http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/ Metro Denver EDC News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:01 GMT Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:01 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/rss/ Imulus Central 2.0 http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DMCC-scorecard.html The Denver Metro Chamber, as part of its role of enhancing and hastening the economic recovery in Colorado, tracked the votes of state legislators and their alignment with Chamber positions on legislation during the 2009 session of the Colorado General Assembly.  The Chamber’s goal with ... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DMCC-scorecard.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel--industry-work-to-halve-building-energy-use.html Walk into your favorite retail or office building, and something's at work all around you that you probably take for granted — energy. Energy to run lights for displays, energy to cool the building on a hot summer day, energy to keep your favorite ice cream nice and cold. Partners from the private ... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel--industry-work-to-halve-building-energy-use.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/regional-economic-stimulus.html Mayor John Hickenlooper joined Metro Denver business and civic leaders today to announce new, locally developed economic stimulus measures and update the community on the progress of previously announced strategies to accelerate infrastructure projects, create jobs, increase spending and attract fed... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/regional-economic-stimulus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/STEM-NextGen-ASA-Capitol-Hill.html Aerospace supporters across the country should join with industry to advocate for STEM education, air transportation system modernization, space exploration and export control system improvements, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said March 9. Speaking during an Aerospace States Association ... Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/STEM-NextGen-ASA-Capitol-Hill.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-research-Down-syndrome-award.html It is an understatement to say Dr. Alberto Costa is passionate about Down syndrome. As a medical doctor and neurological researcher who found his calling when his daughter was born with Down syndrome 13 years ago, he has spent the years since dedicated to researching the disorder and its impact on t... Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-research-Down-syndrome-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-HQ.html Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, was joined by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., and local officials on March 24, 2009 to cut the ribbon for the company’s new world headquarters in Thornton, Colo., just north... Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-HQ.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-VA-hospital.html Fulfilling President Obama's pledge to "stand with our veterans as they face new challenges," Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki announced today that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will build a stand-alone replacement hospital for its existing facility in Denver. The new facilit... Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-VA-hospital.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/obama-stimulus-denver.html February 14, 2009 - President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, a White House official said on Saturday, Feb. 14.. According to the Denver Post, CNN reported that a senior administration official cited a desire to get "away from the politics of Wash... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/obama-stimulus-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CO-LABS-conference.html CO-LABS, the Colorado nonprofit organization that advocates for Colorado’s twenty-four federal research labs, will hold a conference on Wednesday, February 18 to showcase the scientific research conducted at these labs. In conjunction with this event, Governor Ritter will present awards for research... Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CO-LABS-conference.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hosting.com-datacenter.html Hosting.com, the first name in managed hosting and colocation solutions, announced on July 2, 2009 that it is expanding by opening a 30,000 square foot datacenter and 13,000 square foot corporate complex in the Denver metro area in late August. Company owners Art Zeile and Joel Daly have o... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hosting.com-datacenter.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-least-obese.html Adult obesity rates increased in 23 states and did not decrease in a single state in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America 2009, a report released today by the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). In addition,... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-least-obese.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-corporation.html Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) announced on July 1, 2009 that it  signed a definitive agreement with Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) to acquire certain of AB InBev's beverage can manufacturing assets.Ball will acquire four of AB InBev's plants in the U.S. for $577 million. The facilities being ac... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-corporation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-south-terminal-redevelopment.html Famed Architect Santiago Calatrava will oversee design Denver International Airport has selected Parsons Transportation Group to serve as program manager for the airport’s South Terminal Redevelopment Program. DIA’s plans to develop the area directly south of Jeppesen Terminal include a new We... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-south-terminal-redevelopment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lawmakers-visit-nrel-for-clean-energy-solutions.html More than half of the states in the U.S. have embraced renewable energy portfolio standards (RPS). Now comes the hard part — complying with those aggressive mandates and building clean energy economies during the deepest national recession in 70 years. Two dozen lawmakers and legislative staffers f... Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lawmakers-visit-nrel-for-clean-energy-solutions.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cities-rank-as-best-places-for-young-professionals.html Colorado cities rank high in "Next Cities” rankings - the best places to live and work for young professionals - in three population categories. The study, conducted by Next Generation Consulting (NGC), tabulated the rankings after collecting and analyzing 45 measures for all U.S. cities with over 1... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cities-rank-as-best-places-for-young-professionals.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-tops-list-of-forbes--best-cities-to-buy-a-home.html Denver tops the list of “Best Cities to Buy a Home” in a June 22 Forbes.com real estate article. Forbes examined three sets of data in the March 2009 RPX Monthly Housing Market Report which evaluates market fundamentals in the country’s 25 most-populated MSAs. Data included: Number of zip codes... Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-tops-list-of-forbes--best-cities-to-buy-a-home.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EnCana-million-gift-UCDenver-business.html A $1 million gift from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. was announced last night at the “Make Your Mark” event for the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver. The event, attended by local business leaders and entrepreneurs, offered a sneak peek at the school’s new building located in the he... Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EnCana-million-gift-UCDenver-business.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/executive-travel-magazine--dia-is--best-domestic-airport--.html Executive Travel Magazine has named Denver International Airport as winner of its 2009 Leading Edge Award in the category of “Best Domestic Airport”, Denver Aviation Manager Kim Day said June 23. It was DIA’s second-straight win in the category. In a letter announcing the award, Editor-in-chief Jan... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/executive-travel-magazine--dia-is--best-domestic-airport--.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-to-partner-with-res-americas-on-wind-research.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES Americas) have announced a partnership to evaluate the design and performance of vital wind energy support systems. Under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreem... Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-to-partner-with-res-americas-on-wind-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-bike-to-work-denver.html Thousands of Denver-area commuters will two-wheel it Wednesday for the annual "Bike to Work Day" organized by the Denver Regional Council of Governments.Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper is among those who expects to use pedal power to get to the office. He plans to use the Cherry Creek bike path as pa... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-bike-to-work-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ceragenix-national-jewish.html Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ceragenix”) (OTCBB:CGXP), a medical device company focused on infectious disease and dermatology, today announced that researchers at National Jewish Health, led by Dr. Donald Y. Leung and Dr. Michael Howell, in collaboration with Dr. Paul B. Savage of Brigham Young... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ceragenix-national-jewish.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clean-energy-week-Denver.html As part of President Obama’s Clean Energy Week, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson joined Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper for a tour of Highlands’ Garden Village community in northwest Denver. Administrator Jackson commended the residential, office and retail development as a model for urban planning and... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clean-energy-week-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Frontier-Republic.html Frontier Airlines Holdings, Inc. (PinkSheets: FRNTQ) today announced it has entered into an investment agreement with Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) by which Republic will serve as equity sponsor for Frontier's plan of reorganization and purchase 100 percentof the equity in the reorg... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Frontier-Republic.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-on-right-path-in-building-new-energy-economy.html Gov. Ritter took part in a conference call June 15 with Colorado media after wrapping up participation in the Western Governor's Association's Winter Meeting in Park City, Utah. During the call, Gov. Ritter stressed the point that Colorado is on the right track focusing on the further development of... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-on-right-path-in-building-new-energy-economy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ula-successfully-launches-moon-missions-for-nasa.html Nearly 40 years after Neil Armstrong first walked on the moon, United Launch Alliance successfully launched NASA’s latest two lunar missions aboard an Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at 5:32 p.m. EDT June 18. The Atlas V successfully placed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and Luna... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ula-successfully-launches-moon-missions-for-nasa.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-visitors-spend-record-billions.html Denver bucked a national decline in business and leisure travel in 2008 to set a new record for visitor spending of $3.1 billion, up 9 percent over the $2.9 billion spent in 2007. The Mile High City attracted 12.2 million overnight visitors in 2008, the same as in 2007. However, boosted by the Demo... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-visitors-spend-record-billions.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-training-workforce-through-wind-anemometer-loans.html Students at Colorado State University are building the New Energy Economy one wind turbine at a time. Students are not only learning in the classroom, they're getting hands-on training on how to install wind turbines for rural Colorado, benefitting state residents who want to measure wind velocity ... Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-training-workforce-through-wind-anemometer-loans.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-awarded-mayors--climate-protection-award.html Mayor John Hickenlooper received the 2009 Mayors’ Climate Protection Award, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Wal-Mart Stores, for the FasTracks initiative on June 15. The award recognizes Mayors for innovative practices designed to increase energy-efficiency and curb global warming. &n... Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hickenlooper-awarded-mayors--climate-protection-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Stem-grant-key-education-reform.html Gov. Bill Ritter addressed a gathering of almost 200 education, business, and policy leaders in the State Capitol this morning during a launch event of the Colorado STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Network, a math and science non-profit organization intended to highlight the i... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Stem-grant-key-education-reform.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/investor-event-celebrates-metro-denver-s-year-in-spotlight--.html The world is truly watching Metro Denver. Events such as the Democratic National Convention, high-profile company location news including Vestas, Charles Schwab, and DaVita, the region's emergence in the New Energy Economy, and the successful COLORADOlovesCALIFORNIA marketing initiative have shined ... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/investor-event-celebrates-metro-denver-s-year-in-spotlight--.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-selected-for-solar-america-program.html Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer manufacturer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced June 9 that it has been selected for negotiations for a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Photovoltaic (PV) Technology Pre- Incubator project award. The new subcontract from DOE's ... Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar-selected-for-solar-america-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/green-energy-and-future-of-space-propulsion-in-denver.html Alternative fuels, electric propulsion systems, fuel cells, and futuristic aerospace propulsion systems will take center stage in Denver at the Colorado Convention Center from August 2 to 5 at the 7th International Energy Conversion and Engineering Conference (IECEC) and the 45th Joint Propulsion Co... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/green-energy-and-future-of-space-propulsion-in-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-profs-awarded--2-7-million-nsf-grant-to-track-cells.html Colorado State University scientists this month received a $2.7 million National Science Foundation grant to train graduate students on cutting-edge research while also preparing them to share their knowledge with K-12 teachers and industry. The grant will help the U.S. stay competitive globally by... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-profs-awarded--2-7-million-nsf-grant-to-track-cells.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-launches-climate-prosperity-project.html Rockefeller Brothers Fund commits initial funding for national civic venture to address climate change in the context of economic development opportunities With environmental, energy and economic challenges facing the prosperity of metropolitan regions and states, economic development leaders from ... Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-launches-climate-prosperity-project.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/city-and-county-of-denver-offering-free-building-permits.html Denver is the first city in Colorado to offer free building permits for common home-improvement projects to single-family homes and duplexes. The free permits will be available June 1-15 and valid for 180 days. Permits will be issued on the spot to citizens or their contractors.  “Now is a gr... Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/city-and-county-of-denver-offering-free-building-permits.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-bills-lead-Colorado-forward.html Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law nine measures that will help lead Colorado forward, including bills to expand broadband access to rural communities and improve Colorado's public schools. "This legislation will continue making Colorado a national leader in education reform, improve the quality of l... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-bills-lead-Colorado-forward.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bond-open-house.html The City of Denver, with the Better Denver Bond Program, is hosting an open house/fair for design and construction companies Tuesday, December 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Colorado Convention Center to learn about opportunities on bond projects and other city-funded design and construction proj... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bond-open-house.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-diana-wall-blog.html Diana Wall, a Colorado State University researcher, is set to travel to Antarctica for her 19th season conducting soil ecosystem research in Antarctica's ice-free McMurdo Dry Valleys. She and her team will be sharing their experiences with elementary kids through a blog chronicling their two-month s... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-diana-wall-blog.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-signs-New-Energy-Economy-legislation.html Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law three New Energy Economy transportation bills that will help Coloradans reduce the amount of air pollution their cars release, increase fuel economy, minimize their carbon footprint and boost energy independence. "Building on the success of the last two years, we co... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-signs-New-Energy-Economy-legislation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-re-establishes-office-film-television.html Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law legislation that allows Colorado to create jobs, strengthen the economy and promote Colorado by focusing more energy on growing the film industry in Colorado. House Bill 1010 re-establishes the Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media and will provide tax incen... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-re-establishes-office-film-television.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-Hickenlooper-cool-biz.html Gov. Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper urged businesses and government agencies to join forces and save energy again this summer by participating in Cool Biz, a program to cut summer energy use by inching up building thermostats. Several state and city buildings successfully kicked off... Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-Hickenlooper-cool-biz.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-signs-two-bills-to-keep-colorado-competitive.html Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed HB 1035 (expanding sales and use tax for medical device companies) and HB 1105 (Angel Investment Tax Credit), ensuring Colorado’s position as a thriving location for bioscience and emerging technology companies. The announcement is made by John Collar, Presid... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-signs-two-bills-to-keep-colorado-competitive.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-again-confirmed-among-top-bioscience-states-.html "It’s an exciting time to be a bioscience company in Colorado, and the state is continuing to garner the national attention it deserves for its top-notch bioscience industry," said John Collar, President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA). "FierceBiotech highlighted Colorado as on... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-again-confirmed-among-top-bioscience-states-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SEBP-awards-luncheon.html The Southeast Business Partnership (SEBP) hosted its Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 29. The sold-out crowd gathered at the Hyatt DTC. Donald Sturm, founder of American National Bank and the Sturm Financial Group was the keynote speaker. Sturm’s comments centered on “good fortunes”... Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SEBP-awards-luncheon.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IPS-financing.html Infinite Power Solutions, Inc. (IPS), a leader in the development and commercialization of solid-state, rechargeable thin-film batteries, announced on Dec. 3, 2008 the completion of its Series B round of financing—raising $13 million in new capital to fund the ramp to volume production of its new TH... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IPS-financing.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIG-2.html More than $8 million in grants have been given to local organizations developing talent for the region's high-demand jobs The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative announced award recipients for its second Workforce Innovation Grant. In this round of grants, WIRED awarded approximately $1.2 million to six ... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIG-2.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DaVita.html DaVita Inc. (NYSE: DVA), a leading provider of kidney care services for those diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD), announced on May 27, 2009 that the home of its corporate headquarters will be located in Colorado. The announcement was made during a press conference on the Galleria of th... Wed, 27 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DaVita.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biden-announces--500-million-for-green-job-training.html Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced new agency partnerships to foster job growth for a new green economy at the May 26 meeting of the Middle Class Task Force in De... Tue, 26 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biden-announces--500-million-for-green-job-training.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-existing-home-prices-outperform.html Prices of existing homes in the Denver area climbed a tenth of a percent in March from the previous month, Standard & Poor’s reported Tuesday, making Denver one of just two U.S. cities out of 20 in the S&P survey to see a month-to-month price rise. Also, prices in Denver declined 5.5 percent in Mar... Thu, 28 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-existing-home-prices-outperform.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-third-fittest-city.html The Metro Denver area is the third fittest of America’s 50 most populous metropolitan areas according to the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) American Fitness Index™ (AFI). ACSM unveiled the 2009 rankings and released the AFI data report, "Health and Community Fitness Status of the 50 La... Thu, 28 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-third-fittest-city.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RNL-sustainability.html RNL is pleased to announce it has been named among the top five sustainable design firms based in the U.S. RNL is the only Colorado firm to make the Top 10 sustainable firm list as published by Architect magazine in its May issue. The rankings were based on several variables from the survey, such as... Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RNL-sustainability.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-real-estate-rebound.html Denver was named America's No. 1 city on the verge of recovery from the real-estate slump in a segment Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show.Real estate expert Barbara Corcoran, a regular guest on the show, said Denver more than any other U.S. city is "clearly on a rebound." (Watch Corcoran's "Today" show s... Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-real-estate-rebound.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/development-in-brighton-largest-public-project-in-u-s-.html The May 19 groundbreaking for the 91-acre Adams County Government Center also launched Adams Crossing, a new mixed-use development located at the convergence of Interstate 76, E-470, Sable Road, and 120th Avenue. Adams Crossing will be a major employment center in the fast-growing northeastmetropol... Tue, 19 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/development-in-brighton-largest-public-project-in-u-s-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Rocky-Mtn-Regional-Center-Excellence-awarded-$36M.html The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence was recently awarded $36.4 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, to continue the fight against the world's most important infectious diseases through researching vaccines, tests and t... Tue, 19 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Rocky-Mtn-Regional-Center-Excellence-awarded-$36M.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-ISO-14001.html NSF International Strategic Registrations announced on May 12 that the City of Denver, Colorado, has achieved registration to ISO 14001, the international standard for environmental management systems (EMS). The departments that have achieved registration include the Office of the Mayor; Department ... Fri, 15 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-ISO-14001.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/southeast-business-partnership-honors-legislators.html The Southeast Business Partnership (SEBP) hosted key Colorado leaders and recognized the SEBP "Legislators of the Year" at their Board of Governors Meeting held May 14th. Colorado Treasurer Cary Kennedy, Colorado Secretary of State Bernie Buescher and Dr. Tony Frank President of Colorado State Unive... Thu, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/southeast-business-partnership-honors-legislators.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-plan-ARRA-energy-investments.html Gov. Bill Ritter and state energy officials today outlined a sweeping plan to create jobs and significantly advance the New Energy Economy under provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The proposal, submitted for approval to the U.S. Department of Energy this week, lays out how th... Wed, 13 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-plan-ARRA-energy-investments.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FasTracks-light-rail-to-Golden.html U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter applauds the announcement of $40 million for the West Corridor Light Rail as part of H.R. 1, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. Upon completion - the West Corridor will provide light rail service from Union Station in Denver to Golden with key stops at the Denver Feder... Tue, 12 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FasTracks-light-rail-to-Golden.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-instruments-launch-aboard-shuttle-atlantis.html The space shuttle Atlantis lifted off Monday on a mission to the Hubble Space Telescope where astronauts are scheduled to install two instruments built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and restore two previously installed Ball instruments to peak performance. The successful launch of NASA’s ST... Tue, 12 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-instruments-launch-aboard-shuttle-atlantis.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-cultural-office-announces-free-public-art-tours.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) is delighted to announce the schedule of free public art tours for the spring and summer of 2009. A brand new tour of the Civic Center area has been added to complement the popular Denver Performing Arts Complex and Colorado Convention Center tours. These... Sun, 10 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-cultural-office-announces-free-public-art-tours.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BusinessWeek-CSU-business.html BusinessWeek ranked the marketing and business law programs in the College of Business at Colorado State University in the top 10 among programs at the nation's best business colleges around the country. The marketing department ranked second in the report; the business law program ranked ninth. Th... Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BusinessWeek-CSU-business.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-NSF-grant.html Colorado State University's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory is the lead institution of a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematics and Science Partnership program to create a dynamic teacher development program targeted at middle school and high school teachers in th... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-NSF-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Metro-Denver-EDC-award-winning-web-site.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) has received a 2009 Gold Key Award from the Colorado Chapter of the Business Marketing Association and a Silver Pick Award from the Public Relations Society of America Colorado Chapter for development of the Colorado Space Coalitio... Fri, 08 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Metro-Denver-EDC-award-winning-web-site.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Chu-biofuels-stimulus-recovery.html New green jobs a benefit of effort to end dependence on foreign oil As part of the ongoing effort to increase the use of domestic renewable fuels, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced plans to provide $786.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate advanc... Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Chu-biofuels-stimulus-recovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-congrats-Blake-CSU-chancellor.html Gov. Bill Ritter this evening congratulated longtime Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Joe Blake for being selected by the Colorado State University Board of Governors as the university system’s first chancellor. "Joe has been a key partner and an important supporter of our efforts... Wed, 06 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-congrats-Blake-CSU-chancellor.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Greenprint-Denver-national-award.html The City of Denver took the top award last night from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and Siemens Corp. for its Greenprint Denver program. Greenprint Denver is the City of Denver's sustainability plan to help Denver’s residents, businesses and local government ... Tue, 05 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Greenprint-Denver-national-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/HB-1001-signing-Gov-Ritter.html Gov. Bill Ritter today signed into law landmark legislation that will help companies create new jobs, allow Colorado to compete against other states for new businesses, and strengthen community college job-training programs to better meet the workforce needs of emerging industries of the future. "T... Mon, 04 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/HB-1001-signing-Gov-Ritter.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Baumunk.html The Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) named Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) Vice President Holli Baumunk its "Economic Developer of the Year" for 2009 at its spring conference in Grand Junction April 30. Honored for her successful economic development... Mon, 04 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Baumunk.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NSF-CSU-model-biofuels.html The National Science Foundation has granted Career Awards worth $800,000 to two Colorado State University engineering professors who will use computer simulations to study - and potentially improve - the chemical makeup of biofuels and the design of "smart" materials. Receiving the awards are David... Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NSF-CSU-model-biofuels.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-recovery-act-money.html In an ongoing effort to expand domestic renewable energy, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced plans to provide $93 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support further development of wind energy in the United States during a visit to the National Renewable Energ... Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-recovery-act-money.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Clean-Energy-seed-grants.html The Clean Energy Supercluster has distributed its second round of seed grants to help foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and jumpstart larger research initiatives. A total of 10 grants totaling $192,300 were awarded. More than 100 researchers across campus participate in the academic side of t... Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Clean-Energy-seed-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Economy-InDepth-stimulus.html "Stimulus" has been the economic buzzword of recent months, but what does it really mean for households and businesses? Transparency is one of the administration's stated goals for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), so the federal government and many state governments are taking st... Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Economy-InDepth-stimulus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-five-of-10.html Five University of Colorado at Boulder graduate specialty programs were ranked in the top 10 nationally in the new but limited U.S. News & World Report 2010 Best Graduate Schools issue scheduled for release April 23. The CU-Boulder physics department garnered three specialty rankings in the top 10 ... Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-five-of-10.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-BioScience-Rick-Jory.html Rick Jory, CEO of Sandhill Scientific, Inc., Highlands Ranch, was named chairperson of the board of directors for the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) at its 2009 annual all-member meeting held at the Colorado National Golf Club facilities in Erie, April 21. The announcement is made by Jo... Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-BioScience-Rick-Jory.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-archaeologist-receives-nsf-grant-.html Colorado State University archaeology Professor Christopher T. Fisher has been awarded a National Science Foundation senior research grant for archaeological research within the Lake Patzcuaro Basin in Michoacan, Mexico. At the time of European Conquest the lake basin was the geopolitical core of th... Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-archaeologist-receives-nsf-grant-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/World-Trade-Center-Denver-program.html The World Trade Center Denver announced April 20 that Colorado Lieutenant Governor Barbara O'Brien, Thomas Hoenig, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and KieAnn Brownell, president of the Metro Denver Sports Commission, will anchor the 2009 World Trade Day program. This year’s W... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/World-Trade-Center-Denver-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Green-Festival-Denver.html Denver to host nation’s largest Green consumer living event May 2 - 3, 2009 Green Festival, the original green consumer living event, will debut in Denver this year at the Colorado Convention Center on May 2 & 3, 2009. Named one of the top five "big city" mayors in America by Time magazine, Denver ... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Green-Festival-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-med-school-Alzheimer-study.html New therapies for people with Alzheimer's disease could be the result of an important study at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. The study shows a brain protein that plays a key role in cognitive function and removal of toxins is inhibited in the brains of people with Alzheimer's... Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-med-school-Alzheimer-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI-Denver-diversity-real-estate-development.html The Urban Land Institute, Colorado District Council (ULI Colorado) is partnering with the City and County of Denver’s Office of Economic Development to help increase awareness of opportunities in the real estate development industry among women and minority groups. Realizing that just 1.8 percent of... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI-Denver-diversity-real-estate-development.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/National-League-Cities-Bank-On-Denver.html Denver has been selected by the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Institute for Youth, Education, and Families as one of eight cities to participate in the Bank On Cities Campaign, an initiative that expands the ability of communities to help residents achieve greater financial stability. Denver’s se... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/National-League-Cities-Bank-On-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/higher-education-funding-protected.html Gov. Bill Ritter said April 13 that massive funding cuts to higher education are not an option because Colorado would forfeit $760 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In a letter to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee, Gov. Ritter said new guidelines make it clear tha... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/higher-education-funding-protected.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Tom-Cech-Nobel-laureate-CU.html Nobel laureate Tom Cech is returning to the University of Colorado full time this month after a 10-year stint as president of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization headquartered in Chevy Chase, Md., and one of the nation's largest philanthropies. A distingui... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Tom-Cech-Nobel-laureate-CU.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/exercising-fiscal-fitness.html Conference to explain how companies can benefit from a healthy workforce Colorado is the nation's skinniest state. Can that positively affect a business' bottom line? On October 28 at the Colorado Convention Center, the second annual Colorado Culture of Health conference, Exercising Fiscal Fit... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/exercising-fiscal-fitness.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-market-tax-credits.html The Colorado Growth and Revitalization Fund, LLC (CGR Fund), a partnership between the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA), the City and County of Denver, and the Colorado Enterprise Fund, was awarded $35 million in New Market Tax Credits by the U.S. Treasury Department earlier today. New ... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-market-tax-credits.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-tornado-study.html University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and students will participate in a nationwide project exploring the origins, structure and evolution of tornadoes by probing both the early and late stages of severe storms over the central Great Plains this spring. The collaborative Verification of the Ori... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-tornado-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/State-of-DIA.html Register Online! DIA: Today and Tomorrow In 2008, Denver International Airport (DIA) bucked industry trends and set an all-time Denver aviation record with over 51 million travelers. Ranked as the fifth-busiest airport in North America and the 10th busiest in the world, ... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/State-of-DIA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-bioscience.html The University of Colorado Foundation on Oct. 20, 2008 announced a $2 million pledge by Jack (Hist '64, MA '70) and Jeannie Thompson (Zool '64) of Boulder to fund the new Vaccine Development Laboratory in CU-Boulder's Systems Biotechnology Building, slated for groundbreaking in 2... Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-bioscience.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/capitol-LEED.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced on October 16, 2008 that the Colorado state Capitol has become the first Capitol in the nation to obtain a prestigious certification for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings for energy efficiency upgrades made over the past four ye... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/capitol-LEED.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Tom-Clark-economic-development-blog.html Social media is rapidly expanding as a vital communication tool not only for individuals, but for businesses. Companies are twittering, flickring, and blogging to expand their brand awareness and to network with existing and potential clients. Today, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporatio... Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Tom-Clark-economic-development-blog.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doca-announces--doors-open-denver--competition-.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs and the Denver Architectural Foundation invite the public to focus on their favorite Denver architectural sites during the first annual Doors Open Denver Photo Competition. The Doors Open Denver 2009 Photo Competition gives the public the opportunity to photog... Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doca-announces--doors-open-denver--competition-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dnc-impact.html Denver releases comprehensive report analyzing economic impacts and other community benefits While the Democratic National Convention ended just seven weeks ago, the economic and community benefits of hosting the historic event will be felt in Metro Denver for many years to come. Denver Mayor ... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dnc-impact.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-finalists.html New therapeutic drugs for life threatening disease and trauma; devices made of new materials that work with the body; a highly-sensitive detector of trace amounts of biological and chemical agents in real time; new DNA immunotherapies for HIV infection; high-protein, low-cost fish food; and, new mat... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-finalists.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cyberstates-report-Colorado-third.html Colorado ranks 3rd in the nation in concentration of high-tech workers TechAmerica, formed by the merger of AeA and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), today released its 12th annual Cyberstates report, which includes a first-ever supplement with a 3rd and 4th quarter breakdow... Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cyberstates-report-Colorado-third.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Art-Museum-interim-president-cathy-finlon.html Frederic C. Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of the Denver Art Museum, announced today the appointment of Cathey McClain Finlon as Interim President of the Denver Art Museum with the primary duty of developing long-term planning for the institution including facilitating succession plans for the Muse... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Art-Museum-interim-president-cathy-finlon.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-registration.html General registration is now open for the Rocky Mountain Region’s Premier Bioscience Conference and Expo, BioWest 2008. More than 700 industry leaders will convene November 13 & 14 for the sixth annual BioWest event, held again this year at the Grand Hyatt, 1750 Welton, in Denver. The announcement i... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-registration.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-Industry-Growth.html The U. S. Department Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Colorado CleanTech Initiative announce participation of the following Colorado CEOs in the 21st NREL Industry Growth Forum, Oct. 28-30, at the Renaissance Denver Hotel: AMPULSE, Steve Hane Solix Biofuels, Douglas Henston... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-Industry-Growth.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-groundbreaking-brighton.html Gov. Bill Ritter joined Vestas executives, the crown prince and princess of Denmark and local leaders on March 25, 2009 at a ground-breaking ceremony for two Vestas manufacturing facilities here that will create 1,350 new jobs. "Today marks the third straight day of new-job announcements this week,... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-groundbreaking-brighton.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-real-estate-study.html Commercial building permit and plan review fees in 20 cities and counties along Colorado's Front Range range from high - Boulder County at $72,465 - to low - Greeley at $31,275, according to a new study from the Colorado State University Everitt Real Estate Center. Estimated approval of building pl... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-real-estate-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/COLABS-12-new-solar.html The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) is launching 12 novel solar research projects totaling more than $1.1 million in its inaugural round of research and development funding. CRSP is the newest research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory. The center concentra... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/COLABS-12-new-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Bolder-Bio-NIH.html Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. announced October 15 that it has been awarded a $1.6 million Phase II Continuing Renewal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, entitled "Long-Acting Beta Interferon for Multiple Sclerosis", from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Bolder-Bio-NIH.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/State-of-DIA.html Register Online! DIA: Today and Tomorrow In 2008, Denver International Airport (DIA) bucked industry trends and set an all-time Denver aviation record with over 51 million travelers. Ranked as the fifth-busiest airport in North America and the 10th busiest in the world, ... Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/State-of-DIA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/we-work-for-health.html The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is partnering with twenty-six national and state entities to announce the ‘We Work For Health’ (WWFH) initiative in Colorado. The announcement is made by John Collar, CBSA President & CEO, who says the new group’s launch event – Saving Lives, Creating Jobs ... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/we-work-for-health.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Packard-Fellowship.html Pieter Johnson, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has won a highly prestigious David and Lucille Packard Fellowship, a five-year award that will support his study of emerging diseases in changing environments. Johnson will use the $... Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Packard-Fellowship.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/fourth-edition-of-competitiveness-study-released.html Annual benchmark study examines competitive factors related to economic growth In the fourth edition of Toward a More Competitive Colorado, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) today reports its annual benchmarking of Colorado’s strengths, challenges, and opportuniti... Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/fourth-edition-of-competitiveness-study-released.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-ASCENT-bill.html Gov. Bill Ritter, legislative leaders and education advocates today introduced Colorado ASCENT, new bipartisan legislation that will allow high school students statewide to earn a diploma while simultaneously completing a college associate's degree. The bill, co sponsored by Sen. Suzanne Williams a... Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-ASCENT-bill.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/industry-clusters-growth.html Annual industry study details region's competitive position among top 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. Today, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver E... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/industry-clusters-growth.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-STP.html Mayor John Hickenlooper joined Deputy Mayor/Public Works Manager Guillermo "Bill" Vidal in announcing the completion of Denver’s Strategic Transportation Plan (STP), a comprehensive document that addresses the current and future transportation needs of the Mile High City. The STP provides a proactiv... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-STP.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-solar-test.html CH2M HILL has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to help 25 American cities accelerate the adoption of solar energy. The contract is an important strategic component of The Solar America Initiative, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) effort to make solar electricity from photovoltai... Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-solar-test.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Urban-Arts-Fund.html Program created to prevent graffiti vandalism & employ artists in community-building The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) is pleased to announce the creation of the Denver Urban Arts Fund (UAF). The purpose of the UAF is to prevent graffiti vandalism by generating positive, well-tended and ... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Urban-Arts-Fund.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-four-NASA-missions.html NASA has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) four science and communications missions set to launch in the first half of the next decade. All four missions will fly aboard ULA’s Atlas V rocket and are scheduled to launch between 2011-2014. The four launches are the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-four-NASA-missions.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/fitz-econ-impact.html Fitzsimons ultimately is expected to produce an $11.5 billion annual economic boost to Colorado's economy, according to an updated report released in September 2008. About $100 million worth of buildings will be constructed in the technology park during the next 18 months, said Jim Chrisman, vice p... Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/fitz-econ-impact.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-brain-cell-grant.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-brain-cell-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Greener-Denver-Climate-Prosperity.html Initiative will reduce greenhouse gas emissions & increase economic opportunities for area businesses Mayor John Hickenlooper and Denver's Office of Economic Development launched Greener Denver, a strategic initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand economic opportunities for local b... Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Greener-Denver-Climate-Prosperity.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DSST-expansion.html The Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) is seeking approval from Denver Public Schools to open four additional secondary schools (grades 6-12) focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) over the next five years. Responding to Denver Public Schools (DPS) new schools RFP ... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DSST-expansion.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RMI-CSU.html The prestigious Rocky Mountain Institute in Snowmass has selected Colorado State University for a national study on best practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on college and university campuses. Colorado State is the only university selected in the Rocky Mountain West and one of a dozen inst... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RMI-CSU.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SkyFuel.html SkyFuel, Inc. secured its position as a leader in the rapidly growing concentrating solar power (CSP) industry by unveiling the SkyTrough(TM): the highest performance, lowest cost utility-scale solar power system of any kind for generating electricity. With glass-free mirrors, a highly engineered sp... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SkyFuel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-production-Littleton.html Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced March 11 that it has successfully begun regular production of monolithically integrated flexible CIGS modules from its production line in Littleton. This milestone makes Ascent Solar the fir... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-production-Littleton.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-American-Chemcial-Award.html University of Colorado at Boulder chemistry and biochemistry Professor Margaret Tolbert has been awarded the American Chemical Society's Creative Advances in Environmental Sciences and Technology Award for her groundbreaking research in atmospheric chemistry. Tolbert, also a fellow at the Coope... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-American-Chemcial-Award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SolarTAC.html Six public and private sector entities, all with a keen interest in advancing and accelerating the commercialization of solar technology, have joined forces and signed an agreement to develop one of the world's largest solar test and evaluation facilities. Leveraging the exceptional solar resources ... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SolarTAC.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-BioRelix.html New Haven, Conn.-based BioRelix Inc. has signed an exclusive license agreement with the University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office for technology developed at the university. The riboswitch technology, developed by Robert Batey, an associate professor in CU's chemistry and biochemistry depar... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-BioRelix.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AVA-Abound-Solar.html A Fort Collins startup that plans to mass-produce cheaper solar panels is changing its name to Abound Solar. Formerly called AVA Solar, the company said the new name will demonstrate its "commitment to providing an abundance of low-cost solar panels" around the globe. "Our new brand identity repr... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AVA-Abound-Solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-energy-expo.html Gov. Bill Ritter, lawmakers and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. touted Colorado's New Energy Economy during a Capitol energy expo on March 12 showcasing the state's leadership in creating new jobs and highlighting new clean-energy legislation. "Like the rest of the country, Colorado is facing tough economic ... Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-energy-expo.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UCDenver-NIH.html The University of Colorado Denver (UC Denver) has been awarded more than $26 million to participate in the National Institutes of Health's comprehensive study on the interaction of genes and the environment on children's health. At a briefing today, National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials nam... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UCDenver-NIH.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-poll-event.html The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative is hosting a Career Polling Event October 23 at the Denver Newspaper Agency. Dr. David Hill, director of Hill Research Consultants, will unveil findings from the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative's poll of parents, students, teachers, guidance counselors, and job see... Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-poll-event.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/space-podcast.html Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien noted in her March podcast that the aerospace industry has helped Colorado’s economy in difficult times. Colorado has the second- largest aerospace industry in the nation, with 26,000 private sector jobs and 171,000 aerospace related jobs. “Colorado has a rich mixture of re... Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/space-podcast.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-energy-projects-colorado-recovery.html The Governor's Energy Office said today it is establishing a competitive bid process to fund shovel-ready New Energy Economy projects with American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds. The Energy Office also is co-sponsoring a recovery conference for utility-company officials on Tuesday, featuring ... Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-energy-projects-colorado-recovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-energy-leadership.html The University of Colorado at Boulder's Energy Initiative, created in 2006 to help meet the world's sustainable and renewable energy needs, announced on October 2, 2008 a group of corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, investors, advisers, scientists, policymakers and academics as members of its newly fo... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-energy-leadership.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DigitalGlobe.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. for a multi-year contract under which DigitalGlobe will provide Microsoft’s Virtual Earth with its premium, high-resolution satellite and a... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DigitalGlobe.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Job-Fair.html Anyone age 14-21 already on the lookout for a summer job in Arapahoe, Douglas and Denver Counties will find their best opportunity at a regional job fair from 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the Colorado Convention Center (700 14th St.). An annual event associated with the Governor’s Summer Youth ... Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Job-Fair.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Baxa-ForHealth.html Baxa Corporation, a leading developer of technology for the safe handling, packaging and administration of fluid medications based in Englewood, CO, announced Mar. 3 that it has acquired ForHealth Technologies, Inc., a Florida-based health care robotics and software company, in a strategic expa... Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Baxa-ForHealth.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/global-energy-program.html The University of Colorado Board of Regents approved a new Master of Science degree on October 7, 2008 for the University of Colorado Denver Business School. As a master's degree located within the largest accredited graduate school of business in the state, the focus of the Global Energy ... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/global-energy-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Shell-Oil.html Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources announced today that it will receive $950,000 in the form of a research grant from Shell Oil Company to study revegetation practices on one of three research, development and demonstration leases on federal land in the Piceance Basin in... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Shell-Oil.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-College-of-Business.html BusinessWeek magazine this week announced the Colorado State University College of Business as one of the top undergraduate business programs in the country. The magazine surveyed more than 85,000 graduating seniors on such topics as the quality of teaching and overall student satisfaction. The mag... Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-College-of-Business.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FASTER-legislation.html Gov. Bill Ritter today signed into law the FASTER transportation bill, legislation that will save and create thousands of jobs, strengthen Colorado's economy and allow the state to repair unsafe bridges and roadways. Click here to listen to audio from the event. "At its core, the FASTER bill is abo... Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FASTER-legislation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/management-NREL.html A new management team takes charge at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today. The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC was awarded a five-year contract to manage and operate the Laboratory on July 29. The new equally-owned management entity pairs two non-pr... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/management-NREL.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/poison-pills-pulled.html As labor unions agreed Thursday to pull four, economy-killing initiatives from the November ballot, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and Coloradans for Responsible Reform (CFRR) applauded the decision. CFRR, the Chamber’s ballot issues committee, was reactivated in March with the specific purpo... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/poison-pills-pulled.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CoorsTek-Armor-Solutions-Golden.html CoorsTek Armor Solutions, the newest subsidiary of technical ceramics giant CoorsTek, Inc. and a leading provider of integrated armor solutions for ground vehicles, aircraft, and marine crafts, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its state-of-the-art facility in Golden on Tuesday, February 17th at 3:... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CoorsTek-Armor-Solutions-Golden.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mass-transit-affordable-housing-investment.html MacArthur Foundation funding to help preserve and create affordable rental housing near rail service and bus routes The City of Denver and Enterprise Community Partners were named Feb. 26 to receive $2.25 million in funding by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to support affordable ... Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mass-transit-affordable-housing-investment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NoCo-jobs.html Despite a declining U.S. economy, northern Colorado is projected to add more than 4,000 new jobs in 2009, according to a report released today by two Colorado State University economists. The 1.9 percent projected job growth rate in Larimer and Weld Counties, however, is expected to be about the sa... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NoCo-jobs.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/abengoa-solar-awarded--14-million-by-u-s--doe.html On October 1, 2008, Abengoa Solar announced the award of two R&D projects in the field of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) by the U.S. Department of Energy that total over $14 million. The goal of the DOE R&D program, working in collaboration with partners such as Abengoa Solar, is to develop C.S.P. ... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/abengoa-solar-awarded--14-million-by-u-s--doe.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Enterprise-Fort-Collins.html There's more than warmer weather to look forward to this spring in Fort Collins: Enterprise has announced that it will bring more than 100 new jobs to Fort Collins when it opens its new claims center in May. The center will handle all property or automobile damage claims in the Western U.S. and Hawa... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Enterprise-Fort-Collins.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Honduras-president-visit-CSU.html Honduran President Manuel Zelaya toured Colorado State University's renewable energy and hydroelectric programs Monday as part of a mission to seek U.S. business and educational opportunities for possible investment or partnerships in renewable energy companies, projects and research. CSU is the on... Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Honduras-president-visit-CSU.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Komen-grant.html Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) have been awarded a $599,999 grant from the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure to investigate whether using a common diabetes drug can stop tumor growth in breast cancer. “We’re beginning to explore the relationship between pre-di... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Komen-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ProLogis-energy-study.html ProLogis, the world's largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it will participate in a new, national study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to speed market adoption of current technologies and design solutions that yield significant, meas... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ProLogis-energy-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-NASA-CO2-science-mission.html A team of Colorado State University atmospheric scientists is at the center of NASA's next Earth orbiting science mission, which will map variations of carbon dioxide across the globe. On Tuesday, February 24, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is scheduled to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, ... Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-NASA-CO2-science-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hexcel-vestas.html Dave Berges, Hexcel Chairman and CEO, welcomed Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Mayor John Vazquez to a Groundbreaking Celebration on February 19, 2009 at the construction site for Hexcel’s new facility in Windsor’s Great Western Industrial Park. Hexcel announced on December 10, 2008 that Win... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hexcel-vestas.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Rockefeller.html The University of Colorado at Boulder has received a $1 million grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to establish a new worldwide consortium to help link decision-makers in developing and industrialized countries with institutes, government agencies and individuals to collectively share their clima... Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Rockefeller.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Mines-CU-NSF.html Gov. Bill Ritter today joined officials and researchers from the University of Colorado and the Colorado School of Mines to announce $16.5 million in six-year National Science Foundation research grants through NSF's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center program. The School of Mines... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Mines-CU-NSF.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Obama-stimulus-signing-Denver.html President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan meant to reinvigorate job creation, consumer spending and public optimism. Capping the biggest victory of his month-old administration, Obama will sign the economic legislation Feb. 17 in ... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Obama-stimulus-signing-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/COPAN-Systems-funding.html COPAN Systems, the industry leader in cost-effective storage solutions for the protection and management of persistent data, announced Feb 17 that it has secured $18.5 million in new capital financing. The round was led by new investor Westbury Partners and includes participation from existing COPAN... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/COPAN-Systems-funding.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NetSuite-Centennial.html NetSuite Inc., a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites for mid-market enterprises and divisions of large companies, announced August 19 the details of its expansion in the Denver metro area, including the opening of a new sales and services facility in the city ... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NetSuite-Centennial.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-down-syndrome.html Anna and John J. Sie have high hopes for their granddaughter Sophia, born five years ago with Down syndrome. Today, through the largest private contribution dedicated to people with Down syndrome, the family is determined to significantly enhance the lives of all people with Down syndrome. The ... Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-down-syndrome.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-federal-lab-awards.html Gov. Ritter this evening presented the 2009 CO-LABS Governor’s Award for Research Impact to five scientists from federal research laboratories in Colorado. CO-LABS is a nonprofit that educates about and advocates for Colorado’s 24 federal research labs.   “Colorado’s research labs and sc... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-federal-lab-awards.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CO-loves-CA.html Efforts target expanding companies in hopes of creating new jobs for Metro Denver citizens The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) is taking to the skies, the Internet, and California business publications to launch a broad marketing initiative that ... Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CO-loves-CA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Mines-gift.html Devon Energy Corporation announced a $500,000 gift to the Colorado School of Mines Foundation to provide funding for a laboratory in a new petroleum engineering facility planned for the Mines campus. The Devon Energy Drilling Fluids Laboratory will enhance the school's world-class petroleum engine... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Mines-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/PDC-Denver-headquarters.html Petroleum Development Corporation (PDC) announced September 17 that it is changing the official corporate headquarters to Denver effective March 1, 2009. Richard W. McCullough, PDC's President and Chief Executive Officer noted, "This action is based on our successful efforts in recent years to expa... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/PDC-Denver-headquarters.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/medical-device-trade-show.html For three days, representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association -- along with four of the state’s economic development entities -- will showcase Colorado’s vast medical device sector at the 25th annual Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West Expo. The announcement was made by John C... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/medical-device-trade-show.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-2008-passenger-record.html Passenger traffic at Denver International Airport in December set a monthly record, propelling the airport to its highest passenger count ever. DIA served 4,073,246 passengers in December, the first time that December’s count topped the 4 million mark. The 4.8 percent increase over the same month i... Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-2008-passenger-record.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-mars-mission.html In the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to lead a $485 million orbiting space mission slated to launch in 2013 to probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for har... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-mars-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-carbon-neutral.html Colorado State University aims to be carbon neutral - reducing its greenhouse gas emissions through conservation and alternative energy sources - by 2020, President Larry Edward Penley said in his annual Fall Address September 11. The goal is part of Colorado State's leadership as the "Green Univer... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-carbon-neutral.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SB-108-FASTER.html On Feb. 3, SB 108, also known as FASTER, was voted out of the Appropriations Committee by a party- line vote of 6-4. The Senate sponsor of the bill, Senator Dan Gibbs (D-Summit County), spoke with the Appropriations Committee early Tuesday morning.  “If we can create jobs while at t... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SB-108-FASTER.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-online-grant.html Even the brightest science students sometimes have trouble learning new or complicated ideas if they can’t see firsthand what an instructor is trying to explain. Further complicating the problem is the fact that real-life examples of many scientific processes aren’t easy to re-create in, say, a dorm... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-online-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/balanced-energy-economy-series.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and the Colorado Energy Coalition are introducing a quarterly series on the latest information regarding the fast-changing energy industry with the Balanced Energy Economy Series. Panels of subject matter experts will explore and explain how this dynamic ind... Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/balanced-energy-economy-series.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RecycleMania-2009.html RecycleMania, a 10-week recycling competition between colleges and universities across the nation, kicks off this week at Colorado State University. This year, more than 500 universities are participating. Over a 10-week period, campuses compete in different contests to see which institution can co... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RecycleMania-2009.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DOCA-CERLF-creative-fund.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA), with its program partner the Denver Office of Economic Development, is now accepting applications for the Creative Enterprises Revolving Loan Fund (CERLF). The CERLF offers creative enterprises in the City and County of Denver access to affordable and fl... Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DOCA-CERLF-creative-fund.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IKEA-colorado.html IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, announced September 10 it is submitting plans to the City of Centennial for a store that would increase the Swedish retailer’s presence in the western United States. Submitting an application to the City marks the beginning of the governmental app... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IKEA-colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-5M-passengers.html Denver International Airport recorded 5,000,505 passengers in July, the first time that monthly traffic at the Denver airport has topped the 5 million mark. The July total was 3.7 percent higher than the 4,821,082 passengers recorded during the same month last year. July marked the 19th straight mo... Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-5M-passengers.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/economic-viability-February-summary.html Several recent rankings in job market strength, residential real estate, and livability highlight Metro Denver’s relative stability in a turbulent economy, according to data compiled by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) in its Monthly Economic Summary for February ... Sat, 07 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/economic-viability-February-summary.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Cenergy-COO.html Tim Reeser, an entrepreneur and former technology company executive, has been named the chief operating officer of Cenergy, the business operations side of Colorado State University's Clean Energy Supercluster. Reeser, a CSU mechanical engineering alumnus, will be responsible for finding business o... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Cenergy-COO.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-biofuels-grant.html The biofuels industry in Colorado and around the nation has grown so complex that the next generation of scientists need to know all its angles - from the chemistry of making it to the economics of selling it, said Colorado State University Professor Ken Reardon, the recipient of a $3 million Nation... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-biofuels-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/forest-city-CSTP.html Developer Forest City Science + Technology Group broke ground September 4 at a noon event at the Colorado Science + Technology Park at Fitzsimons, a 184-acre business park dedicated to life science focused companies, by demolishing the old Fitzsimons smokestack to make way for new, state-of-the-art ... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/forest-city-CSTP.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Driving-Change.html Telemetry technology and Internet-based greenhouse gas management system supported pilot program which reduced idling more than 35% and CO2 emissions 10% Driving Change, the world's first Internet-based vehicular greenhouse gas (GHG) tracking system, announced Jan. 27 significant reductions in... Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Driving-Change.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-Business-Express.html Gov. Bill Ritter and Secretary of State Bernie Buescher today officially unveiled Colorado Business Express, an exciting new web service that puts Colorado at the forefront nationally of state-of-the-art online business assistance. "In these tough economic times, it's more important than ever to k... Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-Business-Express.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CBSA-venture-competition.html What do Apoplogic Pharmaceuticals, Inviragen and ValveXchange have in common? All three have been past winners of the BioWest Venture Showcase award. Rick Duke, Dan Stinchcomb and Ivan Vesely all report that winning the award provided them with local and national exposure that would normally be impo... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CBSA-venture-competition.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-research-expenditures.html Colorado State University's commitment to research helped push the university's research expenditures to nearly $303 million in fiscal year 2008 - a new record for the university at a time when competition for federal funding is at an all-time high. Year Total R&D 2003 $202 mil... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-research-expenditures.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-plant-discovery.html The flora of North America has a new member. A new plant species has been discovered in the Lone Mesa State Park in southwest Colorado by a Colorado State University botanist. Peggy Lyon, botanist with CSU's Colorado Natural Heritage program, and Al Schneider, a volunteer from the Colorado Native P... Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-plant-discovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-grant.html Following the Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission's, a program of Civic Results, "Dreaming a Lean & Green School: A Symposium on Healthy Food, Fitness and Environments" symposium, the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation awarded Civic Results an additional $10,000 grant to support a ... Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Lignol-Colorado.html Lignol Energy Corporation (Lignol), a leading technology company in the cellulosic ethanol and biorefining sector, announced August 28 that its U.S. subsidiary, Lignol Innovations Inc., is moving forward with its previously announced plan to construct a commercial demonstration cellulosic ethanol pl... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Lignol-Colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Vestas-DNC.html Major political leaders from Colorado joined Vestas at a press conference held today at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Against the backdrop of a 131-foot wind turbine blade from Vestas' factory in Windsor, Colorado, the participants discussed the company's rapid expansion in... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Vestas-DNC.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/enterprise-zone-expansion.html New boundaries will boost the number of businesses eligible for state tax incentives, create revitalization along Morrison Road More businesses in Denver will now be eligible for special state tax incentives available in the City’s Enterprise Zone, thanks to a recommendation made by the Office of E... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/enterprise-zone-expansion.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/World-Trade-Center-classes.html The Rocky Mountain World Trade Center Institute announced an introductory seminar on export fundamentals. Export Fundamentals: Stepping into the Global Arena is the first seminar in a four-course series to familiarize attendees with global trade opportunities and resources while examining a wide var... Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/World-Trade-Center-classes.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-marketing.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) is using some "unconventional" marketing to reach over 15,000 national and international media attending this week's 2008 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver. The Metro Denver EDC is a $250,000 corporate sponsor of the D... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-marketing.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/carbon-calculator.html The Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB) today unveiled an industry-leading tool to help green conventions, the first Carbon Calculator and Offset Program to be housed on a city's convention and visitor web site. Convention guests, event planners and other visitors can go online at visi... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/carbon-calculator.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Pew-Denver-favorite-city.html Where would Americans most like to live -- and how do they feel about the place they currently call home? A new national survey by the Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends project finds that nearly half (46%) of the public would rather live in a different type of community from the one... Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Pew-Denver-favorite-city.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/renewable-energy-excellent-awards.html Gov. Bill Ritter today announced the 2008 winners of the second annual "Governor's Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards." The awards honor the outstanding contributions made by individuals and organizations to protect Colorado's environment and provide clean power through renewable energy. "Colora... Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/renewable-energy-excellent-awards.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/economic-profile.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) today launched an online version of its 2008-2009 Metro Denver Economic Profile. This marketing piece provides the most concise and accurate data available anywhere for doing business in Metro Denver and Northern Colorado. "With D... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/economic-profile.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-zero-waste.html In an aggressive effort to recycle, eliminate waste and cut even more carbon emissions, the University of Colorado at Boulder announced August 5 the "Ralphie's Green Stampede" zero-waste and carbon-reduction program at Folsom Field. The goal is to move toward zero-waste at Folsom Field during the f... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-zero-waste.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-lab-gift.html Over the last year, two leading forces in the international world of thoroughbred racing and equine health have donated a total of $1.14 million to Colorado State University Professor Gordon Woods' laboratory to support his research using the horse as a model for understanding human cancer and other... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-lab-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FasTracks-poll.html Majority of respondents want entire FasTracks program completed by 2017, even if it requires additional tax Four years into the Regional Transportation District’s (RTD) 12- year FasTracks transit expansion program, 83 percent of metro-area residents say that approving FasTracks funding in 2004 was ... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FasTracks-poll.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthiest-community.html Despite recent headlines announcing that Colorado ranks lowest in the nation for obesity rates, the state's populace continues to tip the scales at a rising rate. The Metro Denver Health & Wellness Commission (MDHWC) and members of the Metro Mayors Caucus (Caucus) are taking strides to reverse this ... Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthiest-community.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/monthly-summary.html While commercial real estate in Metro Denver is not immune to nationwide financial woes, the region's markets remain highly competitive, according to data compiled by the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) in its Monthly Economic Summary for August 2008. Many companies... Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/monthly-summary.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cool-Energy-grant.html Cool Energy, Inc., a clean energy technology company, announced that it has been awarded $500,000 in a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation. The focus of the sponsored commercialization program is the SolarHeartTM System, a solar energy appro... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cool-Energy-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-fellowship-DoD.html University of Colorado at Boulder physics Distinguished Professor Margaret Murnane has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the U.S. Department of Defense. Murnane was one of eight fellows selected in the inaugural round of the program, which provides up to $3 mi... Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-fellowship-DoD.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/public-INVESCO.html The City and County of Denver announced August 4 details of the public viewing area/demonstration zone to be available on the final day of the Democratic National Convention – Thursday, August 28, 2008 – for the general public to express views within sight and sound of delegates entering INVESC... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/public-INVESCO.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DOCA-DialogCity.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs will present Dialog:City: An Event Converging Art, Democracy and Digital Media, an official public program of the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee, August 21 through August 29. World-renowned artists, ranging from a MacArthur Fellow to a leading “green” de... Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DOCA-DialogCity.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-SpaceDev-eSpace.html The University of Colorado at Boulder, a national leader in aerospace engineering, and SpaceDev Inc., a leading entrepreneurial space company located in Louisville, Colo., have partnered to create eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship. eSpace is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to cre... Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-SpaceDev-eSpace.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-supercluster-KromaTiD.html A bioscience company dedicated to improving detection of DNA damage on a scale never before possible has been born from Colorado State University's Cancer Supercluster. The process may someday help doctors to better identify people at risk of developing cancer, improve treatments and even uncover un... Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-supercluster-KromaTiD.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-top-company.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce July 31 was named one of the best companies to work for in Colorado by the Colorado State Council of the Society of Human Resources, Jobing.com, and ColoradoBiz Magazine. Forty Colorado-based companies received honors at a luncheon at the Seawell Ballroom, which... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-top-company.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-events.html Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper launched a regional marketing campaign July 31 promoting the diverse list of events, programs and festivals that will be taking place around the 2008 Democratic National Convention. From viewing an original copy of the Declaration of Independence to world-class art to... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-events.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Chamber-congressional-meeting.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce hosted members of Colorado's congressional delegation, Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., senior legislative leadership from both political parties and several members of the Chamber's Board of Directors today to coordinate public and private sector goals and begin discu... Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Chamber-congressional-meeting.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bioscience-Colorado-roadmap.html Gov. Bill Ritter, the Colorado BioScience Association and Colorado Office of Economic Development today released the Colorado Bioscience Roadmap 2008 report, which shows impressive gains for Colorado’s bioscience sector and provides an updated growth plan for the future. The report found that Color... Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bioscience-Colorado-roadmap.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aaia-acquires-former-adam-aircraft--details-ops-plan.html AAI Acquisition, Inc. (AAIA), a U.S. company and the successor to the former Adam Aircraft Industries, announced on July 31, 2008 that significant steps have been made in its plan to resume operations. Key to the comeback is the naming of veteran aviation executive Jack Braly as the n... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aaia-acquires-former-adam-aircraft--details-ops-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-cancer-research.html Two of the nation's top cancer research centers recently celebrated a 20-year research collaboration that has resulted in breakthroughs in cancer treatment. For the past two decades, scientists from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado have partnered on human and animal cancer re... Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-cancer-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NEED-grants.html Gov. Bill Ritter and Energy Office Director Tom Plant announced on Jan. 21, 2009 that more than $370,000 in New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants are being awarded to eight organizations in biomass, energy efficiency, wind, solar and other projects to help create jobs and strengthen local ec... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NEED-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-economic-forecast.html Today, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) presented the 2009 Economic Forecast for Metro Denver at Vectra Bank's 16th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast. Chief Economist Patty Silverstein and Executive Vice President Tom Clark presented the year-in-review and a five... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-economic-forecast.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-alliance.html The Alliance for Sustainable Energy, selected July 29 by the U.S. Department of Energy as the next management contractor of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., includes the University of Colorado at Boulder as a major university partner. Led by the Midwest Research Institute ... Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-alliance.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-parade-route.html The City and County of Denver announced July 28 details of the Designated Parade Route to be available on the final day of the Democratic National Convention – Thursday, August 28, 2008 - for groups seeking to march toward INVESCO Field at Mile High. Details of additional transportation impacts for ... Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-parade-route.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-income.html Colorado State University and its Colorado-based alumni generate about $4.1 billion in household income, making it one of the most significant economic growth engines in the state, according to a report by two state economists at CSU. The earnings represent 3.1 percent of Colorado's total household... Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-income.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-budget-balance.html Budget Director Todd Saliman presented the Joint Budget Committee with Gov. Ritter’s initial set of recommendations to close a projected $1 billion shortfall over the next 18 months on Jan 16. Gov. Ritter’s $631.9 million budget-balancing plan for current FY08-09 calls for a three-tiered strategy t... Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-budget-balance.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-fleet.html The U.S. Department of Energy and NREL hosted a rally of 18 advanced vehicles from eight manufacturers on July 25. The cars and trucks offered an impressive preview of "Test Fleet NREL" — a variety of vehicles that will be cruising around the national laboratory's campus in the coming months and ser... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-fleet.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/brookings.html The southern Intermountain West region of the nation is experiencing rapid changes that may soon make it the "New American Heartland," according to a report released July 22 by Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Five states—Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah—currently hold some of t... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/brookings.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-microscope-award.html A tabletop microscope developed by a team of Colorado State and Berkeley researchers has been recognized by R&D Magazine as one of the Top 100 most significant technological advances for 2008. The microscope uses light beams of wavelength 10 times shorter than visible light — known as extreme ultrav... Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-microscope-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/25M-mortgage-credit-denver.html The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) recently received $25 million in funding to launch a Mortgage Credit Certificate Program to prevent foreclosures and spur the revitalization of neighborhoods impacted by foreclosure. The program, to be launched in May, is funded through $15 million fro... Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/25M-mortgage-credit-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-environment-school.html Colorado State University unveiled plans on July 22 for the state's first School of Global Environmental Sustainability to streamline the university's internationally recognized environmental research and to prepare students for the growing "green" workforce. The School of Global Environmental Sust... Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-environment-school.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-commuting.html After extensive preparation and work with local, state and federal transportation and security officials to meet Democratic National Convention needs while keeping downtown Denver open and accessible, the City and County of Denver provided information Wednesday about local mobility and access during... Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-commuting.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/New-Belgium-sustainability-report.html New Belgium Brewing, the nation's third largest craft brewer, recently unveiled its first-ever corporate sustainability report -- a revealing look at the progress and challenges of operating a sustainable business. The 2007-2008 report outlines New Belgium's "Triple Bottom Line" approach to busine... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/New-Belgium-sustainability-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aerospace-bolsters-economy.html The aerospace and defense industry is a source of economic strength that should be tapped in the stimulus bill to help lead our nation out of very challenging times, AIA President and CEO Marion Blakey said Jan 15. Speaking during a National Aeronautics Association luncheon, Blakey said one way to... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aerospace-bolsters-economy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FAA-DIA-funding.html The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its intention to give $28 million to Denver International Airport for ground capacity enhancing projects. "This is money well spent," said Robert A. Sturgell, the FAA's acting administrator. "It's a boost for De... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/FAA-DIA-funding.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-climate-change.html Following July's G8 Summit, during which world leaders addressed the pressing issue of global warming, Gov. Bill Ritter announced he is embarking on a weeklong climate-change expedition to the Norwegian Arctic. The expedition, which runs through July 19, was organized and is being hosted by th... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-climate-change.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Charles-Schwab-expansion.html Gov. Bill Ritter and the Charles Schwab Corp. announced Jan. 15 that Schwab is expanding its Colorado operations, with plans to add more than 500 new jobs in Douglas County. "Over the past few months, Colorado has been somewhat buffered from the global economic crisis," Gov. Ritter said. "We remain... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Charles-Schwab-expansion.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-bicycle-share-program.html Mayor John Hickenlooper and several community partners today announced plans for a citywide bike sharing program – Denver B-Cycle – that will make 500 bikes available to the public at 30 to 40 stations throughout the city beginning this summer. Denver will be one of the first cities nationwide to la... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-bicycle-share-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nano-summit.html The NanoBusiness Alliance, the world's leading nanotechnology trade association and the Colorado Nanotechnology Alliance announced that it is launching a new conference, The Nano Renewable Energy Summit, to be held in Denver, Colorado from July 20 – 22, 2008. The Nano Renewable Energy Summit is a g... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nano-summit.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-best-business-state.html Gov. Bill Ritter praised a new report that names Colorado to CNBC's prestigious annual list of America's Top States for Business, which ranks Colorado No. 5 and specifically cites the state's New Energy Economy. CNBC analyzed 40 factors in 10 broad categories. Colorado's highest rankings came in th... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-best-business-state.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-ResearchAmerica.html Barry Beaty, Colorado State University Distinguished Professor and infectious disease expert, has been selected to join a group of 25 experts in global health research who will advocate for greater U.S. investment in global health research. These experts join 50 of their peers in Research!America's ... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-ResearchAmerica.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Stardust-fly-by.html On Jan. 14, NASA's Stardust-NExT spacecraft will fly by Earth during a gravity assist maneuver that will increase its velocity and sling shot the spacecraft into an orbit to meet up with comet Tempel 1 in February 2011. Flight operations for the spacecraft are performed from Lockheed Martin's Missio... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Stardust-fly-by.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-Spain.html Gov. Bill Ritter, Energy Office Director Tom Plant, and Economic Development Director Don Elliman went to Spain on an overseas investment mission focused on renewable energy. They visited Madrid July 7 through July 9, meeting with several renewable energy companies that visited Colorado in February.... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-Spain.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clearskiessolar.html Clear Skies Solar, Inc., a leading developer of solar energy products and a full-service solar power integration provider, announced April 1 that the company will open a new office in Golden, Colorado to provide operations in the entire Colorado region and ultimately deliver engineering support to t... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clearskiessolar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/News-Gator-VC.html A difficult economic environment has not slowed social computing company NewsGator Technologies, which has just concluded the strongest quarter in its history with record revenue, a long list of new customers, and $10 million in new funding. NewsGator’s NetNewsWire RSS reader was also named one of ... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/News-Gator-VC.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Xcel-RFP.html Xcel Energy will seek to acquire approximately 2,200 megawatts of electric generation supply for its Colorado customers between now and 2015, through an all-source request for proposal (RFP) issued today by the company. The RFP is part of the most recent 2007 Colorado Resource Plan (CRP) approved by... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Xcel-RFP.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boettcher-webb-cu.html Colorado's medical research industry will receive a boost of up to $40 million by the creation of a grant program aimed at advancing medical research. The program is the result of an innovative agreement among the Boettcher Foundation, the Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research and the Univer... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boettcher-webb-cu.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ConocoPhillips-C2B2.html ConocoPhillips announced July 1 it has signed a $5 million, multiyear sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels. Th... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ConocoPhillips-C2B2.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-lunar-grants.html The University of Colorado at Boulder was awarded two grants totaling $11 million today from NASA's Lunar Science Institute to probe the cosmos from observatories on the moon and to conduct science and safety investigations on the dusty lunar surface and its atmosphere. The two CU-Boulder grants fr... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-lunar-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-dust-detector.html The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a $6 million grant from NASA to build a high-tech lunar dust detector for a 2011 mission to orbit the moon and conduct science investigations of the dusty lunar surface and its atmosphere. Known as the Lunar Dust Experiment, or LDEX, the instru... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-dust-detector.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unCONVENTIONally.html Beginning June 30th, Downtown Denver employees who typically drive to work alone will be offered an incentive to leave their cars at home during the month of August in exchange for using transit, walking, bicycling or carpooling. The program will reward participants with a $100 VISA gift card if the... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unCONVENTIONally.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cybercities.html AeA, the nation’s largest technology trade association representing all segments of the high-tech industry, released Cybercities 2008: An Overview of the High-Technology Industry in the Nation's Top 60 Cities, on June 24, 2008, ranking Boulder second in the nation for tech-worker concentration.... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Cybercities.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-tech-transfer-awards.html The University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office benefits both the University and the people of Colorado—for example, in the last 15 years, 83 companies have been formed based on CU Intellectual Property (IP) and of  those, 67 have operations in Colorado, five have become publicly traded c... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-tech-transfer-awards.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-HHMI-genomes.html The University of Colorado at Boulder is one of 12 colleges selected today by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to participate in the Science Education Alliance, an ambitious higher education program designed to involve freshmen in scientific discovery on a national scale. The 12 schools particip... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-HHMI-genomes.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UCD-NIH-grant.html The University of Colorado Denver announced on May 29, 2008 that it has received a $76 million, five-year grant to speed biomedical discoveries from laboratories to the lives of citizens. The grant from the National Institutes of Health is the largest research and training award in the sta... Wed, 28 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UCD-NIH-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tourism-2007.html A report released by the Colorado Tourism Office says a record 28 million people visited Colorado last year. Figures released Tuesday also indicate tourism contributed more than $9.8 billion to the state's economy in 2007, a 10 percent increase from 2006. The state tourism office says that these num... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tourism-2007.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AVA-Solar-Business-Week.html BusinessWeek's online edition has named AVA Solar, a Colorado State University spinoff, one of the most successful startups in the nation for 2008 and one of 25 "hot" companies. The online magazine listed the company among an exclusive list of organizations nationally that had raised the most ventu... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AVA-Solar-Business-Week.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Metro-Denver-NY-Times.html Metro Denver received high-level national exposure in today's Square Feet real estate section of The New York Times. The article, entitled "Denver Aims to Ride Out the Recession," highlights the region's steady real estate market, diverse industries, expanding mass transit, and growth in renewable ... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Metro-Denver-NY-Times.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Milken-index.html Massachusetts ranks first in the Milken Institute’s 2008 State Technology and Science Index, followed by Maryland, Colorado, and California. According to the report, regional competition for technology industries has increased since the last release of the Index in 2004. Not only are states vying wi... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Milken-index.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ConocoPhillips-location.html ConocoPhillips wants its new Colorado campus to be able to handle at least 7,000 workers within the next 20 years, which could put it on track to become one of the five largest employers in the Denver area. The Houston-based oil giant plans to transform the site in Louisville, just northwest of Den... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ConocoPhillips-location.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DMCC-policy-briefing.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce released its third annual public policy briefing Jan. 6. “Too many Americans will not escape this recession unscathed,” said Joe Blake, president and CEO of the Chamber. “The challenge we are faced with as a state is to get Colorado back to work— our opportunity... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DMCC-policy-briefing.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/legislative-preview-2009.html The First Regular Session of the 67th Colorado General Assembly convened on January 7, 2009. Two major issues--the state budget and transportation funding--will be the focus of the upcoming session, according to Danny Tomlinson, lobbyist for the Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC). In... Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/legislative-preview-2009.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/xcel-wind.html The 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be powered with clean, renewable wind and solar energy, Xcel Energy announced on June 9, 2008. This is also the first time the same electric utility will serve both conventions in separate cities in the same year. The DNC takes place Aug. ... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/xcel-wind.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BIO2008.html Colorado Governor Bill Ritter will attend BIO 2008 in San Diego, California, June 18, 2008, marketing the State's bioscience sector to more than 20,000 bioscience company executives, researchers, economic development agencies and service providers attending the four-day event. A Colorado Pavilion, o... Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BIO2008.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-population-fast-growth.html Top 10 fastest-growing StateRank PercentChange 1. Utah 2.5 2. Arizona 2.3 3. Texas 2.0 4. North Carolina 2.0 5. Colorado 2.0 6. Idaho 1.8 7. Wyoming 1.8 8. Nevada 1.8 9. Georgia 1.7 10. South Carolina 1.7 Colorado was the nation’s fifth fastest-gro... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-population-fast-growth.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-50-million-passenger.html Denver International Airport’s 50 millionth passenger passed through the facility Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008. "We thank our citizens from throughout Denver, Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region who have given this airport their business and helped make it one of the world's busiest airports," said De... Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-50-million-passenger.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/constant-contact.html Constant Contact Inc. (NasdaqGM: CTCT), a leading provider of email marketing and online surveys for small organizations, announced plans on June 4, 2008 to open a second office in Loveland, Colo., which marks the company’s first expansion beyond its current corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massac... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/constant-contact.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/siemens-wind.html Siemens Energy announced on June 4, 2008 that it will establish its U.S. wind turbine R&D competence center in Boulder. The facility is expected to employ an estimated 50 people and will focus on atmospheric science research, aerodynamic blade design, structural dynamics, and wind turbine dispatch p... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/siemens-wind.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/C2B2-seed-funding.html The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels known as C2B2, a partnership of four Colorado institutions headquartered at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has announced 12 proposals that have been selected for funding through its 2008 seed grant program. This year's seed grants were select... Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/C2B2-seed-funding.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Brighton-DOLA-grant.html The City of Brighton has been notified by the State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs, DOLA, that it has been approved to receive a two million dollar grant to assist in making approximately eight million dollars of infrastructure and roadway improvements to Weld County Roads 4 and 6. The ann... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Brighton-DOLA-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-wind.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced projects on June 3, 2008 that will enhance the nation’s ability to realize the full potential of wind power across the United States. NREL is located in Golden, Colo. The projects include: a new wind turbine ... Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-wind.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NMI.html The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) today launched a new initiative, aimed at strengthening business districts and their surrounding neighborhoods citywide. Mayor John Hickenlooper, City Council members and community and business leaders celebrated the launch of the Denver Neighborhood M... Thu, 01 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NMI.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-econ-proposal.html Joined by statewide business leaders and a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Gov. Bill Ritter announced Dec. 18 his job-creation and economic-development proposals for the upcoming 2009 legislative session, which will: Provide tax-credit incentives for companies that create at least 20 new jobs. P... Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-econ-proposal.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Bolder-BioTechnology.html Bolder BioTechnology, Inc. announced Dec. 16 that it has been awarded a $1.9 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of The National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grant will be used to perform addi... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Bolder-BioTechnology.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/drivingchange.html Driving Change, the world’s first vehicular greenhouse gas (GHG) management and reduction pilot program, launched March 12 at an event led by Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper and Driving Change developers, stakeholders, and participants. In an effort to identify new ways for drivers to address GHG ... Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/drivingchange.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/business-legislation.html On April 24, 2008, the Colorado Senate released a landmark package of economic development bills designed to invest in local businesses and bring financial security and new prosperity to Colorado. “We are creating a new energy economy to lead us in to the 21st century,” said Senate President ... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/business-legislation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CORHIO.html Colorado has become one of the first states in the nation to demonstrate that electronic health information can be securely shared between hospitals and health care organizations at a statewide level. This data exchange will benefit more than 1 million Coloradans. The effort, a key component of Gov... Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CORHIO.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AeroMexico-adds-Denver.html AeroMexico, the global airline of Latin America, has announced that it will expand its North American operations significantly with new service to Toronto, Canada, San Francisco and Denver in early 2009. Service in each market will include daily, non-stop flights to Mexico City with connecting servi... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/AeroMexico-adds-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/HB-1001.html Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law a measure that will provide $26.5 million to expand Colorado's bioscience industry April 24. The bill will expedite the transfer of research from the lab to the marketplace. House Bill 1001, sponsored by Rep. Jim Riesberg and Sen. Bob Bacon, establishes the Colorado... Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/HB-1001.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-research-center.html The newest research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory aims to find ways to directly convert the sun's energy to low-cost electricity and fuels. The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP), announced on April 21, 2008 by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, U.S. Sen.... Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-research-center.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/statewide-stimulus.html Plans include speeding infrastructure improvements & creating community-generated economic stimulus package for Denver area Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and area business leaders  announced state and local efforts on December 12, 2008 to stimulate the econ... Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/statewide-stimulus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-construction-opportunities.html On Tuesday, December 16, Denver metro-area design and construction companies are invited to attend an open house to learn about business contracting opportunities arising from the City of Denver ‘s $550 million dollar Better Denver Bond and the Denver Public Schools’ $454 million dollar bond issue.&... Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-construction-opportunities.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSC-website.html The Colorado Space Coalition (CSC) launched its new Web site, www.spacecolorado.org, on April 8, 2008 as the country's top aerospace leaders gathered in Colorado Springs for the 24th National Space Symposium (NSS). Over 7,500 people will attend the NSS, including senior aerospace executive leadersh... Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSC-website.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-america.html U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Samuel W. Bodman announced that DOE will make available up to $2.4 million to 12 cities across the country selected as Solar America Cities, chosen for their commitment and comprehensive approach to the deployment of solar technologies and the development of... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-america.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Sport-Accord-2009.html The Metro Denver Sports Commission (MDSC) is pleased to announce that Denver has been selected to host Sportaccord 2009, the seventh annual International Sports Convention that brings together members of the International Sports Federations; the International Olympic Committee (IOC); National Olympi... Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Sport-Accord-2009.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-milestone.html Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, today announced that it has achieved greater than 9.5% efficiency for its flexible Copper, Indium, Gallium, Selenide (CIGS) monolithically integrated modules. The U.S. Department of Energy’s National... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ascent-Solar-milestone.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RES-americas.html Renewable Energy Systems Americas, Inc. (RES-Americas), a national leader in the development and construction of renewable wind energy, announced the relocation of their corporate headquarters to Broomfield. Business operations commenced at the new site on March 24, 2008. The company was based ... Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RES-americas.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-cenergy.html Colorado State University announced March 20 an innovative model to rapidly move the university's clean energy research into the global marketplace, creating new companies and jobs that enhance the state's economy while improving lives throughout the world. "Through its leadership as a green univer... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-cenergy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hexel-corp.html Gov. Bill Ritter welcomed Hexcel Corporation to Colorado's New Energy Economy on Dec. 9, 2008 following news that the Connecticut-based manufacturer intends to open a plant in Windsor next year.  Hexcel, a producer of carbon fiber and other advanced composite materials, is a supplier to Vestas... Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hexel-corp.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Stimulus.html Gov. Bill Ritter joined the nation's governors on Dec. 2, 2008 in sharing their ideas with President-elect Obama on how an economic-recovery package could best create new jobs and spur economic growth in their states. Gov. Ritter is particularly focused on a recovery package that includes investme... Sun, 07 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Stimulus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSC-briefing.html Colorado is well-positioned to remain a leader in the aerospace and aeronautics industries, members of Colorado’s congressional delegation said March 17, 2008. United States Senator Ken Salazar and Representative Mark Udall spoke to members of the Colorado Space Coalition (CSC), assuring the group ... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSC-briefing.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/smart-grid.html Boulder, Colo., to be fully integrated smart electricity city Xcel Energy announced on March 12, 2008 that it will put in motion its vision to make Boulder, Colo. the nation’s first fully integrated Smart Grid City. The advanced, smart grid system – when fully implemented over the next f... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/smart-grid.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Times-Square.html Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper today unveiled the Mile High City’s window display on ABC News’ “Good Morning America.”  Denver was one of three cities selected (along with Atlanta, Ga., and Kansas City, Kan.) to decorate a window at the ABC Studios, located in Times Square at 44th and Broadway.... Sat, 06 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-Times-Square.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biz-finance-forums.html As part of his continued focus on Colorado's economy, Gov. Bill Ritter today announced a series of statewide Small Business Finance Forums to help small businesses survive the ongoing financial crisis. Starting Dec. 11 in Pueblo, the six free forums -- "Surviving Tough Times: Counseling, Tools and ... Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biz-finance-forums.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-astronaut.html NASA's space shuttle Endeavour will be carrying a former University of Colorado at Boulder postdoctoral researcher, a campus-built biomedical payload and two CU educational experiments when it blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on Tuesday, March 11. Takao Doi, who conducted postdoctoral work at CU... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-astronaut.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-plant.html WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) - The world's largest wind-turbine maker officially opened its first U.S. manufacturing plant March 6, 2008 on Colorado's northern plains, where it expects to produce blades for 600 turbines a year. Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems will eventually employ about 650 wor... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-plant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MarketWatch-study.html Metro Denver ranked as the third-best metro area for business in 2008, according to a study released Dec. 2, 2008 by MarketWatch, a division of Dow Jones’ Consumer Media Group. Minneapolis-St. Paul and Boston took the No. 1 and 2 spots, respectively.MarketWatch evaluated the 50 largest metro areas, ... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MarketWatch-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Northwest-Parkway-solar.html Tech-Western, Inc. has initiated the process to convert the Northwest Parkway facilities to an environmentally sound operation functioning exclusively on solar power. Approximately thirty individual systems will be built across the Parkway at a total project cost of approximately sixteen million dol... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Northwest-Parkway-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bio-boost.html The Colorado House gave a big boost to a critical economic development project on Tuesday. A bill expanding Colorado's much lauded Bioscience Discoveries Grant Program passed the House by an initial voice vote. House Bill 1001 – sponsored by State Representative Jim Riesberg (D-Greeley) – will make ... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bio-boost.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NASA-CU.html NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1 million to lead the study of a space observatory to find Earth-like planets in distant solar systems and open the search for life outside our solar system. A second proposal from the Naval Research Laboratory involving CU-Boulder also was se... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NASA-CU.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Lockheed-GOES-R.html The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced it has selected Lockheed Martin for award of a contract to build the next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series, known as GOES-R, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The bas... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Lockheed-GOES-R.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/GEO-2008.html Colorado's Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) released its first annual report for Fiscal Year 2008, including details of the office’s programs, budget and accomplishments. "The programs at the energy office have advanced many renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies, businesses and installa... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/GEO-2008.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/conocophillips.html Metro Denver’s burgeoning energy economy got another boost when Houston-based ConocoPhillips announced plans on February 20, 2008 to establish a new Global Technology and Corporate Learning Center at the former Storage Technology campus in Louisville, CO. ConocoPhillips, the country’s third-largest... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/conocophillips.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cochlear.html Cochlear Americas, the world’s leader in advanced hearing solutions, announced that it has signed a long-term lease agreement to relocate its U.S. headquarters to Creekside at Cherry Creek office park in the city of Centennial, Colorado. As the anchor tenant, Cochlear Americas will occupy more than... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cochlear.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-plant.html With the spark from a high intensity road flare, engineers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory lit its new, smoke-free Renewable Fuels Heating Plant on Nov. 20, 2008. The $3.3 million project is the Laboratory's latest step toward operating as a net-zero energy f... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-plant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Commerce-City-ED-director.html With input from local business and citizens, Commerce City has named Brittany Morris as the new director of economic development. Morris will join the city on Dec. 15 as a member of the city’s executive staff, according to City Manager Jerry Flannery. "I was extremely pleased with the pool of appl... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Commerce-City-ED-director.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIAL.html With the official consolidation of the former DIA Partnership into the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) on January 1, 2008, the newly formed DIA Leadership Committee (DIAL) is working to advance the economic potential of Denver International Airport (DIA) as well as t... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIAL.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar.html Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art, thinfilm photovoltaic modules, announced in February 2008 the purchase of a large-scale manufacturing facility expected to house the company’s new world headquarters and planned commercial manufacturing operati... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ascent-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nobel-laureate-tom-cech-returns-to-cu.html Howard Hughes Medical Institute President and University of Colorado at Boulder Distinguished Professor Tom Cech announced today that he will step down as the top HHMI administrator and return to CU in spring 2009 to resume his research and teaching. Cech, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in chemis... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nobel-laureate-tom-cech-returns-to-cu.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/john-collar-CBSA.html John Collar, Chief Operating Officer of Westminster-based Matrilinex, a start up mitochondrial DNA testing lab company, has been named Executive Director of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), effective December 8, 2008. The announcement is made by Jack Wheeler, CBSA Board Chair, who says Co... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/john-collar-CBSA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/transportation-report.html Gov. Bill Ritter today presented his Blue Ribbon Transportation Panel’s final report – "A Report to the People" – to the legislature's joint Transportation Caucus. Gov. Ritter praised the 32-member Transportation Panel, including co-chairs Bob Tointon, State Treasurer Cary Kennedy and Colorado Tran... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/transportation-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-traffic.html A total of 49,863,352 passengers used Denver International Airport (DIA) in 2007, shattering the previous record that was set just the year before. The 2007 total was 5.4 percent higher than the 47,326,506 travelers recorded at DIA in 2006.    The 2007 total was helped by a reco... Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-traffic.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/frame-Denver.html ABC News’ Good Morning America has selected Denver to be one of three cities featured in the window of their Times Square studio, offering the Mile High City an unprecedented opportunity for national publicity to millions of viewers and New Yorkers. Ten cities competed for the opportunity with ... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/frame-Denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/retail-forecast.html      Patty Silverstein Business Leaders Confidence Index Shopping Contact Patty Written by Patty Silverstein, chief economist for the Metro Denver EDC, this section identifies major issues affecting the economy and answers frequently asked questions. ‘Tis the season... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/retail-forecast.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDM-tradeshow.html Representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) and six of the state’s economic development entities marketed Colorado as a desirable medical device manufacturing hub at the 24th annual Medical Device & Manufacturing (MD&M) West Expo. More than 16,000 product development profess... Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDM-tradeshow.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-grants.html The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative announced award recipients for its Workforce Innovation Grant program on Jan. 24, 2008. WIRED has awarded approximately $2.5 million to 10 area partnerships proposing innovative talent-development solutions to address industry workforce shortages in the nine-county ... Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/business-financing.html Denver Office of Economic Development convenes panel discussion on business/developer financing The Denver Office of Economic Development invites businesses, entrepreneurs and developers to a business financing forum, Thursday, December 4, 2008, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Invesco Field at Mile High... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/business-financing.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-panels-Capitol.html Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien today announced the continued greening of the Colorado's State Capitol with the installation of a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on the historical building. "Today's installation shows that Colorado state government is leading by example in the creation of Colorado's New E... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solar-panels-Capitol.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2008-forecast.html Today, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) presented the 2008 Economic Forecast for Metro Denver at Vectra Bank's 15th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast. Chief Economist Patty Silverstein and Executive Vice President Tom Clark presented 2008 economic projections and... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2008-forecast.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-hotel.html Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper announced the selection of Westin Hotels & Resorts to build a 500-room luxury hotel at Denver International Airport (DIA). Westin is owned by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. "A Westin hotel at DIA will strengthen its standing as a world-class airport and enha... Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-hotel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-brilliant10.html Popular Science magazine has named University of Colorado at Boulder chemical and biological engineering Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth as one of its "Brilliant 10" for 2008, honoring her as one of the nation's top young scientists. Anseth, 40, a faculty member in the College of Engineering ... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-brilliant10.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Asia-Mission.html Gov. Bill Ritter and a delegation of Colorado business, economic development and university officials wrapped up a 10-day trade mission to Asia today, meeting with private companies, government officials and business organizations such as the American Chamber of Commerce. The delegation returns to ... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Asia-Mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SWA-flights.html Southwest Airlines announced that it is refining its schedule beginning May 10, 2008. Through the elimination of 57 existing roundtrip flights from its May flight schedule, Southwest will add 40 roundtrip flights in key growth markets including Denver. “These additional flights to the area ar... Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SWA-flights.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Competitiveness-Study.html Annual benchmark study examines competitive factors related to economic growth In the third edition of Toward a More Competitive Colorado released January 7, 2008, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) released its annual benchmarking of Colorado’s strengths, challeng... Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Competitiveness-Study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/8th-continent-aerospace-incubator.html The nation’s first aerospace business incubator opened it doors Nov. 19 at the Colorado School of Mines, positioning the state as a global economic center for the commercialization of space-derived technologies. With primary funding from the Colorado Economic Development Commission (EDC), the 8th C... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/8th-continent-aerospace-incubator.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-water-engineering.html Saudi Arabia honored Chih Ted Yang, a civil engineering professor at Colorado State University, with an international prize for water engineering - one of most prestigious awards for water-related subjects in the world. Yang is the recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize fo... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-water-engineering.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/exceed-fundraising.html Creating jobs, promoting mobility, and marketing Metro Denver top goals The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) has surpassed its BreakThrough! Denver campaign target of $12.5 million, raising $13.3 million. The $13.3 million is combined cash and in-kind donations from... Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/exceed-fundraising.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IBM.html IBM Corp. announced in June 2007 a $86 million data center expansion that will add an additional 80,000 square feet of data center space to its Boulder facility. IBM will use state-of-the-art technology to build a "green data center" to help IBM and its clients reduce energy costs. IBM... Fri, 15 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IBM.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-energy-symposium.html The CU-Boulder Energy Initiative, in partnership with regional federal labs, hosted an Energy Research Symposium on November 17, 2008 at the University Memorial Center on the CU-Boulder Campus. The symposium began with a keynote address by Daniel Kammen, Professor in the Energy and Resources ... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-energy-symposium.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Envirofit-Rolex.html Today, Envirofit International, a leader in creating sustainable, scalable business models to solve global health and environmental problems, announced that Tim Bauer, company co-founder and vice president of operations, will be honored as one of ten winners of the prestigious 2008 Rolex Awards for ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Envirofit-Rolex.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/visit-denver.html For 99 years, the city’s convention and tourism marketing agency has gone by a variety of names, everything from the Denver Tourist and Publicity Bureau to the most recent Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. "It’s a mouthful of a name that everyone from the Mayor to our own Board of Directors... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/visit-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI.html The Urban Land Institute (ULI) hosted its largest meeting in history last week bringing in over 6,000 of the nation's most influential land-use experts. The convention kicked off its forum of special interest tours, information sessions, and prominent guest speakers on a snowy Tuesday morning. Tom ... Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/corenet-global.html More than 2,500 corporate real estate industry executives are expected to gather in downtown Denver at the Colorado Convention Center, April 29 – May 2, 2007 for the "Super Bowl" of corporate and commercial real estate – the CoreNet Global Summit. "The CoreNet Global Summit has been described as th... Thu, 25 May 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/corenet-global.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-anonymous-gift.html At a time when mental health services are shrinking, Colorado communities served by specially educated mental health nurses just received significant reassurance that this incredibly important care provided by advanced practice nurses will continue. The College of Nursing at the University of Colora... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-anonymous-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Solix-series-A.html Solix Biofuels, a Fort Collins-based alternative energy technology firm focused on algae-based intermediates for fuel and chemical production, announced it has raised $10.5 million in its first round of outside funding, and has reached an agreement with investors for an additional commitment of $5 m... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Solix-series-A.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-munich.html Yearly economic impact of Munich flight estimated at $108 million Lufthansa joined Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Denver International Airport (DIA), the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) to ann... Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-munich.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ecodevoplan-nov-dec.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced a series of aggressive economic-development initiatives that will be launched in November and December to keep Coloradans working and the state's economy strong amid the national downturn. "Around the country and around the globe, we are facing unprecedented economic circ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ecodevoplan-nov-dec.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Asia-mission.html Gov. Bill Ritter today opened a Colorado economic development and trade mission to Asia, meeting in Tokyo with officials from All Nippon Airways, a Japanese vice minister for foreign affairs and U.S. trade and embassy officials.  "Colorado is very focused on building an economy around 21st cen... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Asia-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sport-accord.html Metro Denver Sports Commission to host international sports conference for 2009 The Metro Denver Sports Commission (MDSC) announced on April 30, 2007 that Denver has been selected to host SportAccord 2009, the 7th annual International Sports Convention that brings together International Sports Fed... Tue, 08 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sport-accord.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/culture-study.html People may consider theaters, museums and other arts, cultural and scientific nonprofits to be "organizations" or "institutions." But in actuality, they are businesses. They employ operations and marketing professionals, accountants, managers, executives and the like in addition to artists. As is th... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/culture-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NCAA-Division-I-Final-Four.html NCAA Women’s Basketball Final Four to be held in Denver in 2012 The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee announced on Nov. 14, 2008 that Denver will be the host city of the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Final Four. It marks the first time Denver will serve as host of the... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NCAA-Division-I-Final-Four.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-and-business-leaders-announce-asia-mission.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced today that 40 Colorado business, economic-development and research leaders will travel with him to Japan and China later this month to encourage new business and investment opportunities that will bring long-term benefits to Colorado's economy. "With the national and inte... Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-and-business-leaders-announce-asia-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aerospace-economy.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) released its 2007 Aerospace Industry Cluster Profile on September 19, 2007, which reported that Colorado’s aerospace economy has propelled to the nation’s No. 2 position for private aerospace employment. With 26,650 people employ... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aerospace-economy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-record-traffic.html A total of 4,017,761 passengers used Denver International Airport in September, a 1.7 percent increase over the 3,951,172 travelers recorded at the facility in the same month last year. It was the first time in the history of the Denver airport that the September passenger count exceeded 4 million, ... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-record-traffic.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-awards-08.html The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) released winners of its 2008 Awards Program.  The announcement was made by Christine Shapard, CBSA Interim Executive Director, who says the CBSA awards program showcases and honors those individuals and companies making a significant difference to Colo... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-awards-08.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/emerging-trends-report.html Denver was the only non-costal city ranked in the top tier of national cities to watch in the recently released Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2009 Report by the Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Nationally, 2009 is expected to be a challenging year for the commercial real estate indu... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/emerging-trends-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/creative-vitality.html First Creative Vitality Index (CVI) released The economic vitality of Denver's creative sector, or Creative Vitality Index (CVI), is almost three times greater than the national average, according to results of a study commissioned by the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA). The CVI is a weigh... Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/creative-vitality.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-workforce-study.html The Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative – a partnership among workforce development, economic development, education, and industry – today revealed its first Workforce Study, designed to understand the human resource needs of Metro Denver’s fastest-growing indust... Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-workforce-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-clean-energy-forum.html The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) convened its most successful clean energy investment forum to date October 28-30. The 21st Clean Energy Industry Growth Forum attracted about 500 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and policymakers. This year's Forum, oc... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-clean-energy-forum.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-budget-09-10.html Gov. Bill Ritter unveiled a lean budget for fiscal 2009-10, a proposal that will hold spending well below the state's growth limit, stimulate Colorado's economy and ensure that state government is able to continue providing essential public safety, health and education services. "The national and i... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-budget-09-10.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-report.html Increasing obesity rates spark need for healthy eating and active living initiatives The Metro Denver Health & Wellness Commission (MDHWC) released Metro Denver 2007: A Report on the Health & Wellness of Our Community on July 23, 2007, which shows that Metro Denver residents boast the best average... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-plan.html Plan to make Metro Denver 'America's Healthiest Community' will fight obesity in schools, worksites, and communities Despite having miles of trails, proximity to mountain recreation areas and a nationwide reputation for fitness, residents in the Metro Denver area are not as lean as some might thin... Fri, 18 May 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-agenda-EDCC.html Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter previewed his economic agenda for 2009 during the annual meeting of the Economic Developers Council of Colorado in Colorado Springs on October 29. He said while Colorado has the “eighth strongest” economy among all states, it is “not immune from the national and internatio... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2009-agenda-EDCC.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-CIMB-gift.html The University of Colorado announced a $5 million endowment gift from former Myogen CEO and local entrepreneur Bill Freytag and his wife, Janet, in support of the Colorado Initiative in Molecular Biotechnology, or CIMB, at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The endowment will support interdisci... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-CIMB-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas.html Deal brings 400 jobs, will 'catalyze' the region's renewable energy industry Vestas Wind Systems A/S of Randers, Denmark announced today that it will establish its first U.S.-based blade production facility at a 100-acre site in the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor. Vestas company offici... Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-honor-roll.html State earns top marks in national economic assessment Colorado not only has strong businesses, but it is well-positioned for future growth, according to a comprehensive assessment of state economies released in January 2007. The 20th Development Report Card for the States, released by the nonprofi... Tue, 02 Jan 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-honor-roll.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-2008.html More than 700 industry leaders will convene November 13 & 14 for the sixth annual BioWest event at the Grand Hyatt in Denver. "The BioWest Conference and Expo is the region’s preferred venue for visiting with researchers about their newest discoveries and meeting founders of the area’s most innova... Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/BioWest-2008.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-Culture-of-Health-Day.html Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien announced October 28, 2008 as Colorado Culture of Health Day at the Colorado Culture of Health: Exercising Fiscal Fitness Conference in Denver. O’Brien presented the School, Community and Worksite Wellness Recognition Awards to three individuals who have been... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-Culture-of-Health-Day.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA.html Partnership could bring 800 new aerospace jobs to Metro Denver HQ In December 2006, Boeing and Lockheed Martin announced the official completion of an agreement to combine the companies' expendable launch vehicle business under a 50/50 joint venture coined the United Launch Alliance (ULA). The ne... Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-c-change.html Rocky Mountain News - December 23, 2006 A "new set of eyes" on your community often reveals sea changes that have occurred so subtly that you missed them. In some ways, 2006 may have been one of those years where the external perception of Denver and Colorado changed but went unnoticed by those of... Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-c-change.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Northern-Colorado-colleges-universities-join-forces.html Aims Community College, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College, and the University of Northern Colorado are collaborating on a joint venture to more effectively and efficiently develop and train the region’s workforce for today’s global economy. The institutions enhance regional ... Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Northern-Colorado-colleges-universities-join-forces.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-COSMO3.html A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services, successfully launched the third Italian-built Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean Basin Observation or COSMO-SkyMed 3 satellite at 7:28 p.m., October 24. ULA successfully launched the first two Cosmo satel... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-COSMO3.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/energy-coalition.html Coalition unites energy players to promote Metro Denver as the "Balanced Energy Capital of the West" The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) on December 13, 2006 announced the launch of the Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC) – a consortium of leaders and stakeholders in Co... Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/energy-coalition.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/T-REX.html $1.67 billion project completed under budget and two years ahead of schedule The long-awaited T-REX Project (Transportation Expansion Project) opened in November 2006. Construction began in 2001 and completed under budget and nearly two years ahead of schedule. The T-REX project added 19 miles of ... Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/T-REX.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-NSF-computer-grant.html University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Alexander Repenning has been awarded a $1.4 million grant from the National Science Foundation for his work on the IDREAMS project, aimed at engaging students in computer science through game design and ultimately encouraging them to pursue careers in the ... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-NSF-computer-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DU-business-ranking.html The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business newspapers, based in London, ranked the University of Denver’s Daniels College of Business Executive MBA Program as one of the top EMBA programs in the world. According to the Financial Times 2008 EMBA rankings released today, Daniels is ranke... Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DU-business-ranking.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/housing-study.html The nation's housing scene is undeniably in a state of flux with many cities experiencing sluggish sales in the existing and new homes market and declining new home construction. Also, foreclosure rates have grown across the country. Metro Denver is not immune to the impacts of the national housing... Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/housing-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DAM.html Complex now includes Daniel Libeskind’s new Frederic C. Hamilton building The Denver Art Museum's enlarged campus opened to the public on October 7, 2006. The Museum, founded in 1893 and one of the largest art museums between Chicago and the West Coast, nearly doubles its facilities with the additi... Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DAM.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IBM-Amgen.html IBM Corp. inked a five-year, $500 million contract to provide information systems infrastructure services to Amgen Inc., the biotech giant disclosed October 23. IBM’s work will span services such as networks, help desk support, servers hosting applications and electronic messaging systems under the... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/IBM-Amgen.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Qwest-veterans-affairs.html The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected Qwest Communications International Inc. as its contractor for the delivery of voice and data services valued at approximately $60 million to connect the VA’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and nearly 1,300 hospitals, regional offices and o... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Qwest-veterans-affairs.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/greenprint-denver.html An economic and environmental action plan for Denver's future In his State of the City address on July 12, 2006, Mayor Hickenlooper announced a long-term, citywide initiative called Greenprint Denver to promote the importance of sustainable development and ecologically-friendly practices throughout... Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/greenprint-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-web.html The address is the same, but when users of www.metrodenver.org visit today, they'll find an entirely redesigned Web site with a host of new features and a vastly enhanced user experience. The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) officially launched its new Web site today... Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-web.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/airport-impact.html The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Division of Aeronautics, released the results of its latest economic impact study for commercial and general aviation airports on May 22. The 2008 Economic Impact Study concluded that on-airport businesses, aviation services and spending by visitors ... Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/airport-impact.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-solar-dedicated.html A two megawatt (MW) solar energy system was dedicated on August 19, 2008 at Denver International Airport (DIA). The solar photovoltaic system, spanning seven and a half acres at the airport's entrance, will generate over three million kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually, demonstr... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-solar-dedicated.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-speech.html After extensive preparation and work with local, state and federal transportation and security officials to meet Democratic National Convention needs while keeping Denver open and accessible, the City and County of Denver provided information today about local mobility and access for the last day of... Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-speech.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/kp.html The state’s job market will get a healthy boost in 2009 as Kaiser Permanente plans to bring a national customer service division to the region. It is anticipated that as many as 200 new positions could be available. Kaiser Permanente Colorado, ranked by Colorado Parent Magazine as one of the top p... Thu, 22 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/kp.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-2008-ed-agenda.html Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter announced a comprehensive economic development package on Aug. 25 to enhance the competitiveness of Colorado and its top industries. The package includes key business legislation to be considered by the 2008 Colorado General Assembly. “I’m committed to making Colorado bus... Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-2008-ed-agenda.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC.html Region endeavors to become America's healthiest In an endeavor to make Metro Denver America’s healthiest community, a group of healthcare, government, and business leaders launched the Metro Denver Health and Wellness Commission (MDHWC) in June 2006. The Commission’s first charge will be drafting a... Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/MDHWC.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/world-series-impact.html Denver’s first appearance in the World Series will have a major impact on the city’s tourism industry, according to Richard Scharf, president & CEO of the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. “A study from previous World Series has shown the economic impact is somewhere in the neighborhood of... Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/world-series-impact.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tri-state-xcel.html Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and Xcel Energy will jointly pursue transmission projects in southern Colorado under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently signed between the two utilities. The projects identified in the agreement would strengthen southern Colorado's power de... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tri-state-xcel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Gates.html Colorado State University announced today that it received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will support an innovated global health research project conducted by Brian Foy, professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-Gates.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/rtd-record-passengers.html The Regional Transportation District (RTD) announced that it carried more than 100 million passenger trips for the 12-month period ending in July 2008, which was up by 9.15 percent over the same period a year earlier. This is the first time RTD exceeded the 100 million passenger trip mark and is lar... Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/rtd-record-passengers.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-career-poll.html A new poll commissioned by the Metro Denver WIRED Initiative - a partnership among workforce development, economic development, education, and industry - shows that misinformation and lack of information might be discouraging some from attempting to pursue careers in certain industries.The poll of 8... Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-career-poll.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/energy-study.html Metro Denver businesses can boost profits with energy-saving upgrades The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) revealed a report in June 2006 that suggests investments and low-cost efforts that Metro Denver businesses can make to conserve energy and boost their bottom li... Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/energy-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-RFP.html The Metro Denver WIRED (Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development) Initiative has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for its Workforce Innovation Grant program. Up to $4 million will be awarded in January 2008 to fund innovative career education programs that create or enhance employm... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-RFP.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NCAR.html The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder announced delivery on May 8, 2008 of a new IBM supercomputer called Bluefire that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate. The supercomputer, known as a Power 575 Hydro- Cluster, is the first... Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NCAR.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-new-plants.html Vestas announced on August 15, 2008 plans to further expand its American manufacturing presence by establishing a new blade factory and a nacelle assembly factory in Brighton, Colorado. The nacelle factory, where the turbine housing containing vital components such as the gearbox, generator, and tra... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-new-plants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-solar.html Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into electricity. This is the highest confirmed efficiency of any photo... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-TV.html The Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee, in partnership with Denver 8 TV and the Denver Metro Convention Visitors Bureau, will launch a monthly television series beginning Thursday, May 8 that will highlight the people, activities and organizations working on making the Democratic National Convent... Wed, 07 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNC-TV.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-solar.html MMA Renewable Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (“MuniMae,” NYSE: MMA) and WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. (OTC BB: WWAT.OB), formerly WorldWater & Power Corp., announced plans on Oct. 1, 2007 to construct a two-megawatt (MW) solar energy system at Denver Internati... Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-kickoff.html Federal officials join locals to prepare Metro Denver's economy for the future The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) joined the Denver Office of Economic Development and the State of Colorado in May 2006 for the official kickoff of the Workforce Innovation in Regiona... Mon, 15 May 2006 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/WIRED-kickoff.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/belmar-solar.html Continuum Lakewood Development Company, in association with MMA Renewable Ventures, a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC (Pink Sheets: MMAB), Oak Leaf Energy Partners, and SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), dedicated on October 22, 2008 a 1.75-megawatt solar power system that h... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/belmar-solar.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Envirofit-high-demand.html Envirofit International, a leader in creating sustainable, scalable businesses that help solve global health and environmental problems, is ramping up production and expanding its line of clean burning cookstoves in response to increasing demand in India. "Envirofit clean cookstoves have received a... Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Envirofit-high-demand.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIAP-consolidation.html At the DIA Partnership (DIAP) annual meeting Friday, Sept. 28, members affirmed the consolidation of the organization into the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC). Both of these organizations executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes the terms and con... Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIAP-consolidation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sixth-runway.html Runway assures efficiency, access to new international routes Denver International Airport’s (DIA) sixth runway was put into service in September 2003, making one of the nation’s most efficient airports even better. The new runway is 16,000 feet long (4,870 meters) and 200 feet wide, making it the ... Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sixth-runway.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EDC-annualreport.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) honored the "superheroes" of the business community - including its investors, economic development partners, and organizations working to expand Metro Denver's economy - at the Annual Report to Investors and Awards Luncheon on Jun... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EDC-annualreport.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-busiest-ever.html A total of 4,829,829 travelers passed through Denver International Airport in June, making it the busiest month in the airport's history. It was the 18th straight month in which passenger traffic set a monthly record at DIA. The June number was 5.7 percent higher than the 4,569,938 passengers recor... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-busiest-ever.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-research-280.html The University of Colorado at Boulder received about $280 million in sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2008, surpassing last year's record-breaking total by roughly $14 million. According to CU-Boulder Vice Chancellor for Research and Dean of the Graduate School Stein Sture, NASA again was t... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-research-280.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNCwelcome.html Democratic National Convention delegates should feel a great deal of Rocky Mountain Hospitality when they are greeted by the largest welcoming program ever put together in the Mile High City. To welcome the delegates and media, the Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau has been working with the... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DNCwelcome.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-biocontainment.html The Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at Colorado State University has formally received "select agent" research approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making it the first lab of its kind in the country to begin studying these highly regulated bioterrorism... Mon, 05 May 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-biocontainment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-chairs.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) named Charles (Chuck) Ward and John M. Shaw as co-chairs of its Executive Committee, Thursday, July 19. The Executive Committee oversees the Metro Denver EDC’s programs, work plan, and budget. “Metro Denver will benefit from havi... Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-chairs.html