 8, 2012, the opening of a second office, located in Denver, on October 15, 2012.
The new PIXIA office will be based in the US Bank Building in the downtown Denver Financial District. PIX...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TeleTech acquires Guidon and Synovation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/teletech-acquires-guidon-and-synovation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TeleTech Holdings, Inc. a leading global provider of technology-enabled customer experience solutions, today announced the acquisition of Guidon Performance Solutions and its wholly owned subsidiary Synovation Health Collaborative. Guidon is an international management consulting firm focused on hel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Peña, Owens to headline Pres. Energy Surrogate Debate]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/peña--owens-to-headline-pres--energy-surrogate-debate.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Former Secretary of Energy Federico Pe&ntilde;a and former Governor Bill Owens, officially representing the President Obama and Governor Romney campaigns, will square off in a debate dedicated exclusively to energy issues Tuesday, October 9, from 8-9:30 a.m.
"The caliber of both Secretary Pe&ntilde...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Former Secretary of Energy Federico Pe&ntilde;a and former Governor Bill Owens, officially representing the President Obama and Governor Romney campaigns, will square off in a debate dedicated exclusively to energy issues Tuesday, October 9, from 8-9:30 a.m.
&nbsp;"The caliber of both Secretary Pe&...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to present CO-LABS award]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will present the annual awards for "High-Impact Research" on Oct. 25 to teams from six Colorado-based research centers for breakthroughs in hurricane forecasting, oil-spill air quality assessment, Lyme disease prevention, energy efficiency, detection of aquatic invade...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes new Hitachi Data Systems “hub”]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-welcomes-new-hitachi-data-systems--hub-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) Executive Vice President and General Manager Randy DeMont Oct. 5, 2012, to announce that the company will be opening a new office in the Meridian Corporate Center in Douglas County. The new expansion will create hundreds of new jobs in the are...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Space Foundation opens Northrop Grumman Science Center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Space Foundation celebrates opening of Northrop Grumman Science Center
On Oct. 5, 2012, the Space Foundation celebrates the grand opening of the Northrop Grumman Science Center, featuring Science On a Sphere&reg; (SOS), the first major step in the development of the new Space Foundation Visitors Ce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU hardware to fly on resupply mission to space station  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-hardware-to-fly-on-resupply-mission-to-space-station--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A University of Colorado Boulder space center is providing hardware and technical support for scientific experiments aboard the first-ever NASA-contracted resupply flight to the International Space Station, slated for launch Oct. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
BioServe Space Technologies, a NASA-funde...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-and-gov--fallin-announce-cng-vehicles-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to announce the results of a multistate solicitation designed to encourage auto manufacturers in the U.S. to develop more functional and affordable compressed natural gas vehicles.Fallin and Hickenlooper are leading a bipartisan group of 22 sta...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas to consolidate 3 U.S. offices in Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-to-consolidate-3-u-s--offices-in-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas Wind Systems plans to consolidate three U.S. research and development offices to a hub in Brighton, Colo., where it has two manufacturing plants.
The Greeley Tribune reports company officials decided last week to close offices in Houston; Marlborough, Mass.; and Louisville, Colo., by June 30...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU's Eric Coleman wins MacArthur "genius" grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-s-eric-coleman-wins-macarthur--genius--grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eric Coleman, MD, a geriatrician at the University of Colorado&nbsp;School of Medicine&nbsp;whose work focuses on helping patients transition from hospital to home, has won a $500,000 MacArthur Foundation "genius" fellowship.
"I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this recognition," says Colem...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rincon Technology expands into Denver, other markets]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rincon Technology, Inc. (Rincon), a pioneer in developing innovative investment recovery programs and a global leader in the secondary market for optical transport, data networking, wireless and server/storage products, announced the expansion of their business with new offices in Denver, Colorado, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NSF awards CU-led team $12M to study natural gas develop.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nsf-awards-cu-led-team--12m-to-study-natural-gas-develop-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has awarded a $12 million grant to a University of Colorado Boulder-led team to explore ways to maximize the benefits of natural gas development while minimizing negative impacts on ecosystems and communities.
Led by Professor Joseph Ryan of CU-Boulder's civil, envir...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Great-West FinancialSM brand to boost advisors’ effectiveness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-great-west-financialsm-brand-to-boost-advisors--effectiveness.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks to Great-West's new single brand identity, Great-West FinancialSM, financial advisors have a clearer and more effective way to communicate who Great-West Financial is and the benefits Great-West Financial can offer their clients.
A few weeks ago, Great-West Life &amp; Annuity Insurance Compa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Leeds School: CO biz confidence mostly unchanged ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado business leaders' attitudes remained almost unchanged going into the fourth quarter, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released on October 1, 2012 by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
The LBCI's reading remained po...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-s-biotechnology-building-earns-leed-platinum-rating.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder's Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology building has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, platinum rating -- the highest possible evaluation -- from the United States Green Building Council.
The 336,800-square-foot research and teachin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-and-gov--fallin-to-annouce-cng-vehicle-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced he will join Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to announce the results of a multistate solicitation designed to encourage auto manufacturers in the U.S. to develop more functional and affordable compressed natural gas vehicles. Fallin and Hickenlooper are leading a bipartisa...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/southwest-grows-with-new-flight-crew-bases-and-line-maintenance-at-dia.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Domiciles at Denver International Airport (DIA) Will be Home to Nearly 400 Pilots and 400 Flight Attendants
Today officially opens the carrier's newest Pilot and Flight Attendant crew bases at Denver International Airport (DIA). The new crew domiciles, which will be the airline's ninth, will be...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2012-governor-s-award-for-high-impact-research--oct--25.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Please join CO-LABS and the Alliance for Sustainable Energy&nbsp;on Oct. 25, 2012, for the 2012 Governor's Award for High-Impact Research awards ceremony and reception to celebrate the achievements of Colorado's outstanding federal researchers.&nbsp; This year, six research scientists and their team...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Natn'l site consultants tour region, discuss location trends]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/natn-l-site-consultants-tour-region--discuss-location-trends.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eight national site selection consultants attended the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) annual Site Selection Conference Sept. 19-21, 2012. The event was coordinated in partnership with the Metro Denver EDC's investors and economic development partners throughout th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/peña--owens-headlining-2012-presid--energy-surrogate-debate.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WHAT:&nbsp; The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA), Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), Colorado Petroleum Association, Colorado Oil &amp; Gas Association (COGA) and Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) will sponsor a presidential surrogate debate on energy Tue...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--conf--of-mayors--mayor-hancock-to-host-discussion.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mayors Forum to Take Place Day Before First Presidential Debate
All eyes will be on Denver as the candidates meet for the first and likely most watched of the 2012 Presidential Debates on Oct. 3rd, 2012. To mark the only debate that will focus on domestic issues, Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Un...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State receives $329,000 in funds to promote export efforts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/state-receives--329-000-in-funds-to-promote-export-efforts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado will receive $329,517 in federal funding to help the state's small businesses export their goods and services as part of the U.S. Small Business Administration's State Trade and Export Promotion (STEP) Grant Program. The Colorado STEP Program, administered by the Colorado Office of Economic...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita named healthiest large employer in Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-named-healthiest-large-employer-in-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), was recognized by the&nbsp;Denver Business Journal&nbsp;this week as the healthiest employer in&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;with mor...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall announced Sept. 25, 2012, the approval of $200,000 in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) to conduct a feasibility study on locating a spaceport in De...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) first prototype spacecraft of the ORBCOMM Generation 2 constellation has successfully completed pre-ship review at the company's Space Systems headquarters in Louisville, Colo. The satellite was shipped to the Cape Canaveral, Fla., launch site, where it is scheduled...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL (www.ch2mhill.com), a global full-service consulting, design, construction and operations firm, in conjunction with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has recently released the report,&nbsp;"The Changing Value of Water to the U.S. Economy and Implications from Five Industrial Secto...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[TrackVia(TM), providers of an online platform that helps non-technical business people build and deploy their own custom or purpose-built applications, announced Sept. 24, 2012, it has secured $7.1 million in new funding. Led by Longworth Venture Partners and Fairhaven Capital, along with participat...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Economic Prosperity Center at King M. Trimble will close effective November 15, 2012. Located at 2980 Curtis St., the pilot center opened in March 2010 and was designed to elevate the economic standing of residents through career development and financial literacy offerings. Programming and refe...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cascade TEK's Colorado testing lab offering HALT/HASS testing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cascade-tek-s-colorado-testing-lab-offering-halt-hass-testing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Environmental testing laboratory Cascade TEK has announced its Colorado Lab now offers HALT/HASS testing. The HALT (Highly Accelerated Life Test) and HASS (Highly Accelerated Stress Screen) testing methods are an excellent tool to quickly uncover latent weaknesses in a product, by putting products t...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser earns recognition for quality health care]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The week of Sept. 17, 2012, Kaiser Permanente Colorado earned unprecedented recognition for its quality health care from two prominent sources. As one of our trusted business and community colleagues, we are excited to share some great news with you about Kaiser Permanente.   On Monday, September 17...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU prof co-founds company to treat heart disease ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new biomedical company involving the University of Colorado Boulder, Stanford University and the Harvard Medical School has been launched with $38 million in financing from Third Rock Ventures LLC headquartered in Boston and San Francisco to develop therapeutic treatments for genetic heart disease...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined leaders from Colorado's manufacturing industry on Sept. 20, 2012, to announce the launch of the Colorado Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (CAMA). The alliance is comprised of members of the manufacturing industry, as well as leaders in government and education, who will ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MyForce announces $2 million during through Greenline Ventures]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/myforce-announces--2-million-during-through-greenline-ventures.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MyForce-the world's first personal security service on smartphones, a mobile bodyguard of sorts - announces $2 million in financing through Greenline Ventures, LLC to launch a nationwide marketing campaign and expand the MyForce offering. MyForce combines the convenience of a smartphone application ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Natn'l site selectors attend Metro Denver Site Selection Conf.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/natn-l-site-selectors-attend-metro-denver-site-selection-conf-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) will host eight national site selectors for a familiarization tour of the region during its annual Metro Denver Site Selection Conference, Sept. 19-21, 2012.
The conference is one of the Metro Denver EDC's most effective strategie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fidelis Diagnostics, Inc. expands operations to Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fidelis-diagnostics--inc--expands-operations-to-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fidelis Diagnostics, Inc., a rapidly growing healthcare company providing innovative diagnostic services nationally, announced the company&rsquo;s expansion into Colorado with the opening of a new office in Denver and has tapped Sabrina Bayles to manage its local operations. Fidelis now provides Ele...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SBDC announces new Executive Director]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announced a new executive director, Abram Sloss, who will begin on October 1. The position was previously held by Tameka Montgomery, who now serves as the executive director for the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's Industry Growth Forum attracts clean energy investors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-industry-growth-forum-attracts-clean-energy-investors.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts in Denver Oct. 23-24 as the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts the 25th NREL Industry Growth Forum.
The 30 companies were selected through an appli...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 WateReuse Awards recognize CH2M HILL projects ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2012-watereuse-awards-recognize-ch2m-hill-projects-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Empire Generating Power Plant received the Industrial Project of the Year Award
CH2M HILL (www.ch2mhill.com ), a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, is pleased to announce that both the Gippsland Water Factory in Victoria, Australia, and the Empire Generat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado’s air quality plan receives final EPA approval]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-s-air-quality-plan-receives-final-epa-approval.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on Sept. 11, 2012, that Colorado's State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze, a comprehensive package of pollutant emissions reduction strategies designed to provide sweeping public health and environmental protections, has received full approval from the U.S. Envi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VetDC wins BioWest 2012 Venture Showcase ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vetdc-wins-biowest-2012-venture-showcase-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[VetDC (Fort Collins) won the 2012 Venture Showcase competition at the 2012 BioWest Conference &amp; Expo&nbsp;on Sept. 11, 2012,&nbsp;at the Marriott City Center Denver, receiving the $7,500 cash prize. The announcement is made by April Giles, Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Executive Vice Pr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Advanced Circuits expands Aurora manufacturing facility]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[At a time when the PCB industry is experiencing a decline in shipments over 2011, Advanced Circuits is expanding with the construction of a 51,000 sq. ft. addition to their Aurora, CO manufacturing facility. Whereas many board shops and brokers are outsourcing their work offshore, Advanced Circuits ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Career development expo to be held Sept. 21]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/career-development-expo-to-be-held-sept--21.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In celebration of National Workforce Development Month, the Denver Workforce Centers are offering a Career Development Expo, September 21, 2012, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave.
The expo will feature a job fair with approximately 10 hiring...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEFE constructs electroplating laboratory at Boulder HQs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sefe-constructs-electroplating-laboratory-at-boulder-hqs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[SEFE, Inc. (OTCBB/OTCQB: SEFE), a solutions-driven company developing products and technologies that improve worldwide access to basic resources, including energy, food and water, announced on&nbsp;Sept. 11, 2012,&nbsp;the beginning of construction of an in-house electroplating/polishing facility at...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Natural Foods plans mega distrib. facility in Aurora]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-natural-foods-plans-mega-distrib--facility-in-aurora.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Natural Foods, Inc., the leading national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods, announced on Sept. 11, 2012, plans to consolidate its four existing Denver-based distribution facilities into a new state-of-the-art, 535,000 square foot facility located at Gateway Park in Aurora, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin begins final MAVEN craft assembly]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-begins-final-maven-craft-assembly.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase for NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft. MAVEN is scheduled to launch in November 2013 and will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mines awarded NSF research grant on pine beetle impact on water resources]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mines-awarded-nsf-research-grant-on-pine-beetle-impact-on-water-resources.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A five year, $3 million National Science Foundation Water Sustainability and Climate program grant has been awarded to Colorado School of Mines researchers to examine the impact of the pine beetle devastation on vital watersheds in the Rocky Mountain west. The project will be led by Mines in collabo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita opens new guest services center in Centennial]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-opens-new-guest-services-center-in-centennial.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced that its new guest services contact center located in&nbsp;Centennial, Colo., is now open and has begun t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[PeakColo raises $7.5 million in growth equity capital ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/peakcolo-raises--7-5-million-in-growth-equity-capital-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PeakColo, a leading provider of enterprise-class Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions, announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in growth equity capital from Meritage Funds and Sweetwater Capital. This investment will fund growth to meet customer demand in the Company's current markets and e...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[$2 million investment in CU's Leeds School of Business launches two new undergraduate programs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Anschutz Foundation has committed $2 million to launch two new initiatives designed to make the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder a more powerful economic contributor to Colorado and beyond.
The contribution from The Anschutz Foundation will be divided evenly betwee...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speak at CU-Boulder 9/13]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/interior-secretary-ken-salazar-to-speak-at-cu-boulder-9-13.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will address the role of public lands in American life at the University of Colorado Boulder on Sept. 13 as part of a conference commemorating the 200th anniversary of the General Land Office.
Salazar's talk is part of a conference titled "The Nation Possessed: The Co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL's O'Keefe new Board of Governor's co-chair ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-s-o-keefe-new-board-of-governor-s-co-chair-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced on Sept. 6, 2012, a new leadership appointment to its Board of Governors. Patrick O'Keefe, senior vice president for corporate affairs at CH2M HILL, will serve a two-year term as co-chair, joining current co-chair Katrina...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DU seminar lets students design campaign video games]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[To teach first-year students about the machinations of campaign politics this fall, University of Denver computer science Professor Scott Leutenegger intends to speak read
Leutenegger's first-year seminar, Election Games, was inspired by the presidential debate the University will host in October. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cathey Finlon awarded Del Hock award at annual meeting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber welcomes new chairman; presents two awards&nbsp;
The Denver Metro Chamber hosted its annual membership meeting and luncheon today, September 5, at the Sheraton Denver Downtown hotel. The event, presented by Chamber trustees CenturyLink, FirstBank, HealthONE, Wells Fargo and Xce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL selects partners for high performance computer data center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-selects-partners-for-high-performance-computer-data-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected HP and Intel to provide a new energy-efficient high performance computer (HPC) system dedicated to energy systems integration, renewable energy research, and energy efficiency technologies. The new center will p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BioWest Conference features new technologies, products]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[More than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing new technologies, products and services at the 2012 BioWest Conference &amp; Expo -- the Rocky Mountain Region's premier medical device and biotechnology conference -- organized by the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), September 11, at the Marriott Ci...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper gives $61M in payments to local governments ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Reeves Brown, executive director of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), announced Sept. 4, 2012, $61,940,250 in annual state Severance Tax and Federal Mineral Lease Direct Distribution payments will be made to 502 Colorado counties, municipalities and school d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[COIN Summit concludes with a commitment to action  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/coin-summit-concludes-with-a-commitment-to-action--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The inaugural Colorado Innovation Network Summit concluded Aug. 30, 2012, with commitments for action from the state's most innovative leaders on ways to make Colorado the most innovative state in the nation.
"From the moment the summit began you could feel magic happening," said Gov. John Hickenlo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA launches NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-launches-nasa-radiation-belt-storm-probes-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Atlas V and Delta IV Celebrate a Decade of Successful Launches
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) spacecraft for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 here at 4:05 a.m. EDT today. This is ULA's 7th launch of the year, the 32nd Atlas V laun...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NOAA picks CU-Boulder to continue CIRES leadership]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has selected the University of Colorado Boulder to continue a federal/academic partnership that extends NOAA's ability to study climate change, improve weather models and better predict how solar storms can disrupt communication and navigation tech...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Memo to the Colorado State University students taking Chemistry 112: Come prepared to think.
Students in the course are challenged to use experimental evidence to figure out what's happening with atoms, molecules, and ions - unlike most traditional laboratory courses that tell students what results...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC publishes 2012-2013 Economic Profile]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-publishes-2012-2013-economic-profile.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announces the release of its 2012-2013 Metro Denver Economic Profile. Available online and in printed form, this marketing piece provides the most concise and accurate data available anywhere for doing business in Metro Denver and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[COIN releases state’s first-ever state innovation index ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/coin-releases-state-s-first-ever-state-innovation-index-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) released Aug. 29, 2012, the first-ever state report detailing innovation activity in Colorado. The Colorado Innovation Index will be an annual report that takes a comprehensive look at how Colorado is creating an environment in which innovation, entrepreneurshi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy announces success of community solar project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/xcel-energy-announces-success-of-community-solar-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Xcel Energy program designed to provide solar power opportunities to customers who previously could not access existing programs in Colorado opened Aug. 16, 2012, for project submission and all available capacity was reserved in approximately 30 minutes, the company announced.
The Solar*Rewards ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hancock and DIA celebrate South Terminal milestone]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Aug. 29, 2012, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Denver International Airport (DIA)&nbsp;commemorated a significant construction milestone of the South Terminal Redevelopment Program. &nbsp;Elected officials,&nbsp;travel and aviation industry members and employees impacted by the Program all ga...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alumni commit $5M to Colorado School of Mines]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/alumni-commit--5m-to-colorado-school-of-mines.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mike and Patty Starzer have committed $5 million to support student scholarships at Colorado School of Mines. The Starzers, both 1983 graduates, credit Mines as the catalyst for many of their personal and professional successes, and want to give back to help others achieve the same level of success ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Northern Colorado's first community solar farm dedicated]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/northern-colorado-s-first-community-solar-farm-dedicated.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association (PVREA), Ft. Collins, CO and Clean Energy Collective (CEC), Carbondale, CO held a dedication ceremony for the Poudre Valley REA Community Solar Farm on Aug. 28, 2012 at the PVREA Headquarters, 7649 REA Parkway, Ft. Collins.
The Poudre Valley REA Community So...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder ‘photo origami’ proposal wins $2M NSF grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder--photo-origami--proposal-wins--2m-nsf-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The art of origami has inspired children and artists all over the world because of the amazing objects that can be created by folding a simple piece of paper.
Now an engineering research team at the University of Colorado Boulder has won a $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to de...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Innovation leaders to convene for Innovation Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/innovation-leaders-to-convene-for-innovation-summit.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) will hold its inaugural Innovation Summit on Aug. 29 and 30, bringing together the most innovative and action-oriented leaders in the Colorado community and beyond. The Summit will help elevate the state's innovation climate, featuring two days of presentations...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA['Rise to the Top' event to help candidates in job search ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-rise-to-the-top--event-to-help-candidates-in-job-search-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The "Rise to the Top: Marketing Yourself for a Successful Job Search" is a free event to learn how to make sure your resume rises to the top of the pile during your job search.Learn valuable insider's knowledge of ways to boost your resume's effectiveness from local experts from a variety of employe...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[USPTO selects central Denver for regional satellite office ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/uspto-selects-central-denver-for-regional-satellite-office-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Office Will Spur Innovation and Job Creation Throughout Region
The U.S. Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on Aug. 23,&nbsp;2012,&nbsp;that its Denver regional satellite office will be located in the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building in Denver, C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AT&T invests nearly $80M in CO network in 2012]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/at-t-invests-nearly--80m-in-co-network-in-2012.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[AT&amp;T* is driving investment and innovation across Colorado to deliver superior 4G service and the best possible mobile Internet experience.
In the first half of 2012, AT&amp;T invested nearly $80 million in its Colorado wireless and wired networks.
Network upgrades include activation of new ce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SNC's Dream Chaser completes first NASA milestone]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/snc-s-dream-chaser-completes-first-nasa-milestone.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) is pleased to announce that the company's Dream Chaser&reg; Space System has successfully completed its first milestone as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) initiative. SNC presented NASA with a complete Program Implementation Plan Review, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RETTEW expands in Metro Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rettew-expands-in-metro-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RETTEW, an Engineering News-Record (ENR) top 200 design firm announced on August 23, 2012 an expansion of its operations to the West. The firm recently signed a lease for office space located at 1536 Cole Boulevard, Building 4, Suite 100, Lakewood, CO, 80401.
With horizontal and directional drillin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fitzsimons opens new accelerator facility]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fitzsimons-opens-new-accelerator-facility.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority Opens New Accelerator Facility, Significantly Expanding Capabilities at its Bioscience Park Center in the Fitzsimons Life Science District
Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) officially opened its new $8 million, 37,000 square-foot Accelerator Building on Aug...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC appoints Farris to Exec. Committee  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-appoints-farris-to-exec--committee--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) has appointed Bain Farris, President and Chief Executive Officer of Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital, as a co-chair of its Executive Committee.Farris will serve a two-year term as co-chair, joining existing co-chair Bob Deibel, presid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines unveils high-flying tribute to Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/southwest-airlines-unveils-high-flying-tribute-to-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV)&nbsp; is taking its "LUV" for the state of Colorado to new heights by unveiling Colorado One, a Boeing 737-700 emblazoned with an artist's rendition of the Colorado state flag! Southwest unveiled the newest specialty aircraft on Aug. 22, 2012, in the carrier's fleet at...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OtterBox receives fastest growing ranking from Inc. Magazine]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/otterbox-receives-fastest-growing-ranking-from-inc--magazine.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Protective case manufacturer&nbsp;OtterBox&reg;&nbsp;once again landed a top spot on the 31st&nbsp;annual Inc. 500|5000 ranking of fastest growing companies in the United States. OtterBox is No. 85 on the 2012 ranking, with three-year revenue growth from 2008 to 2011 of 3,311.9 percent, and joined t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder student rocket payloads to launch Aug. 23 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-student-rocket-payloads-to-launch-aug--23-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A sounding rocket launching from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Aug. 23 will be carrying two University of Colorado Boulder student-built payloads and a pair of other payloads developed by students from Virginia Tech, Baylor University and the University of Puerto Rico.
The university e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Princeton Review lists CSU among best universities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/princeton-review-lists-csu-among-best-universities.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University is once again listed among the best universities by Princeton Review. Students surveyed say that CSU is a "hidden gem" with open communication between students and administration and a place with friendly people, a great location and an education that includes hands-on expe...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corp. supports experiment on ISS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-corp--supports-experiment-on-iss.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Over a month ago, Japan's HTV3 cargo carrier launched atop a Japanese H-II rocket delivering an innovative software-defined radio experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). This new ISS facility, known as the Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Testbed, utilizes&nbsp;Sierra Nevada C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin to build spacecraft for next Mars lander]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-to-build-spacecraft-for-next-mars-lander.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An exciting and novel mission to Mars has been selected as NASA's next Discovery mission. The Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission, led by principal investigator Bruce Banerdt of &nbsp;the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and managed by JPL, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[World's top cyclists riding in the 2012 USA Pro Challenge]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tour de France Winners and World Champions Set to Compete in America's Toughest Cycling Race
Marking one of the best fields ever assembled on American soil for a professional cycling race, the provisionary team rosters* for the 2012 USA Pro Challenge have been confirmed. Taking place August 20-26, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado plans celebration for Summer Olympians]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-plans-celebration-for-summer-olympians.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper, joined by Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon, will host a celebration on Saturday for Coloradans who competed in the Summer Games in London.
Who: Gov. John Hickenlooper, Centennial Mayor Cathy Noon and other elected officials. Missy Franklin will attend the event and other Olympian...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Construction begins on affordable housing with TOD fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/construction-begins-on-affordable-housing-with-tod-fund.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Urban Land Conservancy (ULC) and Medici Communities, LLC began construction of workforce housing located at the Evans Light Rail Station in south Denver, realizing the ultimate goal of Denver's Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Fund. This development will bring 50 new affordable rentals to the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[inetwork expands in Denver to support rapid growth ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/inetwork-expands-in-denver-to-support-rapid-growth-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[inetwork, a division of Bandwidth and the leading choice for innovative and scalable voice, 9-1-1 and SMS solutions, announced on Aug. 16, 2012, that&nbsp;it has signed a lease for additional office space and will grow its Denver employee base by 50 percent. The company is expanding at its 1855 Blak...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of Denver unveils new logo, brand positioning]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/university-of-denver-unveils-new-logo--brand-positioning.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New visual identity and brand language position the University for its next 150 years
The University of Denver officially unveiled a new visual identity and brand- positioning statement on Aug. 17, 2012.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120817/DC59315LOGO)
The new brand is designed to h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Catholic Health Initiatives, PeaceHealth network to serve northwest U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/catholic-health-initiatives--peacehealth-network-to-serve-northwest-u-s-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Catholic Health Initiatives and PeaceHealth, two nonprofit health care systems, have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to create a new regional health care system with the ability to improve care and access for individuals, employers and communities across the northwest U.S.
The partnership will...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes Blockbuster's worldwide HQ to CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-welcomes-blockbuster-s-worldwide-hq-to-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper on Aug. 15, 2012, joined DISH Network CEO Joseph Clayton and Blockbuster L.L.C. President Michael Kelly in cutting the ribbon at the new worldwide headquarters for Blockbuster, which is bringing more than 150 jobs to Colorado.&nbsp;
Today's ceremony was held at the new Blockb...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congressional delegation advocates for state's aerospace industry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/congressional-delegation-advocates-for-state-s-aerospace-industry.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Aug. 13, 2012, the Colorado Space Coalition (CSC) held its annual Congressional Briefing Breakfast discussing the importance of aerospace to Colorado's economy.  CSC co-chairs Maj. Gen. Andy Love (Ret.), and Tom Marsh, retired executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems, hosted the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Volaris to begin year-round Denver to Mexico City service]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/volaris-to-begin-year-round-denver-to-mexico-city-service.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DIA) today announced that Volaris will begin year-round&nbsp;nonstop service from Denver International Airport to Benito Ju&aacute;rez International Airport in Mexico City beginning in&nbsp;December 2012.
"Today's announcement is important because these new flights con...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xcel announces launch and quick close of community solar offer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/xcel-announces-launch-and-quick-close-of-community-solar-offer.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An Xcel Energy program designed to provide solar power opportunities to customers who previously could not access existing programs in Colorado opened for project submission and all available capacity was reserved in approximately 30 minutes, the company announced August 16, 2012.
The Solar*Rewards...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Golden picked for expansion by engineering firm ENERCON]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/golden-picked-for-expansion-by-engineering-firm-enercon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Enercon Services, Inc. (ENERCON) has added its 23rd office with $2M expected in year one, in Golden, Colo. on Cole Ave. Founded in 1983, ENERCON is a highly respected environmental, engineering, licensing, technical and management services firm.
ENERCON President John Richardson said, "Our Environm...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wells Fargo invests $2 million in GRID Alternatives]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo &amp; Company (NYSE: WFC) announced a $2 million investment over five years in GRID Alternatives to help bring clean, affordable solar energy to communities that can benefit the most from energy solutions that are environmentally and economically sustainable. The nonprofit, which brings ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU tuberculosis researchers receive five grants ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University tuberculosis researchers recently received five Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation grants. The projects, which total about $3.65 million, enable researchers to develop everything from models that better mimic the impact of tuberculosis infection in humans to tuberculosis-d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hawkwood Energy announces formation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hawkwood Energy LLC ("Hawkwood" or the "Company"), a new upstream oil and gas company, announced on August 14, 2012 its formation and that an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ("Teachers'"), through its private e...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder wins $780K grant to develop solar-biochar toilet]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An interdisciplinary team of student and faculty engineers from the University of Colorado Boulder has won a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for its proposal to develop a solar-biochar toilet for use in developing countries throughout the world.
The grant is part of the Reinvent th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado again has lowest obesity rate among 50 states]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NEW ANALYSIS RANKS STATES, FINDS 12 STATES TOP 30 PERCENT FOR OBESITY
Twelve states currently have an adult obesity rate above 30 percent, according to a new analysis released on Aug. 13, 2012, by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The analysis used...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Public hearings to address business certification programs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) is seeking input from individuals and firms that have either procured business with the City and County of Denver or attempted to conduct business with the City. Public hearings will be held August 28, 2012, and August 29, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Den...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sequestration will ground air travelers, cargo and U.S. economy ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A study released today by the Aerospace Industries Association and Econsult Corporation estimates that budget cuts to Federal Aviation Administration operations as a result of sequestration could cost up to 132,000 aviation jobs, sap $80 billion a year from the nation's gross domestic product and st...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coca-Cola CEO to keynote innovation summit]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN), the catalyst for innovation within Colorado, announced on Aug. 10, 2012, that Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Muhtar Kent, will be a keynote presenter for the inaugural COIN innovation summit event being held in Denver on Aug. 29 and 30, 2012. Kent'...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pharmatech Oncology receives Phase 2 SBIR funding ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pharmatech Oncology, headquartered in Denver,&nbsp;announces the award of its phase 2 Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project, entitled A Patient Centered Approach to Enrolling Rare Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials, to be funded through the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
Pharmatech On...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU research attracts millions in sponsored funding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Work by University of Colorado faculty garnered $815.3 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2011-12, a rise of nearly $22 million over the previous fiscal year.
The preliminary figures indicate one of the highest research totals in CU history; the only higher total came in fiscal ye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Florida-based mortgage lender FBC Mortgage places operations center in CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/florida-based-mortgage-lender-fbc-mortgage-places-operations-center-in-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Florida based Mortgage Lender FBC Mortgage, LLC an affiliate of FBC Bank announced&nbsp;on Auguest 9, 2012,&nbsp;that it has opened&nbsp;its second National Operations Center in Centennial Colorado.&nbsp;FBC Mortgage operates throughout most of the United States and is based in Orlando Florida.&nbsp...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boulder startup SendGrid to open new office in LoDo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/boulder-startup-sendgrid-to-open-new-office-in-lodo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[SendGrid,&nbsp;the leader in email deliverability, today announced that it will open doors on a new Denver, Colo., office in September.&nbsp;Located at 1451 Larimer Street in Denver (LoDo), the office will supplement SendGrid's Boulder, Colo., headquarters, serving its existing Denver-based employee...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FEMA Awards National EMS Disaster Contracts to AMR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fema-awards-national-ems-disaster-contracts-to-amr.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[American Medical Response (AMR), headquartered in Greenwood Village,&nbsp;has again been awarded the national EMS Disaster contract by FEMA through a competitive RFP process. The award for FEMA Zones 1 and 2 follows a similar FEMA RFP award to AMR in February for Zones 3 and 4 and again covers all f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ESG Solutions expands its microseismic ops in Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/esg-solutions-expands-its-microseismic-ops-in-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ESG Solutions, an industry leader in microseismic technology and services, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Rocky Mountain region operations. Integral to this expansion is the relocation of ESG's regional office to downtown Denver. This new office will serve to support ESG's growing prese...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado leaders urge Congress to reach budget compromise]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seven members of Colorado's congressional delegation urged the leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to actively work on passing a comprehensive, balanced deficit reduction package to avoid the blunt automatic spending cuts - known as sequestration - established by the Budget ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado School of Mines reports record-breaking fundraising year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-school-of-mines-reports-record-breaking-fundraising-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than $32.5 million in private contributions made the fiscal year ending June 30 the most successful fundraising year in Colorado School of Mines' 138-year history. Nearly 3,500 donors made gifts in 2011-2012, including an $11.2 million contribution from 1974 alumnus and Mines Foundation Board o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA congratulates NASA on flawless Mars landing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-congratulates-nasa-on-flawless-mars-landing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ULA's Atlas V Successfully Launched Mars Science Lab November 2011
United Launch Alliance (ULA) congratulates NASA on the flawless landing of the Mars Science Lab (MSL) on the surface of Mars after a nearly nine-month journey to the red planet.
"ULA applauds NASA's MSL team on the remarkable techn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ITN Energy Systems awarded $1.7 Million ARPA-E grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/itn-energy-systems-awarded--1-7-million-arpa-e-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ITN Energy Systems, Inc. (ITN) has been awarded $1.725 million in funding from the US Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop an Advanced Redox Flow Battery, in collaboration with the University of Kentucky (UKy). This new battery technology will dramatica...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Regulatory Com. awards CSU grants to hire faculty, add courses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nuclear-regulatory-com--awards-csu-grants-to-hire-faculty--add-courses.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has awarded Colorado State University about $600,000 to develop a statistics course and hire a radiochemistry scientist who can track how radioactive materials move in the environment.
The grants are designed to help CSU faculty prepare graduate students in radiolo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woodward announces temp. facility lease in Northern CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/woodward-announces-temp--facility-lease-in-northern-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD), Water Valley Land Company, and the Town of Windsor announced that Woodward has leased a facility at Iron Mountain Business Park in Windsor, Colorado, to temporarily meet Woodward's project needs.
"We look forward to accomplishing our important temporary project work at...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dream Chaser awarded major NASA orbital transportation contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dream-chaser-awarded-major-nasa-orbital-transportation-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eren Ozmen, President of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), is pleased to announce that the company's Dream Chaser&reg; Space System has been awarded $212.5 million as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) Program. The 21 month contract will begin in August of 2012.
Mark Siran...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hancock to deliver keynote at State of the City Luncheon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock to deliver keynote address at Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce State of the City Luncheon
Mayor Hancock will also present the Monte Pascoe Civic Leadership Award&nbsp;
WHAT:&nbsp;The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host the State of the City Luncheon on Wednesday, Au...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Colorado opens Broomfield Therapy Center  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/children-s-hospital-colorado-opens-broomfield-therapy-center--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New facility includes expanded speech-language, learning and physical therapy services, comprehensive audiology services and a sensory park
Children's Hospital Colorado on Aug. 2, 2012, welcomed the first patients to its newly relocated&nbsp;Children's Hospital Colorado Therapy Care, Broomfield&nbs...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor touts collaboration at State of the City Luncheon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mayor-touts-collaboration-at-state-of-the-city-luncheon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock on Aug. 2, 2012, addressed nearly 400 business and civic leaders assuring them that "the state of our city is strong, stable and growing."
Speaking at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce's annual State of the City Luncheon at the Marriott City Center - presented by ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Ecotech Institute's first class finds workforce success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-ecotech-institute-s-first-class-finds-workforce-success.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute's first group of graduates crossed the stage on June 21, 2012, and dozens of graduates are already working in the cleantech industry. Three companies have hired a combined 20 graduates, five additional companies have hired one or two graduates, and several students have offers pend...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Second annual Main Street Mentors Walk on Aug. 18]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/second-annual-main-street-mentors-walk-on-aug--18.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center will host the second annual Main Street Mentors Walk on August 18. The event is designed to help entrepreneurs develop mentoring relationships with seasoned business leaders.
The event is the only of its kind in the country focused solely on small ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[OtterBox growth necessitates new facility ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While the U.S. economy matures at a sluggish rate in the second half of 2012, Fort Collins, Colo.-based OtterBox &reg; accelerates quickly on the opposite trajectory. The well-known manufacturer of premier protective solutions for mobile technology continues to cultivate a business in Northern Color...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver solicits for neighborhood, business projects]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) announces its issuance of three Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) for projects to be funded in 2013. OED is soliciting proposals for housing development, housing services, neighborhood development, neighborhood services, and economic/business deve...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe partnership to monitor violence in Sudan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-partnership-to-monitor-violence-in-sudan.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced an agreement with the Enough Project to continue providing unrivaled imagery and analysis services to monitor evidence of bombings, razed villages and possible threats to civilians in Suda...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber annouces new executive director]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber announced today that Tameka Montgomery will join the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation as executive director on August 26, 2012.
Montgomery, most recently executive director of the Chamber's Denver Metro Small Business Development Center, manages three offices, a t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado School of Medicine​ has once again dominated the list of Top Docs in 5280 Magazine for 2012. The just-release list includes 222 faculty and staff members from the CU School of Medicine out of 337 top doctors rated in the Denver metro area.
On the list are physicians and c...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed aeroshell to protect MSL on Martian descent ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ Lockheed-Martin-aeroshell-protect-NASA’s-Mars-Science-Laboratory-Martian-descent.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After a journey of 245 days across 352 million miles, the moment of truth for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) begins late in the evening of August 5 when the spacecraft roars into the Martian atmosphere, traveling at 13,200 miles an hour. The final seven minutes &shy;&ndash; the entry, descent and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Esri and DigitalGlobe sign multi-year agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/esri-and-digitalglobe-sign-multi-year-agreement.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DGI), a leading global provider of earth imagery and geospatial analysis, today announced that Esri has licensed the rights for DigitalGlobe's&nbsp;Global Basemap&nbsp;imagery layer. The announcement was made at the Esri International User Conference, occurring this wee...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama releases roadmap for solar energy development]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development in six southwestern states-Arizona, California, Colorado...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Eight Junior Achievement (JA) operations won 2012 MetLife Foundation Entrepreneurial Awards, including grants of $25,000 for outstanding innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. One JA Area, INJAZ Egypt, received an additional $25,000 grant for exceptional achievement in these areas. In addition, MetL...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DHS awards 308 SYSTEMS $3B contract]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado companies seem to be at the forefront of innovative public safety communications solutions. As part of a team led by Rivada Port Graham Solutions,&nbsp;308 SYSTEMS&nbsp;of Fort Collins, Colorado, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a 5-year IDIQ contract with the Department of H...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[As part of President Obama&rsquo;s all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Department of the Interior, in partnership with the Department of Energy, will publish the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for solar energy development in six southwestern states&mdash;Arizona, Californ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD approves Kiewit proposal for I-225 rail line]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors formally approved a proposal by Kiewit Infrastructure Co. to complete the I-225 Light Rail Line to Peoria by November 2015. The line would open in mid-2016 after about six months of testing. With a vote of 14-0 and one member absent, the ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe and GeoEye agree to combine to create a global leader in Earth imagery and geospatial analysis&nbsp;Enhanced financial strength delivers benefits to all stakeholdersOn July 23, DigitalGlobe, Inc. and GeoEye, Inc., announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber announced today that Holli Riebel will join the organization as Chief Operating Officer on August 19.
Riebel, most recently president and CEO of the Colorado Bioscience Association, is an experienced executive with more than 24 years of economic development and nonprofit le...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA completes two Atlas V reviews]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed a review of its Atlas V rocket to assess its compliance with NASA human spaceflight safety and performance requirements.
ULA has partnered to launch Boeing's CST-100, Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser and Blue Origin's Space Vehicle on missions to ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace's STPSat-3 to fly solar instrument for NOAA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. will integrate the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM), to fly aboard the STPSat-3 spacecraft built for the US Air Force (USAF). A cooperative agreement between NASA, NOAA and the USAF will allow the TIM instrument to catch a ride on STPSat-3 to be launched in 2013...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SunBorne announces 60,000 square feet of development at Centennial InterPort]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The SunBorne Companies (&ldquo;SunBorne&rdquo;) announced on Friday&nbsp;the &nbsp;development and &nbsp;simultaneous &nbsp;construction of two &nbsp;build-to-suit &nbsp;office/hangar &nbsp;buildings that&nbsp;will &nbsp;be located at Centennial InterPort&trade; along taxilane Sierra 1. The two adja...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anschutz Medical Campus Master Plan reaches phase 2]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A robust discussion about facilities, transportation, collaboration and other topics took place July 12, 2012, as the Anschutz Medical Campus Master Plan moved into its second phase, starting with a visioning forum to gather "big picture" ideas for the world-class campus.
The forum at&nbsp;Educatio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA announces 2012 BioWest Conference]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the 9th BioWest Conference, September 11, 2012, at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The announcement is made by CBSA President &amp; CEO Holli Riebel, who says, "BioWest is the Rocky Mountain region's premier medical device and biotechnology conf...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Albeo Technologies expands LED manufacturing facility]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's award-winning LED fixture manufacturer Albeo Technologies, has expanded its manufacturing space by 15,000 square feet and increased its staff by 30 percent. Albeo's facility at 2108 55th St. in Boulder, Colorado now spans 35,000 square feet and the company headcount has grown to 65. The c...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Jewish again nation's  #1 respiratory hospital]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-again-nation-s---1-respiratory-hospital.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[National Jewish Health has been named the best respiratory hospital in the nation for the 15th consecutive year, in U.S. News &amp; World Report's annual rankings of America's Best Hospitals.
"Fifteen years at the top is evidence of our continued commitment to the best coordinated care, and the hig...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Fire Relief Fund tops $1 million in pledges]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced July 17, 2012, the Colorado Fire Relief Fund 2012 has received more than $1 million in pledges to support intermediate needs of wildfire victims this year.
"Coloradans are demonstrating a tremendous willingness to help those impacted by the wildfires," Hickenlooper ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Partnership hosts Annual Meeting, honors award winners]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On July 17, 2012, the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP) welcomed new leadership and announced its priorities for the coming year at the 57th Annual Meeting presented by Grant Thornton.&nbsp; Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Colorado Governor John W. Hickenlooper addressed the crowd of nearly 800 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of Denver’s JumpStart Biz Plan Awards honor small biz]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) will honor the best and brightest ideas in small business in fall 2012 through its first ever JumpStart Biz Plan Awards. The program will recognize the top ten start-up and early-stage business plan finalists with tools to help their businesses thrive ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace announces five payloads for STPSat-3 satellite]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-announces-five-payloads-for-stpsat-3-satellite.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. STPSat-3 spacecraft built for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) will host five payloads and a de-orbit module when it launches in 2013.
The STPSat series of satellites successfully proves the concept of a standard interface vehicle for the U.S. Air Force Space an...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO Minority Business Office event to forge partnerships]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Minority Business Office, a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, is accepting registration from businesses, agencies and other organizations to attend the fourth annual Buyers &amp; Sellers Procurement Assistance Fair on Aug. 21 at the Tivoli ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woodward signs long-term agreement with Caterpillar]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD) announced on July 16, 2102, that it signed a long-term supply agreement with Caterpillar Inc.
The ten-year agreement addresses design collaboration opportunities and the supply of Woodward energy controls technologies -- including diesel fuel injection systems, natural ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita launches online patient health portal]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Health Portal Lets Patients and Caregivers Track Lab Results and Chart Progress
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced on July 16, 2012, new features on m...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor Hancock delivers first State of the City address]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced on July 16, 2012,&nbsp;plans to deliver a smart city in his first State of the City Address at the Denver Museum of Nature &amp; Science. Those plans include cradle to career solutions for the City's children, new initiatives to support job growth and busine...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Budget cuts threaten Colorado's space economy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Space Coalition urges Congress to repeal massive cut to defense and NASA budgets set for January
The Colorado Space Coalition (CSC) is urging the state's Congressional delegation to stave off massive cuts to military and space budgets that could cost Colorado over 17,000 jobs. In a letter ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA selects ULA Delta II rocket for three future missions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NASA's Launch Services Program announced July 16, 2012, that it selected United Launch Alliance's (ULA) proven Delta II launch vehicle for three future missions.
The newly contracted missions include Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) scheduled to launch in&nbsp;July 2014, Soil Moisture Active P...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bennet releases report on job creation and innovation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet on July 13, 2012, released a report outlining progress Colorado has made in several areas since Colorado business and academic leaders made recommendations to Bennet, Senator Mark Udall and Governor John Hickenlooper on ideas that can help create an environment i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock on July 13, 2012, announced the City has partnered with Colorado Premium Foods to retain and expand the business in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. Denver's Office of Economic Development is providing up to $100,000 to help the company add hundreds of additional jobs....]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced July 13 he will join Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to meet with executives at Chrysler Group LLC, General Motors Co., and Ford Motor Company in Detroit on Monday, July 16. The governors will discuss with the automakers the multi-state agreement Colorado and Oklahoma init...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS acquires Invention Machine]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, has acquired Invention Machine for approximately $40 million. Invention Machine is a leader in semantic search technology that uncovers relevant insights held within a wealth of internal and external knowledge sources, trans...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/aerospace-ind--association-s-frank-slazer-to-visit-colorado-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MEDIA ADVISORY&nbsp;
Slazer to update aerospace leaders and rally support against sequestration cuts to the federal defense budget
What:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Attend a Question &amp; Answer Session with nat...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper commits to attracting international students]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an Executive Order to attract more international students to Colorado colleges and universities by creating StudyColorado, which is a partnership between the state, institutions of higher education and the business community.
"International students further economic an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe continues to meet EnhancedView contract commitments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has once again met commitments for its EnhancedView contract by completing a series of upgrades to its ground systems. The upgrades were conducted in a collaborative effort with the National Geospatial-In...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Intelligent Software Solutions opens Denver area office ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Intelligent Software Solutions (ISS) is opening a new office in the Denver technology center corridor to tap into the strong technology workforce, and to continue to acquire quality talent to serve its public sector and defense customers around the world.
ISS has experienced tremendous growth the p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado organizations partner to bring bikes to Africa ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Boulder Tri Series and Bicycles for Humanity-Colorado announce a partnership to help bring the gift of bicycle mobility to people in Africa. In Africa, people walk many miles to reach the clinics in order to receive healthcare and life-critical medications such as HIV anti-retrovirals. With the Boul...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL joins Global Alliance of Solar Reasearch Institutes]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has joined the newly-formed Global Alliance of Solar Energy Research Institutes comprising three internationally renowned research institutions.&nbsp;
As part of the opening session of Intersolar North America in Sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Public invited to high speed rail study open houses]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Study will explore high speed rail options along Front Range
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Division of Transit &amp; Rail recently kicked off an Interregional Connectivity Study (ICS), which will examine technology, alignment, and financial/funding options for implementing high s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[With countless successful homegrown companies, Colorado is a canvas of innovation. OtterBox, a Northern Colorado company bred from entrepreneurialism, shows support for local start-up ventures by joining Galvanize and their [i4c] Campaign to provide assistance, funding and educational opportunities ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport&rsquo;s (DIA) passenger traffic increased slightly in April 2012 with a total of 4,137,759 passengers, a 0.4 percent increase over April of last year. The year-to-date total is 0.2 percent more than last year with 16,259,960 passengers traveling through Denver. &ldquo;Al...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Funding supports two clinical trials for the Mirasol System for Whole Blood
Terumo BCT has been awarded a $3.5M grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) (Fort Detrick, Md.). The grant supports two collaborative, clinical trials being...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper Plus 400 State Policymakers and Education Leaders to Meet in Atlanta to Discuss Innovations and Strategies in Education Reform
Education Commission of the States: "Innovation and Opportunity: Moving the Needle on Student Success."




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      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District (RTD) staff recommended to the RTD Board of Directors July 3, 2012, to move forward with a proposal from Kiewit Infrastructure Co., to complete the I-225 Light Rail Line all the way to Peoria. The proposal also commits to completing construction of the line by No...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[
Thirty-five years ago this month, when President Jimmy Carter opened the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) in Golden, Colorado, gasoline cost 62 cents a gallon, and solar power about $100 a watt.
Now, in the summer of 2012, the price of gasoline at the pump is $3.89 per gallon, the installed...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The latest data from Metrolist&reg;, the largest real estate multiple listing service (MLS) serving Colorado real estate agents, show June to be another impressive month for Denver Metro area home sales.
With a 6% increase over last month's rising numbers, total sales for single family residences i...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado economy continues to grow at a modest pace in 2012, positioning the state among the healthier in growth nationally, according to economist Richard Wobbekind of the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
Midway through the year, Colorado's job growth rate is up to ab...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT announces EZ Task Force appointments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced Enterprise Zone Task Force appointments today.
The purpose of the task force is to review the effectiveness of the Enterprise Zone program, which provides tax incentives to encourage businesses to locate and expan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics acquires the ALTIMATE Group]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics, Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE:ARW) announced that the company has completed its previously announced acquisition of the&nbsp;ALTIMATE Group&nbsp;("ALTIMATE"), a subsidiary of&nbsp;DCC plc. ALTIMATE is a European value-added distributor of enterprise and midrange computing products, services, an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State's bio industry outpaces national growth]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado now ranks in the second tier of Bioscience States, out of five tiers, and is only one of three states that grew more than 1,000 new jobs in its Medical Device sector. The announcement is made by Holli Riebel, President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), who references Ba...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver chosen for U.S. Patent & Trademark Satellite Office ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-chosen-for-u-s--patent---trademark-satellite-office-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mile High City wins one of three facilities that will help spur innovation in the state and nation
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced on July 2, 2012,&nbsp;that Denver would be one of three locations for its new satellite offices. The expansions to Denver, Dallas/Fort Worth, Tex...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--commerce-dept--to-open-4-reg--u-s--patent-offices.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For the First Time, USPTO Will Expand Operations Outside Washington, DC, to Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley, in Addition to Detroit, Which Opens July 13
Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trad...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes news to locate new U.S. patent office in CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-welcomes-news-to-locate-new-u-s--patent-office-in-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and others on July 2, 2012, to celebrate the U.S. Department of Commerce's decision to put a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regional office in the Denver area.&nbsp;
"This patent office belongs in Colorado because we are the center of innovat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA and Forest Service team to highlight wildfire awareness]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NASA and the U.S. Forest Service signed a Space Act Agreement that unites the two agencies in raising awareness about the importance of fire prevention and fire safety.
This partnership will highlight areas of common interest in wildfires, forest and plant growth research and materials science. The...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper today released this statement about the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act:
"The court's decision simply keeps Colorado on the path toward reform we've been on since the Affordable Care Act became law. We must also remember that controlling costs across th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[LogRhythm secures $15 million investment]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[LogRhythm, the leader in cyber threat defense, detection and response, announced June 28, 2012, that it has closed a $15 million Series D round of funding. Siemens' Venture Capital group, which is a part of Siemens Financial Services, led the round, with participation from existing investors Adams S...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce today released the fourth annual edition of its Colorado General Assembly legislative scorecard.
The Chamber's goal with the legislative scorecard is to ensure that Colorado's state elected officials have a clear understanding of where their positions and pro-bu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD breaks ground on Northwest Rail Line's Westminster Segment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd-breaks-ground-on-northwest-rail-line-s-westminster-segment.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District (RTD) broke ground this morning on the Northwest Rail Line's Westminster Segment, the third FasTracks commuter rail line to get underway as part of the innovative Eagle P3 Project.
The first segment of the Northwest Rail Line runs six miles between Denver Union ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[How to help those affected by the Colorado wildfires]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/how-to-help-those-affected-by-the-colorado-wildfires.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Financial contributions are the best way to help.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY AGENCIES RESPONDING TO DISASTERS IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO HELP
Cash allows disaster agencies to purchase&nbsp;exactly&nbsp;what is needed
To make a financial gift to the organization of your choice,&nbsp;dial 2...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[LinkSmart launches with $4.7M in venture capital funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/linksmart-launches-with--4-7m-in-venture-capital-funding.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[LinkSmart, Inc., a provider of text linking optimization solutions for web publishers, today announced the launch of its company and $4.7 million in funding from Foundry Group, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Costanoa Venture Capital. In related news, LinkSmart also announced the public launch of its Tota...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Retail-marketing trade group relocating HQ to Broomfield]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/retail-marketing-trade-group-relocating-hq-to-broomfield.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Association for Retail Marketing Services&nbsp;(NARMS International) will relocate their national headquarters from Stevens Point, WI to Broomfield, CO in July 2012. Their official address is&nbsp;2095 West 6th Avenue, Suite 213, Broomfield, CO 80020&nbsp;and the move will be completed ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The panel of local experts and planners exploring a potential Olympic bid voted unanimously Wednesday in support of the City of Denver and the State of Colorado pursuing the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Members of the Denver Olympic Exploratory Committee arrived at this recommendation ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[On the heels of a national report that studied the significant impact that global companies have on the national economy, the Organization for International Investment (OFII) convened a meeting at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce today with business, government and civic leaders from Denver and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Top talent to fuel DaVita Clinical Research's new facility]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/top-talent-to-fuel-davita-clinical-research-s-new-facility.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Clinical Research&reg; (DCR&reg;), a provider of clinical research services focused on kidney research as well as a multitude of specialty therapeutic populations, has hired four individuals to ignite the expansion of DCR at its latest clinical research facility in Denver, Colo., scheduled to...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to honor “Colorado Companies to Watch” ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-to-honor--colorado-companies-to-watch--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, in partnership with the Edward Lowe Foundation, will honor 50 second stage companies from across the state as part of the "Colorado Companies to Watch" annual ceremony June 22, 2012.
"This year's Colorado Companies to Watch winner...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock announced on June 21, 2012, a balanced four-part package that will help solve the city's structural budget gap and establish a fiscally responsible and sustainable future for Denver.
Joined by members of the City Council and Structural Financial Task Force, the Mayor unveil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sundyne Corporation, a subsidiary of Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, broke ground on a new manufacturing building expansion at its Arvada, Colo. headquarters. This added capacity will give Sundyne a new level of flexibility as it faces heightened demand and an increasing number of orders for its in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado and Denver set new records for visitation and spending in 2011, according to a profile of Colorado and Denver visitors by research firm Longwoods International commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office and VISIT DENVER.
Colorado welcomed 57.9 million visitors in 2011, the most ever in th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State revenue forecast improves by $239.5 million]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor's Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) announced today state general fund revenue is projected to be $239.5 million higher in the current fiscal year than was forecast in March.Under current law, the excess funds will spill into next year's budget and will be transferred to the Sta...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL research earns two prestigious R&D 100 awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-research-earns-two-prestigious-r-d-100-awards.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A revolutionary new approach to air conditioning, and a three-junction solar cell that holds the world efficiency record - both developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) - have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&amp;D M...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Connextions to add 550 new jobs in Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Connextions, a leading technology and business services partner to the health care industry and part of UnitedHealth Group's Optum(R) health services business, will create 550 jobs in Centennial when it opens a new solution center this June.
The announcement was made at a news conference today atte...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BNSF plans $80M capital program in Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) plans to invest an estimated $80 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Colorado this year.
BNSF's 2012 capacity enhancement projects in Colorado include construction of a new maintenance of way facility, as well as significant sig...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Forty-one state bioscience organizations announce today the formation of the Coalition of State Bioscience Institutes (CSBI) to ensure America's leadership in bioscience innovation by delivering industry-led life science education, workforce development and entrepreneurship programs through a nation...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The parent company of the Mrs. Fields cookie chain and TCBY frozen yogurt chain plans to move its headquarters from Salt Lake City to Broomfield, Colo.
Mrs. Fields Famous Brands expects its Colorado headquarters to open in July.
Company spokesman Mark Semer tells the Broomfield Enterprise Mrs. Fie...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[FreeWave Technologies (http://www.freewave.com), manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced that its&nbsp;I/O Expansion Modulehas received a&nbsp;SmartGrid&nbsp;2011 Product of the Year Award from TMC. This ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber report lauds Denver job creation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver and Pittsburgh are touted in a new report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce&nbsp;as centers for job creation.
The report -- titled "Growth, Jobs and Innovation at the Local Level" -- says the two cities have had more job growth over the past two years than the average for U.S. metro areas wi...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Molson Coors completes StarBev aquisition]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Business Renamed Molson Coors Central Europe
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) announced on June 18, 2012, that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of StarBev for approximately &euro;2.65 billion. Mark Hunter, the CEO of Molson Coors UK &amp; Ireland business, will ser...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage files for IPO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/natural-grocers-by-vitamin-cottage-files-for-ipo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc. (Natural Grocers) announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the pric...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar accepts order for solar iPhone charger]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-accepts-order-for-solar-iphone-charger.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible&nbsp;thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced June 18, 2012, that it has received a purchase order for 50,000 units of its&nbsp;EnerPlex&nbsp;solar charger for the&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;&reg; (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhon...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Univ. of Colorado Hospital ranked as the best in the state]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. News and World Report&nbsp;ranks five specialties at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) as among the best in the nation including a #1 ranking for the hospital's respiratory care.&nbsp; The&nbsp;U.S. News&nbsp;Best Hospitals&nbsp;report also ranks UCH as the best hospital in Colorado and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Upstate Colorado ED names Eric Berglund President & CEO]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jeff Bedingfield, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Upstate Colorado Economic Development (Upstate Colorado), today announced the promotion of Eric E. Berglund to President and CEO of the organization.&nbsp; Berglund has served as the acting President/CEO of Upstate Colorado since October of las...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA releases 2012 edition of Bioscience Colorado Magazine]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) releases its eighth edition of Bioscience Colorado, the state's only in depth guide and directory to the bioscience industry. With a total audience of over 15,000, including on-line impressions, this publication is one of the industry's greatest voices loca...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HealthONE® introduces the Colorado Center for Robotic Surgery]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[People who may be considering surgery for a disease or medical condition now have greater access to the most advanced type of minimally invasive procedures available in Colorado. Cherry Creek Shopping Center visitors will be able to "test drive" the new da Vinci Robots in a one-of-a-kind experience ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute's first graduating class takes the stage June 21]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-s-first-graduating-class-takes-the-stage-june-21.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute, the first and only college entirely focused on preparing America's workforce for careers in clean technology and sustainability, will hold its first graduation on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Forty-two students will receive their associate's degrees, which prepares them for a career i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Call for Cleantech Fellows Institute candidates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/call-for-cleantech-fellows-institute-candidates.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Cleantech Fellows Institute is looking for a few good executives. &nbsp; No one ever said building a company was easy, but achieving success in cleantech has its own special set of challenges. If you have made your mark elsewhere and have considered cleantech as a possible next step, take a look...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[AlloSource enters partnership with LifeGift]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AlloSource, one of the nation's leading non-profit providers of skin, bone and soft tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures and the world's largest processor of cellular bone growth substitutes, today announced that LifeGift in Houston, Texas will join AlloSource as its newest Corporate Mem...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cochlear receives FDA approval for new electrode]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cochlear-receives-fda-approval-for-new-electrode.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cochlear Americas&nbsp;announced today that the US Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Nucleus CI422 with Slim Straight Electrode, the newest electrode in its broad portfolio of implantable hearing solutions. The Slim Straight, along with other Cochlear electrodes, is uniquely desi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee meets in Aurora June 20 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 17-member FasTracks Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), which advises the Regional Transportation District (RTD) on matters relating to RTD&rsquo;s voter-approved FasTracks program, will hold its second mobile quarterly meeting of the year Wednesday, June 20, in Aurora. The meeting will be held f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS to Acquire GlobalSpec, Inc.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GlobalSpec, Inc., the leading specialized vertical search, product information and digital media company serving the engineering, manufacturing and relat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA Langley celebrates 5-year partnership with SNC]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-langley-celebrates-5-year-partnership-with-snc.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Engineers at NASA's Langley Research Center are marking five years of collaboration with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems in Louisville, Colo., as partners in the design and development of the Dream Chaser&reg; Space System.
NASA Langley and SNC joined forces to update Langley's HL-20 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean Power Finance awarded SunShot Initiative grants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/clean-power-finance-awarded-sunshot-initiative-grants.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clean Power Finance, the online marketplace for residential solar financing and leading provider of solar sales software, has been awarded two grants from the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the SunShot Initiative. The grants, announced today at the DOE's SunShot Initiative Summit in Denver, C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD Board conducting phone Town Hall Meetings June 11-28 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd-board-conducting-phone-town-hall-meetings-june-11-28-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District (RTD) Board of Directors will conduct a series of live telephone town hall meetings with their constituents June 11-28.
Residents in each of RTD's 15 Director Districts will be called at random, through an automated system, and invited to take part in the public...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver earns multiple top-10 ratings from small businesses ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-earns-multiple-top-10-ratings-from-small-businesses-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, released new data on June 4, 2012, showing that Colorado small businesses are among the top ten most optimistic nationwide about their economic future. &nbsp;There are a lot of "business climate rankings", but there aren't any that draw upo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frontier Airlines declares it's Colorado proud]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/frontier-airlines-declares-it-s-colorado-proud.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New catering lineup reflects the airline's Colorado heritage
Frontier Airlines is proudly declaring its love for its home state of Colorado with the addition of some well-known Colorado companies and products to its catering menu. This month, the Denver-based carrier added Boulder Canyon Kettle Chi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL selected to join Europe's DERlab]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected as a new member of the nonprofit Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab).
DERlab is an international association of leading laboratories and research institutions in the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder's IQ Biology program wins NSF grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-s-iq-biology-program-wins-nsf-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The BioFrontiers Institute's Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology Certificate Ph.D. (IQ Biology) program (http://iqbiology.colorado.edu/) recently was awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program. These fu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 NCAA Women's Final Four impacts Denver community]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2012-ncaa-women-s-final-four-impacts-denver-community.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The impact of the 2012 NCAA Women's Final Four on the Denver community will be felt for years to come thanks to numerous legacy programs that the NCAA and Denver Local Organizing Committee (DLOC) implemented in the Mile High City.The lasting legacy of the 2012 Women's Final Four on the Denver commun...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-signs-ed-and-jobs-bills-for-co-military-families--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper on June 8, 2012, signed two bills to help military families in Colorado. The bills will allow military spouses to transfer professional licenses and military children to obtain education at in-state tuition costs.&nbsp;
"We can't have a strong military without having strong m...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Space Systems lands $2B contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Lockheed-Martin-Space-Systems-lands-$2B-interceptor-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By Greg Avery, Denver Business JournalLockheed Martin Space Systems Co. has won a $2 billion contract to build missile interceptors for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.The military piggybacked its purchase on the production of interceptors for the United Arab Emirates to save money over the life of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor's Office of IT honored for CO Information Marketplace]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/governor-s-office-of-it-honored-for-co-information-marketplace.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It was only the previous week that the Office of Information Technology unveiled the Colorado Information Marketplace and on June 6, 2012, is already it is being honored as an example of an effective and innovative use of Information Technology. IDG's CIO magazine has chosen the Office of Informatio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU, UNC developing drug to combat West Nile, other viruses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu--unc-developing-drug-to-combat-west-nile--other-viruses.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professors at Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado are developing a drug that can stop replication of West Nile, dengue and yellow fever viruses that continue to plague two-thirds of the world's population with no clinically useful antiviral drugs available.
The researc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU signs Int'l Memo with Kenya's University of Nairobi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-signs-int-l-memo-with-kenya-s-university-of-nairobi.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University signed an International Memorandum of Understanding (IMOU) with Kenya's University of Nairobi to collaborate on research, education and outreach programs that focus on sustaining Kenya's dryland ecosystems and societies.
The University of Nairobi is a research university w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU physicists use ultrafast lasers to create first tabletop X-ray device]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-physicists-use-ultrafast-lasers-to-create-first-tabletop-x-ray-device.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An international research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has generated the first laser-like beams of X-rays from a tabletop device, paving the way for major advances in many fields including medicine, biology and nanotechnology development.
For half a century, scientists have been t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar launches solar charger for Apple iPhone]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-launches-solar-charger-for-apple-iphone.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Product will formally debut at the Intersolar Europe trade show next week
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today it has launched a charger for the Apple&reg; (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone&reg; * 4/4S smart phon...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor signs bill to improve state personnel system ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/governor-signs-bill-to-improve-state-personnel-system-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed HB12-1321 on June 6, 2012, moving forward a "Talent Agenda" approved by the General Assembly this spring to improve the state's personnel system."To continue to attract top talent to the state workforce, we must modernize a personnel system that has not seen significant...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Colorado among best in U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/children-s-hospital-colorado-among-best-in-u-s-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Colorado once again has been ranked among the nation's top children's hospitals in the U.S. News &amp; World Report 2012-13 Best Children's Hospitals rankings, now available online at www.usnews.com/childrenshospitals. Children's Colorado has been ranked in all ten specialties. H...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada completes Dream Chaser Prelim Design Review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-completes-dream-chaser-prelim-design-review.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems has successfully completed a preliminary design review (PDR) of the design, architecture and performance of its Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle. This marks a new milestone in the company's effort to develop transportation for astronauts to low Earth or...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Molson Coors receives StarBev acquisition EU regulatory approval ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/molson-coors-receives-starbev-acquisition-eu-regulatory-approval-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) announced&nbsp;on June 6, 2012,&nbsp;that it has received regulatory approval from the European Competition Commission, related to its acquisition of StarBev, which was previously announced on April 3, 2012. This approval follows previous regulatory appr...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL-led joint venture gets Philly airport contract ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-led-joint-venture-gets-philly-airport-contract-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Global Program Partners joint venture, comprised of CH2M HILL , Delon Hampton &amp; Associates (DHA), and CMTS, Inc. (CMTS), has been selected by the City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation to manage the $6.4-billion Capacity Enhancement Program (CEP) at the Philadelphia International Airport...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coloradans more realistic about weight, research shows]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[First Year Results of Statewide Culture Change Campaign Shows Coloradans Making Personal Connection to Obesity
New research from LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit organization committed to preventing and reducing obesity in Colorado, shows Coloradans have a stronger understanding of obesity and more a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Strategic Partnerships (DOSP) is soliciting proposals from qualified agencies to provide energy efficiency services in two separate areas: Residential Energy Efficiency Services and/or Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Services for 2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Work within either service categor...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Clean Edge's Third Annual State Clean Energy Index Provides Critical Benchmarking and Analysis of Dynamic U.S. Clean-Tech Landscape 
Clean Edge's third annual State Clean Energy Index, released today, provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis of how all 50 states, and the in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO biz, municipal leaders push for Patent Office in Denver ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/co-biz--municipal-leaders-push-for-patent-office-in-denver-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Accelerate Colorado Letter to Commerce Secretary Makes Case for Denver
Accelerate Colorado, a partnership between businesses and local governments in Colorado, has sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson expressing the organization's strong support for the establishment of a satellite ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita sets corporate environmental goals ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-sets-corporate-environmental-goals-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Measures Focus on Reduction in Energy, Paper and Water Consumption
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced the company has chosen five corporate envi...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Seven CU-Boulder students win Fulbright grants for 2012-13]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/seven-cu-boulder-students-win-fulbright-grants-for-2012-13.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seven University of Colorado Boulder graduate students and alumni will go abroad during the 2012-13 academic year to pursue a variety of studies, research and teaching projects as grantees of the prestigious Fulbright program.
Their proposed subjects range from exploring desertification knowledge i...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov's Office of IT debuts Colorado Information Marketplace ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov-s-office-of-it-debuts-colorado-information-marketplace-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) debuted on June 1, 2012, the Colorado Information Marketplace, a comprehensive data-sharing website of statewide information. The Colorado Information Marketplace can be found at data.colorado.gov. OIT launched this platform to enhance productivi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boettcher Foundation announces its 2012 class of Boettcher Investigators ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/boettcher-foundation-announces-its-2012-class-of-boettcher-investigators-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On June 1, 2012, the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees released the names of the three early-career scientists selected for the third class of Boettcher Investigators in the Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Program. The announcement is made by Holli Riebel, President &amp; CEO of the Colorado Bi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Int'l tech leaders to help announce Denver Business Tech Expo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/int-l-tech-leaders-to-help-announce-denver-business-tech-expo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International technology leaders, Dell, Microsoft, Cisco, Comcast and Fortinet, join with local technology leaders, Latisys, CoBiz Financial, Colorado Technology Partners and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce on June 6 at Wings Over the Rockies for a formal press conference to announce and discus...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO Companies selected for Red Herring Top 100 Americas Award ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/co-companies-selected-for-red-herring-top-100-americas-award-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Red Herring announced its Top 100 award in recognition of the leading private companies from Americas, celebrating these startups' innovations and technologies across their respective industries.&nbsp;Six companies with headquarters in Colorado were named to the 2012 Red Herring Americas Top 100 at ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Airlines adds more new routes from Denver hub]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-airlines-adds-more-new-routes-from-denver-hub.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Airlines announced May 29, 2012, plans to launch daily nonstop service linking its&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;hub with two new markets:&nbsp;Shreveport, La., and&nbsp;Grand Forks, N.D.&nbsp;In addition,&nbsp;United&nbsp;will expand existing summer-season flights between&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;and&nbsp;Anchor...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xerox to open call center, adding 700 jobs in Greeley]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/xerox-to-open-call-center--adding-700-jobs-in-greeley.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Xerox will establish a customer care call center in Greeley that will create 700 permanent and project-based new jobs by the end of this year.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Xerox will lease space at 244 Dundee Ave, Greeley. The 88,000 square foot space will become a state-of-the-art call center and will be staffed t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Five CU companies recieve tech commercialization grants]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Five CU licensees were recently selected to receive matching grants through Colorado's Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program (BDEG-Co). The State of Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade began the BDEG program in 2007, providing early-stage matching "seed" grants to...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs Colorado Energy Office bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-signs-colorado-energy-office-bill.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed 29 bills May 24, 2012, including one that refocuses the Colorado Energy Office to build on the state&rsquo;s national reputation as a leader in clean energy and energy innovation and to enhance the office&rsquo;s ability to support private-sector job creation in renewab...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC unveils 'Metro Denver E-Force' campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-unveils--metro-denver-e-force--campaign.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today at its Eighth Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) will unveil a new campaign that is designed to mobilize the region's most passionate business leaders and help position why Metro Denver is a top place for innovative companie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC presents awards & new mktg. initiative]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) hosted its Eighth Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon May 23, 2012, celebrating economic expansion and significant project accomplishments in the previous year. The luncheon took place in the Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Cen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Colorado breaks ground on South Campus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/children-s-hospital-colorado-breaks-ground-on-south-campus.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Children's Hospital Colorado celebrated the groundbreaking&nbsp;of the future South Campus in Highlands Ranch, Colo., on May 23, 2012. Slated to open at the end of 2013, the South Campus will offer a wide range of expert pediatric care including urgent, outpatient specialty, inpatient and surgery ca...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Airlines and Denver say "Konnichiwa" to Tokyo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-airlines-and-denver-say--konnichiwa--to-tokyo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) announced on May 22, 2012, plans to launch daily, nonstop flights between its Denver hub and its hub at Tokyo Narita International Airport, effective March 31, 2013, subject to government approval. Eastbound service from Tokyo begins April 1. United will operate the servi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Job Posting: Executive Director, Denver Metro Leadership Foundation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/job-posting--executive-director--denver-metro-leadership-foundation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Job Title:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Executive Director&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia and Cabinet Secretary Garcia sign higher ed agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--garcia-and-cabinet-secretary-garcia-sign-higher-ed-agreement.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joseph A. Garcia, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education and Dr. Jos&eacute; Z. Garcia, Cabinet Secretary New Mexico Department of Higher Education today renewed the Higher Education tuition reciprocity agreement between Colorado and New Mexico.
The tuition recip...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita and HealthCare Partners announce merger agreement]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-and-healthcare-partners-announce-merger-agreement.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), andHealthCare Partners, the country's largest operator of medical groups and physician networks, announced May 21, 2012, that they have entered into a definitive merg...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber introduces Manager Summit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-introduces-manager-summit.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Mountain States Employers Council (MSEC) to offer a new annual event aimed at providing its member businesses with more expansive training opportunities.
The inaugural Manager Summit is a day-long interactive program, designed for all leve...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[West is Best: Colorado's Economy Attracting New Business - May 30]]></title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL-led consortium wins combined cycle power plant project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-led-consortium-wins-combined-cycle-power-plant-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A CH2M HILL-led consortium has been awarded a $929 million contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a combined cycle power plant, using GE technology, for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Australia&rsquo;s Northern Territory. This contract was a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes National Bank Holdings Corporation HQs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-welcomes-national-bank-holdings-corporation-hqs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper today joined Tim Laney, President and CEO of National Bank Holdings Corp., to announce that the community bank holding company will relocate its headquarters to Colorado from Boston. The company will have offices in Greenwood Village and Denver.
"National Bank Holdings Corp. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs early literacy bill ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-signs-early-literacy-bill-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several bills on May 17, 2012,, including an early literacy bill that recognizes the importance of early childhood literacy as a critical foundational skill in later academic development and success.
"This is legislation that really does put kids first," Hickenlooper s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Slight increase in February passenger traffic at DIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Slight-increase-in-February-passenger-traffic-at-DIA.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport&rsquo;s passenger traffic increased slightly in February 2012 with a total of 3,759,019 passengers, a 2.5 percent increase over February of last year. The year-to-date total is 0.9 percent more than last year with 7,664,157 passengers traveling through Denver.&ldquo;Our ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Excellence in exporting honored for World Trade Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced May 16 the 2012 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting.&nbsp; The award has been given annually for more than 40 years and honors Colorado companies that demonstrate a commitment to international trade.&nbsp;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Important legislation passes during special session]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper thanked the General Assembly May 16, 20120, for using the special session to successfully address unfinished business that died last week without debate or consideration by the House of Representatives.
Lawmakers this week passed a water projects bill that will create jobs in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado's small businesses get $17 million boost]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two New Programs Launched to Increase Businesses' Access to Capital
Small businesses in Colorado are getting a $17 million boost through two new capital access programs announced by Gov. John Hickenlooper, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), and Colorado Hou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Chu at World Renewable Energy Forum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/energy-secretary-chu-at-world-renewable-energy-forum.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, May 16, 2012, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu will deliver a keynote address at the World Renewable Energy Forum in Denver, Colorado, where he will highlight the economic opportunities in the clean energy economy as well as the Obama Administration's commitments to strengthening U.S. ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Icelandair welcomes Denver aboard]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/icelandair-welcomes-denver-aboard.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On May 11, 2012, Icelandair&nbsp;launched service from their newest North American gateway with non-stop flights to Iceland from Denver International Airport. Flight #670 will depart at 5:15 pm and operate four flights per week from the Mile High City. Once in Iceland, Icelandair offers non-stop con...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar named Bye Aerospace development partner]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-named-bye-aerospace-development-partner.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of flexible CIGS solar panels, has been named a development partner for Bye Aerospace Inc.'s innovative aircraft programs for the aerospace and defense markets.
George Bye, Chairman and CEO of Bye Aerospace, said solar energy is a key compo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new repeatable test protocol that simulates real shade conditions and can predict with much greater precision the effects of shade on a solar array.
The new test demonstrated that under heavy shading co...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Panel members announced for Annual Meeting Luncheon]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) will unveil a new marketing mission&nbsp;at its upcoming Eighth Annual Meeting &amp; Awards Luncheon on May 23 to utilize the influence of area business leaders.Four area business leaders have already accepted the mission and will ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vectra Bank Colorado (Vectra Bank) is being recognized with an Open Door Award from&nbsp;Accion New Mexico &middot; Arizona &middot; Colorado&nbsp;(Accion).&nbsp;The Open Door Award honors financial institutions that have provided outstanding support to Accion in its work equipping business owners a...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) applauds organizers of the third annual Gold Lab Symposium that will take place on the University of Colorado campus with over 400 attendees, on Friday and Saturday, May 18 - 19, 2012. The two-day event titled "Time: Tempus Fugit" brings 16 renown national and ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trimble breaks ground for new Rockies Colorado Campus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Putting Innovation to Work-Trimble Connected Site Solutions to be Used During Construction
Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony&nbsp;on May 14, 2012,&nbsp;for its new Rockies campus in Westminster, Colorado. The ceremony was attended by Colorado Gov. John Hickenloo...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on May 11, 2012, praised Colorado's collaborative spirit and innovative nature as buoys that have boosted the state amid, and out of, economic downturn.
"In the last year, we saw a clear turn in the state's fates," Colorado's 42nd governor said while addressing n...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock will host a summer youth job fair and training expo to help connect youth to summer jobs and career training opportunities. The Summer Youth Jobs &amp; Training Expo will be held Friday, May 18, from 1 to 6 p.m., at the Colorado Convention Center.
The job fair and training ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Level 3 to Provide Dedicated Infrastructure, Diverse Route Connectivity, Global Transmission and Integration Services to Locations throughout U.S.
Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NYSE: LVLT) today announced that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has issued initial task orders to Level 3 t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alamosa Solar Generating Plant begins commercial operation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/alamosa-solar-generating-plant-begins-commercial-operation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cogentrix Energy, LLC ("Cogentrix") announced May 10, 2012, that the largest concentrating photovoltaic electric power generating facility in the world has successfully begun commercial operation. The Alamosa Solar Generating plant, located in the San Luis Valley of Colorado, produces 30 megawatts o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia statement on TCAP third grade reading results]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--garcia-statement-on-tcap-third-grade-reading-results.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Department of Education announced the 2012 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) Grade 3 Reading results.&nbsp;&nbsp; As the state transitions through assessment programs, TCAP provides for longitudinal comparisons with past years&rsquo; Colorado Student Assessment Program (CS...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO community colleges contribute $3B to state and local communities]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System, released a study May 8, 2012, detailing the economic impact the Colorado Community College System's 13 colleges have on their local communities and on the state as a whole.
This study documents the vital role community colleges...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver real estate market shows signs of rebound]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Metrolist Data Show Supply and Demand Beginning to Intersect in One of Nation's Bellwether Metro Areas
New data from Metrolist, the largest real estate multiple listing service (MLS) serving Colorado real estate agents, show another uptick in Denver Metro area home prices as inventories hit their l...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver mayor, business leaders head to Iceland]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A delegation of Colorado business and community leaders is spending time in Iceland to explore economic development opportunities there.
The trip comes as Icelandair prepares to launch flights connecting Denver and Reykjavik, Iceland, on Thursday, May 10, 2012.
The city of Denver says the new serv...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Business Administration chief to visit Denver Metro SBDC]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/small-business-administration-chief-to-visit-denver-metro-sbdc.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Karen Mills, head of the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) - and recent cabinet appointee for President Obama - will visit the Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on Tuesday, May 8, for a roundtable discussion about young entrepreneurship.
The event is open by invi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs budget bill for next fiscal year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed House Bill 12-1335 (the "FY 2012-13 Long Bill") on May 7, 2012, and praised the General Assembly for finding common ground that addresses the most vital issues facing Colorado.
The Long Bill passed through the Colorado Senate and Colorado House of Representatives this ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[North Suburban Medical Center opens Northeast ER]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[North Suburban Medical Center's Northeast ER opens its doors May 7, 2012, at the corner of Holly Street and 128th Avenue to receive emergency patients from the surrounding communities. The 10,000-foot, state-of- the-art emergency department will function just like a hospital-based ER, treating every...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance marks 60th successful launch ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On May 4, a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-2 (AEHF-2) satellite for the United States Air Force lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.This was ULA&rsquo;s 4th launch of an aggressive 11 mission schedule for the year and mark...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL named water company of the year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL is pleased to announce that the firm won the Global Water Award for Water Company of the Year. In addition, a number of CH2M HILL clients and projects were recognized at the annual&nbsp;Global Water Awards, sponsored by the International Desalination Association and Global Water Intelligen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper vetoes regional tourism projects bill]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-vetoes-regional-tourism-projects-bill.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed SB12-124 on May 4, 2012, because increasing the number of projects approved each year under the Regional Tourism Act decreases the competitiveness of the program and reduces accountability.
"We share the General Assembly's desire to encourage tourism in Colorado, but S...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BLM fracking regs take lead from Colorado]]></title>
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DENVER &shy;&mdash; Friday, May 4, 2012 &mdash; The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced today new hydraulic fracturing regulations for oil and gas development on BLM-administered public lands. The rules include chemical disclosure regulations similar to those developed and implemented i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EDCC announces 2012 EDCC Legislators of the Year]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) announced May 4, 2012, the recognition of the 2012 EDCC Legislators of the Year.The EDCC is a statewide organization dedicated to the retention, attraction and creation of primary jobs throughout Colorado.EDCC members include economic development p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New law will allow more electric & natural gas vehicle fueling infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-law-will-allow-more-electric---natural-gas-vehicle-fueling-infrastructure.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New law will increase the use of domestic energy sources and expand statewide economic opportunities for alternative fuel vehicles
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper today signed HB-1258 into law making it easier for prospective locations, such as grocery stores and shopping malls, to install and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper, Salazar announce America’s next great urban park]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 4, 2012, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will announce the next steps in implementing conservation and recreation projects throughout the Denver metropolitan area and along the South Platte River, including the Rocky Mountain Greenway Proj...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EDCC presents annual eco devo awards at Spring Conference]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Economic Development Council of Colorado, the professional association of economic developers in Colorado, presented its annual awards for excellence at its Spring Conference in Estes Park on Friday, April 27th.&nbsp; The awards luncheon recognized five categories of winners including Volunteer ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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The Innovation Center of the Rockies has entered into a commercialization partnership with CSU Ventures to accelerate the creation of new businesses based on Colorado State University faculty research.


&ldquo;Our partnership with CSU Ventures will match top faculty and graduate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Businesses sought for Denver Summer Youth Employment Programs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the summer job season for youth just around the corner, the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) is actively seeking business employer partners.&nbsp;
"The City has a strong history of connecting businesses with trained and pre-screened youth workers for the summer employment season and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed completes GOES-R weather satellite Critical Design Review]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) team developing NASA and NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R series (GOES-R) satellite has successfully completed the spacecraft Critical Design Review (CDR), a major milestone that paves the way for the production of the nation's next-generatio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[WHAT: &nbsp;The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host the State of the State Luncheon on Friday, May 11 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is generously sponsored by United Airlines.
&nbsp;Join us as we engage the business community in conversation with our state leaders on how we can work...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder wins International Venture Capital Investment Competition]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A graduate team from the University of Colorado Boulder won the 15th&nbsp;International Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC), the premiere graduate competition for venture capital and entrepreneurship.
Colorado Law student Mark Wiranowski, with MBA candidates Lindsey Jensen, Dane McDonald,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver's airport city concept revealed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On April 26, 2012, Mayor Michael B. Hancock unveiled Denver's Airport City Concept at the Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition, which is being held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel through the end of the week.&nbsp;
Denver's Airport City concept creates a master plan for developing l...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State helps local company InDevR go global]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced April 25, 2012, that Boulder-based InDevR, Inc. has been chosen as a recipient of state funds to aid in the exporting of their product globally. The funds will be administered through the Next Step and CO-Exist pro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA seeks top area start-ups for Venture Showcase Competition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-seeks-top-area-start-ups-for-venture-showcase-competition.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is now accepting applications from emerging bioscience companies for the Venture Showcase Competition at BioWest 2012, being held September 11th at the Marriott City Center, Denver. The announcement is made by CBSA President &amp; CEO Holli Riebel, who says, "S...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado craft beer economic impact study shows explosive growth]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The craft brewing industry in Colorado provides an annual $714 million boost to the state&rsquo;s economy, according to data compiled in a study released today by the University of Colorado Business Research Division for the Colorado Brewers Guild (CBG). 
As of March 2012, Colorado had 139 licensed...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[miRagen Therapeutics secures $20M Series B financing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MiRagen Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative microRNA (miRNA)-based therapeutics primarily for the treatment of patients who suffer from cardiovascular and muscle disease, announced April 24, 2012, the completion of a $20 million Series B financing.&nbsp; The financi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado State Senate on April 24, 2012, approved a bill aimed at making it easier to set up refueling and recharging stations for natural gas and electric vehicles. The new law will make it easier for retail, fleet and community venues to provide spots for electric and compressed-natural gas ve...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-cu-biotech-building-to-tackle-range-of-issues--from-cancer-to-biofuels.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A revolutionary research and teaching facility opening at the University of Colorado Boulder will facilitate work on a wide swath of pressing societal challenges ranging from biomedical issues like cancer, heart disease and tissue engineering to the development of new biofuels.
The new Jennie Smoly...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Merrick's Ralph Christie elected National Vice Chair of ACEC]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ralph W. Christie, Jr.&nbsp; PE, Chairman and CEO of Merrick &amp; Company has been selected as a National Vice Chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies&rsquo; (ACEC) and member of the Executive Committee. Christie assumed the role effective in April for ACEC National, the 5,000-member...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe and European Space Imaging out-distance competitors]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-and-european-space-imaging-out-distance-competitors.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(NYSE: DGI) and its partner European Space Imaging, a leading supplier of high-resolution satellite imagery in Europe and North Africa, today announced the results of the 2011 Control with Remote Sensing (CwRS) Campaign. The CwRS Campaign supports the member states in the implementation of the Europ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas and its customers reach 50GW of installed capacity]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-and-its-customers-reach-50gw-of-installed-capacity.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the world's energy mix is being reshaped, a significant milestone has been achieved: Vestas has reached an installed global capacity of 50GW of wind energy, a result of years of hard work with our customers and partners, and a significant milestone for the maturing wind industry.&nbsp;
50GW amou...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes Blockbuster's headquarters to CO]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Joe Clayton, CEO of DISH, one of the nation's leading pay-TV providers, and Michael Kelly, president of Blockbuster, in announcing that Blockbuster will relocate its new worldwide headquarters to the Meridian International Office Park in Douglas County, Colo.
The expan...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper, in partnership with The Denver Post, Viaero Wireless, and the US Pro Challenge, formally announced today the route for the inaugural Pedal The Plains Bicycle Tour, billed by the governor as "Colorado's next big cycling event."&nbsp;
The three-day ride, scheduled for Sept. 21...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frontier Airlines announces winner of new animal search]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Polly the Parrot unveiled at FrontierAirlines.com/animals
It's been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and it appears that Polly the Parrot may have used that exact tactic to win over the voting public. Frontier Airlines today announced that the wise-cracking parrot named Polly h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sylvia Young appointed President & CEO of HealthONE]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HCA-HealthONE&reg; LLC today announces the appointment of Sylvia Young as President and Chief Executive of HealthONE and HCA's Continental Division, effective June 1.
The Continental Division is composed of seven Denver-area hospitals in the HealthONE system and Wesley Medical Center and Galichia H...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ CO Gov. signs bill to further expand state's space industry]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New law demonstrates that the Mile High State is emerging well past its sea-level competitors as a center of space innovation and job growth
On April 19, 2012, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill that will position Colorado to capitalize on significant new opportunities in commer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A task force created by Gov. John Hickenlooper to clarify and better coordinate the regulatory jurisdiction between state and local government has finished its work and made recommendations in a letter to the governor and General Assembly.
"The Task Force does not make recommendations for new laws,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe unveils new details of WorldView-3 satellite]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unique Capabilities Extend Constellation Leadership, Enabling Superior Value Delivery to Broad Range of Customers
DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today unveiled unique capabilities of its WorldView-3 satellite, slated for launch in mid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOE extends term of UQM Technologies ARRA Grant ]]></title>
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$45.1 million ARRA Grant's period of performance extended from 3 years to 5 years 
Grant funding has been instrumental in facilitating the installation of volume production lines to manufacture electric propulsion systems for the CODA all-electric car and other current and potential customers 
G...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita named to WorldBlu list of Most Democratic Workplaces ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-named-to-worldblu-list-of-most-democratic-workplaces-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita the only health care, Fortune 500 company on worldwide list
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced on April 17, 2012, that it was recognized for th...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chamber to host panels, networking event for CO veterans]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber will host two panels and a networking event on April 25 to educate businesses and veterans alike about opportunities as veterans seek reentry into Colorado's workforce.
As The United States' presence overseas winds down, Colorado businesses will experience an even greater s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Making the right connection makes the difference.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/major-contacts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Economic development and regulatory contacts for the region and state
Economic Development Resources

Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade 
Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation

Small Business

Colorado Small Business Development Center

State of Colorad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully completed the first significant integration milestone between Raytheon's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) and Lockheed Martin's GPS III satellite system.
The joint Lockheed Mart...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEFE Moves Headquarters to Boulder, Colo.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SEFE, Inc. (OTCBB: SEFE) ("SEFE") ("The Company") announced on April 16, 2012, &nbsp;that its corporate headquarters will be relocated to Boulder, Colo., effective immediately.The company focuses on generating power from static electricity.
The move serves a strategic purpose, simplifying operation...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU competition encourages new cleantech entrepreneurs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Department of Energy Competition Encourages A New Generation of Cleantech Entrepreneurs
Increasing clean energy businesses coming out of universities and national labs and creating a new generation of cleantech entrepreneurs is the vision of an inaugural student competition in April 2012.
Through ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TEDMED engages national audience with healthcare innovations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tedmed-engages-national-audience-with-healthcare-innovations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hearing about new ideas in biosciences and other healthcare issues drew Holli Riebel, president of the Colorado BioScience Association, to the&nbsp;TEDMED 2012&nbsp;simulcast at Anschutz Medical Campus this morning.
"I've always wanted to go to a TED conference," Riebel said after a session that fo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IMA breaks ground on new HQ building downtown]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ima-breaks-ground-on-new-hq-building-downtown.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IMA Financial Group broke ground April 11, 2012, on its new headquarters building, which is the first private building to begin construction as a part of the Union Station Neighborhood redevelopment.&nbsp; The North Wing building, between 17thand 18th&nbsp;streets on Wynkoop, represents a crucia...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver’s first Business Technology Expo set for Oct. 12]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-s-first-business-technology-expo-set-for-oct--12.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Technology Partners, a Denver/Boulder business technology trade association, on April 11, 2012, joins with the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce to announce Denver's first annual Business Technology Exposition, exclusively for Colorado business owners and C-level executives. The Denver Busin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Walmart expands solar commitment to Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Walmart announced on April 11, 2012, six SolarCity projects on stores in Colorado, marking the company's 100th solar power installation in the U.S. and moving it closer to its long-term goal of using 100-percent renewable energy for all its retail and distribution facilities.
"Like the state of Col...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[JILA, site of Nobel Prize-research, expands at CU-Boulder ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/jila--site-of-nobel-prize-research--expands-at-cu-boulder-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology that has produced three Nobel Prize winners since 2001, has opened a new wing with advanced laboratories for its world-renowned science.
"With the laboratory environment so much bett...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar announces winners of Innovative Design Competition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-announces-winners-of-innovative-design-competition.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of lightweight flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced April 10, 2012, the winners of its company sponsored Innovative Design Competition. The winning team of students from Boston University, whose team developed a portable solar ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC names new energy industry manager]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-names-new-energy-industry-manager.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced the selection of Scott Prestidge on April 9, 2012,&nbsp;as the organization's new energy industry manager.
Prestidge will assume his new role as energy industry manager at the Metro Denver EDC as of today. Among his resp...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nearly 100 NREL staff to discuss innovation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nearly-100-nrel-staff-to-discuss-innovation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 renewable energy experts from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)'s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been selected to present at this year's World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) to be held in Denver, Colo., on May 13-17, at the Colorado Convention Center.
NREL's Director...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO a finalist for Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/co-a-finalist-for-race-to-the-top-early-learning-challenge.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia welcomed the U.S. Department of Education's announcement on April 9, 2012, that Colorado is among five finalist states invited to apply for $133 million from the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge fund. Colorado will be eligible for up to $30...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UCD and J.P. Morgan launch Center for Commodities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ucd-and-j-p--morgan-launch-center-for-commodities.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities will Expand Education and Research in Finance, Economics and Policy
&nbsp;J.P. Morgan and the University of Colorado announced the opening of the J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities, a first-of-its-kind partnership in the academic world that will provide innovative...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA lands $446M NASA contract to launch weather satellites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ULA-lands-$446M-NASA-contract-to-launch-weather-satellites.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver Business Journal Greg Avery, ReporterNASA said Thursday it has awarded a $446 million contract to have United Launch Alliance rockets carry two weather-monitoring satellites into orbit in 2015 and 2017.Centennial-based ULA&rsquo;s Atlas V rocket was chosen for the Geostationary Operational En...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto to build world headquarters in CO, adding 750 jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trizetto-to-build-world-headquarters-in-co--adding-750-jobs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Trace Devanny, chairman and CEO of The TriZetto Group Inc., and Mike Fitzgerald, president and CEO of the Southeast Business Partnership, on April 5, 2012, to announce that TriZetto will build a new worldwide headquarters in the Meridian International Business Center in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA appoints four industry leaders to Board]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-appoints-four-industry-leaders-to-board.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) appointed four new board members at its 2012 Annual All-Member Meeting held at the Westin Westminster, Westminster, CO, April 4, 2012. The announcement is made jointly by Steve Orndorff, Ph.D., Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Holli Riebel, CBSA Pr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita acquires majority stake in Lehbi Care, Saudi Arabia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-acquires-majority-stake-in-lehbi-care--saudi-arabia.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced April 5, 2012, it has acquired a controlling interest in Lehbi Care, a leading&nbsp;Riyadh-based kidney care company. DaVita&reg; will actively manage the t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA extends Kepler Mission until 2016]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., developed the Kepler flight system
NASA's Kepler mission has been approved for extension through fiscal year 2016 based on a recommendation from the Agency's Senior Review of its operating missions.. The extension provides four additional yea...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock April 5, 2012, in proclaiming Monday, April 9, as "Colorado Rockies Purple Monday" in support of the Colorado Rockies and their 2012 season home opener at Coors Field.
"The Colorado Rockies have captured the enthusiasm, fervor and suppor...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge course announced]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Second-Annual Race Challenges Professional Cyclists with Altitude and Difficult Terrain
The route for the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge professional cycling stage race, taking place Aug. 20-26 in Colorado, will take riders on a heart-pounding journey through the breathtaking Colorado Rockies. Afte...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[On a sunny spring morning,&nbsp;U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin&nbsp;and leaders of the new&nbsp;Colorado Center for Health and Wellness&nbsp;practiced what they preach: They strapped on tennis shoes and walked for a mile.
More than 100 people took part in the walk, which looped around part of...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and the U.S. Commercial Service announced April 4, 2012, that a trade delegation from Colorado will travel to the largest mining exhibition in Latin America, Expomin 2012, in Santiago, Chile from April 7-14, 2012. Martha But...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Molson Coors to aquire European brewer StarBev]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/molson-coors-to-aquire-european-brewer-starbev.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) announced on April 3, 2012,&nbsp;that it has signed a definitive agreement with StarBev L.P., owned by funds ("CVC Funds") advised by CVC Capital Partners Limited ("CVC") and StarBev management, to acquire StarBev for &euro;2.65 billion ($3.54 billion). ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed gets $78M U.S. Space & Missile Comm. Contract ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-gets--78m-u-s--space---missile-comm--contract-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The system that provides U.S. Theater Combatant Commanders and partner nations with U.S. missile event information will continue to be supported by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]. The U.S. Air Force Electronics System Center, Space C2 and Surveillance Division, awarded Lockheed Martin a follow-on contr...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frontier Airlines adds flights south of the border]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Launches new seasonal service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; expands Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, service
Frontier Airlines&nbsp;announced on April 3, 2012,&nbsp;that it will add new nonstop seasonal service between Denver (DEN) and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (PUJ), taking the number of nonstop ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics announces agreement with Ocular]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arrow to provide Ocular touch panel products featuring Atmel maXTouch technology
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) today announced an agreement with Ocular LCD, Inc. to serve as a distributor of Ocular's projected capacitive touch panel products in North America. Arrow customers will have access t...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boingo to provide Wi-Fi for passengers at DIA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Boingo to Manage and Operate Hybrid Wi-Fi Service at Fifth-Largest U.S. Airport
Boingo Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIFI), the Wi-Fi industry's leading provider of software and Internet services worldwide, announced on April 3, 2012, an agreement with Denver International Airport (DIA) to provide Wi-Fi ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada Chamber of Commerce develops business resource program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Chamber of Commerce continues to find new opportunities to help businesses of all sizes learn, improve their processes and increase their clientele. &nbsp;Recently, the Arvada Chamber announced its Business Resource program to pair some of the state and local community's business, economi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado’s veterans express support for patent office]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's veterans community, with the help of Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, sent a letter to Azam Khan, deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), supporting Colorado as the location of a new satellite patent office.
"We believe Colorado's large veterans popula...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Register for SEBP's 2012 Annual Luncheon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/register-for-sebp-s-2012-annual-luncheon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register online:&nbsp; https://www.blacktie-colorado.com/online_sales/rsvp_ticket_purchase.cfm?rsvpid=6378&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS acquires BDW Automotive GmbH ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, announced today that it has acquired BDW Automotive GmbH, a leader in the development of information and planning systems and intelligent processing of vehicle databases for the automotive industry, for approximately $8 mi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Crowd Funding incubator launched in Boulder ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Story Stock Exchange to Create One of First Public Markets for Small Investors, New Businesses
With last week's passage of the "crowd funding" JOBS Act allowing individuals to make small investments in new businesses, one of the first stock exchanges is forming in Boulder that will start by pro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita gives year of free health insurance for healthy lifestyles]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[44 win free health insurance for 2012 for losing weight, quitting smoking, staying active
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced today that 44 teammates (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU, Chinese Ministry establish Confucius Institute]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University (CSU)&nbsp;has signed an agreement with the Chinese to establish a Confucius Institute - an institution dedicated to enhancing understanding of Chinese language and culture.
CSU last week met with representatives of the Confucius Institute and Hunan University in China to ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL thinks big at Wind Technology Center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Front Range environment at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) is harsh. The winds - the very reason the NWTC is there - have little mercy. The frigid cold of winter gives way to the baking sun of summer. Yet in the midst of this difficult landscape, the future of wind energy grows bigger...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to lead trade mission to Mexico City]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced today he will lead 40 Colorado delegates on an economic development mission next week to Mexico City.
The four-day trade mission will highlight Colorado's innovative products and services, market the state's vital agricultural exports and promote tourism.
The deleg...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Redstone College students earn national awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Student and faculty teams finish in the top rankings at 5th Annual AMT Society Maintenance Skills Competition in Las Vegas
Redstone College, a Denver-based institution of higher learning, recently sent two student teams to compete in the Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Society's Aviation Main...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Albeo Technologies receives $8M in financing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Braemar Energy Ventures leads, along with Green Spark Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank
Albeo Technologies, a leader in solid-state LED lighting solutions for industrial and commercial markets based in Boulder, announced&nbsp;on March 21, 2012, that&nbsp;it has raised a total of $8 Million in Series...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SCL Health System announces HQs relocation to Colorado ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[$2.7 Billion Hospital Network Brings 750 New Jobs to Region
SCL Health System, a faith-based, not-for-profit health care organization, announced on March 21, 2012, that it is moving its system headquarters from Kansas to Colorado, creating 750 new jobs in the Denver metropolitan community over the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Oil & Gas Association statement regarding Colorado School of Public Health Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-oil---gas-association-statement-regarding-colorado-school-of-public-health-report.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report acknowledges serious data flaws that inform its main conclusion. The report states, "The actual distance at which residents may experience greater exposures from air emissions may be less than or greater than a 1/2 mile, depending on dispersion and local topography and meteorology. This l...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA commends initiatives for showcasing clinical trials]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-commends-initiatives-for-showcasing-clinical-trials.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) commends PhRMA and the We Work For Health initiative for drawing important attention to the 1,400+ clinical trials for chronic diseases currently being conducted in Colorado, of which more than 280 are actively recruiting patients suffering with chronic conditi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Baidu.com signs subscription for DigitalGlobe imagery ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/baidu-com-signs-subscription-for-digitalglobe-imagery-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that China's most influential internet search portal, Baidu.com Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) ("Baidu"), has signed a subscription for DigitalGlobe high-resolution imagery covering 344 cities in Chi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State revenue forecast improves by $164.5M for FY12-13]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Governor&rsquo;s Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) announced today the state general fund revenue is projected to be $164.5 million higher in the next fiscal year than was forecast in December. However, the net increase to the general fund will be $149 million because of declining se...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL recognized as a world's most ethical company]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-recognized-as-a-world-s-most-ethical-company.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2012 World's Most Ethical Companies. The sixth annual list from leading international think-tank Ethisphere Institute ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fitzsimons Redevelopment names new president & CEO ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fitzsimons-redevelopment-names-new-president---ceo-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following an extensive national search, Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) has named Steve VanNurden as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, beginning in late May. The announcement is made by John M. Shaw, Chair of the FRA Board of Directors, who said: "Steve, a seasoned leader in th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State CIO named a 2012 Premier 100 IT Leader]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kristin D. Russell, Colorado's State Chief Information Officer and Secretary of Technology, was selected as one of Computerworld's 2012 Premier 100 IT Leaders.&nbsp;&nbsp; This award honors business and technology leaders from both private and public sectors for their exceptional technology leadersh...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) this week was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for the 2012 Small Business Development Center Excellence &amp; Innovation Award.
Each year, about 1,100 small business development centers across the United States are e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada announces job creation pilot program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arvada-announces-job-creation-pilot-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) and the City of Arvada are pleased to announce the Job Creation Pilot Program.
The program objective is to assist businesses that bring additional employment opportunities to the City of Arvada either through a new business, relocation, or expansio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA, Metro Denver EDC hosted State of DIA luncheon March 13]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DIA MANAGER OF AVIATION AND EXPERT PANEL TO DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF AIR SERVICE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN COLORADO 
Denver International Airport (DIA), the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) and the Metro Denver Aviation Coalition (MDAC) hosted the fourth-annual State of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace Suomi NPP Satellite commissioned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-suomi-npp-satellite-commissioned.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. Suomi NPP satellite for NASA successfully completed its Satellite Acceptance Review with Goddard Space Flight Center on March 6, 2012. With completion of commissioning activities, operation of the Suomi NPP has now been turned over to a Joint Polar Satelli...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FirstBank invests in Denver Transit-Oriented Development Fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/firstbank-invests-in-denver-transit-oriented-development-fund.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[FirstBank Holding Company, the Lakewood-based holding company for the largest locally owned banking organization in Colorado, today reported itself as an investor in the Denver Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Fund.
"We feel that every company should give back to the communities that have helped ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Denver grad programs among country's best]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Graduate programs at the University of Colorado Denver have once again scored highly in the latest&nbsp;U.S. News &amp; World Report&nbsp;rankings, with many rated among the top 50 in the nation.
The programs span an impressive variety of disciplines ranging from medical research to education to pu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU grad programs ranked among nation's best]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University's graduate programs in veterinary medicine and occupational therapy were ranked among the nation's top educational programs of their kind in today's U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools. The two programs were represented in the health disciplines rankings by t...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas to build Latin America's largest wind farm]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vestas has received a 396-megawatt order in Mexico for a project that, once complete, will represent the largest wind farm in Latin America.
The order consists of 132 units of its V90-3.0 megawatt turbines to support the project, which will be located in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southern Mexic...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper will meet with Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback on Friday, March 23, to discuss common efforts and issues related to eco-tourism and economic development. The three governors will meet in Wood River, Neb.
"The economies of Colorado and surrounding sta...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver B-Cycle returns to the street for third year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-b-cycle-returns-to-the-street-for-third-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[March Madness springs into the Mile High City with Denver B-cycle's shiny red bikes back on the streets for today's inaugural ride of the year, coinciding with "Selection Monday" for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championships.&nbsp;
Selection Monday is the tipoff to "The Road to Denv...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Colorado introduces new health plans]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the state's top-ranked health plan, has announced new coverage options available to individuals and families and small groups. The 2012 Endura portfolio provides consumers with a broader selection of plans, coverage levels and range of premiums to choose from.
Effective ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado's air quality plan receives EPA initial approval ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on March 9, 2012, that Colorado's State Implementation Plan for Regional Haze, a comprehensive package of pollutant emissions reduction strategies designed to provide sweeping public health and environmental protections, has received preliminary approval from the U.S...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper announces grants to 47 Colorado airports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-announces-grants-to-47-colorado-airports.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced&nbsp;on March 9, 2012,&nbsp;that $20.4 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues will be distributed to 47 Colorado airports under the Aviation Discretionary Grant Program. The program is administered by the Colorado Aeronautical Board and the Division of Aeronauti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Applications sought for export awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Deadline for application is now March 16
The Colorado Office of Economic Development &amp; International Trade is extending the deadline to accept applications from Colorado companies for the 2012 Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting. The award recognizes Colorado companies that demonstrate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia signs public funds investment bill]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia signed HB12-1005 "Legal Investments for Public Funds," sponsored by Rep. Dan Pabon and Sen. Ted Harvey, into law on March 7, 2012.
The bill allows Colorado counties to invest public funds in securities that have less than two AAA ratings. According to an estimate by the Colorado...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Covidien expands global R&D presence in Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/covidien-expands-global-r-d-presence-in-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Covidien (NYSE:COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the opening of four research and development (R&amp;D) centers. The R&amp;D facilities are located in: Boulder, Colorado; Hyderabad, India; Irvine, California; and Trevoux, France.
"Our investments in these new R...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State of Colorado goes Google]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado embraces cloud computing and will save $2 million per year
The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has selected Google to provide email and calendar services for all Colorado state employees. This decision will allow the state to eliminate disjointed and aging email systems a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace Kepler Mission awarded Aviation Week's Laureate Award ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-kepler-mission-awarded-aviation-week-s-laureate-award-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp.'s Kepler Mission for NASA has been honored by Aviation Week and Space Technology with the publication's prestigious Laureate Award. The annual awards recognize individuals and teams for their extraordinary accomplishments and the inspiration they provide for o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita, 3SBio partner to provide kidney care in NE China]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Newly named entity to be called DaVita 3SBio 
DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) today announced it has entered into an agreement with 3SBio Inc., a leading Chinese biotechnology developer of biopharmaceutical pr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rally Software Recognized in 'Best for the World' list]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rally-software-recognized-in--best-for-the-world--list.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rally&reg;, the leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM), has been recognized in the first "Best for the World" list of companies with the most positive overall social and environmental impact. The company also announced its goal of becoming 'Net Positive' by 2020, meaning that its ove...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics launches OEM Digital Signage Program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Formalizing the services and support available to original equipment manufacturers in the digital signage and kisok market, Arrow Electronics Inc. [NYSE: ARW] officially launched "Digital Communication Solutions," a program that enables the development of end-to-end solutions on a global basis for d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kiewitt-Turner sponsors veterans job fair]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kiewit-Turner, in coordination with its subcontractors, will hold a free and open job fair Friday, March 23, 2012, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Aurora Professional Learning and Convention Center,&nbsp; 15701 E. First Ave., Aurora, CO.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The purpose of the job fair is to provide veterans and...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FORTUNE ranks DaVita among Most Admired Companies ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), has been recognized as one of FORTUNE&reg; Magazine's Most Admired Companies in 2012 &mdash; for the seventh consecutive year....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS completes three strategic acquisitions ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Transactions enhance IHS capabilities in technology, media and telecommunications; electronic components and energy
IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), headquartered in Englewood, Colo., the leading global source of information and analytics, announced on March 5, 2012, that it has closed three strategic acquisi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Investments in NA wind energy to total $145B through 2017]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/investments-in-na-wind-energy-to-total--145b-through-2017.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the North American wind energy industry lags in key areas compared to Europe and Asia, falling costs and larger, more efficient turbines are helping give rise to a sense of cautious optimism. Home to the second largest wind market in the world - the United States - the region saw a total of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[St. Anthony Cancer Center opens March 5]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Expert team and most advanced technologies for cancer now available on St. Anthony Medical Campus
The St. Anthony Cancer Center, using the most scientifically and technologically advanced cancer treatments available, opens March 5. St. Anthony Medical Campus in Lakewood, Colo. continues to expand i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cedar Point Wind Project: one of 2011's largest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cedar-point-wind-project--one-of-2011-s-largest.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 252-MW Cedar Point Wind Project is one of the largest wind farms completed in the United States in 2011. Although it's a huge project, Colorado-based developer and EPC construction contractor Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) says construction went fairly smoothly and the com...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ReadyTalk relocates headquarters, and doubles space ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[ReadyTalk announced on March 1, 2012,&nbsp;that the company will relocate its Denver headquarters to support continued growth of its audio and web conferencing business. The company, which is a leading provider of audio and web conferencing and webinar services, will remain in Denver but move to 190...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics named again to Fortune’s Most Admired Companies]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics, Inc., headquartered in Englewood, Colo.,&nbsp;(NYSE:ARW) has been recognized again as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, marking the 12th consecutive year that the company has been named in the annual list.
Fortune and the Hay Group surveyed executives, directors an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FORTUNE magazine rates United Airlines most admired airline ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[FORTUNE magazine rated United Airlines the most admired airline on its annual airline-industry list of the World's Most Admired Companies. In addition, the magazine ranked United No. 1 for global competitiveness and long-term investment among 12 global carriers.&nbsp;
"I want to thank my co-workers...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tri-State adds 67 megawatts of wind power]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tri-State&nbsp;has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to buy the electricity from the state's newest planned renewable energy resource, the 67-megawatt Colorado Highlands Wind project. The facility will be built on a 5,200-acre site in northeast Colorado's Logan County, within the service ter...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Healthcare & wellness companies cluster in Metro Denver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Analysis shows growth in the region across seven major industry clusters and subclusters
A few years ago, when Ricardo Bottome was considering starting a U.S. division of Germany-based company Gibbon Slacklines, he looked across the country for the best place to locate his business and determined t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU designated an Official Tree Campus USA]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University has been honored by the Arbor Day Foundation and Toyota Motor North America Inc. for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and communities in conversation about urban tree care. CSU is now an official Tree Campus USA.
To become a 2011 Tree Campus USA, CSU was requi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper and Garcia release early childhood literacy plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-and-garcia-release-early-childhood-literacy-plan.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced Feb. 29, 2012 the state's plan to help ensure every child in Colorado learns to read. The Colorado Reads: The Early Literacy Initiative report was released as part of the week-long events planned for Colorado Literacy Week, Feb. 27 - March 2....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil and gas task force created]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an Executive Order Feb. 29, 2012, that creates a task force to help clarify and better coordinate the regulatory jurisdiction between the state and local governments over oil and gas operations.
The task force is expected to report its recommendations and findings to t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2012 State of Small Business: In Growth We Trust ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2012-state-of-small-business--in-growth-we-trust-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce for this annual event, which celebrates the value of small business in Colorado.
This year's event, In Growth We Trust, brings together three of metro Denver's top small business leaders to discuss how small businesses are being energized, accelerated and i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Solar electric hybrid airship UAV development advances]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/solar-electric-hybrid-airship-uav-development-advances.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Global Near Space Services (GNSS) of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Bye Aerospace of Denver, Colo., jointly announced continued progress in the development of a unique solar-electric-powered airship named StarLightTM.&nbsp; Engineers project this cost-effective, unmanned high altitude airship will rem...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia announces Colorado Literacy Week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--garcia-announces-colorado-literacy-week.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced Feb. 27, 2012,&nbsp;Colorado Literacy Week, Feb. 27 - March 2 and welcomed several new partners to the state's efforts to ensure children in Colorado read proficiently by third grade. The purpose of Colorado Literacy Week is to draw public attention to the critical impo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ Registration open for basic eco. devo. course in Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-registration-open-for-basic-eco--devo--course-in-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Registration just opened for the Annual Basic Economic Development Course (BEDC) in Colorado!&nbsp; The course will take place on June 11-15 at Colorado State University's Denver Learning Center located in Downtown Denver at 475 17th Street, Suite 300.   This course is brought to you by the Economic...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines to open new Denver flight crew base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Southwest-Airlines-to-open-new-Denver-flight-crew-base.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Southwest will open a pilot and flight attendant domicile at Denver International Airport (DIA) this year Southwest Airlines will open the carrier&rsquo;s newest Pilot Crew base in October 2012 and Flight Attendant Crew base in the fourth quarter at Denver International Airport later this year.&nbsp...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA breaks all-time record with almost 53M travelers in 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-breaks-all-time-record-with-almost-53m-travelers-in-2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport's (DIA) passenger traffic continued to grow in 2011, making it the busiest year in the airport's 17-year history. A total of 4,296,496 passengers traveled through DIA in December 2011, bringing this year's passenger traffic total to 52,849,132. The record-breaking year i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA Atlas V Rocket launches Mobile User Objective System-1 Mission]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[American Hero Sen. John Glenn Reflects on History of Atlas Program
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) for the United States Navy lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 here at 5:15 p.m. EST on Feb. 24. This was ULA's 2nd launch of an aggres...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[GeoEye to expand offices into Northglenn]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[GeoEye has leased 14,578 square feet in the Metro North Building at 11990 Grant St. in Northglenn and plans to move at the end of March. This is an expansion of their existing 63,000 square-foot building in Thornton. GeoEye will transfer 45 employees to the Northglenn location, with a growth plan to...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Childhood Leadership Commission releases assessment]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Early Childhood Leadership Commission released on Feb. 23, 2012, the Colorado Early Childhood Needs Assessment to help state and local leaders make data-driven decisions for early childhood systems analysis, strategic planning and service improvements.
The goal of the Colorado Early Childhood N...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Buits to Suits program for student veterans begins]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Having served two tours of duty in Iraq, Tyler Heath has faced-and conquered-the fear of the unknown.&nbsp; Now the University of Colorado Denver senior is facing the unknown again - this time as he prepares to enter the business world for the first time.
"I have the education and I have experience...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber to host Business Awards Luncheon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-to-host-business-awards-luncheon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WHAT: &nbsp;The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, with presenting sponsor Colorado Business Bank, will host the 2012 Business Awards luncheon on Friday, April 27, 2012. Awards will be presented to the Small Business of the Year, the Emerging Business of the Year, the Minority-owned Business of the Y...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Marketing students present state branding campaign]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;A group of creative graduate students in the&nbsp;MS in Marketing&nbsp;program think it's time local firms stamped "Colorado Born" pride in their business story and trumpeted the state's many enterprise-friendly virtues through an eye-catching branding campaign.
Today, it caught the eye of Go...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser announces new offices in Northern Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/kaiser-announces-new-offices-in-northern-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the state's largest non-profit health plan, has announced the locations of its new medical office buildings opening this fall in Fort Collins and Loveland.
Kaiser Permanente medical offices in Fort Collins will be located at 2950 Harmony Road, on the northwest corner of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bennet focuses on CO's clean energy economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bennet-focuses-on-co-s-clean-energy-economy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 22, 2012, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet continued to highlight Colorado's leadership in clean energy as well as the need for Congress to extend the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) in events today in Englewood and Windsor.
To start the day, Bennet delivered opening remarks for...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas awarded 150 MW from U.S. client]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-awarded-150-mw-from-u-s--client.html</link>
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received an order from the United States for turbines with total capacity of 150 megawatts (MW), the company said on Feb. 21, 2012.

Vestas said it had agreed not to disclose the identity of the customer or other details of the project.
Deliveries are...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spirit Airlines announces Denver service]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/spirit-airlines-announces-denver-service.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq:SAVE) announced Feb. 16, 2012, that it will start non-stop service from Denver International Airport to the carrier's four largest bases. On May 3, 2012, Spirit will begin offering non-stop service from Denver to Chicago O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Fort Lauderdale and Las Vega...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Symposium brings together more than 350 thought leaders to Denver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
The Downtown Denver Partnership convened more than 350 thought leaders from the Rocky Mountain West at the Ritz-Carlton, Denver this week to explore city building, innovation and leadership. Representatives came from urban centers across Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL earns prestigious safety and environmental certifications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-earns-prestigious-safety-and-environmental-certifications.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has received three significant certifications demonstrating the lab's commitment to the environment, safety, and management excellence.
Certifications earned by NREL include: ISO 14001:2004 (environment); ISO 9001:2008 (qua...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper signs education reform bill into law today]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-signs-education-reform-bill-into-law-today.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Feb. 15, 2012, to implement a statewide educator effectiveness evaluation system. The rules cover the quality standards school districts must adopt in their educator evaluation systems, teacher content knowledge standards, the structure of performance evalua...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada Chamber of Commerce pays tribute to community leaders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arvada-chamber-of-commerce-pays-tribute-to-community-leaders.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[February 13 2012 - The Arvada Chamber of Commerce will honor business leaders whose selfless contribution enriches the lives and the businesses that make up the City of Arvada. &nbsp;The 61st Annual Man, Woman and Business of the Year award luncheon will take place at 11:30 am, Thursday, March 8th a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita Clinical Research expands in Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-clinical-research-expands-in-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Clinical Research&reg; (DCR&reg;), a provider of clinical research services focused on kidney research and a variety of other specialty therapeutic populations, today announced an agreement to enter the St. Anthony Hospital campus in Lakewood, Colo. The 80-bed facility will be operational in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Novinda receives $6M in funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/novinda-receives--6m-in-funding.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Novinda Corp. announced Feb. 13, 2012, that it received $6 million in Series C equity financing to support the product launch of the industry's first non-carbon reagent for mercury emission control in coal-fired power plants. This third round of equity funding was provided by New Venture Partners an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Congressional delegation pushes for Colorado Spaceport ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/Colorado-Congressional-Delegation-pushes-for-Colorado-Spaceport-to-boost-state’s-aerospace-sector.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[FAA designation would allow for spacecraft to be launched from ColoradoHighlighting Colorado&rsquo;s leadership in space research and development, the Colorado Congressional delegation is expressing its support for the creation of a spaceport in Colorado.&nbsp;&nbsp; The entire Colorado Congressiona...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT opens office in Ireland and welcomes European company]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced two new European projects: the opening of OEDIT's European office, and a British company establishing U.S. headquarters in Denver.
OEDIT's new European Trade and Investment office opened in Dublin, Ireland...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OEDIT kicks off regional road tour to support Blueprint]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/oedit-kicks-off-regional-road-tour-to-support-blueprint.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) will kick-off a three-week regional road tour on Tues., Feb. 14, re-igniting the bottom-up process to the Colorado Blueprint and executing next steps.
For the next several weeks, the OEDIT team will meet with partners in al...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TBD Colorado hosts first advisers meeting]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[TBD Colorado held its first advisers meeting Feb. 10, 2012, as part of a statewide effort to create informed and constructive conversations among Coloradans about some of the biggest issues facing the state.
More than 120 volunteer advisers from throughout Colorado attended a meeting at the History...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOE announces over $12M to spur solar energy innovation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/doe-announces-over--12m-to-spur-solar-energy-innovation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As part of the Obama Administration's blueprint for an American economy built to last,&nbsp;on Feb. 9, 2012, &nbsp;U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced over $12 million to speed solar energy innovation from the lab to the marketplace through the Energy Department's SunShot Incubator program. T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wind industry veteran joins Boulder Wind Power]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Boulder Wind Power today announced that Andris "Andy" Cukurs has joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors.&nbsp; Cukurs most recently was CEO of Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation for over 7 years where he led Suzlon's entry into North America and the deployme...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Northwest Douglas County EDC signs Code of Ethics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/northwest-douglas-county-edc-signs-code-of-ethics.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, officials and business leaders from Douglas County and the&nbsp;Northwest Douglas County Economic Development Corporation&nbsp;(NWDCEDC) gathered to officially join the&nbsp;Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's&nbsp;(Metro Denver EDC) Economic Development Professionals Group.Founde...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper visits Niobrara Data Center Energy Park]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-visits-niobrara-data-center-energy-park.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado&nbsp;Governor&nbsp;John Hickenlooper&nbsp;spent the afternoon&nbsp;on Feb.&nbsp;9, 2012,&nbsp;touring the future site of the&nbsp;Niobrara Energy Park,&nbsp;a renewable energy datacenter project located in&nbsp;Weld County,&nbsp;Colorado.&nbsp;The 644-acre project between&nbsp;Fort Collins&...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado congressional members sign letter of support for spaceport status]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-congressional-members-sign-letter-of-support-for-spaceport-status.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 9, 2012, the Colorado delegation sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in support of efforts within the state to obtain spaceport certification. Please see the signed letter here.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Iviragen signs contract for master virus seed stock]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Inviragen, Inc. and Advanced BioScience Laboratories Inc. (ABL), a biomedical contract research and manufacturing organization, announced Feb. 8, 2012, the signing of a contract manufacturing agreement between the two companies. Under this agreement, ABL will be responsible for the production and ch...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Linear Fresnel technology promising for concentrating solar power]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/linear-fresnel-technology-promising-for-concentrating-solar-power.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now utilities can get detailed information on siting, performance and finances
A promising Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology that uses a stationary receiver tube and an array of mirrors mounted near the ground can now be accessed within the System Advisor Model (SAM), which predicts annual...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO Delegation members support Wind Tax Credit extension]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seven Members of Delegation Deliver Support Letter to Conference Committee Ahead of Meeting of Conferees
Expiration of the Tax Credit Jeopardizes Colorado Jobs, Economy which includes 6,000 Wind Energy, Manufacturing Workers
Seven members of the Colorado Congressional Delegation called on a congre...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MapQuest releases mobile APIs for Android and Apple iOS ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) headquartered in Denver,&nbsp;on Feb. 8, 2012,&nbsp;launched the production release of the Android Maps API and the beta release of the Apple iOS Maps API."Once you see the full suite of features available and how easy they are to implement...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. announces release of Remedial Education Report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--announces-release-of-remedial-education-report.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education released the Colorado Department of Higher Education's 2011 Remedial Education Report to the Legislature on Feb. 7, 2012.The report finds that Colorado is succeeding in retaining more students who entered college in need of remediat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Transportation Sec. visits RTD's FasTracks West Line]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--transportation-sec--visits-rtd-s-fastracks-west-line.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood visited Denver&nbsp;on Feb. 7, 2012,&nbsp;to get a first-hand look at the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks West Rail Line. Secretary LaHood visited with construction workers who are building the West Rail Line, commended RTD's Workforce Init...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado alliance pursues unmanned aircraft system test range]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-alliance-pursues-unmanned-aircraft-system-test-range.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Front Range Airport Authority,&nbsp;The Greater Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC, and the&nbsp;Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation&nbsp;(Metro Denver EDC) have formed an alliance to pursue an unmanned aircraft systems test range for the state of Colorado.&nbsp;
Under provisions in the 201...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA passenger traffic increased slightly in November]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DIA) saw a slight increase in passenger traffic for November 2011. A total of 4,088,543 passengers were recorded at DIA in November, a 1.6 percent increase from the 4,023,152 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year.The year-to-date passenger traff...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU College of Nursing ranked as "Smart Choice"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Online education and career information website SuperScholar published its first annual&nbsp;"Smart Choice" rankings of the top 25 schools&nbsp;for online nursing degrees. The&nbsp;CU College of Nursing (CON)&nbsp;landed in&nbsp;the&nbsp;No.&nbsp;8&nbsp;spot.
According to the publication, "SuperSch...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Global Brewer Receives Recognition from Top Sustainability Industry Organizations for Improved CR Leadership, Performance and Transparency
Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP) announced&nbsp;on Feb. 6, 2012,&nbsp;that it has been selected for inclusion in the SAM's Sustainability Yearbook 2012 ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Abound Solar, a leading manufacturer of next-generation thin-film cadmium telluride photovoltaic modules, announced Feb. 6, 2012, the production of 82.8W modules at their Longmont, Colorado, U.S.A. factory. The 82.8W module represents a 12.2 percent aperture efficiency and is being verified by the U...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sequestration a Looming Concern for NextGen
The Aerospace Industries Association welcomes House and Senate passage of the conference report on H.R. 658, the "FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012." It is critical to FAA operations and offers stability and predictability to the aviation industry ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[As President Barack Obama blitzed recently for clean-technology manufacturing jobs, two men oblivious to the speeches were staking their futures on a Colorado factory that produces battery-powered delivery vans.
Precision Plumbing and Heating president Tom Robichaud is investing $1.4 million to buy...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Elliman named interim chanc., Anschutz Medical Campus]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado President Bruce Benson named Don Elliman interim chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Campus on Feb. 2, 2012.
"Don Elliman is an accomplished and energetic leader whose skills and experience are a perfect match for the challenges facing the Den...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA completes milestones for Atlas V human spaceflight]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced on Feb. 2, 2012,&nbsp;the completion of two key milestones leading toward the certification of the Atlas V launch vehicle for human spaceflight.
ULA has successfully completed the third and fourth milestones of its Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Unfunded ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) this week introduced a legislative package designed in support of the Colorado Blueprint.&nbsp; Colorado Blueprint is the state's strategic economic development plan created in October 2011 following the bottom-up initiative...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado ranks No. 3 for venture capital investment in cleantech
U.S. venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in 2011, flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in terms of capital invested compared to 2010, according to an Ernst &amp; Young LLP analysis based on data...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Golden-based Mosoro secures $1.5MM Series A Round funds]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Funding to Accelerate Growth of Smartphone Appcessories 
Mosoro, a Golden, Colo.-company that creates Bluetooth (Bluetooth LE) accessory solutions, also know as Appcessories, for smartphones, announced on Feb. 1, 2012&nbsp;that it had closed its $1.5M Series A financing round led by leading Interne...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications, Inc.,&nbsp;headquartered in Broomfield, Colo.,&nbsp;announced on Feb. 1, 2012&nbsp;it will provide live, high definition (HD) television broadcast video services to NBC for Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5, using Level 3's Vyvx VenueNet+ technology. The Super Bowl is the most-watche...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO biz leaders unveil report for Metro Denver patent office]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado business leaders, joined by staff from Colorado Senator Michael Bennet's office, have traveled to Washington to hand-deliver a package of support from Coloradans urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to select Colorado as the location for a new satellite patent office. The rep...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HealthSouth announces plans for a new hospital in Littleton]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS) announced on Jan. 25, 2012,&nbsp;its plans to begin construction on a new 49,000-square foot inpatient rehabilitation hospital in the Littleton, Colo. area of south Denver. Construction is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of this year and the hospital shou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Inspirato receives additional capital to fund expansion plans]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Portfolio to reach 280 properties by year-end with funding from premier later-stage VC firm IVP
Inspirato, the destination club for a new generation of luxury consumers, announced on Feb. 1, 2012,&nbsp;plans to add at least 180 new properties in 2012 to its already expansive portfolio of luxury hom...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CBSA to host BioScience Day at the Capitol]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cbsa-to-host-bioscience-day-at-the-capitol.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will host the fourth annual "BioScience Day at the Capitol" on Wednesday, February 2nd, 7:30-9:00 a.m. at the Legislative Services Building, A, 14th &amp; Sherman (South side of Capitol). The event will bring together industry leaders and legislators to sup...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DCL Int'l and H+H Umwelt locate new firm in Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dcl-int-l-and-h-h-umwelt-locate-new-firm-in-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DCL International (Concord, Canada) has partnered with H+H Umwelt und Industrietechnik (Hargesheim, Germany) to form AeriNOx Inc., a new environmental engineering company based in Boulder, CO, specializing in reducing exhaust gas emissions from industrial processes, stationary engines and boilers op...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mayor Hancock launches JumpStart 2012 eco devo strategy]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock launched on Jan. 30, 2012, JumpStart 2012, a new economic-develop strategy for Denver that will focus the City's efforts on creating world-class business opportunities for Denver's companies, residents and neighborhoods.
"To create a sustainable Denver, we must find new way...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thornton Tomasetti opens new office in Denver ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[International engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti opened a new office in Denver, Colo. on January 30, 2012. The firm, which now has 25 offices internationally, is opening the new office to better serve current and potential clients in the western Central region and Mountain States. Senior Principal ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[2011 banner year for Arvada Chamber’s community engagement efforts]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This past year was a big one for the Arvada Chamber of Commerce. Several successful programs and networking groups, including the Business Education Alliance (BEA) and the Arvada Young Professionals (AYP), have come to fruition, strengthening the Arvada community through meaningful partnerships, edu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL, Gamesa to collaborate on R&D project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel--gamesa-to-collaborate-on-r-d-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Gamesa Technology Corp., Inc. will study and test a variety of components and systems that will guide development of the next generation of wind turbines designed specifically for the U.S. marketplace.
The public-privat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[A draft report to the Stakeholders' Task Force about the potential restructuring of Pinnacol Assurance includes a recommendation from Gov. John Hickenlooper to move the proposal forward by seeking policyholder approval and beginning legislative discussions.
The restructuring proposal, which was giv...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New data shows growth across multiple industries in region]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seventh annual report details the Metro Denver and Northern Colorado region's industry competitiveness compared to the 50 largest U.S. metro areas
A major step in crafting a region's economic development strategy focuses on the types of industries to target for company growth and retention. On Jan....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita acquires majority stake in NephroLife India ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-acquires-majority-stake-in-nephrolife-india-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Newly named entity to be called DaVita NephroLife
DaVita Inc. (NYSE:DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) today announced it has acquired controlling interest in NephroLife, a leading Bangalore-based kidney care company. DaVita&reg; h...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Center for Health and Wellness announces partners]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus-Based Wellness Center Raises the Bar with World Class Facilities and Services
The Colorado Center for Health and Wellness announced on Jan. 25, 2012, that&nbsp;it has partnered with Technogym and MediFit to offer a wellness experience unlike anything o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder ranked No. 1 for Peace Corps volunteers for 2nd year straight]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-ranked-no--1-for-peace-corps-volunteers-for-2nd-year-straight.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For the second straight year, the University of Colorado Boulder is ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 112 undergraduate alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced on Jan. 25, 2012.
CU-Boulder is ranked the No. 5 all-time school...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA's Ed Mango in CO to guide companies' space efforts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-ed-mango-colorado-guide-local-companies-space-efforts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By Ann Schrader, The Denver PostWith the space shuttle fleet retired, it is up to private spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the international space station and other low-Earth-orbit destinations.It's Ed Mango's job at NASA to help companies &mdash; such as Sierra Nevada Space Systems of Louisville a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Satellite export reform critical to space industrial base]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/satellite-export-reform-critical-to-space-industrial-base.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. space industry is losing its competitive edge and risks falling short of future national security requirements unless government reforms our export control system and promotes the international competitiveness of U.S. industry, according to a new report released by AIA.
"A strong and globa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Solar Thermal Roadmap points to job, economic growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-solar-thermal-roadmap-points-to-job--economic-growth.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Solar Thermal Alliance of Colorado (which includes COSEIA) released a "roadmap" report&nbsp;on January 24, 2012&nbsp;after nearly a year of working with stakeholders throughout the state to spur investment and local economic growth. The report provides Colorado with a new vision to make the stat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Westminster Economic Development Authority (WEDA) authorized City Manager Brent McFall to enter into a purchase and sale agreement with Sears Development Company to acquire the 7.9-acre property at 5501 W. 88th Ave. at the site of the former Westminster Mall. WEDA will purchase the property for ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former U.S. Solheim Cup captain to attend Denver Golf Expo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/former-u-s--solheim-cup-captain-to-attend-denver-golf-expo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team Captain Patty Sheehan will make a special appearance at the Denver Golf Expo at the Denver Merchandise Mart on Saturday, Feb. 11. The LPGA Tour and World Golf Hall of Famer will be on-hand at the 2013 Solheim Cup booth at the Expo to promote the event, which will be pl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HITT Contracting Inc. opening a new Colorado office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hitt-contracting-inc--opening-a-new-colorado-office.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[HITT Contracting Inc., one of the largest U.S. general contractors, kicked off its 75th anniversary year by opening a new office in Golden, CO. Building upon its existing base of clients in that region, the company's Colorado office will provide construction services for corporate&nbsp;interiors,&nb...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper joined TeleTech CEO Ken Tuchman and Greeley Mayor Tom Norton Jan. 20, 2012, to announce the expansion of TeleTech's new customer management delivery center in Greeley. The expansion will bring more than 500 new jobs to the area.
Today's announcement follows the recent news of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lease option increases rooftop solar's appeal]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rooftop solar panels are attracting a new demographic of customers who are choosing to lease rather than buy, and enjoying the low upfront costs and immediate savings.&nbsp;
The new third-party-lease business model lets homeowners save money the very first month, rather than breaking even a decade ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Halliburton to invest in facility at Great Western Industrial Park]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/halliburton-to-invest-in-facility-at-great-western-industrial-park.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Operations to support more than 500 Halliburton employees who will work in the Denver-Julesburg Basin
The Broe Group announced&nbsp;on Jan. 19, 2012,&nbsp;that Halliburton will establish a major sand terminal within the Great Western Industrial Park to serve energy production demand in the Denver-J...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. requires state agencies to review rules, regulations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--requires-state-agencies-to-review-rules--regulations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an Executive Order Jan. 19, 2012, directing all state agencies to conduct periodic reviews of all of their rules to determine the need, appropriateness and effectiveness of their rules.
The executive order is a recommendation from the six-month series of "Pits and Peev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TeleTech to open new facility in Greeley, bringing 500 jobs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/teletech-to-open-new-facility-in-greeley--bringing-500-jobs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC), one of the largest global providers of transformational customer experience strategy, technology and business process outsourcing solutions, is expanding its capacity in the U.S. by opening a new customer experience delivery center in Greeley, Colorado - bring...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado tops list of LEED-certified buildings per capita]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-tops-list-of-leed-certified-buildings-per-capita.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today released its 2011&nbsp;list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per capita, based on&nbsp;the U.S. 2010 Census information. &nbsp;The District of Columbia leads the nation, with more than 31 square&nbsp;feet o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's economic benefit to state totals $831.3M in FY 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-economic-benefit-to-state-totals--831-3m-in-fy-2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Federal Laboratory employs more than 2,000; economic impact grew 41% from FY 2009
The net economic benefit of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory to Colorado's economy grew to $831.3 million in fiscal year 2011, according to a study by the University of Colorado's L...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Town of Mead joins region's Economic Development Pros]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/town-of-mead-joins-region-s-economic-development-pros.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Town of Mead became the latest organization to join the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Economic Development Professionals Group on Jan. 17, 2012.
Town of Mead Mayor Richard "Dick" Macomber and the town's economic development specialist, Linda Martin, particip...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A race for the rest of us; Pedal the Plains bike race]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/a-race-for-the-rest-of-us--pedal-the-plains-bike-race.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper, The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless&nbsp;steer two-wheelers east to "Pedal The Plains"
Gov. John Hickenlooper, in partnership with The Denver Post and Viaero Wireless, formally announced plans today for a recreational Eastern Plains bicycling tour called "Pedal The Plains" to tak...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics acquires TechTurn, Ltd.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arrow-electronics-acquires-techturn--ltd-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics, Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE:ARW) announced today that it has agreed to acquire&nbsp;TechTurn, Ltd.&nbsp;("TechTurn"), a leading provider of electronics asset disposition (EAD) services that specializes in the processing and sale of technology devices that are returned or recycled from busines...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arrow-electronics-acquires-techturn--ltd-.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA names ex-NASA exec its human spaceflight chief]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-names-ex-nasa-exec-its-human-spaceflight-chief.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced today that Mike Leinbach has joined the company as the Director of Human Spaceflight Operations.
"We are fortunate to have Mike with his wealth of human spaceflight experience join the ULA team," said George Sowers, ULA's vice president of Business Development...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tamara Door named 9News Leader of the Year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tamara-door-named-9news-leader-of-the-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation and 9NEWS announced this week that Tamara "Tami" Door is the 2012 9NEWS Leader of the Year.
Door, president and CEO of the Downtown Denver Partnership (DDP), manages a $9 million budget dedicated to building downtown holistically by focusing on retenti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dow Solar announces authorized Solar Shingle dealers in CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dow-solar-announces-authorized-solar-shingle-dealers-in-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;In October, Colorado became the first market in the country to experience how the DOW POWERHOUSE(TM) Solar Shingles from Dow Solar are "reinventing the roof" for a new generation of homeowners.
Today, Dow Solar is extending the accessibility of electricity-creating roofing shingle technology ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper delivers State of the State address]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-delivers-state-of-the-state-address.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper today delivered his second State of the State address. Here is the text of the speech as prepared:
When people think of the West, it's easy to envision wagon trains, Buffalo Bill, the glory days of the Gold Rush.
Cowboy hats come to mind ... rocks ... even beer ... but let's...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin receives contract for third and fourth GPS III satellites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-receives-contract-for-third-and-fourth-gps-iii-satellites.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a $238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation, known as GPS III. The acquisition of the next two&nbsp;GPS III&nbsp;satellites at one time will a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metrolist's new website makes finding homes easier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metrolist-s-new-website-makes-finding-homes-easier.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Metrolist&reg; has officially re-launched www.REColorado.com, a consumer-facing real estate search engine that's similar to search sites Trulia and Zillow but with more accurate and timely housing information, offering Colorado buyers, sellers and brokers an unrivalled ability to search for properti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raytheon to build GPS Mission Crit. Launch, Check Solution]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/raytheon-to-build-gps-mission-crit--launch--check-solution.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $27.4 million contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center for development of a Global Positioning System (GPS) Launch and Checkout System (LCS), which will provide early launch and checkout of GPS III satellites starting with the fi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL helping Virgin Islands cut fuel use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-helping-virgin-islands-cut-fuel-use.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Virgin Islands are a great place to visit, but you wouldn't want to pay energy bills there.
The tiny U.S. territory in the Caribbean has just 110,000 residents, all the beach, surf, wind and sun you'd ever want, but energy prices that are four to five times higher than are paid in the cont...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Broe, Musket Corp. pursue pipeline-by-rail at Great Western ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/broe--musket-corp--pursue-pipeline-by-rail-at-great-western-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;The Broe Group on January 11, 2012, announced that Musket Corp. will establish a crude-oil export terminal within the Great Western Industrial Park on a newly-constructed loop track on the Great Western Railway. Due to the abundance of existing infrastructure, the site is easily scalable beyon...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Acting Under Secretary of Energy Director Arun Majumdar to Tour UQM Technologies Facility ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/acting-under-secretary-of-energy-director-arun-majumdar-to-tour-uqm-technologies-facility-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: UQM) announced&nbsp;on January 11, 2012,&nbsp;that Dr. Arun Majumdar, Acting Under Secretary and Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will tour the company's Longmont, Colorado, product developmen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/acting-under-secretary-of-energy-director-arun-majumdar-to-tour-uqm-technologies-facility-.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chamber policy briefing accents jobs, economic stability]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/chamber-policy-briefing-accents-jobs--economic-stability.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Job creation and economic stability will be at the forefront of all decisions made during the 2012 legislative session, business and civic leaders agreed during a policy briefing hosted by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce at the Colorado State Capitol on Monday.
The event, attended by more than...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas completes 2011 with strong sales, record construction levels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-completes-2011-with-strong-sales--record-construction-levels.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[2012 will feature 20-plus construction projects and focus on PTC extension to preserve jobs, investments
Vestas completed 2011 with a second consecutive strong year for wind-turbine sales in the United States and Canada, announcing 1,617 megawatts and 812 wind turbines worth of orders. Vestas also ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[State adopts paperless payroll, saving money and resources ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/state-adopts-paperless-payroll--saving-money-and-resources-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[State government payroll has gone paperless in a move that will save taxpayers more than $60,000 annually.
"This is a win-win-win move for the state," said Gov. John Hickenlooper. "In addition to saving money, the state will conserve natural resources and countless hours of staff time previously sp...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$2.18 billion north I-25 improvement plan announced]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-2-18-billion-north-i-25-improvement-plan-announced.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Northeastern Colorado/CDOT Region 4 - GREELEY- The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which analyzed potential transportation improvements along the I-25 corridor between Fort Collins/Wellington ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor announces regulatory reform, red tape reduction ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/governor-announces-regulatory-reform--red-tape-reduction-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled on January 9, 2012, recommendations to reduce government "red tape" and regulatory inefficiencies based on feedback from more than 100 business organizations, local governments, advocacy and community groups statewide. "Red tape and unnecessary regulations are road bl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Electronic Atlas maps U.S. renewable energy resources]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/electronic-atlas-maps-u-s--renewable-energy-resources.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new geospatial application developed by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) allows users to easily and accurately map potential renewable energy resources in the United States.
The interactive tool, RE Atlas, is free to use and available online at http://ma...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Chamber to host legislative briefing Jan. 9]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-chamber-to-host-legislative-briefing-jan--9.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber will host a briefing at the Colorado State Capitol on January 9 to inform members of the General Assembly and others about issues of importance to the business community.
Speaking will be: Governor John Hickenlooper; Speaker of the House Frank McNulty; Kelly Brough, preside...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-chamber-to-host-legislative-briefing-jan--9.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[NeoMedia relocates HQ to Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/neomedia-relocates-hq-to-boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NeoMedia Technologies, Inc. (OTC BB: NEOM.OB), the global leader in mobile barcode scanning solutions, today announced that James A. Doran has been appointed as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"). He will be based in the Company's new headquarters in Boulder, Colorado.
Specializing i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada Streets Division recognized]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arvada-streets-division-recognized.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Jan. 4, 2011, the Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) and the Arvada Chamber recognized the Arvada Streets Division with an award of appreciation for their exemplary work. "It is important to acknowledge the Arvada Street Division for their greatness" said Hazel Hartbarger, Arvada Econ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado business leaders optimistic going into first quarter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-business-leaders-optimistic-going-into-first-quarter.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado business leaders' confidence bounced back to pre-recession levels going into the first quarter of 2011, according to the most recent quarterly Leeds Business Confidence Index, or LBCI, released today by the University of Colorado Boulder's Leeds School of Business.
For the first quarter of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Broe Group acquires 320 acres, 500K SF of buildings from Kodak]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/the-broe-group-acquires-320-acres--500k-sf-of-buildings-from-kodak.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Windsor Renewal I, an affiliate of The Broe Group, today announced the acquisition of 320 acres from Eastman Kodak Company​, adding land that is ideally situated for economic redevelopment within the Great Western Industrial Park.
"This is an opportunity to redevelop and re-energize what was once a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/the-broe-group-acquires-320-acres--500k-sf-of-buildings-from-kodak.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[NIST efforts key to innovation and economic growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nist-efforts-key-to-innovation-and-economic-growth.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Innovation drives economic growth and creates skilled, high-wage jobs. To maintain a high standard of living for its citizens, the United States must continue to produce new, high quality products and we must sell them in the global marketplace.&nbsp; As&nbsp;Secretary John Bryson&nbsp;said recently...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD FasTracks "Top 10 List" for 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd-fastracks--top-10-list--for-2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Regional Transportation District (RTD) FasTracks program celebrated numerous milestones throughout the past year. Below are the top 10 FasTracks milestones in 2011.

$1.03 Billion Grant - U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray La Hood and Federal Transit Administration Administrator P...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC's 2011 Year in Review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-s-2011-year-in-review.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) focuses on six strategic&nbsp;initiatives&mdash;mobility, tax reform, new and existing business, national marketing, Denver International Airport/international flights, and special opportunities&mdash;in order to create jobs and in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber's Boots ’N Business set for Jan. 6]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-s-boots--n-business-set-for-jan--6.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WHAT:&nbsp;Join the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the National Western Stock Show at the 18th Annual Boots 'N Business Luncheon, presented by U.S. Bank. This event highlights the Stock Show's importance to Colorado's economy and quality of life and attracts a sell-out crowd of more than 850 b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-s-boots--n-business-set-for-jan--6.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball completes testing for James Webb Space Telescope mirror segments]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-completes-testing-for-james-webb-space-telescope-mirror-segments.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has announced that the final six mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope have completed cryogenic temperature testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The final testing verifies that the 18-mirror composite primary mirror segments meet their ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-completes-testing-for-james-webb-space-telescope-mirror-segments.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL licenses technology to increase solar cell efficiency]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-licenses-technology-to-increase-solar-cell-efficiency.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced today that Natcore Technology Inc. has been granted a patent license agreement to develop a line of black silicon products.
Natcore and NREL also will enter a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an affiliate of the&nbsp;Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC),&nbsp;on December 19, 2011&nbsp;published its annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and oil industries.
The thi...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Committee begins examining bid for Denver Winter Olympics]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A group of community and civic leaders representing broad interests from across Colorado will meet in the coming weeks to evaluate the possibility of Denver submitting a bid to the U.S. Olympic Committee to host an Olympic Winter Games.
The Denver Exploratory Committee will identify the opportuniti...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL reports solar cells with peak external photocurrent efficiency]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have reported the first solar cell that produces a photocurrent that has an external quantum efficiency greater than 100 percent when photoexcited with photons from the high energy region of the solar spectr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Oil States announces new Colorado manufacturing facility]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/oil-states-announces-new-colorado-manufacturing-facility.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Oil States International, Inc. (NYSE:OIS) announced&nbsp;on December 15, 2011, that&nbsp;it has acquired a manufacturing facility north of Denver, in Johnstown, Colorado that will provide additional construction capacity for both the U.S. and Canadian remote site accommodation markets. The Company e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Deadline is January 30 for Creative District Designation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/deadline-is-january-30-for-creative-district-designation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Creative Industries is now accepting applications from towns, cities and neighborhood groups seeking formal designation as a Colorado Creative District. The deadline to submit the online application is Jan. 30, 2012.
In 2011, Governor Hickenlooper signed legislation passed by the General A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mass Megawatts Wind Power starts production in Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mass-megawatts-wind-power-starts-production-in-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (OTC/BB: MMMW) announces that the company has recently started the production of its wind power units in a manufacturing facility located on Highway 8 in Morrison, Colorado. The new facility is located near&nbsp;its initial target market in Colorado near Denver. The s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge crowned “CO Cycling Holiday”]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/usa-pro-cycling-challenge-crowned--co-cycling-holiday-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professional Cycling Race Honored by State Officials After Announcing Host Cities for the Second-Annual Event
Just following the announcement of the host cities for the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper proclaimed the week of the race as the "Colorado Cycling Holid...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tiny solar cell could make a big difference]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tiny-solar-cell-could-make-a-big-difference.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[How small can a solar cell be and still be a powerhouse?
How about six hundred microns wide - about the diameter of a dot made by a ballpoint pen?
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently validated greater than 41 percent efficiency at a concentration of 1,000 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL employees recognized by industry peers]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Trade media and industry groups recently have honored several employees at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for contributions to advancing renewable energy research and furthering their professions.
DeBlasio Named to the "Fierce 15" 
FierceEnergy.com rece...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[8th Annual Colorado Space Roundup connects industry leaders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/8th-annual-colorado-space-roundup-connects-industry-leaders.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Dec. 7, 2011, approximately 350 members of the Colorado aerospace community gathered for the eighth annual Colorado Space Roundup at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Presented by the Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR) and the Colorado Space Coalition (CSC), the Colorado Space Round...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority announces $8M expansion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority Announces Second Phase of Strategic Refocus With&nbsp;$8 Million Expansion to Bioscience Park Center with 37,000‐Square‐Foot Accelerator Facility
The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) is expanding its Bioscience Park Center (BPC) by roughly 50 percent&nbsp;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Assoc. celebrates industry standouts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-bioscience-assoc--celebrates-industry-standouts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) unveiled winners of its 2011 industry awards at its Annual Awards Dinner celebrating Colorado's vibrant bioscience community. The announcement is made by Holli Reibel, CBSA President and CEO, who says, "Our awards program showcases and honors those individu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper announces CO to seek spaceport status]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Private sector interest and potential for new aerospace jobs driving efforts to develop key aerospace asset in state
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced on December 7, 2011, that Colorado has taken the first step to become a spaceport state by announcing its intent in a letter to the Federal ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS unveils new chemical organization]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ihs-unveils-new-chemical-organization.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, announced Dec. 8, 2011, the creation of IHS Chemical&nbsp;-- a world-class chemical industry insight organization comprising the company's acquisitions of CMAI, SRI Consulting, Harriman Chemsult and&nbsp;Chemical Week. IHS ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Utility analytics spending nears $2 billion by 2016]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/utility-analytics-spending-nears--2-billion-by-2016.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;North American investment in utility analytics is expected to grow about 29% per year from $552 million in 2011 to nearly $2 billion in 2016. Key drivers include performance improvement, identifying and implementing cost savings and improving customer service.
The Utility Analytics Institute,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace delivers Orion Phased Array Antenna EDUs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-delivers-orion-phased-array-antenna-edus.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has delivered two Phased Array Antenna (PAA) Engineering Development Units (EDUs) for the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle to prime contractor Lockheed Martin. The PAA serves as a primary data and voice communication link for NASA astronauts across all mission...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Applications sought for 2012 Colorado Business Awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Colorado Business Awards, to be held in April 2012. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, along with presenting sponsor Colorado Business Bank, will honor the Small Business of the Year, the Emerging Business of the Year, the Minority-owned Business o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU approves bond for multiple renovations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System on Dec. 7, 2011, approved a $124.5 million bond package that includes upgrades to classroom and learning facilities for students in agriculture; a new, state-of-the-art undergraduate housing facility that will accommodate more than 600 s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA celebrates five years of mission success]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-celebrates-five-years-of-mission-success.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The United Launch Alliance was formed just five years ago, bringing together the world's two most experienced launch teams and two highly reliable launch systems, Atlas and Delta. ULA's unparalleled recipe of experience is built on the Atlas and Delta legacy of 1,300 launches during the past five de...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New State History Museum goes high-tech, hands-on]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-state-history-museum-goes-high-tech--hands-on.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[History Colorado announced&nbsp;on December 5, 2011,&nbsp;that Denver's newest cultural attraction, the History Colorado Center, will open to the public Saturday, April 28, 2012. Designed to ignite imaginations of all ages with stories of Colorado's past, this new state history museum and civic enga...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Biodesix receives 2011 NA Cancer Diagnostics Award ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/biodesix-receives-2011-na-cancer-diagnostics-award-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Biodesix Inc., a fully integrated molecular diagnostic company dedicated to personalizing medicine based in Broomfield, Colo., is pleased to be the recipient of Frost &amp; Sullivan's 2011 North American Cancer Diagnostics Product Differentiation Excellence Award.
"We are proud that our hard work t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder: Early earth may have been prone to deep freezes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder--early-earth-may-have-been-prone-to-deep-freezes.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two University of Colorado Boulder researchers who have adapted a three-dimensional, general circulation model of Earth's climate to a time some 2.8 billion years ago when the sun was significantly fainter than present think the planet may have been more prone to catastrophic glaciation than previou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-students-compete-to-bring-their-ideas-to-market-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University business students will present their ideas for new business ventures to a panel of business leaders, inventors and experts in entrepreneurship at the annual Venture Adventure Colorado competition. The event will take place from 2-7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 2-4 p.m. Dec. 7 at CSU's C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zeal Optics to supply U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing through 2014]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/zeal-optics-to-supply-u-s--snowboarding-and-u-s--freeskiing-through-2014.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zeal Optics, Boulder, CO, announced that it has entered a three-year agreement as an Official Supplier of U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing, global brands of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), through 2014.
Zeal Optics, the company that created the world's first ski goggles with bui...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--air-force-picks-lockheed-martin-for-rbs-flight-demonstrator-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a contract award to support the Reusable Booster System (RBS) Flight and Ground Experiments program. The value of the first task order is $2 million, with a contract ordering value of up to $250 million over the five-year indefin...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL awarded contract for 738 MW NJ Power Plant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-awarded-contract-for-738-mw-nj-power-plant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has been awarded an engineer, procure, construct contract for a 738 megawatt combined cycle power plant project in West Deptford Township, New Jersey.
The natural gas-fired facility will produce enough power for...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leeds presentation will explore state's 2012 economic outlook]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/leeds-presentation-will-explore-state-s-2012-economic-outlook.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business will present its annual Colorado Business Economic Outlook Forum at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1750 Welton St., Denver.The event is free and open to the public but reservations are required for those planning to attend...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. Dept. of Transporation approves $280M FastTracks loan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[30-Mile Project Creates Roughly 4,700 Construction-Related Jobs and Reduces Travel Times
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on December 2, 2011&nbsp;a federal loan of up to $280 million to advance construction on the 30-mile Eagle P3 commuter rail project, which will significantly e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Coleman locates leadership center to Jefferson County]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/coleman-locates-leadership-center-to-jefferson-county.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Coleman Company, an international leader in the innovation and marketing of outdoor products, is opening a new office in the Denver West area in unincorporated Jefferson County.&nbsp; The company will occupy a 36,500 square-foot log cabin office building that was originally built for them in the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Southwest Windpower opens additional facility in Broomfield]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/southwest-windpower-opens-additional-facility-in-broomfield.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wind turbine and solar hybrid company cites regional support for renewable energy, strength of nearby institutions and city assistance among reasons for selecting Broomfield
Southwest Windpower, the world's leading manufacturer of distributed generation wind turbines, announced Dec. 1, 2011, the op...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU's Williams Village North earns LEED platinum rating]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-s-williams-village-north-earns-leed-platinum-rating.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Williams Village North, the University of Colorado Boulder's newest residence hall, has received a LEED platinum rating from the United States Green Building Council. The 500-bed residence hall is the first of its size in the nation to rank platinum -- the highest possible designation.
LEED certifi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA selects Ball Aerospace to study new solar spacecraft]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-selects-ball-aerospace-to-study-new-solar-spacecraft.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. is one of five companies that will develop mission concepts for demonstrating solar electric propulsion in space, important for NASA's future deep space human exploration missions. The five companies were each awarded study contracts up to $600K.
Ball will wo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor, Mayor to promote CO in econ. development trip]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/governor--mayor-to-promote-co-in-econ--development-trip.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation will lead an economic development trip to California on Thursday and Friday (Dec. 1-2) to help grow and retain Colorado businesses.
The goals of the trip are to strengthen existing business...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-announces-colorado-innovation-network.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced Nov. 28, 2011, the Colorado Innovation Network to promote collaboration among Colorado's private, public and academic organizations. The Colorado Innovation Network (COIN) will stimulate economic growth, help create jobs and attract new businesses by supporting innov...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA Atlas V successfully launches mission to Mars]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Mars Science Lab (MSL) for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at&nbsp;10:02 a.m. EST&nbsp;Nov.26, 2011. This is ULA's 11th launch of the year and marked the 56th successful launch for the compan...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft launched&nbsp;on November 26, 2011&nbsp;from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. at 10:02 a.m. ET aboard an Atlas V-541 rocket provided by United Launch Alliance. The mission's large Curiosity rover is encapsulated and protected in an aeroshell that was d...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is set to launch NASA&rsquo;s Mars Science Lab (MSL) mission with the Curiosity rover on Saturday, November 26. This mission will be launched aboard an Atlas V 541 configuration vehicle, which includes a 5-meter diameter RUAG Space payload fairing along with f...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver region awarded $4.5 million in federal planning funds]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver metro area has been awarded $4.5 million to support regional planning projects, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Region VIII Administrator Rick Garcia announced today.&nbsp; Joining Garcia at the announcement event were Governor John Hickenlooper, Congressman Ed Perl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas receives 59 MW turbine order in Michigan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-receives-59-mw-turbine-order-in-michigan.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas has received a 59 MW order from Exelon Wind for 33 V100-1.8 MW turbines for the Harvest II Wind Project in Huron County, Michigan, USA.
The contract includes delivery and commissioning along with a 10-year service and maintenance agreement. Delivery is scheduled for mid-2012, and commissioni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latisys expands Denver area data center presence ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Firm's second data center in Denver Tech Center to address shortage of high-density colocation space and power with 82,000 square foot, Tier III facility
Latisys announced Nov. 21, 2011, a significant expansion to its data center presence in the Denver market with the addition of a second regional ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.&nbsp;(NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of lightweight, flexible, thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today that its flexible CIGS solar panels were named one of TIME's 50 Best Inventions of 2011. Ascent's technology was one of six 'green' inventions to be recognized in...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock joined VISIT DENVER, The Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau, and other business leaders at a press conference staged at Denver Pavilions on the 16th Street Mall to kick off the eighth annual Mile High Holidays campaign.&nbsp; The marketing promotion, valued at more than...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute bolsters Wind Energy Technology Program ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-bolsters-wind-energy-technology-program-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainability, announced Nov. 21, 2011, that it is bolstering the wind energy training and safety labs, offering students access to cutting-edge equipment that prepare...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary Chu: We can win clean energy battle]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Seven trillion dollars are at stake in the global battle to win market share in renewable energy and the United States can win that battle, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said during stops in Colorado.
Chu toured a GE-PrimeStar Solar plant in Arvada, Colo., on Nov. 18 that he said was a stella...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary of Energy explores Arvada’s PrimeStar Solar]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/secretary-of-energy-explores-arvada-s-primestar-solar.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Nov. 18, 2011, Secretary of Energy, Dr. Steven Chu was in Arvada exploring the clean energy company, PrimeStar Solar, now General Electric. PrimeStar Solar was founded in 2006 by a group of Colorado researchers including Ken Zweibel, who worked at NREL for 25 years; Joe Beach, a Colorado School o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita to open research facility, call center in Metro Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-to-open-research-facility--call-center-in-metro-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Company bringing up to 200 jobs to Colorado
DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services that is committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced that it has chosen the&nbsp;Denver&nbsp;metropolitan area to...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clyfford Still Museum opens in Denver November 18]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/clyfford-still-museum-opens-in-denver-november-18.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Inaugural Exhibition Sheds New Light on Still's Broad Influence and Impact,With Never-Before-Seen Paintings, Sculptures, Drawings, and Prints
The Clyfford Still Museum opens its doors to the public on November 18, 2011, reintroducing the life and work of one of America's most significant yet least ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOE awards CSU $1.2M for energy efficiency training]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/doe-awards-csu--1-2m-for-energy-efficiency-training.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For the past 26 years, Colorado State University mechanical engineering students have helped small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms save an average of $50,000 a year through increased energy efficiency - a university program unlike any other in the state.
Michael Kostrzewa in mechanical engine...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two CU-Boulder professors named 2011-12 Fulbright Scholars ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/two-cu-boulder-professors-named-2011-12-fulbright-scholars-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two University of Colorado Boulder professors are conducting research in Finland and the United Kingdom as Fulbright Scholars for the 2011-12 academic year.
Professor Claire Farago of CU-Boulder's art and art history department is doing work on Leonardo da Vinci's "Treatise on Paintings" at the Uni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO-LABS announces high-impact research awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper honored scientists and researchers for their breakthrough work in renewable energy, sustainability, disease prevention, and atmospheric science at CO-LABS' annual Governor's Awards for High-Impact Research on Nov. 15, 2011, in Denver.
CO-LABS is a non-profit consorti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD, SEBP & TMA celebrate 5th anniversary of T-REX]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd--sebp---tma-celebrate-5th-anniversary-of-t-rex.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anniversary marks five years&nbsp;of transportation-oriented economic growthThe Southeast Business Partnership (SEBP), The South I-25 Urban Corridor Transportation Management Association (TMA), along with The Regional Transportation District (RTD) and others, marked the five- year anniversary of the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada Chamber welcomes new board members]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Chamber of Commerce welcomes Brett Haigler with My Interest Broker, Inc. as the incoming board of directors chair and new board members Jerry Marks of Custom Environmental Services and Sean Kaiser of the Egg &amp; I Restaurant.
As the board chair, Haigler helps promote the Arvada Chamber...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas gets 138.6MW U.S. orders for turbines]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The world's largest wind turbines manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S said Nov. 15, 2011, it has received orders for the delivery of a total of 77 wind turbines to two U.S. wind farm projects.
Danish company Vestas has signed two firm and unconditional contracts for the delivery of a total of 138....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fitzsimons Redevelopment Auth. rolls out strategic refocus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fitzsimons-redevelopment-auth--rolls-out-strategic-refocus.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) is adding four of the area's most well-known and successful leaders in the Bioscience Industry to its Board of Directors
In a strategic effort to refocus and strengthen its organization, the Fitzsimons Redevelopment Authority (FRA) has completed a regime...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL Growth Forum boosts cleantech startups]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A disruptive DC to DC power conversion technology for semiconductor chips that power microprocessor cores and other mobile technology devices joined an elite group of technologies deemed "Best Ventures" at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) 24th Industry Growth Forum.
For three days ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA Commerce Hub opens doors to connect opportunity to business ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-commerce-hub-opens-doors-to-connect-opportunity-to-business-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DIA) is pleased to announce the opening of the DIA Commerce Hub on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Business owners now have a one-stop-shop to help them connect to the many business opportunities at the airport and learn how to conduct business in the unique airport operating e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver hospital system seeks to add Colorado Springs hospital to its regional network of care
HCA-HealthONE LLC on Nov. 14, 2011, will submit a response to the Request for a Proposal (RFP) to lease and operate Memorial Health System in Colorado Springs., A Colorado Springs City Council-appointed Ta...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HealthONE's AirLife Denver partners with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/healthone-s-airlife-denver-partners-with-cheyenne-regional-medical-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is expanding its emergency care across the region with the addition of an AirLife Denver medical helicopter service in Cheyenne. The new service is a partnership between Cheyenne Regional and HCA-HealthONE, which operates AIRLIFE Denver.
Cheyenne Regional's new blue...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper statement about Anadarko’s growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-statement-about-anadarko-s-growth.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper released this statement Nov. 14, 2011, after Anadarko Petroleum Corp. announced it plans to add more than 1,200 drilling locations in the Wattenberg field in northeastern Colorado:
"Anadarko's announcement today shows once again that Colorado is a leader in the energy sector ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[For the second consecutive September, Denver International Airport (DIA) broke its record for the busiest September in airport history. A total of 4,344,205 passengers were recorded at DIA in September, a 0.6 percent increase from the 4,317,995 travelers who used the airport during the same month la...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's Industry Growth Forum gathers energy innovators]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-industry-growth-forum-gathers-energy-innovators.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Event Highlights Clean Energy Technologies and Startup Businesses
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 24th Industry Growth Forum Nov. 8-10, 2011, attracted more than 500 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and policymakers to Denver.&nbsp;
The three-day for...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/startup-colorado-launches-build-entrepreneurial-communities.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Startup Colorado, a regional initiative to spur new company creation across Colorado's Front Range, is publicly launching on November 9 at the Wolf Law Building at CU-Boulder. Affiliated with the Startup America Partnership, Startup Colorado will increase the breadth and depth of the entrepreneurial...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M Hill Polar Services awarded Arctic services contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-polar-services-awarded-arctic-services-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL Polar Services (CPS) was awarded a third consecutive Arctic Research Support and Logistics Services contract for the National Science Foundation (NSF).&nbsp; The contract will span eight years and is estimated at approximately $325 million.&nbsp; CPS consists of CH2M HILL; Polar Field Serv...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Hospital Association report illustrates importance of hospitals to local and state economies&nbsp;&nbsp;
Colorado hospitals directly and indirectly generated a&nbsp;total of $18.8 billion in economic output last year and helped mitigate job losses statewide during the recession&nbsp;that b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association launches intern program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-bioscience-association-launches-intern-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Education Committee of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is launching its new Internship Program with the support of 11 Founding Employers and the major universities in the state. Intern recruitment begins immediately through early spring 2012, with the first interns expected to be plac...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/farm-fields-could-yield-jet-fuel-of-the-future.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ever since the Wright brothers took their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, the aviation industry has been looking for ways to fly further faster. Now with the help of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Virent, Inc. and DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), planes may soon take to the sk...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Student teams from top engineering universities to begin Ascent prototypes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/student-teams-from-top-engineering-universities-to-begin-ascent-prototypes.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of lightweight, flexible, thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced today the seven selected teams that will begin designing prototypes for the Ascent Solar Innovative Design Competition.
Teams from Boston University, Rochester Institute of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RavenBrick named 'Emerging Cleantech Company of the Year' at CCIA Awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ravenbrick-named--emerging-cleantech-company-of-the-year--at-ccia-awards.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado smart window company, Ravenbrick, has received the award for Emerging Cleantech Company of the year from the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA), as part of the association's annual "Colorado Cleantech Industry Awards Celebration."
Eight recipients received awards honoring leade...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder provides 'green' jobs training in growing field of sustainability ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-provides--green--jobs-training-in-growing-field-of-sustainability-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Sustainable Practices Program at the University of Colorado Boulder offers individual courses and a sustainability management certificate to help workers and job seekers meet the growing need for green knowledge and credentials in the workplace.
"This is a megatrend, similar to electrification ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rentech, Inc.&nbsp;RTK&nbsp;-0.62%&nbsp;announced Nov. 8, 2011, that all systems required to start up the Company's integrated bio-refinery (IBR) in Commerce City, Colorado are mechanically complete. Commissioning, validation and start-up of the renewable energy demonstration facility are underway. ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Poll shows high level of support for FasTracks]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Support at 80 percent for transit expansion program
Seven years into the Regional Transportation District's (RTD) multibillion&nbsp;dollar FasTracks transit expansion program, 80 percent of metro-area residents say that&nbsp;approving FasTracks funding in 2004 was a good decision. This finding come...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Report from Grant Thornton: Cleantech on the rise]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some business and economic opportunities only come along generationally - a handful of times in a century. Like the harnessing of electricity, the development of railways, or the invention of the telephone, clean tech is a generational opportunity.  Without clean-energy sources, the world can barely...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Business leaders form 'Advanced Energy Economy' ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[National Network of Regional Chapters Unveiled; Clean Economy Network merges into AEE
National and regional business leaders announced on November 7, 2011 the formation of Advanced Energy Economy (AEE), a growing national network of state and regional business groups promoting American companies as...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Young relocating adults choose Denver as top "Cool City"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An article posted by The Brookings Institution ranks the Denver metro area as the top place to which young adults ages 25-34 relocated during 2008-2010, a drastic change from Denver's national ranking of 12th during the previous three-year period of 2005-2007.
"This data quantifies what we have kno...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia takes literacy initiative to Northern Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia takes the statewide listening tour to the northern region of Colorado to gain local insight and perspective on the critical issue of early childhood literacy.&nbsp; Community, foundation and education leaders will join Garcia on the Literacy Bus, which will visit 4 Colorado citie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to present awards for high impact research]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Annual CO-LABS awards recognize achievements at Colorado's 24 federal labs and other research facilities
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will present the annual awards for "High Impact Research" on November 15 to teams from four Colorado-based research centers for breakthroughs in atmospheric s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas wins American acclaim for WindMade]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The American Wind Energy Association has awarded Vestas for pioneering the first global consumer label for wind power, calling WindMade "probably the most unique communication initiative for wind in 30 years."
Interactive services
Send articlesPrint articlesVestas is receiving recognition for pion...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center to receive governor's 'high-impact research' award for sustainability]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-s-national-snow-and-ice-data-center-to-receive-governor-s--high-impact-research--award-for-sustainability.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A team at the University of Colorado Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center will receive a "high-impact research" award from Gov. John Hickenlooper for sustainability implemented at the NSIDC.
The team has slashed energy consumption at the center by more than 90 percent by installing an indire...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder professor awarded Ireland's top science prize ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Boulder Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been awarded Ireland's top science award, the RDS Irish Times Boyle Medal for Scientific Excellence, for her pioneering work that has transformed the field of ultrafast laser and X-ray science.
Murnane is a professor of phy...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[dovetail solutions acquires Story + Welch PR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dovetail-solutions-acquires-story---welch-pr.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[dovetail solutionsTM&nbsp;announced Nov. 2, 2011, that it has acquired Story + Welch LLP, a Denver-based public relations firm that focuses on B2B, professional services and technology clients. The acquisition expands dovetail&rsquo;s client roster and strengthens its ability to offer its signature ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper today delivered the FY 2012-13 proposed budget to the Joint Budget Committee.
"As you will see, the budget reflects the ongoing work of closing the State's structural budget gap and funding the demands of numerous federal and State Constitutional requirements," Hickenlooper w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Power Tagging exec named to Deming Center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The CU-Boulder Deming Center for Entrepreneurship has appointed accomplished business leader Steven Berens to its board of advisors
Power Tagging's Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder has been named to the CU Deming Center Advisory board. The advisory board selects entrepreneurs, venture capital...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital named 2011’s best]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[HealthONE's Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital announced Oct. 31, 2011, that it has been chosen as one of the nation's "Best of 2011 Rehab Facilities" by Rehab Management magazine, the interdisciplinary journal of rehabilitation. The award celebration kicked off with Sunday's Denver B-Cycle &amp; Denv...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sun trackers gather to calibrate instruments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Under a partly cloudy sky overlooking grassy mesas, dozens of cylindrical instruments point toward the sun above the Colorado prairie.
It's the 16th&nbsp;NREL Pyrheliometer Comparisons&nbsp;at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), an annual get-together of the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance successfully launches NPOESS Preparatory Project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-npoess-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft for NASA lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base October 28. This is ULA's 10th launch of the year and marked the 55th successful launch for the company.
"ULA is proud to have served NASA with 50 Del...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita ranked 242 among Newsweek U.S. green rankings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-ranked-242-among-newsweek-u-s--green-rankings.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced that it has been ranked number 242 - up 192 spots from last year's ranking - on the 2011 Newsweek U.S. Green Rank...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC announces new Board of Governors leadership appointments]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) today announced two new leadership appointments to its Board of Governors.&nbsp;Katrina Salem, market managing partner (MMP) of&nbsp;PwC's&nbsp;Rockies market, which includes the Denver and Salt Lake City offices, will serve a two-...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GE working to cut solar install costs in half]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ge-working-to-cut-solar-install-costs-in-half.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cost reductions would bring residential and commercial solar closer to parity with retail electricity costs, reduce the need for outside subsidies
GE investing hundreds of millions of dollars to increase solar power across the grid from the utility to homes and commercial properties
With the goal ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA Centennial Project wins CREW award]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Denver hosted the 12th Annual Women of Influence Awards Luncheon, Tuesday, October 18 at the Ritz Carlton in Denver. The IKEA Centennial Project was awarded as the Top Commercial Real Estate Project in 2011 where women or a team of women played a significant role ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado communities to benefit from expansion of health information exchange]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CORHIO, the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization, announced today that 12 new hospitals have been connected to the state's secure health information exchange (HIE) network. The hospitals are all operated by Centura Health, and serve hundreds of thousands of patients in Metro Denver, Bou...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL opens new doors to renewable energy data ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Developer.nrel.gov empowers Web developers to use renewable energy data for Web and mobile applications
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory is home to a cornucopia of data on renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative transportation. This week, NREL launche...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor releases updated economic development plan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper released on Oct. 24, 2011, an updated version of the statewide economic development plan created earlier this year to spur Colorado's economy, help businesses grow and attract new jobs to the state.
"Colorado is already seeing the benefits of taking a bottom-up, collaborative...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SomaLogic announces collaboration with Novartis]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Research agreement with leading global pharmaceutical company to accelerate pharmaceutical discovery and development
SomaLogic, Inc. announced October 19 that it has entered into a multi-year research agreement with Novartis to use its unique proprietary proteomics technology to accelerate Novartis...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado touts solar industry at NA's largest solar trade show]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Group plans to build on the momentum of recent GE announcement to promote Colorado as the innovation center for solar
The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), and several economic development organizat...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA breaks August passenger traffic record]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-international-airport-breaks-august-passenger-traffic-record.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[August 2011 was the busiest August on record at Denver International Airport (DIA) with a total of 5,037,947 passengers traveling through the facility that month.&nbsp; This marks the first time in its 16-year-history that DIA has surpassed five million passengers during the month of August.&nbsp; T...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas receives 101 MW order ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vestas Wind Systems A/S has received a 101 MW order for 56 V100-1.8 MW turbines from Consumers Energy, for the utility&rsquo;s Lake Winds Energy Park in Mason County, Michigan, USA.
Delivery is scheduled for the first half of 2012, and commissioning is expected in the second half of 2012.
&ldquo;W...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[24th NREL Industry Growth Forum, Nov. 8-10]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/24th-nrel-industry-growth-forum--nov--8-10.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[24th Forum to Feature 30 Clean Energy Companies&nbsp;Thirty clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts in Denver Nov. 8-10 as the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts the 24th NREL Industry Growth For...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GE's solar announcement proves CO's leadership in cleantech]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Last week, GE announced that it plans to locate the nation's largest photovoltaic panel factory in Aurora, Colo.
The 200,000 square-foot plant, which will cost $300 million to retrofit and will employ 355 workers, will produce thin-film photovoltaic panels using technology designed by PrimeStar Sol...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mines plays crucial role in GE's CO solar manuf. plant]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado School of Mines research has been instrumental in the development of cost effective cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film solar cells - the technology to be used in the photovoltaic panels to be manufactured by General Electric in its recently announced $300 million Colorado plant. The fac...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guest Commentary: Creating real cleantech jobs in Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/guest-commentary--creating-real-cleantech-jobs-in-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By Christine Shapard, executive director, Colorado Cleantech Industry AssociationThis commentary appreared in the Denver Post on October 11, 2011After the failure of solar-panel maker Solyndra, it's easy for pundits to generalize about the fate and reality of the clean technology industry in the Uni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado leads nation in solar jobs per capita]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Solar Jobs Growing Nearly 10 Times Faster Than Employment as a Whole
The Solar Foundation, a nonprofit solar education and research organization, today released its second annual review of the solar workforce in the United States. The report, titled, &ldquo;National Solar Jobs Census 2011: A Review...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente CO earns Medicare 5-Star Rating]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/kaiser-permanente-co-earns-medicare-5-star-rating.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Colorado announced that its Medicare plan received 5 stars, the highest rating from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services for 2012. Kaiser Permanente is the only health plan in Colorado to receive the overall 5- star rating for Parts C and D.
Through the Medicare Star Q...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL named #1 solar design firm]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has been named the #1 design firm in the solar power industry by&nbsp;Engineering News-Record&nbsp;magazine.
A key reason for CH2M HILL's earning of ENR's top ranking is the diversity of strategic planning, perm...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[With reference to Vestas Wind Systems A/S&rsquo; company announcement No. 40/2011 of 13 October 2011, Vestas has received a 99 MW order from E.ON Climate &amp; Renewables North America for 55 V100-1.8 MW turbines for the Anacacho wind-energy project near Uvalde, Texas, USA.
The contract includes de...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ge-to-build-largest-u-s--solar-factory-in-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[GE Plans to Build Largest U.S. Solar Factory in Colorado, Expand Solar Innovation in New York and Deliver Lighter, Larger, More Efficient Thin Film Solar Panels&nbsp;

Factory Will First Start Up in 2012-Faster than Anticipated
355 Advanced Technology Jobs Created In Colorado, 100 in New York ove...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[At Solar Power International,&nbsp;Conergy&nbsp;will preview its new&nbsp;aerodynamic mounting system, the SolarFamulus Air, which was designed by an aeronautical engineer. By leveraging aerodynamic forces, the SolarFamulus Air reduces the ballast requirement for the entire array and the need for ro...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado is first market for revolutionary solar shingle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-is-first-market-for-revolutionary-solar-shingle.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The roof of a home has always had the critical job of protecting families from the elements. Today, for the first time, a new commercially-available solar roofing shingle has entered the U.S. housing market that not only protects from the elements, but uses one of those elements - sunlight - to turn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper welcomes Arrow Electronics to CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-welcomes-arrow-electronics-to-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper welcomed Oct. 11, 2011, the decision by Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) to locate its global corporate headquarters in Colorado. Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 140 company, serves customers in 52 counties and had 2010 sales of $18.7 billion. This will be the largest company t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics locates global HQ in Colorado]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) announced Oct. 11, 2011, that its Colorado operations will become the company's global headquarters, effective Nov. 15, 2011.
Arrow Electronics, with 2010 revenues of $18.7 billion, is currently headquartered in Melville, N.Y., and has had a significant presence i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar to exhibit at Solar Power International 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-to-exhibit-at-solar-power-international-2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Solar innovators will demonstrate how to integrate thin-film modules to power everyday life
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced it will showcase its technology at booth number 3243 during the Solar Power ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hosting.com acquires Dallas-based NeoSpire]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Hosting.com, a leading provider of cloud hosting and recovery services, announced Oct. 10, 2011, the acquisition of Dallas-based NeoSpire, a mission-critical managed hosting company.
The acquisition both expands the physical footprint of Hosting.com and adds additional expertise to the company's po...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada hires economic development and marketing specialist ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) hired Allison Trembly as its new economic development and marketing specialist. Trembly will support economic development and marketing activities for the organization, utilizing her experience in strategic marketing and communications.&nbsp;
Tremb...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nat'l site consultants tour region, discuss trends]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ten national site selection consultants attended the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) annual Site Selection Conference September 28-30, 2011. The event was coordinated in partnership with the Metro Denver EDC's investors and economic development partners throughout ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU among top four public universities for solar power]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-among-top-four-public-universities-for-solar-power.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University is in the top four nationally for solar power at major public research universities, according to a new report released&nbsp;October 7, 2011&nbsp;by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, known as AASHE.AASHE also lists Colorado State as ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Upstate Colorado ED appoints interim president/CEO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/upstate-colorado-ed-appoints-interim-president-ceo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors for Upstate Colorado Economic Development announce the appointment of Eric Berglund as interim President/CEO. Berglund has served Upstate as its Vice President - Finance since January 2009. Berglund's duties with Upstate will include assisting the Board of Directors in the age...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Zayo Group to acquire 360Networks]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/zayo-group-to-acquire-360networks.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Zayo Group executed a definitive agreement to acquire Seattle-based 360networks holdings (USA) inc. ("360networks"), a leading provider of fiber network and telecom services.&nbsp; The acquisition combines highly complementary assets - Zayo's deep metropolitan fiber networks across 60 US metropolita...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Governor Hickenlooper visits OtterBox headquarters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-governor-hickenlooper-visits-otterbox-headquarters.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper visited the newly-constructed OtterBox headquarters during a trip to Northern Colorado on Oct. 6. Gov. Hickenlooper was hosted on a tour of the facility by OtterBox Founder and CEO Curt Richardson, President Brian Thomas and OtterCaresSM President Nancy Richardson amo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-ranks-3rd-in-u-s--for-high-tech-workers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TechAmerica Foundation&nbsp;released on October 5, 2011,&nbsp;its 14th annual Cyberstates report detailing national and state trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors. Cyberstates 2011: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. High-Tech Industry covers all 50 s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tri-State purchases 272-MW combined cycle power plant ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tri-state-purchases-272-mw-combined-cycle-power-plant-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association announced on Ocotober 5, 2011 that it has agreed to purchase a 272-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Fort Lupton, Colo. The not-for-profit, wholesale power supplier will acquire 100 percent of the equity interests in the Thermo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas receives first North American V112-3.0 MW order]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-receives-first-north-american-v112-3-0-mw-order.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas has received a 65 MW order from Green Mountain Power for project in Vermont, USA.
Vestas has received a 65 MW order from Green Mountain Power for 21 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for the Kingdom Community Wind project near Lowell, Vermont, USA. This is the first order for V112-3.0 MW turbines in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bennet applauds FDA work to modernize, foster innovation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bennet-applauds-fda-work-to-modernize--foster-innovation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Report Comes on Heels of Bennet Letter to Commissioner Hamburg Calling for Regulatory Reform that Promotes Innovation, Competition
Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet applauded the release of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's new report "Driving Biomedical Innovation: Initiatives to Improve ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia to launch Literacy Initiative]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--garcia-to-launch-literacy-initiative.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia will launch a statewide listening tour this Octocer to gain local insight and perspective on the critical issue of early childhood literacy in Colorado.&nbsp;&nbsp; A host of community, foundation and education leaders will join Garcia on the Literacy Bus, which will visit 18 Col...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/top-2011-arvada-businesses-honored-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) hosted the 17th annual "Best in the West" Business Appreciation Awards Breakfast on September 29, 2011, which honored local companies and business leaders. The event drew more than 220 attendees.
&nbsp;Nine companies were presented with Outstanding...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe, Ball Aerospace complete WorldView-3 CDR]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-bal-aerospace-sucessfully-complete-design-review-worldview-3.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On October 3 DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, and Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. jointly announced they have successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for DigitalGlobe's next generation remote-sensing satellite, WorldView-3. T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU's fundraising campaign surpasses $1B]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As of July 2006, University of Colorado health sciences programs looked longingly toward an Aurora campus they did not fully inhabit and could not fully afford. A renowned former CU educator was driving biotech discoveries-2,000 miles away. A Denver business school had big hopes, but small quarters....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-clean-energy-supply-chain-initiative.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Building a web of local suppliers
The CCEC was awarded a grant from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) in 2011 to drive a state-wide Clean Energy Supply Chain Development initiative. This initiative aims to grow the Clean Energy supply chain in Colorado thro...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder wins bid to host National Solar Observatory headquarters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-wins-bid-to-host-national-solar-observatory-headquarter.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder was selected today to host the headquarters for the National Solar Observatory, the nation&rsquo;s leading scientific research program in ground-based solar astronomy.
The National Solar Observatory, or NSO, provides scientists access to the world&rsquo;s largest ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nsf-awards-cu-bloulder-led-team-4.5-million-study-electrical-processes-earh's-atmosphere.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $4.5 million grant to a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder to better understand the electrical processes that connect the Earth with the atmosphere and with space.
The award, made to a team led by CU-Boulder Professor Jeffrey Forb...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita's first solar thermal dialysis clinic reduces energy use]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-s-first-solar-thermal-dialysis-clinic-reduces-energy-use.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Clinic Has Seen a 75 Percent Reduction in Natural Gas Consumption
DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), today announced the company's first-ever dialysis clini...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Silicon ink is spot on, NREL experiments show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/silicon-ink-is-spot-on--nrel-experiments-show.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Speed and precision keys to large-scale manufacturing of solar cells
Ink can cause a mess, but the Silicon Ink developed by Innovalight behaves itself so well that when it is added to a solar cell it doesn't clump or spill, instead it boosts the cell's power by a startling, profit-boosting 5 to 7 p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magellan Petroleum Co. moves HQ to Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/magellan-petroleum-co--moves-hq-to-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mr. J. Robinson West, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Magellan Petroleum Company (the "Company" or "Magellan") (NASDAQ: MPET) (ASX: MGN) announced Sept. 28, 2011, that Magellan's Board of Directors has voted to move its headquarters from Portland, Maine to Denver, Colorado, one of the centers ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Google creates fund to help expand solar installs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/google-creates-fund-to-help-expand-solar-installs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Google Inc. (GOOG), which says it has invested at least $850 million in renewable energy, created a fund for Clean Power Finance Inc. to help its customers install residential solar systems.
The $75 million investment is expected to finance as many as 3,000 rooftop photovoltaic systems on homes in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of CO Hospital No.1 academic medical center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/university-of-co-hospital-no-1-academic-medical-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[10 Academic Medical Centers Receive 2011 UHC Quality Leadership Award
University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) has recognized 10 of its full academic medical center* (AMC) members with the 2011 UHC Quality Leadership Award. The award is given to AMCs that demonstrated excellence in delivering high-...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas tops Dow Jones Sustainability index]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-tops-dow-jones-sustainability-index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas is now considered the most sustainable company in the world in the segment Renewable Energy Equipment by the world's leading stock market index, Dow Jones"Looking at the figures behind our new position it is obvious, that our comprehensive work with the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) on the V112...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe named Earth Observation Operator of the Year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-named-earth-observation-operator-of-the-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;DigitalGlobe&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, today announced that it has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult.
"From all of us at DigitalGlobe, I'd like to extend our thanks to the committee and to Euroco...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Leeds MBA program named one nation's best]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-leeds-mba-program-named-one-nation-s-best.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder is a local and national leader in preparing MBA students for social and environmental stewardship, according to a ranking released by Beyond Grey Pinstripes on September 22, 2011.
Leeds ranks 21st among all participating national an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA breaks records in July 2011]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A total of 5,099,489 passengers were recorded at Denver International Airport (DIA) in July, a 0.8 percent increase from the 5,060,508 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year. DIA's busiest month on record was July 2009 with 5,109,342 passengers traveling through and this July...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/enbridge-and-res-americas-complete--535m-wind-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB) and Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas) are&nbsp;celebrated the completion of Enbridge's Cedar Point Wind Project&nbsp;on Sept. 21, 2011&nbsp;in Limon, Colo. The 250 megawatt (MW) project will generate enough clean electricity to meet the needs of abou...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Department of Revenue launched a campaign Sept. 19, 2011, to convince delinquent taxpayers to pay under a tax amnesty program.
Taxpayers who owe the state money have a 45-day period beginning Oct. 1 to pay any back taxes without penalty or criminal prosecution. Interest charges on deli...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mines to receive $1.7M in DOE grants]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced $38 million over three years for projects to accelerate the development of promising geothermal energy technologies and help diversify America's sources of clean, renewable energy.
Thirty-two innovative projects in 14 states &shy;- including two a...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver Site Selection Conf. planned for Sept. 28-30]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ten national site selection consultants will converge upon the region for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) annual Metro Denver Site Selection Conference, September 28-30, 2011.
The conference is one of the Metro Denver EDC's most effective strategies for market...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL awarded for sustainable IT practices]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has earned a 2011 Platinum-level Award from the Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) recognizing NREL's efforts to help the federal government improve its sustainable practices.  NREL achieved the award by tracking lifecycle ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU secures $790M research funding]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Funds allow for scientific projects and equipment, travel and salaries for research and support staff and student assistantships
University of Colorado faculty researchers secured more than $790 million in sponsored research funding in fiscal year 2010-11 to advance scientific work in laboratories ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Business Development & Job Creation Forum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-business-development---job-creation-forum.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Businesses invited to celebrate National Workforce Development Month with free, half-day educational program
To educate businesses about available staff recruitment, training and business development services, the Denver Office of Economic Development will offer a Business Development &amp; Job Cre...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Federal Laboratory Consortium highlights NREL projects]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer's (FLC) Mid-Continent Region recently recognized the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and its partners with three awards for excellence in technology transfer. It also named NREL Commercialization and Te...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL engineer honored by American National Standards Institute]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-engineer-honored-by-american-national-standards-institute.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Engineer led effort to standardize how distributed energy integrates with the electric grid
Dick DeBlasio, a research engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been named the 2011 winner of the Finegan Standards Medal by the American National Standards ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Icelandair to launch service from Denver Int'l Airport]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/icelandair-to-launch-service-from-denver-int-l-airport.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On September 14, 2011, &nbsp;Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock and Denver International Airport (DIA) announced that Icelandair will begin year-round, nonstop service from Denver to Reykjavik in May 2012. The new service will connect the Mile High City to more than 20 destinations in Scandinavia, the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Cancer Center to receive $2 million]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-cancer-center-to-receive--2-million.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pledge will advance world-class cancer research here in Colorado
Cancer League of Colorado has filled a unique niche throughout its 43 years, providing seed grants for promising yet untested cancer research projects-the types of grants no other funder offers on a systematic basis in the Rocky Mount...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL partners take technology to market]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-partners-take-technology-to-market.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) show that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) leads all DOE national labs when it comes to working with businesses on research and development efforts to commercialize cutting-edge technologies.
CRADAs (Cooperative Research and Development A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AIA launches Second to None Campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/aia-launches-second-to-none-campaign.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Campaign will educate the public on impact of indiscriminate budget cuts
The Aerospace Industries Association is launching a new campaign to provide information about the industry, potential job losses and national security risks while budgets are being eyed for sweeping reductions. The campaign, t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU, other Colorado schools, among nation's best colleges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu--other-colorado-schools--among-nation-s-best-colleges.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University ranks in the top tier of the nation's best universities and is one of the top 20 that makes writing a priority as a critical element of student success, according to the 2012 U.S. News and World Report "America's Best Colleges" edition released Sept. 13, 2011.
Colorado Sta...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA'S GRAIL launches to the Moon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-s-grail-launches-to-the-moon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's two GRAIL spacecraft, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], launched Sept. 10, 2011, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. at 9:08 a.m. EDT aboard a Delta II Heavy rocket provided by United Launch Alliance.
The GRAIL mission will use the twin robotic spacecraft to map the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DOE finalizes $90.6M loan for Alamosa solar project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/doe-finalizes--90-6m-loan-for-alamosa-solar-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced Sept. 9, 2011, that the Department of Energy finalized a $90.6 million loan guarantee to Cogentrix of Alamosa, LLC (Cogentrix).&nbsp; The loan guarantee will support the Alamosa Solar Generating Project, a 30 megawatt (MW) High Concentration Photovoltaic (H...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Community Luncheon - NASA's Destination Station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/community-luncheon---nasa-s-destination-station.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register online: www.denverchamber.org/Events/2707
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Taptu receives $3.5M to expand platforms]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/taptu-receives--3-5m-to-expand-platforms.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Taptu, the social media and mobile search technology company, announced Sept. 8, 2011, it has received&nbsp;&euro;2.5 million Euros ($3.5 million US dollars)&nbsp;to expand its product offering beyond its well-known social news reader app available on iOS and Android. The funding comes from DFJ Espr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente to bring 140 new jobs to Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/kaiser-permanente-to-bring-140-new-jobs-to-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Hancock applauds the job-creating move in face of tough economic times
Mayor Michael Hancock joined Kaiser Permanente executives and employees Sept. 8, 2011, to announce that Denver will get a healthy boost to its economy this fall as the health care provider opens a state-of-the-art Member S...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace awarded NASA cryogenic propellant contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-awarded-nasa-cryogenic-propellant-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp is one of four companies that will study the storage and transfer of cryogenic propellants in space under a contract to NASA. Each company was awarded up to $600K to accomplish this half-year effort.
The contract calls for Ball Aerospace to work with NASA to d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU ‘Supercell’ tracking aircraft exhibits in Washington D.C.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu--supercell--tracking-aircraft-exhibits-in-washington-d-c-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tempest unmanned aircraft -- a University of Colorado Boulder-developed system that was the first to intercept a "supercell" thunderstorm -- will be exhibited at a Capitol Hill event on Wednesday, Sept. 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room 902 of the Hart Senate Office Building, located on Const...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver conference to feature life science industry leaders]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-conference-to-feature-life-science-industry-leaders.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than thirty of the industry's leading investors and strategic partners will attend presentations by the region's most innovative life science companies at the 2011 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC), September 21-22 at the Brown Palace Hotel, Denver.&nbsp; T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RavenWindow technology installed at NREL]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ravenwindow-technology-installed-at-nrel.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver-based RavenBrick (http://www.ravenbrick.com) has announced that the company's high tech, energy-efficient window technology, RavenWindow, have just been installed at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Research Support Facility (RSF) building in Golden,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU instruments aboard NASA spacecraft observe solar flares]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-instruments-aboard-nasa-spacecraft-observe-solar-flares.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which is carrying a suite of instruments including a $32 million University of Colorado Boulder package, has provided scientists with new information that energy from some solar flares is stronger and lasts longer than previously thought.&nbsp;
Using SDO's Extreme...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita closes acquisition of DSI Renal, Inc.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-closes-acquisition-of-dsi-renal--inc-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services committed to improving the quality of life for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced Sept. 6, 2011, that it has closed its acquisition of DSI Renal, Inc. ("DSI").
DaVita previously announced the signing ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nationwide utility rates now on Open EI]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nationwide-utility-rates-now-on-open-ei.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Utility rates from cities all across the United States are now available in one place - the U.S. Department of Energy's Open Energy Information platform, or&nbsp;OpenEI.org.
Am I paying too much for electricity? Does it make sense for me to put solar panels on my roof? Should I lease my land to win...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU cell study may help understand diseases]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-cell-study-may-help-understand-diseases.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A surprising new discovery by the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California, Davis regarding the division of tiny "power plants" within cells known as mitochondria has implications for better understanding a wide variety of human diseases and conditions due to mitochondrial def...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[eSpace joins Space Angels network to support space startups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/espace-joins-space-angels-network-to-support-space-startups.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Space Angels Network, LLC, a national network of seed- and earlystage investors focused on aerospace-related ventures, and eSpace: The Center For Space Entrepreneurship in Boulder, Colorado, announced Sept. 6, 2011, the beginning of a collaborative partnership to help foster the success of entrepren...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe completes remote ground terminal expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-completes-remote-ground-terminal-expansion.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Activation of fourth new facility this year increases total imaging capacity and refresh capability by 51%, accelerates delivery by up to 34%
DigitalGlobe&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, announced Sept. 2, 2011, that it has activated its ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[City of Lakewood to host job skills expo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/city-of-lakewood-to-host-job-skills-expo.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Brush up on your interview and resume writing skills at The City of Lakewood's Job Skills Expo on Thursday, September 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is not a job fair, but an opportunity for people to improve their chances for applying, interviewing, and creating a positive impression on future employ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper announces $54M for local governments ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-announces--54m-for-local-governments-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Reeves Brown, executive director of the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), announced Sept. 1, 2011, $54,655,280 in annual state Severance Tax and Federal Mineral Lease Direct Distribution payments will be made to 506 Colorado counties, municipalities and school d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Congressmen advocate for state's aerospace leadership ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/congressmen-advocate-for-state-s-aerospace-leadership-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On August 26, 2011, the Colorado Space Coalition (CSC) sponsored its annual Congressional Briefing Breakfast discussing the importance of aerospace to Colorado's economy.
Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, began the meeting by emphasizing the contributions of C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL to help four startups ramp up solar innovations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-to-help-four-startups-ramp-up-solar-innovations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DOE to provide $5.8 million to support early-stage solar technologies through Incubator program at NREL
Companies with innovative, game-changing ways to lower the cost of solar energy have been awarded $5.8 million to work with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Improved forecasting technology is on the horizon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/improved-forecasting-technology-is-on-the-horizon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's next-generation Earth observation satellite, NPP,&nbsp;arrived on Aug. 29, 2011, at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base slated to launch on Oct. 25, 2011. NPP will bridge data from the nation's aging polar-orbiting satellite systems with next-generation Earth observation satellites. The sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hancock announces city economic development team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hancock-announces-city-economic-development-team.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mayor Michael B. Hancock introduced Aug. 31, 2011, his all-star economic development team selected to refocus and reenergize the City's Office of Economic Development (OED) to grow jobs and create a sustainable business environment in Denver.
"It's time we fundamentally change the way we do busines...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cimation is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location in Denver, CO.&nbsp;A Denver presence will extend our automation and Industrial I.T. capabilities to the Rocky Mountain Region and strengthen our position as a leading solutions provider to upstream and midstream Shale operators.&nbs...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL data set shows clouds' effects on solar power]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Measurement stations in Hawaii gauge second-by-second impact
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)has produced and made available a rich data set showing what happens, second-by-second, when clouds pass over a solar power installation.
Seventeen measurem...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Major milestone for region's transit expansion program
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Transit Administration Administrator Peter Rogoff officially awarded the Regional Transportation District (RTD) a $1.03 billion Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA) to help build two rail line...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Partnership includes education and business leaders
With the Auraria Campus as a backdrop, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock announced the Denver Education Compact aimed at enhancing and improving education. Hancock is an alum of the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs.
At the August...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Space Foundation has signed an agreement with Colorado State University-Pueblo (CSU-Pueblo) that will provide significant benefits to the community and the University's teacher education program, including distance education, internships, pre-service and in-service instruction as well as collabo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Powerful neuroimaging scanner added at CU-Boulder]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder has partnered with the Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, N.M., to bring to campus a state-of-the-art magnetic resonancescanner that will significantly enhance the neuroimaging capabilities on campus.The partnership, called the Intermountain Neuroimaging Consort...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Fitzsimons companies to present at life science conference]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fitzsimons-companies-to-present-at-life-science-conference.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Companies from the Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons will comprise about half of all presenters at this year's Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference.
Located at the Brown Palace Hotel in Downtown Denver, the event will feature 30 presenting companies. The con...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raytheon passes launch test for critical climate satellite]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/raytheon-passes-launch-test-for-critical-climate-satellite.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) developed Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System achieved a major milestone on the road to NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) launch with the successful completion of the NPP Compatibility Test 4 this August. This is the last major comprehensive test ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OtterBox rockets to No. 70 in Inc. 500 rankings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/otterbox-rockets-to-no--70-in-inc--500-rankings.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Protective case manufacturer&nbsp;OtterBox&reg;&nbsp;landed at No. 70 on the 30th annual Inc. 500, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy -- America's independent entrepreneu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean energy top priority, U.N. chief tells NREL]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/clean-energy-top-priority--u-n--chief-tells-nrel.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Providing clean, renewable energy to the 1.4 billion people who are living without electricity is the No. 1 priority of the United Nations, the secretary general of the U.N. said during a visit Aug. 24 to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
NREL, through its numero...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Leadership Arvada wins CASCA Awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Arvada Chamber of Commerce and Arvada Economic Development Association's joint program serves community through leadership
The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) and Arvada Chamber of Commerce are proud to announce that the 2011 Leadership Arvada class recently won a Colorado Associatio...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[C3 announces 2011-2012 leadership ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Competitive Council (C3) announced Aug. 23, 2011, that Jason Dunn, an attorney with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP will serve as the 2011-2012 chairman of the statewide business advocacy organization.&nbsp; Ruth Benton, CEO of New West Physicians, will serve as vice-chairman.
Dun...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[National Aerospace Week launched]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ongoing and emerging security threats, aging civil and space infrastructure, fiscal challenges and keeping and creating jobs all present our nation with enormous challenges. This year's National Aerospace Week, an event established by Congress, will focus on informing the debate over choices our gov...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CEO rountable with Sen. Bennet and FDA Commissioner]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) brought more than 35 industry CEOs together Aug. 22, 2011, to dialogue with Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg at the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.&nbsp; At Senator Bennet's request, CBSA designed today's session to share...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU scientists help discover genetic origin of beer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-scientists-help-discover-genetic-origin-of-beer.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Discovery may help advance medicine (and even brewing)
It doesn't take a genome sequencer to figure out that lager brewing began in Bavaria in the 15th Century.&nbsp;But the origin of the yeast that makes lager beer remained a mystery until now.
Molecular geneticists knew that lager yeast is a hyb...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC announces Exec. Committee Co-Chair]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-announces-exec--committee-co-chair.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) has announced a new leadership appointment to its&nbsp;Executive Committee.Bob Deibel, president and owner of&nbsp;OfficeScapes,&nbsp;has been appointed to a two-year term as co-chair of the Metro Denver EDC Executive Committee. De...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute receives Gold LEED certification ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-receives-gold-leed-certification-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sustainable Building Designs Such as Rooftop Wind Turbines, Motion-Sensor Lighting and Low-Flow Water Fixtures Help Give Ecotech This High Honor
Ecotech Institute, the&nbsp;first&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and su...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Low emission cars under NREL's microscope ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/low-emission-cars-under-nrel-s-microscope-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cars that plug into solar panels for electricity or run on hydrogen may sound like something found only on the pages of science fiction novels, but engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are driving these futuristic vehicles today.
Recently, N...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Secretary Ray LaHood announces $417.3M in grants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/secretary-ray-lahood-announces--417-3m-in-grants.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Funds to create jobs by expanding highway repairs and roadway safety
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced $417.3 million in grants to fund an array of efforts ranging from interstate maintenance to research into innovative bridge materials and construction methods.
"Transportat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AdamWorks announces major facility expansion]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[AdamWorks, LLC, a global provider of advanced engineering and manufacturing solutions, announced that it recently expanded its manufacturing facilities with the lease of an additional 18,455 square feet adjacent to its current Centennial facilities. This increases AdamWorks' total manufacturing and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge to finish in Denver]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Free City Celebration to Greet World's Top Riders at the State Capitol Finish Line
The exciting conclusion to the first&nbsp;USA Pro Cycling Challenge, the most grueling bike race in American history, will take place on August 28, 2011 with&nbsp;a free party at Denver's Civic Center Park. The seven...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar enters new multi-million dollar alliance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-enters-new-multi-million-dollar-alliance.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc.&nbsp;("Ascent") (NASDAQ:ASTI) and&nbsp;TFG Radiant Group&nbsp;("TFG Radiant") announced Aug. 15, 2011, they have signed a more than&nbsp;$275 million&nbsp;plus royalties long-term, multi-faceted, strategic partnership that includes (i) investments by TFG Radiant in As...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas receives turbine order for new U.S. wind project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-receives-turbine-order-for-new-u-s--wind-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With reference to Vestas Wind Systems A/S' company announcement No. 36/2011 of 15 August 2011, Vestas has received a 202 MW order from E.ON Climate &amp; Renewables North America for 112 V100-1.8 MW turbines for a wind-energy project in the USA.
The project's name and specific location will be disc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Boulder engineers help fuel economy with 10 startups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-engineers-help-fuel-economy-with-10-startups.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chemical and biological engineering students and faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder have launched several innovative technologies that are fueling Colorado's economy by creating jobs and drawing significant funding to the state, including a $155 million investment in Sundrop Fuels in July...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU receives $1.3M biofeuls grant from DOE, USDA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-receives--1-3m-biofeuls-grant-from-doe--usda.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three Colorado State University plant biologists have received a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to genetically engineer bigger and better plants that could provide more physical mass for biofuels.
The grant, which is part of the DOE's P...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro SBDC launches inventive mentor program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-launches-inventive-mentor-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has found an inventive and fun way of helping entrepreneurs develop mentoring relationships through a new program called the Main Street Mentors Walk.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Successful business owners will have an opportunity to share their experiences...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU faculty lead $7M military vehicle safety initiative]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-faculty-lead--7m-military-vehicle-safety-initiative.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Boulder engineering faculty are leading a $7.2 million multidisciplinary research initiative on soil blast modeling and simulation for the U.S. Department of Defense.
The research, which starts this month, is aimed at creating a more accurate representation of the impact of b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas secures service-renewal contract for Canada]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-secures-service-renewal-contract-for-canada.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vestas has secured a service-contract extension for seven years from Enbridge for the 190-MW Enbridge Ontario Wind Project near Kincardine, Ontario.
Installed in September 2006 and Canada's second largest wind power plant, the site includes 115 V82-1.65-MW wind turbines, which generate enough elect...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA offers new online air traffic tracker]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-offers-new-online-air-traffic-tracker.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DEN) now offers an enhanced, comprehensive online system for tracking the movement of flights and air traffic patterns within the greater Denver region. WebTrak Flight Tracking and Noise Information System allows the public to research data about flights to and from DEN...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Exercise could protect against elderly memory loss]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A new University of Colorado Boulder study shows that a small amount of physical exercise could profoundly protect the elderly from long-term memory loss that can happen suddenly following infection, illnesses or injury in old age.
In the study, CU-Boulder Research Associate Ruth Barrientos and her...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[30 regional bioscience companies to present at RMLIPC]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/30-regional-bioscience-companies-to-present-at-rmlipc.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2011 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC) will bring 30 of the region's most innovative private and public life science companies together to present to a targeted audience of biotech, device, diagnostic and pharma investors and strategic partners. The conferen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace ships instrument for Landsat mission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-ships-instrument-for-landsat-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has successfully completed pre-ship review for the Operational Land Imager (OLI) to fly aboard the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). The imaging instrument is currently being prepared for shipment to Orbital Sciences Corporation,&nbsp;Gilbert, Ariz., whe...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper named to National Governors Association committees]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-named-to-national-governors-association-committees.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper was recently named to the nine-member National Governors Association Executive Committee. He will join governors from Nebraska, Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Washington in setting NGA's priorities and determining its activities.
Hickenl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL seeks input on renewable energy financing trends]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-seeks-input-on-renewable-energy-financing-trends.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is seeking input from energy developers and financiers as part of an ongoing effort to collect and share quantitative data on renewable energy financing terms and to assess barriers to renewable energy development.
Th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Beat the heat, escape to Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/beat-the-heat--escape-to-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Air conditioners are being set on high as the U.S. experiences one of the hottest summers on record. August is the perfect time to escape to&nbsp;Colorado&nbsp;where low humidity, mild temperatures and Rocky Mountain breezes offer a way to beat the heat.
Below is a sampling of ways to cool off natu...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU receives $2M grant from Shell Oil Company]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-receives--2m-grant-from-shell-oil-company.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Shell Oil Company has endowed a $2 million chair in Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources. Mark Paschke, associate professor of restoration ecology in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, has been designated the Shell Endowed Chair in Restoration Ecology. Pas...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M Hill employees donate $1M to Water for People]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-employees-donate--1m-to-water-for-people.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Employees of CH2M HILL donated more than $1 million to&nbsp;Water For People&nbsp;&nbsp;during the nine years of the company's annual Workplace Giving Campaign. The global, full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm hosted the organization's first Workplace Giving Campaign in...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ascent Solar to sponsor collegiate solar innovation competition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-to-sponsor-collegiate-solar-innovation-competition.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of lightweight flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced Aug. 8, 2011, that the company is sponsoring an Innovative Solar Design Competition for college students across the United States. The competition will last throughout the 201...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas to provide 16 turbines for new CO wind farm]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-to-provide-16-turbines-for-new-co-wind-farm.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Black Hills Corp. (NYSE:BKH) utility subsidiary Black Hills Energy - Colorado Electric announced Aug. 8, 2011, it has received approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission regarding the utility's proposed 29 megawatt wind project. The Colorado PUC approved a settlement which allows Black H...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA launches Juno mission to Jupiter]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the Juno spacecraft for NASA lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., at&nbsp;12:25 p.m. EDT, Aug. 5, 2011.
"Congratulations to the entire team for successfully launching Juno on its five-year interplanetary journey to Jupiter...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL director appointed to National Science Board]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Panel advises the President and Congress on science and engineering
The U.S. Senate confirmed President Barak Obama's appointment of Dan Arvizu, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, to a seat on the National Science Board.
The 25-member body advises the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA selected to launch Boeing's CST-100 spacecraft]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-selected-to-launch-boeing-s-cst-100-spacecraft.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced Aug. 4, 2011, that The Boeing Company has selected ULA's Atlas V rocket to launch its Crew Space Transportation (CST)-100 spacecraft.
"We are pleased Boeing selected the Atlas V rocket and believe it is the right vehicle to help usher in the new commercial era...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Magellan adds DigitalGlobe GPS handheld devices]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/magellan-adds-digitalglobe-gps-handheld-devices.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Magellan GPS introduced a new series of worldwide satellite and aerial imagery-enhanced maps for its Magellan eXplorist and Magellan Triton handheld GPS units.
The new maps provide Magellan handheld GPS users with high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery from DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Experts discuss constitutionality of national health care]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/experts-discuss-constitutionality-of-national-health-care.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With health care, the clich&eacute; "it's not personal, it's business" doesn't apply, says Denver Metro Chamber CEO Kelly Brough.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 300 people who attended the 8th&nbsp;annual Health Care Policy Breakfast at the Westin Denver Downtown Hotel on Aug. 3, 2011, Brough not...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ICIG acquires Roche’s facility in  Boulder]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/icig-acquires-roche-s-facility-in--boulder.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Roche Group (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) and International Chemical Investors Group (ICIG) announced Aug. 3, 2011, that they have entered into an agreement for ICIG to acquire Roche Colorado Corporation, which includes Roche's pharmaceutical production facility in Boulder, Colorado.&nbsp; Under ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bicycle art rides into DIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bicycle-art-rides-into-dia.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DIA) may be a major aviation hub, but cycling will take center stage at the nation's fifth-busiest airport this August. With the USA Pro Cycling Challenge scheduled to roll through Colorado August 22 - 28, DIA, VISIT DENVER and race organizers joined forces to commissio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New voluntary baseline groundwater quality sampling program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Oil &amp; Gas Association, Governor John Hickenlooper, and the Department of Natural Resources announces Voluntary Baseline Groundwater Quality Sampling Program
The Colorado Oil &amp; Gas Association (COGA), Governor John Hickenlooper, and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Denver Workforce Center at Montbello]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-denver-workforce-center-at-montbello.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Center provides staffing and training assistance, benefiting job seekers and businesses
Businesses and residents in northeast Denver and throughout the city have an improved resource for employment and training solutions - the Denver Workforce Center at Montbello. Mayor Michael B. Hancock, City Cou...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU faculty, students part of Juno mission to Jupiter]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-faculty--students-part-of-juno-mission-to-jupiter.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students are participating in NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, now slated for launch Aug. 5 from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and which is expected to help steer scientists toward the right recipe for planet-making.
The primary goal of the mission...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Scientist tests promising drug for Down syndrome]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/scientist-tests-promising-drug-for-down-syndrome.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Attempt to increase memory, learning a potential milestone in Down research
A University of Colorado&nbsp;School of Medicine&nbsp;scientist is completing a major clinical trial on a drug that could boost cognitive function in those with Down syndrome, significantly improving their quality of life a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Altius Space Machines wins NewSpace Business Plan Competition]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/altius-space-machines-wins-newspace-business-plan-competition.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On July 30, 2011, Altius Space Machines won the $25,000 grand prize in the 2011 Heinlein NewSpace Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Space Frontier Foundation. Altius' winning business plan focused on their "Direct to Station" space station delivery solution.
Jonathan Goff, Altius CEO, stated...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Third solar power plant completed at DIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/third-solar-power-plant-completed-at-dia.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) and Denver International Airport (DIA) have completed a new 4.4-megawatt, ground-mounted solar power system.
Constellation Energy built, owns and maintains the solar installation, and DIA will purchase the electricity produced by the system over a 20-year period.
I...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[A better way to connect solar, wind to the grid]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/a-better-way-to-connect-solar--wind-to-the-grid.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The sun makes sidewalks hot enough to fry eggs, the wind blows hard enough to tear fences, but if solar and wind energy can't be converted to the 60-hertz alternating current (AC) standard in the United States, it can't be connected to the grid for use in homes or offices.
That's where the inverter...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Green Energy Corp receives GEO funding]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/green-energy-corp-receives-geo-funding.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Green Energy Corp, a Colorado-based software company that enables traditional and emerging power providers to move to the Smart Grid, announced June 28, 2011, that it has been awarded $2,000,000 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding from the Colorado Governor's Energy Office Revolving Lo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Starting salaries for Mines grads tops among nation's public institutes]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/starting-salaries-for-mines-grads-tops-among-nation-s-public-institutes.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado School of Mines is once again the top-ranked public university in the nation for starting salaries of graduates with bachelor's degrees according to PayScale's 2011-2012 College Salary Report. Mines graduates posted a median starting salary of $63,400 and a mid-career salary of $106,000.
M...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL, Verizon to explore energy-saving technologies ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel--verizon-to-explore-energy-saving-technologies-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Verizon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) July 27, 2011, that could lead to the development of new innovative ways to reduce energy use in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.
Thr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder wins Heartland Emmy for video on Pluto]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-wins-heartland-emmy-for-video-on-pluto.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A group of current and recently graduated University of Colorado Boulder journalism students won a Heartland Emmy award on Saturday for a video they created while working on the CU Science Update video series.
Alumna Jenna Browder, alumnus Eric Duggan, senior in broadcast production and film studie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ikea-opens-in-centennial--colo-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, opened the doors of its Denver-area store in Centennial, CO to customers at 9 a.m. MDT, July 27, 2011. The 415,000-square-foot IKEA Centennial is located on 13.5 acres along the western side of Interstate 25, north of the Park Meadows area, access...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-reports-on-corporate-social-responsibility-efforts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[2010 Report Highlights DaVita's Vision for Building Shared Value with Communities
DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), released its third annual corporate social responsibil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ihs-makes-biggest-ever-business-acquisition-for--500m.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS), the leading global source of information and analysis, announced July 26, 2011, it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seismic Micro-Technology (SMT), a market leader for geoscience software. The $500 million cash transaction - the largest acquisition in IHS history - i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CID4 sets Aug. 5 deadline for new project consideration   ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cid4-sets-aug--5-deadline-for-new-project-consideration---.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) is seeking its fifth project and a review date of Friday, Aug. 5 has been selected as the cut-off for submitting material to CID4.com for consideration
The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4)...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-deputy-administrator-to-visit-interns-at-ball--ula-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Companies give interns hands-on experience for jobs of the future
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver will visit Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., on Tuesday, July 26, at 2:30 p.m. MT, to meet with summer interns from Ball and United Launch Alliance (ULA). Garver will vie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada pilots new small business grant program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arvada-pilots-new-small-business-grant-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) recently piloted the Arvada Small Business Grant program designed to support businesses that invest in their business and community. The matching grant program aims to help business and property owners improve commercial buildings, grounds and signa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball develops next generation flight computers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ball-develops-next-generation-flight-computers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. has completed development of prototype launch vehicle flight computers equipped to bring safety and reliability to future human spaceflight systems. These flight computers were financed by Ball Aerospace and are based on deployed units now being used by NASA's...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA mission to Mars completes major milestone at CU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-mission-to-mars-completes-major-milestone-at-cu.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A $670 million NASA orbiting mission to probe the past climate of Mars led by the University of Colorado Boulder reached a major milestone in mid July when it successfully completed its Mission Critical Design Review by the space agency.
Known as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bye Energy changes name to Beyond Aviation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bye-energy-changes-name-to-beyond-aviation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bye Energy, a clean energy solutions integrator for general aviation, announced July 22, 2011, it will accelerate the development process and focus on its Green Flight Program under the name Beyond Aviation. The Green Flight Program is a collaborative effort to develop an electric propulsion system ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL launches Energy Execs Institute]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-launches-energy-execs-institute.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announces its inaugural Energy Execs Institute a premier executive education program focused on delivering clean energy solutions.
The Energy Execs institute is a condensed version of the highly successful NREL Executive En...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado to receive $1M grant to fuel college completion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-to-receive--1m-grant-to-fuel-college-completion.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia announced July 22, 2011, Colorado will receive a $1 million grant to fuel policy innovations and reforms aimed at significantly increasing college completion.&nbsp;
The grant is provided by Complete College America as part of its national Completion In...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU: Farthest, largest water mass in universe found]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
An international team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology and involving the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe.
The distant quasar is one of the most powerful known objects in the u...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU celebrates best year ever for private support]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[$213.2 million total includes 11 percent increase to CU fundraising arm
Stem cell research that helps burned skin heal and regenerate. Integrated mental health counseling for Pikes Peak region seniors at little or no cost. A Jewish Studies program that bridges past and present and promotes mutual u...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[With the mountains, great weather and active lifestyle, Denver is an ideal place for businesses to move to and expand. Now, Denver's third largest employer expanded its employee wellness program to continue to encourage and support a healthy community.
All 9,000 employees of HealthONE, as well as t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU Denver physicist building advanced microscope]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stephanie Meyer bringing new capabilities to CU Denver by building a super resolution microscope
Stephanie Meyer, a physicist specializing in optics, is bringing new capabilities to the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus by building an advanced, super resolution microscope able t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper unveils statewide economic development plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-unveils-statewide-economic-development-plan.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced July 20, 2011, a statewide work plan to spur Colorado's economy, help businesses grow and attract new jobs to the state. "The Colorado Blueprint: A bottom-up approach to economic development" is the product of an unprecedented effort to engage every county in Colorad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Technology Association announces new name and brand]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association, officially announced July 20, 2011, that the name of the industry association is now the Colorado Technology Association.
The organization was begun in 1994 as the Colorado Software Association, then changed to the Colorado Software &amp; Internet Associatio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Lt. Gov. Garcia visits Space Foundation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Supports STEM education in Colorado
Colorado Lt. Gov. Joseph Garcia visited the new headquarters of the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs on July 20, and also toured the&nbsp;Space Foundation Discovery Institute&nbsp;where he praised the work the Space Foundation has done to help teachers excite...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro State Flight Team wins prestigious Loening Trophy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-state-flight-team-wins-prestigious-loening-trophy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Metropolitan State College of Denver's Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science was awarded the Loening Trophy, the oldest and most prestigious collegiate aviation award. The award recognizes the most outstanding all-around collegiate aviation program in the country.
Metro State's Precision Fli...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to announce state economic development plan]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper will talk about the "Colorado Blueprint: A bottom-up approach to economic development" during a press conference July 20 in Denver. He will also make stops in Windsor and Fort Morgan later in the day to talk about the statewide economic development work plan.
The governor wil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper elected to Western Governors University]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-elected-to-western-governors-university.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado has joined the Western Governors University Board of Trustees. Hickenlooper was unanimously elected to serve on the governing board for the nonprofit, online university. The school was founded in 1997 by 19 U.S. governors, including former Colorado Gov. Roy Romer....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Re-inventing America's urban water infrastructure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/re-inventing-america-s-urban-water-infrastructure.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[America's cities face a looming water crisis, driven by climate change, growing population and a crumbling infrastructure. Recognizing the critical importance of this issue, the&nbsp;National Science Foundation&nbsp;has selected a partnership of four U.S. universities to form an Engineering Research...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of Colorado Hospital rises nationally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/university-of-colorado-hospital-rises-nationally.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) has been ranked the best hospital in the Denver metro area for the second consecutive year by U.S. News &amp; World Report.
UCH ranks nationally in multiple specialties: pulmonology (#1), nephrology (#16), rheumatology (#17), cancer (#34) and neurology and ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MWH to support United Kingdom's National Grid program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mwh-to-support-united-kingdom-s-national-grid-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[National Grid expects to invest more than $16 billion in electricity and gas transmission networks in the United Kingdom in the coming years, driven by the connection of new sources of electricity generation and the pipelines needed to import more gas as North Sea supplies decline. Many transmission...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Turning warehouses into solar powerhouses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/turning-warehouses-into-solar-powerhouses.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) launched the Executive Energy Leadership Program (Energy Execs) in 2007, the goal was to inform private and public decision-makers about renewable energy and energy efficiency as well as inspire them to adopt clea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA begins commercial partnership with ULA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-begins-commercial-partnership-with-ula.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced July 18, 2011, an agreement for technical support through NASA's Commercial Crew Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to offer technical information on the Atlas V to support using the rocket to launch astronauts into space.
Through an unfun...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[USA Pro Cycling Challenge unveils jerseys]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/usa-pro-cycling-challenge-unveils-jerseys.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The USA Pro Cycling Challenge unveiled the race jerseys for the inaugural professional cycling competition set to take place&nbsp;August 22-28. &nbsp;Jerseys will be awarded daily to top athletes in various standings including the leader, sprinter, and climber. &nbsp;In addition, the best young ride...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA marks the 50th successful GPS launch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-marks-the-50th-successful-gps-launch.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-2 payload lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 2:41 a.m. EDT July 16, 2011. This is the seventh ULA launch this year.
"Congratulations to the entire team on the successful launch of the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Explore Colorado on two wheels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/explore-colorado-on-two-wheels.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado&nbsp;is taking center stage as one of the world's top cycling destinations with the debut of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in August. The state is home to the birthplace of mountain biking,&nbsp;Crested Butte, as well as several legendary bike races. &nbsp;Colorado also offers a variety of ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New training subsidy funds for Denver businesses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-training-subsidy-funds-for-denver-businesses.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver Workforce Centers began new program year July 1, 2011, with new funds supporting job creation and retention
With the start of a new funding cycle on July 1, 2011, the Denver Workforce Centers are seeking business partners to participate in the City's Training Subsidy program. The program off...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe achieves third EnhancedView milestone ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-achieves-third-enhancedview-milestone-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, announced that on June 16 it successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) of infrastructure enhancements at its Colorado headquarters under the terms of the EnhancedView contract. The successfu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute prepares green workforce of tomorrow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-prepares-green-workforce-of-tomorrow.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute, the&nbsp;first&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, today announced that it has installed an array of new laboratory equipment, further positioning the school as the premiere desti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita CathAway Program leads to lower catheter rates]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-cathaway-program-leads-to-lower-catheter-rates.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced July 13, 2011, that the company has made landmark progress in reducing "Day 90+" patient central venous catheter (CVC) rates, f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Winners of the 2011 Technology APEX Awards]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association, announced July 13, 2011, the winners of the 2011 technology Apex Awards. Winners and finalists were awarded and announced at last night's program.
"The technology industry is the engine behind all other industries, yet many times, these companies and profess...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe launches Global Basemap subscription service ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-launches-global-basemap-subscription-service-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Service gives customers immediate online review and download from world's largest, consistently refreshed image library
DigitalGlobe&nbsp;(NYSE:&nbsp;DGI), a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, debuted its Global Basemap subscription service at the Esri International...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M Hill releases 2011 sustainability report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-releases-2011-sustainability-report.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Report details firm's enviornmental, social, and economic performance
For more than 60 years&nbsp;CH2M HILL&nbsp;, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm, has fostered a culture of environmental stewardship. On July 12, 2011, the firm announces the release of it...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bill Barrett Corporation acquires DJ Basin oil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bill-barrett-corporation-acquires-dj-basin-oil.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bill Barrett Corporation (NYSE: BBG) announced July 12, 2011, that the Company has signed a purchase and sale agreement with an affiliate of Texas American Resources Company to acquire properties in the Denver-Julesburg&nbsp;(DJ) Basin targeting&nbsp;Niobrara&nbsp;oil that include a preliminary esti...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU grant to enhance early childhood mental health]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[$398,821 grant provided by Michigan-based W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Infants and small children in Colorado and New Mexico-particularly those in underserved and at-risk demographics-will benefit from better access to care, service delivery, integration, provider training and public awareness of early ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Solar lab collaborative showcase on August 4]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/solar-lab-collaborative-showcase-on-august-4.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Tours and one-on-one meetings with scientists offered at NREL's Process Development Integration Laboratory
One-of-a-kind platforms that have the ability to bridge the gap between photovoltaic (PV) module and cell efficiencies are opening their stainless steel arms to industry, academia, stakeholder...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CNGV purchases fifty percent stake in Sundrop Fuels, Inc.]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sundrop Fuels, Inc., a gasification-based drop-in biofuels company, and Chesapeake NG Ventures Corp. (CNGV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), announced July 11, 2011, that they have closed a transaction in which CNGV will invest $155 million, enabling Sundrop Fu...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA, Ball Aerospace Interns to launch rockets, payloads]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula--ball-aerospace-interns-to-launch-rockets--payloads.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hands-on learning will reach new heights when Colorado high school students and college interns from across the nation blast high-power rockets and payloads deep into the Colorado sky.  Now in its fourth year, the high-power rocket event involves more than 100 Colorado high school students and inter...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Former key NASA leaders added to Dream Chaser team]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/former-key-nasa-leaders-added-to-dream-chaser-team.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems has announced the augmentation of its Dream Chaser Orbital Space Transportation Vehicle team through the addition of several former NASA veteran human spaceflight experts.
Mark Sirangelo, head of Sierra Nevada Space Systems said, "SNC is seeking to de...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita Rx delivers five millionth prescription]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Rx, the world's first and largest full-service pharmacy dedicated to serving the unique needs of kidney patients, announced today that it has filled five million prescriptions since the company started delivering medications in 2005.
&nbsp;"DaVita RxSM&nbsp;is committed to helping make the l...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New Anschutz center to feature innovative Green Roof]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-anschutz-center-to-feature-innovative-green-roof.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Made possible by Nu Sigma Nu donation
The University of Colorado Denver today announced that the new&nbsp;Anschutz Health and Wellness Center&nbsp;at the University of Colorado&nbsp;Anschutz Medical Campus&nbsp;will incorporate healthy living into the facility's very design by constructing an innov...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[U.S. solar installations up 22 percent, Colorado a leader]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/u-s--solar-installations-up-22-percent--colorado-a-leader.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A newly released report from the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) found that the there were 124,000 solar installations-including photovoltaics (PVs), concentrating solar power and solar thermal-in the U.S. in 2010. That's an increase of 22 percent over 2009. And 2011 is likely to beat tha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[$2.5M gift to CU Leeds School of Business to establish endowed Chair in Finance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/-2-5m-gift-to-cu-leeds-school-of-business-to-establish-endowed-chair-in-finance.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder announced today that alumnus Richard "Dick" M. Burridge Sr. ('51 finance) has made a $2.5 million gift that, combined with other commitments, will establish a new chair, the Burridge Chair in Finance, the first to be established with...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Nation’s new missile warning satellite delivers first imagery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nation-s-new-missile-warning-satellite-delivers-first-imagery.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[SBIRS GEO-1 satellite to provide a quantum leap in infrared surveillance capabilities
The first Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-built Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)&nbsp;geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft beamed down its first infrared image on June 21 to the SBIRS ground station. Following its&nbs...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Raytheon awarded $8.7M public safety network contract]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/raytheon-awarded--8-7m-public-safety-network-contract.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded the first competitive Public Safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) contract in the nation, as well as the first contract under the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), for recipients of the FCC 700 MHz Broadband Waiver.
The&nbsp;$8.7 million&nb...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper honors firms for cutting energy costs]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper recognized 12 Colorado industrial companies&nbsp;on July 6, 2011&nbsp;for their participation in the Colorado Industrial Energy Challenge and their commitments and achievements in energy efficiency.
The industrial sector in Colorado accounts for 30 percent of the state's tota...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Data is something computer users often take for granted. As you type, an unimaginable quantity of ones and zeros fly through networks and cyberspace and are parsed together into documents, photos, music, websites and more.
All of those ones and zeros have to live somewhere and their "home" often is...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado cities and towns report improved economic outlook]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Colorado Municipal League mid-year survey of municipalities reveals 62 percent rate their economic picture as improving. The amount of improvement ranges from slight to strong but the local economies have turned a corner. 30 percent rated their economy as flat, while eight percent said the economi...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Space Foundation student art taking up residence on the ISS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/space-foundation-student-art-taking-up-residence-on-the-iss.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Along with Japanese students' art, travelling aboard the space shuttle Atlantis
Student artwork submitted to the Space Foundation Student Art Contest held in conjunction with the recent&nbsp;National Space Symposium&nbsp;in Colorado Springs, Colo., will be taking a longer trip than expected when di...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Western Union to acquire Travelex division]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/western-union-to-acquire-travelex-division.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Provides Western Union a leading position in business-to-business payments, a growing market and one of company's three strategic growth areas
The Western Union Company (NYSE:WU) announced July 5, 2011, it has signed an agreement with Travelex Holdings Limited to acquire the Travelex Global Busines...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU's long-standing involvement with the space shuttle]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-s-long-standing-involvement-with-the-space-shuttle.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When NASA&rsquo;s 30-year-old space shuttle program is shuttered following the Atlantis mission in July, the University of Colorado Boulder will look back at a rich relationship filled with triumph and tragedy and look ahead to an evolving international program of government and private efforts that...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver No. 5 in environmental sustainability]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[U.S. and Canada Green City Index analyzes the environmental sustainability of 27 major metropolitan areas in both countries
San Francisco grabbed the mantle of "greenest" major city in the U.S. and Canada Green City Index, with New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston rounding out the top five U.S. cit...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The University of Colorado Boulder is involved with five different space science payloads ranging from antibody tests that may lead to new bone-loss treatments to an experiment to improve vaccine effectiveness for combating salmonella when Atlantis thunders skyward July 8 on the last of NASA's 135 s...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ft. Collins No. 5, Denver No. 9 on Best Places for Biz list]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Western Cities Dominate Top 25
From Forbes.comLooking for opportunity? Head west to Colorado, Texas and Utah, which all landed multiple locales near the top of our 13th annual list of Best Places for Business and Careers.&nbsp;The recession spared few U.S. cities, wiping out 9.4 million jobs betwee...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL to showcase advanced vehicles July 2 & 4 ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will showcase advanced vehicles at two Colorado events in early July.
Representatives from NREL will be on hand to answer questions about the vehicles and provide information about renewable energy, alternative fuels, and a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita supports Military Spouse Employment Partnership]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kidney care provider is one of 15 new partners inducted to the growing program
DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), committed to the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[EDF EN to purchase U.S. wind installations from Vestas]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/edf-en-to-purchase-u-s--wind-installations-from-vestas.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By the agreement, EDF Energies Nouvelles, a leader in renewable energy, has committed to purchase from Vestas wind turbines for a minimum of 50 percent of all its future onshore wind installations in Europe and a minimum of 30 percent of all its future onshore wind installations in the United States...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's Research Support Facility certified LEED Platinum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-research-support-facility-certified-leed-platinum.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NREL's second LEED Platinum building is a replicable model of energy efficient commercial office design
The Research Support Facility (RSF) located on the campus of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been certified LEED&reg; Platinum for New Constr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace showcases antenna manufacturing center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ball Aerospace &amp; Technologies Corp. opened its expanded Aerospace Manufacturing Center (AMC) in&nbsp;Westminster, Colo., June 29, 2011.&nbsp; &nbsp;Community leaders, elected officials, customers and media representatives were on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours of the&nbsp;$14.6 mil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU researchers receive Department of Energy grant]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two Colorado State University laser researchers are working to develop an X-ray source for the U.S. Department of Energy that could be used in everything from X-ray free-electron lasers to biomedical imaging.
Randy Bartels, associate professor, and Sterling Backus, research faculty, in the Departme...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Health Symposium to feature healthcare dialog]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Annual event draws nationally recognized experts to Keystone Resort, July 27-29
Some of the nation's leading innovators will discuss topics ranging from the impact of health care on the economy to health care reform at the 2011 Colorado Health Symposium. Now in its 31st year, the annual event is re...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Vestas announces two Global Renewable Energy studies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/vestas-announces-two-global-renewable-energy-studies.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The two studies addresses consumer demand, climate change and corporate energy transparency
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the global leader in wind energy, announced&nbsp;on June 28, 2011&nbsp;the release of two studies that will help move consumers and corporations towards an increased use of renewable...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver schools get $4.2M from Walton Family Foundation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On June 28, 2011, the Walton Family Foundation announced investments totaling more than $157 million in education reform initiatives for 2010 - a $23 million increase over 2009, in which education reform grants totaled $134 million. Grants were made to organizations and programs that empower parents...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver SBDC launches small business mentor program]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has found an inventive and fun way of helping entrepreneurs develop mentoring relationships through a new program called the Main Street Mentors Walk.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Successful business owners will have an opportunity to share their experiences...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association showcases at BIO 2011]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-bioscience-association-showcases-at-bio-2011.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will head the Colorado Pavilion at the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO) International Convention in Washington DC, June 27-30.&nbsp;CBSA President and CEO, Holli Riebel (formerly Baumunk) recently stated, "Colorado is the next frontier in life scienc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[TriZetto’s software makes care management easier]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trizetto-s-software-makes-care-management-easier.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The TriZetto Group, Inc.&nbsp;announced June 27 the availability of CareAdvance EssentialsTM, a software and services solution specially designed for health plans with 250,000 or fewer members, to make&nbsp;care management&nbsp;system implementations by healthcare payer organizations easier, faster ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU develops software to advance brain research]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-develops-software-to-advance-brain-research.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A University of Colorado Boulder research team has developed a new software program allowing neuroscientists to produce single brain images pulled from hundreds of individual studies, trimming weeks and even months from what can be a tedious, time-consuming research process.
The development of noni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Fed Center solar park exceeds expectations]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Denver Federal Center (DFC) campus is nearing the completion of its nearly 7 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) project. This project combined, with an existing 1.2 MW solar park, will provide more than 15% of the DFC's electrical needs annually. T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Plans for St. Anthony Central Campus redevelopment]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just 10 days after the hospital moved to Lakewood, St. Anthony Hospital officials announced June 27, 2011, preliminary plans for the St. Anthony Central Hospital Campus in Denver.
One of 13 Centura Health hospitals in Colorado, St. Anthony Hospital, is making plans to provide ongoing health care on...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DeviceSpace campaign features medical device companies]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/devicespace-campaign-features-medical-device-companies.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Print and online efforts highlight growing life science sector
DeviceSpace, the leading employment website for medical device and diagnostics sectors, launched the 2011-2012 U.S. DeviceTM Hotbed Campaign on June 28, 2011, marking the campaign's fourth edition, highlighting organizations across the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU to provide full tuition/fees to veterans and their children]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-to-provide-full-tuition-fees-to-veterans-and-their-children.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University, partnering with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs&rsquo; Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program, is offering full awards &ndash; including tuition, fees, and generous housing and books stipends &ndash; to U.S. military veterans and their children beginning th...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada unveils new property search tool]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) is pleased to announce a new partnership with Xceligent to launch a commercial real estate search tool for businesses looking for property in Arvada. The new tool can be found at www.aeda.biz, Arvada's "go to" website for economic development tools ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Energy leaders release Climate Prosperity Strategy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/energy-leaders-release-climate-prosperity-strategy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Energy stakeholders from throughout the nine-county Metro Denver region&nbsp;gathered on June 23, 2011 to celebrate the release of the Metro Denver Climate Prosperity Strategy, an initiative to increase financial and energy savings, expand employment and business opportunities, and improve the regio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HEIT names among Colorado's Companies to Watch]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Financial industry's technology and risk management cloud provider also lands on MSPmentor100 and Talkin' Cloud 50 lists
HEIT, a leading provider of cloud-delivered managed services for community financial institutions, was among 50 noteworthy Colorado organizations recognized with the 2011 Colorad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada completes two major NASA milestones]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-completes-two-major-nasa-milestones.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNC) has announced completion of two significant milestones as part of the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) Program.&nbsp; SNC is building the Dream Chaser, a Space Shuttle-like human spacecraft for NASA to provide astronaut transport to the International Spa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU team awarded grant for gravity wave detection]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A team of mathematicians and physicists from Colorado State University, Caltech and the University of California at San Diego have been awarded a prestigious $1.1 million, three-year Focused Research Group grant from the National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to develop mathematical...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IHS announces new global research and analysis group]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ihs-announces-new-global-research-and-analysis-group.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Multi-disciplinary teams integrated to connect critical issues for customers across company's market-leading capabilities
Bringing together the global research and analysis teams across all of its industry, economic and critical capability areas, IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MapQuest launches Local Business Center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mapquest-launches-local-business-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Business Listing Platform to Provide Businesses with Content Control and Expanded Customer Visibility
MapQuest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL), launched on June 23, 2011 MapQuest Local Business Center, a free platform for businesses to control and enhance their content for ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Molson Coors in joint venture to brew beer in South Asia]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE: TAP; TSX) and Cobra India announced on June 23, 2011 the formation of a joint venture that will brew and market Cobra beer in South Asia.
Under the terms of the agreement, Molson Coors will purchase a controlling stake of Cobra India from the existing shareholder...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL, German solar energy researchers develop MOU]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel--german-solar-energy-researchers-develop-mou.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Scientists from the two nations to collaborate on next-generation PV and fuels
German and American researchers will work together more closely on solar energy topics as a result of&nbsp;the signing of a Memo of Understanding (MOU) on June 23, 2011&nbsp;between the U.S. Department of Energy's Nation...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Woodward wins Bombardier CSeries aircraft contracts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/woodward-wins-bombardier-cseries-aircraft-contracts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Woodward, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWD) announced on June 23, 2011&nbsp;that the company secured new contracts to provide key products for the Bombardier* CSeries* aircraft. These awards include the fly-by-wire LRU (Line Replaceable Unit) Rudder Pedal Assemblies, Cargo Compartment Door and APU (Auxiliary Power...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CID4 awards funding to Fort Collins-based VetDC]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cid4-awards-funding-to-fort-collins-based-vetdc.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit entity focused on advancing the Colorado life science ecosystem through company creation and job growth, has selected Ft. Collins, Colorado-based Veterinary Emerging Technologies Development Corpora...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New name, same great care: Children's Hospital Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-name--same-great-care--children-s-hospital-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Children's Hospital is changing its name to Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado), effective immediately. Children's Colorado proudly adds the geographic location of Colorado to distinguish itself clearly on a national level and to better reflect its regional network of care.
"Buil...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Online tool provides access for Coloradans in need]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/online-tool-provides-access-for-coloradans-in-need.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) announced June 22, 2011, that the second phase of the Program Eligibility and Application Kit (PEAK) website has been successfully launched. PEAK is an online service for Coloradans to screen themselves and apply for medical, food, and cash assis...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL solar research earns prestigious awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-solar-research-earns-prestigious-awards.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A technique to turn silicon into ink, a faster way to assess solar cells, and a better furnace for heating solar cells - all developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory - have been named among this year's most significant innovations by R&amp;D Magazine.
...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study indicates icy Saturn moon hiding saltwater ocean ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/study-indicates-icy-saturn-moon-hiding-saltwater-ocean-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Samples of icy spray shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus collected during Cassini spacecraft flybys show the strongest evidence yet for the existence of a large-scale, subterranean saltwater ocean, says a new international study led by the University of Heidelberg and involving the University of C...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gaylord Hotels plans resort and convention center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gaylord-hotels-plans-resort-and-convention-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET) announced June 21, 2011, its plans to develop a resort and convention hotel in Aurora, Colo. Located less than ten minutes from Denver International Airport, one of the most well-traveled and accessible airports in the world, and 25 minutes from downtown Denver, Aur...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Changes to state economic development teams]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced June 21, 2011, that Ken Lund, the Chief Legal Counsel in the Governor's Office, will become Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade on Aug. 1. He will replace Dwayne Romero, who will return full time to the private sector as p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL physicist wins prestigious Cherry Award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-physicist-wins-prestigious-cherry-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A physicist from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) who was a pioneer in multi-junction solar cells for use in outer space and on Earth has been awarded the prestigious Cherry Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Jerry Olson...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chamber scorecard shows 2011 improvement]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce released the third annual edition of its Colorado General Assembly legislative scorecard June 20, 2011.
The scorecard analysis shows that Colorado is the beneficiary of divided power in the House and Senate.
This session, legislators worked together to steer cl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper co-chairs governors summit on job creation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-co-chairs-governors-summit-on-job-creation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Governor John Hickenlooper joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Chamber Foundation (NCF) June 20, 2011, for a bipartisan summit of governors, state chamber executives, and leading business people to discuss policies-including those in Colorado-that make states attractive for business...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Abengoa develops concentrating solar power plant in Chile]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/abengoa-develops-concentrating-solar-power-plant-in-chile.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, design and start-up of the new concentrated solar energy plant in the Atacama Desert, which will comprise a solar field of 1,280 parabolic trough collectors.
Abengoa, the international company that develops innovative technology solutions for sustain...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Basic Economic Development Course  promotes partnership]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[During an information-packed week in early June, a group of 35 economic development professionals--from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, and Texas--got a crash course in industry basics. Presented by the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) and Colorado State University, the Basic Economic...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Castle Rock creates fund to attract new business]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/castle-rock-creates-fund-to-attract-new-business.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Castle Rock has five million reasons for business to consider opening their doors in town.
Castle Rock Town Council took a monumental step May 17, approving the framework for a $5 million Economic Development Fund to be used to bring desired primary employers and retailers to Castle Rock.
"This in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Partnership to boost clean energy startups in Colorado]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/partnership-to-boost-clean-energy-startups-in-colorado.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Through a collaborative partnership to expand cleantech entrepreneurship in Colorado, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the State of Colorado have formed the Colorado Center for Renewable Energy Economic Development (CREED) in Golden, Colo.   CREED...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[OtterBox CEO named local Entrepreneur of the Year ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/otterbox-ceo-named-local-entrepreneur-of-the-year-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[OtterBox&reg;&nbsp;Founder and CEO&nbsp;Curt Richardson&nbsp;was recognized June 16 for his leadership, dedication and innovation as winner of the Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur Of The Year&reg;&nbsp;award in the Consumer Products &amp; Services category for the Mountain Desert Region. According to ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lakewood named All-America City]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lakewood-named-all-america-city.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lakewood won the coveted 2011 All-America City Award tonight from the National Civic League, recognizing the City's collaboration with a wide range of community organizations and residents to accomplish three significant projects.
The All-America City Award is a long-standing and prestigious award ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NSF awards CU-Boulder $5.9 million research grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nsf-awards-cu-boulder--5-9-million-research-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Colorado Boulder a six-year, $5.9 million grant to continue intensive studies of long-term ecological changes in Colorado's high mountains, both natural and human-caused, over decades and centuries.
Awarded to CU-Boulder's Institute of A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CleanLaunch Cleantech Incubator opens at NREL ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cleanlaunch-cleantech-incubator-opens-at-nrel-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CleanLaunch, Colorado's Clean Tech Incubator, has officially "opened the doors" at its new facility in Golden.
CleanLaunch, the region's only incubator 100% focused on clean tech start-ups, has relocated to the Center for Renewable Energy and Economic Development (CREED) at the National Renewable E...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chamber names John Beeble 2011-2012 Chair-elect]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/chamber-names-john-beeble-2011-2012-chair-elect.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[John Beeble, president and CEO of Saunders Construction, was named chair-elect of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors at the Board meeting on June 16, 2011. Beeble&rsquo;s term as Board Chair will begin in September 2012.
Beeble&rsquo;s career in construction spans 28 years, 14 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Westmoreland Coal Company announces new headquarters in Metro Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/westmoreland-coal-company-announces-new-headquarters-in-metro-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ GM: WLB)&nbsp;on June 16, 2011&nbsp;announced that the home of its corporate headquarters will be moving to Englewood, Colorado in November 2011. Westmoreland signed a multi-year lease with a subsidiary of Shea Properties for space in Shea's Maroon V building locate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Record-breaking tourism growth in Colorado in 2010 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/record-breaking-tourism-growth-in-colorado-in-2010-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado and Denver set new records for overall visitors, overnight visitation and visitor spending in 2010, according to a profile of Colorado and Denver visitors by research firm Longwoods International commissioned by the Colorado Tourism Office and VISIT DENVER.
With a slower than anticipated p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New magazine highlights clean energy innovations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-magazine-highlights-clean-energy-innovations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Groundbreaking and potentially game-changing technologies at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are now featured in a new online quarterly publication,&nbsp;Continuum Magazine.
The first edition of the quarterly webzine features NREL's new one-of-a-kind rese...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[eSpace delivers stellar ROI in aerospace]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/espace-delivers-stellar-roi-in-aerospace.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit 501(c)(3) business incubator and workforce development organization for aerospace start-up companies, today announced the six-month financial impact of its&nbsp;Straight to Space&nbsp;(S2S) and&nbsp;eSpace Incubator&nbsp;programs. The compl...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama establishes White House Rural Council]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/obama-establishes-white-house-rural-council.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The White House announced June 14, 2011, the establishment of the first White House Rural Council.&nbsp; While rural communities face challenges, they also present economic potential.&nbsp; To address these challenges, build on the Administration's rural economic strategy, and improve the implementa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute honors National Solar Day]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-honors-national-solar-day.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute, the&nbsp;first&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for&nbsp;careers in renewable energy&nbsp;and sustainable design, today announced that its on-site solar and wind units have produced more than 10,000 kilowatt hours of energy since op...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Space Foundation challenges students to envision the future]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/space-foundation-challenges-students-to-envision-the-future.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Space Foundation welcomes the&nbsp;We Want Our Future&nbsp;initiative as its newest Certified Educational Product partner.
Launched and managed by University of Colorado graduate students and based in Boulder, Colo., the We Want Our Future initiative is a worldwide outreach project that challen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Air Force Academy solar power plant completed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/air-force-academy-solar-power-plant-completed.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Springs Utilities (Springs Utilities) and SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) today announced the completion of a 6-megawatt solar photovoltaic power system at the&nbsp;U.S. Air Force Academy&nbsp;(USAFA) in&nbsp;Colorado Springs, Colo.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Air Force Academy&nbsp;will host a ded...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arvada awarded for local economic growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arvada-awarded-for-local-economic-growth.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) recently won the prestigious "Award of Excellence" from Business Retention and Expansion International (BREI) for "The Arvada Way" of doing business retention. This was in the category of a single community with a population of over 50,000.
Each ye...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2000 homes enrolled in Boulder County EnergySmart]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2000-homes-enrolled-in-boulder-county-energysmart.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In October 2010 when Boulder County awarded Populus, LLC the contract to administer its residential services for EnergySmart, one of the nation's most ambitious energy efficiency programs, the company knew the industry would be watching.&nbsp; &nbsp;At the time, the Boulder-based residential energy ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CAMT picks ACE Manufacturing Innovation Park developer]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/camt-picks-ace-manufacturing-innovation-park-developer.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) announced on June 10, 2011&nbsp;the selection of United Properties, a national developer with offices in Denver, as CAMT's development partner for the Aerospace and Clean Energy (ACE) Manufacturing and Innovation Park proposed for the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[RTD awarded $486K federal grant for workforce training]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/rtd-awarded--486k-federal-grant-for-workforce-training.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[RTD has received a $486,465 grant from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for the Workforce Initiative Now (WIN), a partnership between RTD, Community College of Denver, Urban League of Metropolitan Denver, and Denver Transit Partners.
WIN is a sector workforce partnership that strives to mee...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA delivers Aquarius Mission to orbit ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-delivers-aquarius-mission-to-orbit-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory for NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina lifted off from Space Launch Complex-2W here at 7:20 a.m. PDT today. This is ULA's sixth launch of the year and marked the 40th Delta II launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs 'Fair Permitting' solar legislation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-signs--fair-permitting--solar-legislation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[HB 1199 promotes statewide economic development and prohibits excessive barriers and red tape that could slow Colorado's economic recovery. In Colorado, there is a need for certainty regarding the fees that can be assessed for permitting a solar energy system to save consumers and businesses money a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gordon Holdings moves HQ, Polystrand expands in region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gordon-holdings-moves-hq--polystrand-expands-in-region.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leading composite manufacturer building larger facility near transportation hub to support growth
Gordon Holdings, Inc., parent company of Polystrand, Inc. and Gordon Composites, Inc., announced plans on June 7, 2011 to move its corporate headquarters and expand its Polystrand business in Montrose,...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Funding will fuel growth as adoption of Agile Development accelerates
Rally Software, the leader in Agile application lifecycle management (ALM), has secured $20 million in funding led by Meritech Capital Partners. Meritech is a leading provider of late-stage venture capital to category-defining pr...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cryolife-makes--3-5m-investment-in-valvexchange--inc-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading tissue processing and medical device Company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced July 7, 2011, a $3.5 million equity investment in Denver-based ValveXchange&reg; Inc. ValveXchange is a private medical device company that was spun-off out of Clevel...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute promotes careers in renewable energy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-promotes-careers-in-renewable-energy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute, the&nbsp;first&nbsp;and&nbsp;only&nbsp;college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for&nbsp;careers in renewable energy&nbsp;and sustainable design, today announced that its website page for the&nbsp;Renewable Energy Technology Program&nbsp;has a new layout to answer...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita unveils new corporate tagline]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc.&nbsp;(NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD) recently unveiled its new corporate tagline at its annual "Nationwide" meeting. The new tagline, "DaVita: Bringing Quality to Life," refle...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[SolarTAC 'plugs into the sun' with grand opening]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and dignitaries from state, local, and national government will find out what's 'plugged into the sun' as SolarTAC membership hosts its grand opening celebration on June 7 for invited guests.
SolarTAC -the Solar Technology Acceleration Center-- membership is comp...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado exhibits, launches pr/ad campaign at WindPower ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-exhibits--launches-pr-ad-campaign-at-windpower-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), and several economic development organizations from throughout the state touted Colorado's growing wind industry at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA)...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente Colorado honored for medical safety]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado health plan achieves 5-Star Medication Safety Ratings from Pharmacy Quality Alliance
Kaiser Permanente Colorado is one of only three health plans in the nation to receive a top honor for excellence in medication safety. The award, issued by the Pharmacy Quality Alliance, recognizes Kaiser ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Latest Tesla store opens in Park Meadows]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Tesla Motors&nbsp;(NASDAQ:&nbsp;TSLA) expands its retail footprint to Park Meadows shopping center outside of Denver, Colorado today with the opening of&nbsp;Tesla Park Meadows.
In preparation for Model S, the world's first&nbsp;premium electric sedan, Tesla is reinventing how people buy cars with ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Science and industry peers turn to NREL for biomass solutions]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The biomass industry looks to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for solutions when it comes to lignocellulosic conversion of biomass to fuels. CELLULOSE editors recently announced that three NREL papers were in the top 10 for most requested articles of 2010....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Saint Joseph Hospital project: $340M in labor compensation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital and Denver Mayor Guillermo (Bill) V. Vidal today announced that the redevelopment of Saint Joseph Hospital in central Denver will create 1,400 construction related jobs annually and contribute $340 million in labor compensation from now until it opens in 2014.&nbsp;  Th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[PBS' Nightly Business Report opens Denver Bureau]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[NBR Worldwide LLC, the owner of PBS' Nightly Business Report (NBR), announced the opening of a new Denver bureau on June 2, 2011&nbsp;as part of an agreement with Rocky Mountain PBS.
The Denver bureau, which opened on June 1, will cover stories of national interest that address Denver and the Mount...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper signs Colorado Health Benefits Exchange]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper was joined today by state lawmakers and leaders from the business, consumer, health and insurance industries to sign legislation that creates the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange.
SB 200 "Health Benefits Exchange" sponsored by Senate President Pro-tem Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Western Union to acquire Finint, a leading European agent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/western-union-to-acquire-finint--a-leading-european-agent.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Finint S.r.l., one of its leading money transfer network agents in Europe.
Finint manages more than 10,000 subagent locations across Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Western Union currently owns 30 ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New independent owner of Workplace Resource]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-independent-owner-of-workplace-resource.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Workplace Resource, one of Colorado's largest commercial office furniture and related services dealerships, has been purchased from Herman Miller, Inc. by Carla Dore, Workplace Resource president.&nbsp;
"This is an exciting new beginning for our company, one that has quickly enabled us to find new ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver HQ'd eWise secures $14M in financing ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-hq-d-ewise-secures--14m-in-financing-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[eWise, a global payments and online financial management solutions provider, has closed a $14 million financing round, led by venture capital firm Wellington Partners. Previous investors also participated in this round, including Balderton Capital, TTV Capital and Patagorang. eWise's world headquart...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Solar and hydrogen car races spark imaginations ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The call to advance America's energy research and development continues to make headlines across the nation. From President Barack Obama's state of the union speech touting American innovation, to a recent visit to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) by&...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CNA to open Its new Western Service Center in Denver ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CNA is set to celebrate the official grand opening of its new Western Service Center in Colorado on June 8, 2011. Announced in 2010, the Western Service Center expands the global insurer's Worldwide Operations (WWO), Claim and Underwriting support operations and ultimately expects to create approxim...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU, Fort Collins companies recognized for innovation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Wired magazine's June issue lists Fort Collins as one of "The Emerging Epicenters" for innovation and high-tech job growth in green technology, singling out Fort Collins-based companies VanDyne SuperTurbo, Woodward Inc. and the Colorado State University Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory.
Van...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado selected to apply for Race to the Top funds ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-selected-to-apply-for-race-to-the-top-funds-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia today applauded the&nbsp; U.S. Department of Education's announcement that Colorado is among nine states able to apply for the third round of Race to the Top funds.
"Today's announcement is good news - potentially even very good news - for Colorado," H...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boulder ranks as 5th most well-read city]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just in time for the summer reading season, Amazon.com announced its list of the Top 20 Most Well-Read Cities in America. After compiling sales data of all book, magazine and newspaper sales in both print and Kindle format since Jan. 1, 2011, on a per capita basis in cities with more than 100,000 re...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study ranks Denver #3 on the "Edge of Greatness"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[From the hottest bats to the greenest buildings, new research commissioned by the makers of Edge&reg; Shave Gel ranks and rates the top 50 US cities poised for greatness. The findings, fielded by research firm Sperling's BestPlaces, examine five key areas of greatness, including sports, art, music, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HealthONE announces ER wait times]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Emergencies Don't Wait.&nbsp; Neither Should You.
HealthONE is the FIRST hospital system in Colorado to post ER wait times for its facilities across the metro area - as well as wait times at all HealthONE Pediatric ERs. The ER Wait Time represents the approximate time it takes for a patient to see ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[America, with its entrepreneurial spirit and innovative national labs, will lead the global clean-energy revolution and reap the economic and environmental benefits that go with it, Vice President Joe Biden vowed in a visit last week to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA chooses Lockheed Martin's Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle design  ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-delegation-applauds-nasa-choice-lockheed-martin-orion-crew-exploration-vehicle-design.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Ed Perlmutter have applauded NASA&rsquo;s decision to accept the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle design for a multi-purpose crew vehicle to be used in deep space.&nbsp; In choosing the Orion project&rsquo;s design, developed in partn...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado is the hub of national green job creation]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the nation welcomed news that the economy added more than 200,000 jobs last month, and President Obama renewed his call for pursuing clean energy sources to break the United States' dependence on foreign oil while creating new jobs for Americans, skeptics were asking if investing in clean energy ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DDP honors six winners at 50th annual awards dinner]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;EMBARGOED UNTIL MAY 20, 2011
The Downtown Denver Partnership honored six award winners on May 19th at the Sheraton Hotel during the 50th Annual Downtown Denver Awards Dinner, sponsored by Polsinelli Shughart PC.&nbsp; As a celebration of achievements in the Downtown Denver community, the six ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[VP Biden visits NREL Friday and recognizes Tendril]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Vice President Joe Biden Recognizes Tendril as Innovative, High-Growth Clean Tech Company
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Tendril, the energy platform company, was featured in remarks by Vice President Joe Biden at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. on Friday, May 20. The Vice President hailed Tendr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AEDA & CO Enterprise Fund open Arvada Microloan Fund]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/aeda---co-enterprise-fund-open-arvada-microloan-fund.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[AEDA contacted the Colorado Enterprise Fund to create a fund that bridged the gap for businesses that may qualify for bank financing in the future, but need a loan now. The Arvada Microloan Fund will help prepare entrepreneurs for future bank relationships by introducing the requirements necessary t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Western Union celebrates 160 years of Innovation ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, today celebrates 160 years of innovation, renewing its focus on developing new ways of moving money for better. With 455,000 Agent locations in 200 countries and territories, in 2010 the company performed an average of nearly 1.7 millio...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clean Edge lists Colorado in top 5 for cleantech leadership]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/clean-edge-lists-colorado-in-top-5-for-cleantech-leadership.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clean Edge's second annual U.S. Clean Energy Leadership Index, released May 18, 2011, provides the industry's most comprehensive and objective analysis and ranking of how all 50 states, and the individuals, businesses, and organizations that operate there, compare across the clean-energy spectrum. A...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Biden to visit CO's National Renewable Energy Laboratory]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Friday, May 20th, Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Golden, Colorado, to visit the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). At 11:15 AM MT, the Vice President will deliver remarks on the Administration's commitment to encouraging innovation and investing in research and development to k...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SolidFire moves headquarters to Colorado ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/solidfire-moves-headquarters-to-colorado-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[SolidFire, a provider of all-solid-state storage systems for cloud service providers, announced that it has relocated its headquarters to Colorado. The company, previously located in Atlanta, Georgia, has moved its headquarters to Boulder and is now leasing a 10,000-square-foot office, adding new jo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper presents awards at World Trade Day]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Governor John Hickenlooper&nbsp;presented the Governor's Award for Excellence in Exporting to this year's winners on May 17, at the World Trade Day 2011 event luncheon. This award has been given every May since 1970 and honors Colorado companies that demonstrate a commitment to international trade. ...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[VISIT DENVER, The Convention &amp; Visitors Bureau, is launching a $2 million consumer advertising campaign marketing the Mile High City as a summer tourism destination.&nbsp; Built around the theme, "Denver's Summer of Adventure," the integrated marketing campaign utilizes television, magazine, new...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SolarCity opens second Colorado Operations Center in Parker]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SolarCity announced on May 12, 2011 that it has opened a second Colorado operations center in Parker, based on a strong initial response to the company&rsquo;s offering in the state. The company has hired an addition 21 local workers in Parker, increasing SolarCity&rsquo;s Colorado workforce to 66 e...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of Colorado Hospital expands at Anschutz ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/university-of-colorado-hospital-expands-at-anschutz-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Hospital is holding a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the $400 million expansion on Tuesday, May 24, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Anschutz Medical Campus. The expansion will include a second inpatient 12-story tower, increased patient care facilities to the Anschutz Cancer ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper joins Rivet to celebrate new job creation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-joins-rivet-to-celebrate-new-job-creation.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rivet Software, a Denver-based company pioneering the future of global financial transparency, announced that Governor Hickenlooper will attend its New Employee Welcome Event at noon on May 16. This event, to be held at Rivet's corporate headquarters, will recognize new employees and celebrate the p...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alpine Access expands, need for new facility]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/alpine-access-expands--need-for-new-facility.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alpine Access, the premier provider of virtual contact center solutions and services, announced the opening of its new Technology &amp; Operational Excellence Lab. The new facility will complement Alpine Access&rsquo; downtown Denver headquarters by providing a location dedicated to driving innovati...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper to deliver keynote for DMCC State of the State]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-to-deliver-keynote-for-dmcc-state-of-the-state.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host the State of the State Luncheon on Friday, May 13 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is generously sponsored by United Airlines.
Join us as we engage the business community in conversation with our state leaders on how we can work together to prese...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DCP Midstream announces new processing plant in Weld County]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dcp-midstream-announces-new-processing-plant-in-weld-county.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DCP Midstream LLC announced on May 10, 2011 that it will build a new 110 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing plant and high-pressure gathering system in Weld County, Colo. The new LaSalle plant will augment DCP Midstream's prominent position in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, wher...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance marks 50th successful launch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-launch-alliance-marks-50th-launch.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Delivers the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Satellite to orbit for the U.S. Air Force&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AlloSource starts construction on new campus]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/allosource-starts-construction-on-new-campus.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Addition of new, two-story building and renovation of existing building will support Colorado bioscience company's growth
AlloSource, a leading developer, processor, and distributor of bone and soft-tissue allografts for use in surgical procedures around the world, broke ground today on a new two-s...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber hosts annual Business Awards]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-hosts-annual-business-awards.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, with presenting sponsor Colorado Business Bank, will host the 2011 Business Awards luncheon May 4, 2011. Awards will be presented to the Small Business of the Year, the Emerging Business of the Year, the Minority-owned Business of the Year, the large and small N...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HealthONE® expands access to region's top stroke experts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/healthone--expands-access-to-region-s-top-stroke-experts.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Metro Denver residents will have vastly improved access to stroke neurologists with the expansion of a system-wide telemedicine program across HCA-HealthONE LLC acute care hospitals.
This month, HealthONE Emergency Rooms (ER) across the metro area - from Aurora to Littleton, and Thornton to Lone Tr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two CU faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/two-cu-faculty-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two faculty members from the University of Colorado Boulder have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, a top honor recognizing scientists and engineers for distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
James Hynes, a professor in CU-Boulder's chemistry and biochemistry...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Westminster acquires mall property for redevelopment]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/westminster-acquires-mall-property-for-redevelopment.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Westminster Economic Development Authority and the Westminster Mall Company and related entities, owners of Westminster Mall, have announced that the Westminster Mall will be acquired by WEDA for $22 million in early May. The city and mall owners also have settled the litigation brought by the o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lt. Gov. Garcia announces education priorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--garcia-announces-education-priorities.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With Colorado's economy at the forefront, Lt. Gov. Garcia announced the state's education priorities as the key to creating a strong, competitive workforce.
"Job creation is the top priority for this administration. We need to create a globally competitive workforce to ensure a strong Colorado econ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Southeast Business Partnership hosts Annual Luncheon]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/southeast-business-partnership-hosts-annual-luncheon.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;"Positioning Colorado for the Global Future"
The Southeast Business Partnership will host their Annual Luncheon at the Marriott South at Park Meadows, 10345 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton, CO 80124 on Friday, May 20, 2011 from 11 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.&nbsp; The Luncheon will feature Neal Peirce...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA to open Denver-Area location July 27]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ikea-to-open-denver-area-location-july-27.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, announced that its future Denver-area store will open in Centennial, Colorado at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. It will be the Swedish company's first store and restaurant destination in Colorado and 38th in the United States. Until the 415,0...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver hosts Small Business Forum May 21]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-hosts-small-business-forum-may-21.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development has partnered with the Mile High Business Alliance to host the Small Business Week Forum, Saturday, May 21, at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave. The free event will feature numerous workshops and sessions in four tracks rel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-hosts-small-business-forum-may-21.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[State policies key to clean energy development]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/state-policies-key-to-clean-energy-development.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[States' policies are important to solar and wind energy development and in reducing energy use says a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The findings are in report, State of the States 2010: The Role of Policy in Clean Energy Market Tra...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[K-12 students send insect experiments to space station]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/k-12-students-send-insect-experiments-to-space-station.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thousands of K-12 students will be paying close attention when NASA&rsquo;s space shuttle Endeavour rumbles off the launch pad April 29 from Florida on its final flight, which will be toting a payload containing spiders, flies and seeds as part of a national educational effort spearheaded by the Uni...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/k-12-students-send-insect-experiments-to-space-station.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper marks first 100 days in office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-marks-first-100-days-in-office.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper marked 100 days in office today by thanking his Cabinet and state employees for their work on behalf of all Colorado residents.&nbsp;"We worked hard to recruit and hire a very talented and diverse leadership team from the private, public and nonprofit sectors," Hickenlooper sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[MedPro Imaging opens new facility in Longmont]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/medpro-imaging-opens-new-facility-in-longmont.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MedPro Imaging, a premium provider of new and refurbished ultrasound solutions, announced the expansion of its operations with the opening of its dedicated state-of-the-art ultrasound transducer repair facility in Longmont, Colo. The 5,000-square foot facility features proprietary repair technology ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/medpro-imaging-opens-new-facility-in-longmont.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lijit Networks closes $10M in new financing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lijit-networks-closes--10m-in-new-financing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lijit Networks, Inc., an innovative provider of custom site search, reader engagement tools, and advertising solutions for online publishers, announced it has closed $10 million in financing. This round of financing is led by new investor Highway 12 Ventures and includes existing investors Foundry G...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lijit-networks-closes--10m-in-new-financing.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada wins $80M NASA CCDev2 award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-wins--80m-nasa-ccdev2-award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems Group announces that it has won an award under the NASA Commercial Crew Development Program (CCDev2) to advance the development of SNC's Dream Chaser Orbital Space Transportation System. The 14-month contract is valued at $80 million and will begin in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/sierra-nevada-wins--80m-nasa-ccdev2-award.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC to host Korean Ambassador]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-to-host-korean-ambassador.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday, April 20 from 11:30 to 1:30, will host Han Duk-soo, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States, as part of a nationwide grassroots effort spearheaded by the United States Chamber of Commerce to promote the job-creating ben...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-to-host-korean-ambassador.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado Space Coalition launches marketing campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-space-coalition-launches-marketing-campaign.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Did you know that Colorado has the nation's third-largest aerospace economy? Or that Colorado has a higher concentration of private aerospace workers than any other state? And that Colorado is the No. 4 state for NASA prime contract awards?In an industry where many projects are "top secret" Colorado...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[As NASA shuttles retire, aerospace rockets skyward in CO]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/as-nasa-shuttles-retire--aerospace-rockets-skyward-in-co.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the first Space Shuttle launch, NASA today announced where its three remaining orbiters Atlantis, Discovery and Endeavour will retire. While the announcement signifies an end to the space shuttle program, the shift also represents a beginning to the pri...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin Ships Juno Spacecraft to NASA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-ships-juno-spacecraft-to-nasa.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin shipped NASA's Juno spacecraft to Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on April 8. The vehicle will undergo four months of testing and processing in preparation for its launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 vehicle in early August. During the past year, the spacecraft was assembled an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Obama nominates CU professor for National Science Board]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/obama-nominates-cu-professor-for-national-science-board.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[University of Colorado Boulder Distinguished Professor Carl Lineberger has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the National Science Board. The nomination has been sent to the United States Senate for confirmation.
The National Science Board's duties include establishing the policie...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC event highlights economic 'rays of light' ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-event-highlights-economic--rays-of-light--.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) hosted its Seventh Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on April 7, 2011 to celebrate the past year's economic accomplishments as well as regional cooperation in the business community. The luncheon took place at the Denver Center fo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro SBDC celebrates 25th anniversary]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Denver Mayor Guillermo "Bill" Vidal proclaims April 6, 2011 Denver Metro Small Business Development Center Day
Over the past 25 years, burgeoning and seasoned small businesses across the Denver metro area have been able to keep their doors open because of the work of the Denver Metro Small Business...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AT&T building advanced mobile broadband ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/at-t-building-advanced-mobile-broadband-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[



AT&amp;T, building on its strong 2010 record of network accomplishments, announced April 5, network improvement plans designed to enable 4G speeds and enhanced reliability to Denver and surrounding communities in 2011. The wireless network enhancement plans are part of AT&amp;T's planned $19...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[eWise transfers hqs to Denver, incorporates in the U.S.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ewise-transfers-hqs-to-denver--incorporates-in-the-u-s-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[eWise, a provider of online payment and personal financial management solutions, announced on April 4, 2011 the recent transfer of its corporate headquarters from Sydney, Australia to Denver, Colorado and incorporation in the United States under the name eWise Group, Inc. This is significant to the ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[New study shows federal labs make impact on economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/new-study-shows-federal-labs-make-impact-on-economy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The federal laboratories in Colorado together with their affiliates contributed $1.5 billion to the state economy in fiscal year 2010, and accounted for more than 16,000 direct and indirect jobs, a new survey shows.
The $1.5 billion impact is a 36 percent increase over the $1.1 billion impact for f...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[HP opens new Sustainable Data Center in Fort Collins]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hp-opens-new-sustainable-data-center-in-fort-collins.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[HP today announced the opening of a state-of-the-art research facility in Fort Collins, Colorado, in which the company will advance sustainable data center technologies.
The new facility will expand on HP's Converged Infrastructure architecture by developing technologies to eliminate IT sprawl, inc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mitomics Launches Flagship Product – Prostate Core Mitomic Test™]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mitomics-launches-flagship-product---prostate-core-mitomic-test-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mitomics, world leader in the research and development of mitochondrial genome-based products to improve clinical insight and therapeutic decisions, announced today the launch of its flagship product, the Prostate Core Mitomic TestTM, a revolutionary new test that uses the science of mitochondrial D...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[Sharklet Technologies, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases* to continue its development of a urinary Foley c...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Program accelerates funds for real estate rehab investors]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stout Street Funding has introduced 1-2-3 Funding, a program designed to speed up the time it takes for real estate investors to get a private hard money loan.
By completing an online loan pre-approval form, borrowers can receive an initial response in one business day. Once pre-approved, the borro...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[$3.5 million from ConocoPhillips to CU Biotech Building]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Houston-based energy firm ConocoPhillips has made a major gift toward the University of Colorado Boulder's Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building to bring together world-class scientists and engineers working toward solutions in fields such as medicine and energy.
ConocoPhillips intends to f...]]></description>
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The Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (Rocky Mountain MSDC), the leading corporate membership organization in the Rocky Mountain region dedicated to supporting minority enterprise development, is pleased to announce the date for its annual "Business Opportunity Fair." This event...]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Math professor wins National Science Foundation award
Julien Langou, PhD, assistant professor of mathematical and statistical sciences at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, recently received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) National Science F...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL announces opportunity to partner on wind testing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-announces-opportunity-to-partner-on-wind-testing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)&nbsp;has released its first call for proposals from wind industry companies interested in forming a partnership with NREL to test a multimegawatt wind turbine drivetrain. The drivetrain will be tested in NREL's new 5 megawat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[640-acre Niobara Energy Park approved]]></title>
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On March 16, 2011, Weld County Commissioners unanimously approved Harrison Resource Corporation's plans for development of Niobrara Energy Park, a 640-acre project that will integrate natural gas and renewable energy generation facilities, including solar and wind energy, with data centers a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin makes strides in human space exploration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[First Orion spacecraft, Space Operations Simulation Center progressing steadily at Denver facilities
Forging a new path forward to ensure safe, affordable and sustainable human exploration beyond low Earth orbit, Lockheed Martin unveiled the first Orion spacecraft and a spacious state-of-the-art Sp...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CO economy showing signs of life]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Signs of life in Colorado's economy emerged in south-central and western Colorado over the past decade, despite substantial job losses and negative effects on nearly every sector of the economy, according to a new report by Colorado State University.
In the report, Colorado State regional economist...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GeoIQ opens Denver office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/geoiq-opens-denver-office.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[GeoIQ announced on March 22, 2011, that it has opened an office in Denver, Colorado. Already a proven hot spot for emerging geospatial technology, companies, and events, the Denver office will allow GeoIQ to grow its presence to the Western region of the U.S. and continue its leadership in the burge...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper announces CO Health Benefits Exchange]]></title>
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Gov. John Hickenlooper announced bipartisan support today to introduce legislation that would create the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange. The governor was joined at the announcement by Senate President Pro-tem Betty Boyd, D-Lakewood, and House Majority Leader Amy Stephens, R-Monument.
"We...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov.'s budget office releases revenue forecast ]]></title>
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Gov. John Hickenlooper's Office of State Planning and Budgeting today released a new economic and revenue forecast. The "March 2011 Colorado Outlook: Economic and Fiscal Review" was presented to the Joint Budget Committee.
"A faster-than-expected rebound of income tax is expected to bring a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morris elected chair of Metro Denver EDC Pros group]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/morris-elected-chair-of-metro-denver-edc-pros-group.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Commerce City Economic Development Director Brittany Morris was elected&nbsp;as the 2011-2012 chairperson of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Economic Development Professionals Group.
As the nation's first and only regional economic development entity, the Metr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe selects Lockheed Martin Com. Launch Services ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-selects-lockheed-martin-com--launch-services-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, has contracted with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services for the launch of WorldView-3.
Once launched, WorldView-3 will be the third WorldView-class satellite in DigitalGlobe's constellation. The satel...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Xcel & SunPower complete 19-MW solar plant, CO's largest ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/xcel---sunpower-complete-19-mw-solar-plant--co-s-largest-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Xcel Energy and SunPower Corp.&nbsp;announced on March 17, 2011,&nbsp;the completion and commissioning of a 19-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant in Colorado's Alamosa County. The Greater Sandhill solar power plant began generating power on December 22, 2010 and is currently the largest operati...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder scientists ready for Mercury craft orbit]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-scientists-ready-for-mercury-craft-orbit.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's MESSENGER mission, launched in 2004, is slated to slide into Mercury's orbit March 17 after a harrowing 4.7 billion mile journey that involved 15 loops around the sun and will bring relief and renewed excitement to the University of Colorado Boulder team that designed and a built an $8.7 mill...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU's Amy Prieto named 2011 ExxonMobil Fellow]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-s-amy-prieto-named-2011-exxonmobil-fellow.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Amy Prieto, a Colorado State University chemistry professor and founder of one of the university's most prominent startup companies, Prieto Battery, has been named the 2011 ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellow. The prestigious honor is given to one scientist who is chosen each year out of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Intl. Airport kicks off 2011 with passenger growth]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-intl--airport-kicks-off-2011-with-passenger-growth.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The first month of 2011 got off to a promising start at Denver International Airport (DIA) with a reported total of 3,928,196 passengers traveling through the facility in January. The figure represents a four percent increase over the 3,776,133 travelers who used the airport during the same month la...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU spin-off company translates human medicine to vets]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-spin-off-company-translates-human-medicine-to-vets.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Colorado State University spin-off company has been formed to transition underused devices, tests and treatments from human medicine into companion animal veterinary markets.
The company, called VetDC, will work with pet owners and veterinarians at the CSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital to develop ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance successfully launches fourth NRO mission in six months ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-fourth-NRO-mission-in-six-months.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 at Canaveral on March 11. The mission is in support of national defense. This marks the fourth NRO launch accomplished by ULA since Sept. 20, 2010 and occurred j...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC hosting seminar on import/export]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-hosting-seminar-on-import-export.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce along with other local partners will host a seminar on the U.S. Export-Import Bank's (Ex-Im) Global Access program for business on Monday, March 14.
This forum will be particularly helpful for small- and medi...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CH2M HILL improves Internal environmental performance for 6th year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-improves-internal-environmental-performance-for-6th-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CH2M HILL, a global full-service consulting, design, construction, and operations firm recognized as a global leader in sustainability, has improved its internal environmental management systems for the sixth consecutive year.
Moving beyond North American offices and developing a system to quantify...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pilatus launches iPad® delivery program for the PC-12 NG]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/pilatus-launches-ipad--delivery-program-for-the-pc-12-ng.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Pilatus is the world's first aircraft manufacturer to offer an iPad delivery program
Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd., manufacturer of the PC-12 NG, the world's best-selling turboprop business aircraft, is reinventing the aircraft delivery and ownership experience with the launch of its new iPad del...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber issues biz plan for Denver mayor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-issues-biz-plan-for-denver-mayor.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the final day candidates for Mayor of the City and County of Denver are allowed to file for office, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce released an in-depth policy blueprint focused on educating candidates about the intersections between the public and private sector and strategies to promote an...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance successfully launches second OTV mission]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-second-otv-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On March 5, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the second Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) for the Air Force&rsquo;s Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) from Space Launch Complex- 41.&nbsp; The OTV, also known as the X-37B, supports space experimentation, risk reduction, and con...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Two orgs join CSU's Next Generation Photovoltaics Center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/two-orgs-join-csu-s-next-generation-photovoltaics-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[PPG Industries and Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Colorado State University's solar and research development center have joined to reduce Cadmium Telluride module costs by 17 percent or under $1 per watt. The group has been awarded $3.1 million by the Department of Energy.
Colorado ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute applauds Colorado's cleantech industry]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-applauds-colorado-s-cleantech-industry.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[By Michael Seifert, president of Ecotech Institute
I recently came across a fantastic report published by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation. The report evaluates Colorado's energy industry in two subclusters: (1) fossil fuels and (2) cleantech, which includes companies that use rene...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DaVita recognized for clinical and operational excellence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/davita-recognized-for-clinical-and-operational-excellence.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[DaVita Inc., a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with end stage renal disease (ESRD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), has been honored as one of the 2011 Fortune World's Most Admired Companies, and ranked second in the Health Care: Medical Facilities industry. This marks ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bioscience industry teams with Colorado State University]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bioscience-industry-teams-with-colorado-state-university.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University has joined with numerous bioscience industry partners on a new educational collaboration that includes the creation of online regulatory affairs courses and clinical trial management courses for the pharmaceutical, medical device, in-vitro diagnostic, and tissue industries....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL Energy Execs program call for applications]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-energy-execs-program-call-for-applications.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are currently being accepted for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) 2011 Executive Energy Leadership Program (Energy Execs). The program educates public- and private-sector decision-makers through a non-technical approach about clean energy opt...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs first bills into law]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed seven bills into law March 1. The bills were the first to emerge from the 2011 General Assembly.
HB11-1023
Sponsored by Rep. Mark Ferrandino and Sen. Morgan Carroll. The legislation continues the foreclosure deferment program with the Department of Local Affairs throu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL looks to expand biofuels partnerships]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-looks-to-expand-biofuels-partnerships.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The scenario for your business dream plays out like this. You have an idea to make a fuel from biomass using a biochemical conversion processes. You and your investors have completed bench-scale tests of your process, but now it is time to take it to the next level and process up to one ton of dry b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[2,000 of the world's top leaders converge in Denver ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/2-000-of-the-world-s-top-leaders-converge-in-denver-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Each year, YPO members from around the world gather for the annual YPO Global Leadership Summit. During the two-day event, approximately 2,000 members and invited guests from more than 75 countries convene with world-renowned speakers and resources to address key issues in business, politics, philan...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber to host annual Biz Awards May 4]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-to-host-annual-biz-awards-may-4.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, with presenting sponsor Colorado Business Bank, will host the 2011 Business Awards luncheon on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Awards will be presented to the Small Business of the Year, the Emerging Business of the Year, the Minority-owned Business of the Year, the lar...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU offers first Sustainability Certificate Course March 5-6]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-offers-first-sustainability-certificate-course-march-5-6.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University College of Business' Sustainability Executive Education program is offering its inaugural course on business sustainability, "Insight for Action: The Keys to Business Sustainability." The course will be offered March 5-6 at Rockwell Hall on campus.
The Insight for Action c...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA completes Emergency Detection System abort demonstration]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance (ULA) completed the most significant portion of the final milestone for its Commercial Crew Development Emergency Detection System (EDS) project last month, demonstrating the EDS test bed in ULA&rsquo;s Denver Launch Support Center using the high fidelity Systems Integration L...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rivet Software adding 40 new employees]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rivet Software, the premier provider of standards-based business reporting and analytics, today launched an aggressive recruiting and hiring campaign aimed at finding accounting/finance professionals and software developers to provide support and services to publicly traded companies and mutual fund...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CAMT and Metro Denver EDC discuss site selection process for ACE Manufacturing and Innovation Park]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced that it has received more than 30 property submittals for the Colorado Association of Manufacturing and Technology's (CAMT) proposed Aerospace and Clean Energy (ACE) Manufacturing and&nbsp;Innovation Park to be located in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rocky Mountain MSDC’s 2011 Business Opportunity Fair]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council (Rocky Mountain MSDC), the leading corporate membership organization in the Rocky Mountain region dedicated to supporting minority enterprise development, is pleased to announce the date for its annual Business Opportunity Fair. This annual ev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU researchers collaborate on $25M USDA project]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Researchers at Colorado State University will participate in a five-year, $25 million U.S. Department of Agriculture project addressing the impact of climate change on wheat and barley.
Over the five year period, CSU researchers in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences will receive $608,000 for ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado researcher wins grant for cancer screening research]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-researcher-wins-grant-for-cancer-screening-research.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A young researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center believes she could find &nbsp;a simple, non-invasive test that would diagnose lung cancer in its very earliest stages or even while it's still pre-cancerous.
Celine Mascaux, MD, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow the CU Cancer Center, has iden...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin, NASA perform flyby of Comet Temple 1]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin--nasa-perform-flyby-of-comet-temple-1.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft made a Valentine's Day deep-space rendezvous with an object it had been seeking for the past four-and-a-half years. The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-built spacecraft flawlessly executed its mission and performed a flyby of comet Tempel 1 at 9:39 p.m. MT on February 14,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU prof gets grant to study multiple heart valve disease]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-prof-gets-grant-to-study-multiple-heart-valve-disease.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University scientists will spend the next four years investigating a unified method to test the severity of heart valve diseases for patients who have multiple valve diseases and/or hypertension.
Colorado State engineering Professor Lakshmi Prasad Dasi will lead a $308,000, four-year...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NREL's impact on Colorado's economy triples]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-impact-on-colorado-s-economy-triples.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NREL expands workforce, campus and contracts over three years
The presence of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado is a $714 million annual boost to the state's economy, according to data compiled in a soon to be released analysis by the University of Col...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin ships out first Orion spacecraft]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lockheed Martin Orion team shipped out the first Orion crew module spacecraft structure today from NASA&rsquo;s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La. The spacecraft is headed to Lockheed Martin&rsquo;s Denver, Colo., facilities where it will undergo a series of rigorous tests to confirm ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jeppesen charts to be used on iPad]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/jeppesen-charts-to-be-used-on-ipad.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jeppesen announced on February 11, 2011 that Executive Jet Management has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to use the Jeppesen Mobile TC App for iPad as an alternative to paper aeronautical charts. The authorization allows Executive Jet Management to use iPad and the J...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper announces airport infrastructure grants]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper announced he approved distribution of $11.5 million in state aviation fuel tax revenues through 46 grants to Colorado airports under the Aviation Discretionary Grant program administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Division of Aeronautics.
The grants, ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Biz Center offering nine-month coaching program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/small-biz-center-offering-nine-month-coaching-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center will offer Denver metro businesses a nine-month coaching program designed to catapult established businesses to the next level of growth. The Growth Catalyst Business Coaching Program is available to business owners who have been operating for at le...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver records second-best year for conventions in 2010]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-records-second-best-year-for-conventions-in-2010.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver's meeting and convention business rebounded in 2010, finishing the year as the second best convention and meeting year in the city's history. Denver hosted 75 conventions in the Colorado Convention Center and 423 other meetings in 2010, for a total of 371,003 delegates with an economic impact...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[UQM Technologies supplying electric drive motors for Audi]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/uqm-technologies-supplying-electric-drive-motors-for-audi.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[UQM Technologies Inc. (NYSE Amex:UQM), will supply PowerPhase electric propulsion systems as part of an Audi test-fleet build and vehicle development process for its A1 e-tron all-electric vehicle.
UQM Technologies is a developer and manufacturer of power-dense, high-efficiency electric motors, gen...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/uqm-technologies-supplying-electric-drive-motors-for-audi.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA Deputy Administrator visits Colorado innovation sites]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-deputy-administrator-visits-colorado-innovation-sites.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Boulder, Colo. today to meet with entrepreneurs and discuss innovations in space exploration and technology development critical to America's future in space.
Garver toured the facilities of Sierra Nevada Corporation, a company with wide involvement in ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[FasTracks West Corridor Development Opportunities Forum]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/fastracks-west-corridor-development-opportunities-forum.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lakewood's on track, so get on board! The City is hosting a Transit Oriented Development Investment Opportunities Forum to give investors, bankers and developers the first chance to learn about possibilities now available in Lakewood along the FasTracks' West Corridor Light Rail line.
The forum is ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thornton hires Mike Masciola as Eco Dev Director]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/thornton-hires-mike-masciola-as-eco-dev-director.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The City of Thornton has hired Mike Masciola as its new Economic Development Director. Mr. Masciola most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer &amp; Senior Vice President for the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation. With over 18 years of experience in economic development, Mr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bye Energy continues ambitious growth, expansion]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bye-energy-continues-ambitious-growth--expansion.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bye Energy, Inc., an integrator of alternative energy technologies for business and general aviation aircraft, has extended its presence to Rocky Mountain Metro Airport in Jefferson County, Colo., and expanded its headquarters facility at Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colo.
Bye Energy is conduct...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado State University lands $1M Keck Foundation grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-state-university-lands--1m-keck-foundation-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University engineering professors received a highly competitive $1 million Keck Foundation grant to create a microscope that could, for the first time, "see" characteristics of molecules that tell other molecules what to do.
These signaling molecules control biological behaviors span...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder ranks No. 1 for Peace Corps volunteers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-ranks-no--1-for-peace-corps-volunteers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time in its history, the University of Colorado Boulder is ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers this year with 117 undergraduate alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced February 1.
CU-Boulder was ranked No. 2 last year...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper to host Bottom-Up Economic Dev meeting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-to-host-bottom-up-economic-dev-meeting.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper will host a Bottom-Up Economic Development meeting for metro Denver at the University of Denver on Friday, February 4.
Hickenlooper will meet with business leaders, community members and local officials to discuss job creation, government efficiencies and economic development...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-breaks-all-time-passenger-traffic-record-in-2010.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[2010 totals set new records for busiest December, busiest single day and busiest holiday travel season
A total of 4,209,486 people traveled through Denver International Airport in December 2010, bringing the year's passenger total to 52,209,377 and making 2010 the busiest year in airport history. T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU to host one of the largest U.S. university solar plants]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-to-host-one-of-the-largest-u-s--university-solar-plants.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado State University and its partner, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, have completed one of the largest solar plants at a U.S. university.
The 5.3-megawatt solar plant began producing electricity in December. The plant will provide one-third of electricity needs on the university's Foothills Cam...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CDC awards PharmaJet contract for needle-free vaccine delivery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cdc-awards-pharmajet-contract-for-needle-free-vaccine-delivery.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Funding advances development of needle-free injector that enables reduced doses and antigen‐sparing of vaccines
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has awarded PharmaJet, headquartered in Golden, CO, with a substantial grant to develop needle-free injection devices for intradermal (ID) vaccine de...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy and CNOOC announce agreement ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/chesapeake-energy-and-cnooc-announce-agreement-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy Corporation ("Chesapeake", NYSE:CHK) and CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO; SEHK:0883) today announced the execution of an agreement whereby CNOOC International Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, will purchase 33.3% undivided interest in Chesapeake's 800,000 net oil and nat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado ranks 3rd in Technology and Science Index]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-ranks-3rd-in-technology-and-science-index.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With competition rising from abroad and federal funding increasingly scarce, states are looking to their own innovation assets as a way to grow and sustain a 21st century economy. Some states, including third-ranked Colorado, have successfully built and leveraged their science and technology resourc...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU professor receives $625k defense grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-receives--625k-defense-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Colorado State University computer scientist will spend the next two years teaching computers to take pictures and describe the pictures in words, which could eventually help the U.S. military with remote surveillance.
Associate Professor Bruce Draper and his team received a $625,000 grant from t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC releases 2011 Economic Forecast]]></title>
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2011 Forecast - Key Indicators



METRO DENVER2010 (e)&nbsp;2011 (f)


Population
2,868,412&nbsp;
2,911,391


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15,514
17,673


Employment GrowthRate
-1.4%
1.1%


Non-Agricultural Employment (thousands)
Total:1,339.1
Total:1,353.4


Unemployment Rate
8.1...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin opens new virtual laboratory]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-opens-new-virtual-laboratory.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin plans to increase the affordability and efficiency of space system development with the opening of a new advanced technology and virtual simulation facility, known as the Collaborative Human Immersive Laboratory (CHIL). The CHIL, located at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company headq...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA launches first West Coast Delta IV Heavy mission ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/united-launch-alliance-successfully-launches-first-west-coast-delta-iv-heavy-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex-6 at Vandenberg AirForce Base in California on January 20th. The Delta IV Heavy, at 235 feet or approximately 23 stories tall, is the large...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bridgepoint Education to bring 500 new jobs to Denver]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/bridgepoint-education-to-bring-500-new-jobs-to-denver.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bridgepoint Education, Inc., a provider of postsecondary education services focused on providing higher access to higher education, has announced plans to open a new location in Denver. When it opens, the Bridgepoint Education office expects to bring more than 500 new jobs to the Denver area.
Bridg...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trulia to open contact center in Denver Tech Center]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/trulia-to-open-contact-center-in-denver-tech-center.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Trulia secures 16,000-square-foot office in Denver Tech Center with plans to hire up to 100 people in 2011
Trulia.com (www.trulia.com), a top site for homebuyers, sellers and renters, announced today plans to open a Denver office to expand its sales force and services. The new office, will open its...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ecotech Institute opens doors to new facility in Aurora]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ecotech-institute-opens-doors-to-new-facility-in-aurora.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New School Features Wind Turbines, Solar Panels, Car Charging Stations, Solar Trees, Cutting-Edge Labs and More
Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America's workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, on January 13, 2011 announced that ...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper delivers 2011 State of the State address]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered the 2011 State of the State address January 13 at the state Capitol.
"A lot of people don't think the state can operate in a nonpartisan way for the benefit of Colorado," Hickenlooper said during the speech. "We don't agree."
Hickenlooper talked about multi-year bu...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Biz Leaders to be inducted into CO Business Hall of Fame]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[WHAT
Five Colorado business leaders will be inducted into the Colorado Business Hall of Fame on January 27 by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Junior Achievement-Rocky Mountain Inc. The event is graciously underwritten by UMB Bank.
WHO
Charles Gallagher, Gallagher Enterprises; Walter Imho...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper to promote economic development plan]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-to-promote-economic-development-plan.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper will tour Colorado over the next four days to promote a bottom-up economic development plan. He will meet with business leaders, community members and local officials in a series of meetings to discuss job creation, government efficiencies and economic development and recovery...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber releases first YouTube video]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-releases-first-youtube-video.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce debuted a new, two-minute video January 12 highlighting the connection between activity in the private sector and its impact on - and value to - government.
"Historically, we have produced a written document at the beginning of each legislative session outlining...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU receives $627,000 for high-performance computing]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-receives--627-000-for-high-performance-computing.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Science Foundation has awarded Colorado State University $627,326 in stimulus funds for a centralized high-performance computing system available to all university researchers.
Hundreds of faculty and post-doctoral students and thousands of graduate and undergraduate students will bene...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper inaugurated as Colorado’s 42nd Governor]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-inaugurated-as-colorado-s-42nd-governor.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A geologist turned brewer who went on to become Mayor of Denver was sworn in January 11 as Colorado's 42nd governor.
John Hickenlooper delivered a 16-minute Inauguration speech in 10-degree weather on the West Steps of the state Capitol. He was joined by his wife, Helen, and son, Teddy.
"Our first...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper signs orders to promote economic dev.]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-signs-orders-to-promote-economic-dev-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper signed several executive orders January 11 that promote economic development and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of state government.&nbsp;
"It is important that on our first day in office we demonstrate that jobs and economic development are at the top of the state...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Hickenlooper to create Education Leadership Council]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--hickenlooper-to-create-education-leadership-council.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. John Hickenlooper attended a luncheon January 11 for the My Colorado student contest winners and signed an executive order to create the Governor's Education Leadership Council.
"Our state's future is only as strong as our students and their ability to gain a world-class education," Hickenloop...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Governor Ritter's Office releases accomplishment reports]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/governor-ritter-s-office-releases-accomplishment-reports.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Ritter leaves office Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, completing a historic four-year term of leading Colorado forward in the New Energy Economy, education reform, increasing access to healthcare and protecting the most vulnerable among us during difficult economic times.&nbsp;&nbsp;
As Colorado's 41st...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Richard Lewis named 2011 9NEWS Leader of the Year]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/richard-lewis-named-2011-9news-leader-of-the-year.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation, 9News and the Colorado Leadership Alliance announced this week that Richard Lewis is the 2011 9News Leader of the Year. &nbsp;
Lewis, founder, president and CEO of RTL Networks, is an avid supporter of the Denver Metro Chamber and the Denver Metro Cha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA sets record for busiest November in airport history]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-sets-record-for-busiest-november-in-airport-history.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A record-breaking total of 4,024,492 passengers were recorded at Denver International Airport (DIA) in November, a significant eight percent increase from the 3,727,828 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year, marking the busiest November in the airport's history.
Consistent ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Ritter to head Policy Center for New Energy Economy]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-to-head-policy-center-for-new-energy-economy.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will join Colorado State University starting Spring 2011&nbsp;to head a new national policy center focused on building the new energy economy, university President Tony Frank announced January 5.
When his term as governor ends this month, Ritter will become the director of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[17th Annual Boots ’N Business luncheon slated for Jan. 7]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/17th-annual-boots--n-business-luncheon-slated-for-jan--7.html</link>
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Join the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the National Western Stock Show at the 17th Annual Boots 'N Business Luncheon, presented by US Bank. This event highlights the Stock Show's importance to Colorado's economy and quality of life and attracts a sell-out crowd of more than 850 business...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/17th-annual-boots--n-business-luncheon-slated-for-jan--7.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado to join Secure Communities Initiative]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-to-join-secure-communities-initiative.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter announced January 4 that Colorado will join 35 other states in the Secure Communities initiative, which partners local, state and federal agencies nationwide to improve public safety, national security and crime-fighting.
Nearly 870 jurisdictions across the country are participatin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-to-join-secure-communities-initiative.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro SBDC Focus on Business program Jan. 26]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-focus-on-business-program-jan--26.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center will be hosting a candid conversation with Jodi Olin, Heidi Crum, and Jill Ater, co-founders of 10 til 2, a part-time placement service company.
Hosted by Tameka Montgomery, executive director of the Denver Metro SBDC, Focus on Business is a progra...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Metro Denver EDC releases 2010 Year In Review]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-releases-2010-year-in-review.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ugly 3, cleantech expansions, and international marketing highlight 2010 activity
The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) focuses on six strategic&nbsp;initiatives--mobility, tax reform, new and existing business, national marketing, Denver International Airport/interna...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Ritter praises recent positive job numbers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-praises-recent-positive-job-numbers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter said he is encouraged by today's job numbers and believes there is much reason for optimism about the state's economic recovery heading into the new year. Colorado employers added 3,800 jobs in November - marking three consecutive months of jobs gains for the first time in three yea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[DIA named best airport in North America]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/dia-named-best-airport-in-north-america.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Denver International Airport (DIA) was recently named the &ldquo;Best Airport in North America&rdquo; for the sixth consecutive year by Business Traveler magazine. The announcement was made at the 2010 &ldquo;Best in Business Travel&rdquo; awards ceremony on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 in Los Angeles.
&...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Study shows turbines on farmlands may benefit crops]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/study-shows-turbines-on-farmlands-may-benefit-crops.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Wind turbines in Midwestern farm fields may be doing more than churning out electricity. The giant turbine blades that generate renewable energy might also help corn and soybean crops stay cooler and drier, help them fend off fungal infestations and improve their ability to extract growth-enhancing ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CSU engineer using biology to detect Tuberculosis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/csu-engineer-using-biology-to-detect-tuberculosis.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Colorado State University scientist is engineering a molecular assembly that does the work of more complex medical devices to quickly and cheaply detect tuberculosis in the developing world.
Nick Fisk, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received a $100,000 grant from T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hydrogen bus lets NREL visitors glimpse future]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/hydrogen-bus-lets-nrel-visitors-glimpse-future.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Imagine making fuel for your vehicle by simply using water and the wind or sun, filling your tank and driving to your favorite weekend vacation spot before looking for a fueling station. It is not a chapter out of a "green" science fiction novel, but technology being demonstrated in a "big" way on t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov.-elect names Ken Lund Chief Legal Counsel]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--elect-names-ken-lund-chief-legal-counsel.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov.-elect John Hickenlooper announced December 13 Ken Lund will be his Chief Legal Counsel.
Lund is now the firmwide Managing Partner of Holme Roberts &amp; Owen in Denver and is responsible for the articulation, development and implementation of the law firm's client service and engagement strate...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CU-Boulder professor named chief scientist at NASA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-professor-named-chief-scientist-at-nasa.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden has selected University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member Waleed Abdalati to serve as the agency's chief scientist effective Jan. 3 for a two-year appointment.Abdalati, 46, is an associate professor in CU-Boulder's geography department and a fellow of the Coo...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boulder has third-highest concentration of tech workers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/boulder-has-third-highest-concentration-of-tech-workers.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TechAmerica Foundation released its latest report on trends in the U.S. high-tech industry, Cybercities 2010: The Definitive Analysis of the High-Tech Industry in the Nation's Top 60 Cities. The report tracks trends in high-tech employment, wages, establishments, payroll, employment concentration, a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA partners with Colorado on technology acceleration initiative]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/nasa-partners-colorado-technology-acceleration-initiative.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Office of Economic Development &amp; International Trade (a division of the Governor&rsquo;s office) is coordinating a Space Act signing ceremony between NASA and the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology (CAMT) on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 9:30 am in the West Foyer o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[University of Colorado cancer therapy improves survival]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/university-of-colorado-cancer-therapy-improves-survival.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A combination therapy for treating cancer discovered at the University of Colorado Cancer Center showed improved survival rates in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial run by Syndax Pharmaceuticals.
The...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alice Madden named to UC Denver Wirth Chair]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/alice-madden-named-to-uc-denver-wirth-chair.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter's deputy chief of staff brings expertise to environmental, community development policy chair
Alice Madden, Gov. Bill Ritter's deputy chief of staff and climate change advisor, will join the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver effective Jan. 17, 2011.
"We...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[GEO launches Community Energy Leadership Program]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/geo-launches-community-energy-leadership-program.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Colorado's New Energy Economy is leading the state forward as a national leader in the production and use of clean energy programs and technologies. The New Energy Economy can secure our energy, economic and environmental future. The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) is responsible for helping Colorada...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Energy study on Colorado's competitive position released]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/energy-study-on-colorado-s-competitive-position-released.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an affiliate of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), published its annual study measuring Colorado's competitive position in the wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and oil industries.
The second edition of Resource Rich Colorado com...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Co-based BioVantage Resources wins Cleantech Open ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/co-based-biovantage-resources-wins-cleantech-open-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Four Teams Demonstrate Heightened Commitment to Sustainability as a Core Business Strategy and Key to Value Creation
Demonstrating how sustainable business initiatives can build economic, environmental, and social impact, Colorado-based BioVantage Resources has snagged the Cleantech Open's National...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado ranked the No. 5 clean energy state]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-ranked-the-no--5-clean-energy-state.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[With the arrival of the newly elected 112th Congress, likelihood of any significant progress on a focused federal clean-energy strategy in the United States is doubtful - and that's not good news for the U.S. in its leadership battle with China, Japan, Germany, and other nations in this increasingly...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver Metro Chamber seeking Biz Awards nominations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-seeking-biz-awards-nominations.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, with presenting sponsor Colorado Business Bank, will host the 2011 Business Awards luncheon on May 4. Awards will be presented to the Small Business of the Year, the Emerging Business of the Year, the Minority-owned Business of the Year, the Small and Large Non-...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complete College Colorado campaign reaching thousands]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/complete-college-colorado-campaign-reaching-thousands.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Governor Bill Ritter and partners said the Complete College Colorado (CCC) initiative is sending a strong message across the state about the importance of earning a college degree. In the last month, the Governor's action campaign has included active participation by college campuses, education syst...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Arch Biopartners obtains exclusive license for CU patent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/arch-biopartners-obtains-exclusive-license-for-cu-patent.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arch Biopartners Inc. announced on December 7, 2010 that it has obtained an exclusive license for a patent pending in the area of peptides and solid surfaces owned by the University of Colorado ("CU") and emanating from the Program in Structural Biology and Biophysics, headed by Dr. Robert Hodges.
...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Small Business outreach yields insights for Gov.-Elect]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/small-business-outreach-yields-insights-for-gov--elect.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Recognizing the critical role that Colorado&rsquo;s small business owners are playing in the economic recovery, the Small Business Development Center Network (SBDC) has prepared a summary of a hands-on statewide outreach program for Governor-Elect John Hickenlooper and his transition team.The report...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced the selection of Pamela Reichert on December 2, 2010&nbsp;as its new vice president of economic development.
Reichert currently serves as the director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trad...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Denver awards $7.75 million in development funds]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) has issued award letters to 45 organizations slated to receive federal grant funding totaling $7.75 million in 2011. Funds will be made available through the City's allocation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding to support...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[NASA offers Space Shuttle tiles to schools and universities]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&nbsp;As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program's history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers. Beginning Wednesday, Dec. 2, NASA is offering 7,000 shuttle heat shield tiles to schools and universities that...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[United Launch Alliance enters 5th year with 45 launches ]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As 2010 nears its end, United Launch Alliance (ULA) is proud to celebrate its fourth anniversary with 45 successful launches in the company's 48 months of operation. ULA closed out 2010 in impressive fashion with the launch of the fourth Delta IV Heavy in program history. The Nov. 21 launch capped a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Boulder ranks No. 1, Fort Collins No. 5 for brainpower]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What U.S. Cities Have the Most Brainpower? Portfolio.com Ranks the Top 200 Markets
Portfolio.com - the national business news site for small and mid-sized business (SMB) executives - revealed its latest U.S. Uncovered study on Dec. 1, 2010, ranking cities according to a unique brainpower index. The...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Municipal officials to tour successful programs in region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/municipal-officials-to-tour-successful-programs-in-region.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thousands of local officials attending the National League of Cities' (NLC) 2010 Congress of Cities &amp; Exposition will have the opportunity to tour model city programs around Denver and its neighboring regions. The mobile workshops, which will take place December 1-3, 2010, will allow officials t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Ritter announces new $13 million biz loan programs]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-new--13-million-biz-loan-programs.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Loans target energy initiatives, expected to help more than 160 Colorado businesses
Gov. Bill Ritter, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) announced two new programs on November 30, 2010 that will finance energy-efficiency improvements in commercial b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Presbyterian/St. Luke expands cancer services ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/presbyterian-st--luke-expands-cancer-services-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Presbyterian/St. Luke&nbsp;Medical Center&nbsp;expansion is on several levels while being recognized for ongoing excellence in patient care

P/SL has expanded its Blood Cancer Program with the creation of the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute (CBCI) and the expansion of the Rocky Mountain Blood ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ceremony for CU-Boulder's Biotechnology building planned ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ceremony-for-cu-boulder-s-biotechnology-building-planned-.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[State and University of Colorado at Boulder leaders, faculty and supporters will gather with construction workers on Nov. 30 at 3 p.m. to celebrate the topping out of the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building on CU-Boulder's East Campus.
The event will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. and is open t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tri-State completes Kit Carson Windpower Project]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/tri-state-completes-kit-carson-windpower-project.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Tri-State Generation and Transmission&nbsp;Association&nbsp;announced on Nov. 29, 2010 the completion of the Kit Carson Windpower Project, a 51-megawatt wind farm located in east-central Colorado. The wholesale power supplier is purchasing the output of the facility through a 20-year agreement w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mines awarded HP Catalyst Initiative Social Innovation grant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/mines-awarded-hp-catalyst-initiative-social-innovation-grant.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The&nbsp;Colorado School of Mines has received a grant valued at more than $150,000&nbsp; to participate in HP&rsquo;s Catalyst Initiative, a global social innovation program designed to develop more effective approaches to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education worldwide. The pr...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chamber to host education reform luncheon Nov. 30]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/chamber-to-host-education-reform-luncheon-nov--30.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The works of Geoffrey Canada and Harlem Children's Zone have become a national model in education. Join the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce for a luncheon with co-hosts, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, as Harlem Children's Zone President and CEO Geoffrey Canada shares with us stories of success and d...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov. Ritter releases P-20 Education Council report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-releases-p-20-education-council-report.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Gov. Bill Ritter and Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien released a new report on November 23, 2010 that chronicles the work and accomplishments of the Governor's P-20 Education Coordinating Council, a volunteer panel appointed in 2007 that became the foundation for the state's groundbreaking education reform ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-releases-p-20-education-council-report.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Centennial, CH2M HILL team up on public works services]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/centennial--ch2m-hill-team-up-on-public-works-services.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships recognized the City of Centennial, and CH2M HILL with one of its coveted 2010 Public-Private Partnership Awards during a dinner at the NCPPP annual meeting Nov. 17 in Arlington, Va.
The partnership for public works services -- one of the largest ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/centennial--ch2m-hill-team-up-on-public-works-services.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Colorado School of Public Health dean receives intl. award]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/colorado-school-of-public-health-dean-receives-intl--award.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Thanksgiving approaches, the Colorado School of Public Health joins leading U.S. public health organizations around the nation in thanking local "public health heroes" for their contributions to improving and protecting the nation's health throughout the year. These everyday heroes include diabet...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[AEDA and Arvada Chamber recognize Wastewater division]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/aeda-and-arvada-chamber-recognize-wastewater-division.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arvada Economic Development Association (AEDA) and Arvada Chamber of Commerce representatives presented the City of Arvada's Wastewater Division with a special recognition commemorating more than 365 days with zero backups or overflows throughout the city's sanitary system.
The city's sewer system ...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/aeda-and-arvada-chamber-recognize-wastewater-division.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[ULA's Delta IV Heavy mission caps 2010 launch schedule]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-successful-delta-iv-heavy-launch-nro-mission.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 November 21, 2010. Designated NROL-32, the mission is in support of national defense.
This was the fourth Delta IV Heavy launch and the 351st launch overa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/ula-successful-delta-iv-heavy-launch-nro-mission.html</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lakewood picked No. 1 best place to work]]></title>
      <link>http://www.metrodenver.org/metro-denver-news/lakewood-picked-no--1-best-place-to-work.html</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lakewood has been named the No. 1 Best Place to Work among the largest organizations and companies in the metro area by the Denver Business Journal.
This is the first time Lakewood competed for the annual award, and it won the top honor for organizations with 751 or more employees. Lakewood has 950...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Several Metro Denver municipalities rank as top digital cities]]></title>
   