http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/ Metro Denver EDC News en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:59 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:59 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/rss/ Imulus Central 2.0 http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SBDC-fastrac.html  The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center will offer Metro Denver businesses a 10-week intensive course designed to assist established entrepreneurs grow their businesses. The FastTrac GrowthVenture Program is designed for businesses owners who have been operating for at least two yea... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SBDC-fastrac.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RPS-30-percent.html Gov. Ritter thanks lawmakers for boosting renewable standard Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated legislators for giving final approval on March 8, 2010 to House Bill 1001, which will increase Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard to 30 percent by 2020. This landmark legislation will create thousands of n... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/RPS-30-percent.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/proposal-seeks-to-cut-air-pollution--create-jobs-in-energy-sector-.html Gov. Bill Ritter, Xcel Energy and a coalition of lawmakers, energy companies and environmentalists announced agreement March 5, 2010 on legislation that will lead the nation in cutting air pollution, creating jobs and increasing the use of cleaner energy sources. The proposed Colorado Clean Air-Cle... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/proposal-seeks-to-cut-air-pollution--create-jobs-in-energy-sector-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-a-finalist-for-race-to-the-top-funding.html Gov. Bill Ritter, Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and Colorado Education Commissioner Dwight D. Jones announced on March 4, 2010 that the U.S. Department of Education has named Colorado as one of 16 finalists for the first round of Race to the Top education reform grants. Colorado and the other finali... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-a-finalist-for-race-to-the-top-funding.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces--5-7m-for-local-airport-projects.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced that he has approved distribution of 50 grants worth $5.7 million to Colorado airports and one aviation association under the Aviation Discretionary Grant program administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Division of Aeronautics. The grants, ranging... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces--5-7m-for-local-airport-projects.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northrop-grumman-selects-colorado-school-of-public-health.html New partnership combines industry, technology and academic thinking to solve global public health problems The Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH) is among five academic institutions chosen to participate in Northrop Grumman Corporation’s University Global Alliance Program (UGAP), an initiative... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northrop-grumman-selects-colorado-school-of-public-health.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-of-dia-2010--together-we-soar---register-today.html Building the Future on 15 Years of Success Denver International Airport (DIA) celebrates 15 years of operation in 2010, during which time more than half a billion passengers have traveled under its iconic tent roof. Due in large part to a growing and supportive community, DIA has certainly fulfille... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-of-dia-2010--together-we-soar---register-today.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/light-inspires-energy-efficient-building-design.html Artists find inspiration in many ways. But for the artists (architects and researchers) working collaboratively to create the most energy efficient office space in the U.S., the inspiration was simply light. In fact, light and the access to light turned out to be a top factor when designing the U.S.... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/light-inspires-energy-efficient-building-design.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/epa-awards-colorado-2010-energy-star-partner-of-year.html Gov. Bill Ritter today announced that the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) along with more than 50 statewide partners has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. Colorado’s program was selected for its success in s... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/epa-awards-colorado-2010-energy-star-partner-of-year.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/raytheon-wins--886-million-next-gen-gps-contract-.html Program to improve security, accuracy, and reliability of GPS satellites The U.S. Air Force has selected Raytheon Company for an initial contract of $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System to improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. The contract repre... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/raytheon-wins--886-million-next-gen-gps-contract-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/epa--nrel-partner-to-develop-energy-on-polluted-land.html The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are evaluating the feasibility of developing renewable energy production on Superfund, brownfields, and former landfill or mining sites. Superfund sites are the most comple... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/epa--nrel-partner-to-develop-energy-on-polluted-land.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/westminster-acquires-vacant-macy-s-at-mall-site.html The City of Westminster Economic Development Authority on January 27 acquired the vacant Macy’s store at the Westminster Mall property, the latest step in the city’s long-term strategy to revitalize the area. Cost of the 157,000-square-foot building, which sits on 8.43 acres, was $700,000. WEDA has... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/westminster-acquires-vacant-macy-s-at-mall-site.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-leads-national-education-reform-debate.html Attending the National Governors Association annual winter meeting, Gov. Bill Ritter said Colorado’s groundbreaking education reforms are serving as models for other states and can help shape the soon-to-be reauthorized No Child Left Behind Act. "As governors, we know that a well-educated workforce... Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-leads-national-education-reform-debate.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-physicists-use-ultra-fast-lasers-to-examine-nanoworld.html For nearly half a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how to build a cost-effective and reasonably sized X-ray laser that could, among other things, provide super high-resolution imaging. And for the past two decades, University of Colorado at Boulder physics professors Margaret Murna... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-physicists-use-ultra-fast-lasers-to-examine-nanoworld.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-team-creates-molecule-concerning-origin-of-life.html An extremely small RNA molecule created by a University of Colorado at Boulder team can catalyze a key reaction needed to synthesize proteins, the building blocks of life. The findings could be a substantial step toward understanding "the very origin of Earthly life," the lead researcher contends. ... Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-team-creates-molecule-concerning-origin-of-life.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-researchers-examine-great-southern-california-shakeout.html Researchers who devised the largest earthquake preparedness event ever undertaken in the United States say one of the biggest challenges was translating devastation projections from a hypothetical magnitude 7.8 San Andreas Fault temblor into timely, usable information to the more than 5 million Cali... Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-researchers-examine-great-southern-california-shakeout.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/industry-study-details-region-s-position-for-job-growth.html Fifth annual report analyzes job growth, strengths, and cross-innovation in seven major industry clusters A major step in crafting a region's economic development strategy focuses on the types of industries to target for company growth and retention. On February 18, the Metro Denver Economic Devel... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/industry-study-details-region-s-position-for-job-growth.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-names-renewable-energy-award-winners.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced the 2009 winners of the third annual Governor’s Excellence in Renewable Energy Awards. The awards honor outstanding contributions made by individuals and organizations to protect Colorado’s environment, diversify the state’s energy portfolio and provide clean power through... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-names-renewable-energy-award-winners.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/two-cu-profs-help-create-world-s-hottest-temperature-matter.html Two University of Colorado at Boulder physicists are part of a collaborative team working with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York that have created the hottest temperature matter ever measured in the universe -- 7.2 trillion degrees Fahrenheit. The team us... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/two-cu-profs-help-create-world-s-hottest-temperature-matter.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/crsp-funds-10-new-advanced-solar-research-projects.html The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) has funded 10 advanced solar research projects totaling $800,000 – its second round of Shared Research Program funding. Separately, CRSP also has launched its first Sponsored Research Program effort – a project between Konarka Technologies a... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/crsp-funds-10-new-advanced-solar-research-projects.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-seeks-leaders-for-national-exec-education-program.html Applications are currently being accepted for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) 2010 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs). Energy Execs is a leadership program focused on educating business, community and government leaders about clean energy... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-seeks-leaders-for-national-exec-education-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colovesca---california--you-re-still-the-one-.html Valentine's weekend marketing blitz in L.A. to build on Colorado's brand awareness in the Golden state Last year, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) took to the skies with a plane trailing an 80-foot-long "Colorado Loves CA" Valentine banner to first declare its lo... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colovesca---california--you-re-still-the-one-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-proclaims-2-12-colorado-loves-california-day.html Gov. Bill Ritter has proclaimed Friday, Feb. 12, 2010, as “Colorado Loves California Day” to help increase Colorado’s brand awareness to companies and executives in California as part of a Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. marketing campaign.  “With such a marketable state – among the be... Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-proclaims-2-12-colorado-loves-california-day.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-and-japan-research-promising-new-cancer-treatment.html Colorado State University has entered into an unprecedented partnership with Japan that will allow the university to research a new, promising treatment for cancer – carbon ion therapy – which is currently not available in the United States. Research will focus on carbon ion therapy to treat multip... Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-and-japan-research-promising-new-cancer-treatment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-epic--project-to-bring-100-jobs-at-u--of-colorado-hospital.html An ambitious technology project at University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) will generate more than 150 jobs on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Over the next three years, UCH also will spend $67 million dollars to implement an integrated, patient-centered electronic medical record across all clinical area... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-epic--project-to-bring-100-jobs-at-u--of-colorado-hospital.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-battery-testing-capabilities-get-a-boost.html Batteries are the heart of today's advanced electric drive vehicles and many manufacturers have their own preference for specific battery geometry and chemistry including their choice of materials for cathodes and anodes. However, all of the manufacturers are concerned about the performance, life, s... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-battery-testing-capabilities-get-a-boost.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cloud-model-developed-at-csu-leads-to-new-discovery.html Scientists take cover when they mix stuff that doesn’t inherently go together. But Colorado State University researchers David Randall and Charlotte DeMott were pleasantly surprised when they learned that a new computer model realistically represented weather changes in both the atmosphere and ocea... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cloud-model-developed-at-csu-leads-to-new-discovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sobiz10-social-networking.html SoBiz10 launched on February 2 as the first social networking site designed specifically to help merchants communicate with and attract customers and members to keep track of their favorite businesses. The site made its debut with more than 45,000 Colorado merchants listed on the site that can begin... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sobiz10-social-networking.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-32-million-cu-instrument-package-set-for-launch-by-nasa.html A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, power grids, ground communications systems and even astronauts and aircraft... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-32-million-cu-instrument-package-set-for-launch-by-nasa.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wells-fargo-activates-solar-array-in-metro-denver.html Several Wells Fargo stores in Colorado became the first in the company to use solar energy when the recently installed solar photovoltaic systems at 10 Metro Denver stores were activated today. The systems were designed and installed by Colorado-based Namasté Solar. Wells Fargo also announced an i... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wells-fargo-activates-solar-array-in-metro-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-international-airport-has-second-busiest-year-ever.html Denver International Airport recorded its second-busiest year ever in 2009, despite a predicted 2 percent decline resulting from the sagging economy and capacity reductions by the airlines. December passenger traffic at DIA totaled 4,003,422, a 1.7 percent drop from the 4,073,246 travelers recor... Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-international-airport-has-second-busiest-year-ever.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biggest-nasa-ccdev-award-goes-to-sierra-nevada-corp.html Sierra Nevada Corp. was the big winner in NASA’s Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) competition, receiving $20 million of the $50 million in economic stimulus money meant to seed development of commercial crew transportation services. Sierra Nevada has major operations in Centennial and Louisville.... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biggest-nasa-ccdev-award-goes-to-sierra-nevada-corp.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-offers-info-sessions-for-entrepreneurs.html The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center will offer two free informational sessions for the NxLeveL Entrepreneurial Program on February 2 and 10. These sessions will allow interested businesses to learn more and ask questions about the program, as well as hear from past attendees. The intr... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-offers-info-sessions-for-entrepreneurs.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cid4-seeks-bios-in-need-of-funding--management.html The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development launches with statewide call for proposals from life science technologies in need of funding and active management The Colorado Institute for Drug, Device and Diagnostic Development (CID4) officially launches this month with a state... Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cid4-seeks-bios-in-need-of-funding--management.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter--arra-spending-by-state-agencies-aggressive.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced that state agencies intensified their distribution of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to communities across Colorado. The funds paid for more than 7,200 full-time equivalent jobs during the last three months of 2009, including teaching jobs in higher education... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter--arra-spending-by-state-agencies-aggressive.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-weather-environmental-satellite-marks-major-milestone.html Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has begun integration of the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP). NPOESS, a joint program between NASA and the Integrated Program Office, is... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-weather-environmental-satellite-marks-major-milestone.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-s-energy-office-supports-energy-star-new-homes.html GEO provides nearly $250,000 to promote construction of energy efficient homes The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) is providing $246,000 to partners across Colorado to promote the construction of ENERGY STAR New Homes - the latest step in Colorado's successful efforts to increase the market share of... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-s-energy-office-supports-energy-star-new-homes.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-workforce-jobs-fair.html Information and pre-recruitment event to connect job seekers with employment and training opportunities The Denver Workforce Centers are recruiting job seekers to fill up to 300 job openings with Metro Denver businesses in early 2010. To develop a pool of eligible and qualified candidates for these... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-workforce-jobs-fair.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-IEEE-fellow.html Dr. Eduard Muljadi, a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has been elected fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE).Recognizing the achievements of its members is an important part of the mission of IEEE. Ea... Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-IEEE-fellow.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SIA-snow-show.html Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper joined officials from VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, and Colorado Ski Country USA at  the Colorado Convention Center on January 28, 2010 to welcome the SnowSports Industries America (SIA) Snow Show – the... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/SIA-snow-show.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-microsoft-free-skills-training.html Gov. Bill Ritter joined Microsoft Vice President Gail Thomas Flynn for the launch of a new training program, Microsoft Elevate America, at the Adams County Workforce and Business Center. This public-private venture will provide opportunities for thousands of Coloradans to access online training to... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-microsoft-free-skills-training.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-10m-gates-grant-to-boost-denver-public-schools.html Denver Public Schools and the Denver Classroom Teachers Association announced that their ongoing partnership on teacher-effectiveness initiatives has received a $10 million investment via a three-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant, which was approved last night by the Den... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/-10m-gates-grant-to-boost-denver-public-schools.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cbsa-plans-second-annual-bioscience-day-at-the-capitol.html The second annual “Bioscience Day at the Capitol,” on Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 to 10 a.m., will allow bioscience industry leaders and state legislators to discuss the industry and thoughts on the year ahead. The announcement is made by Leah Kientz, Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) Director ... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cbsa-plans-second-annual-bioscience-day-at-the-capitol.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/scottrade-purchases-operations-facility-in-westminster.html Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investing firm, announced it has purchased a 204,000-square-foot office building in Westmoor Technology Park in Westminster. The property, purchased from CB Richard Ellis Investors, LLC, will accommodate the growing needs of the firm. The four-story faci... Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/scottrade-purchases-operations-facility-in-westminster.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-launches-partnerships-to-push-solar-large-scale.html U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will invest $12 million in total funding ($10 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) to support the development of early stage solar energy technolog... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-launches-partnerships-to-push-solar-large-scale.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-study-shows-20-percent-wind-is-possible-by-2024.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released the Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study (EWITS) January 20. This unprecedented two-and-a-half year technical study of future high-penetration wind scenarios was designed to analyze the economic, op... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-study-shows-20-percent-wind-is-possible-by-2024.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-universities-make-kiplinger-s-100-best-values.html Three of Colorado's research universities made Kiplinger’s Personal Finance annual 100 Best Values in Public Colleges list. Kiplinger’s ranks four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value. The Colorado School of Mines ranked 69th, the University of Colorado at Boulde... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-universities-make-kiplinger-s-100-best-values.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-college-of-business-awarded--1-25m-grant.html Colorado State University’s College of Business has been awarded a $1.25 million grant by the Daniels Fund to help support programs in business ethics. Through the grant, CSU will become part of a collaborative initiative to develop programs designed to instill a high standard of ethics in students... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-college-of-business-awarded--1-25m-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-to-help-scale-up-biofuels-operations.html When it comes to fostering new biofuels technology during a recession, a big barrier can simply be cash. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Steven Chu recently gave the industry a boost when he announced the selection of 19 integrated biorefinery projects that are eligible to receive up to $5... Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-to-help-scale-up-biofuels-operations.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-energy-office-rolling-out-many-arra-energy-grants.html The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) is preparing to roll out numerous new opportunities for residents, businesses, local governments, non-profits and other organizations to save money and energy, spark job creation and increase energy independence thanks to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act doll... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-energy-office-rolling-out-many-arra-energy-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-awarded--29-3m-to-boost-foreclosure-recovery.html Federal stimulus funds to expand efforts underway to acquire, redevelop and resell foreclosed properties through Neighborhood Stabilization Program The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced $29.3 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding to benefit Denve... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-awarded--29-3m-to-boost-foreclosure-recovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-congratulates-colorado-researchers-on-arra.html Gov. Bill Ritter lauded five researchers at Colorado universities for their selection as part of 69 early career scientists nationwide slated to share $85 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to support their research. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the five-year research grants as pa... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-congratulates-colorado-researchers-on-arra.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ARRA-grant.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced on January 14, 2010 that $3.6 million in funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be used to help train disadvantaged Denver residents to enter the green building industry. Mi Casa Resource Center for Women Inc. will partner with other organizations ... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ARRA-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/amgen-award.html Amgen, a global biotechnology company with manufacturing operations in Boulder and Longmont, is giving $1 million toward the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building, a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility under construction at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The first phase ... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/amgen-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2010-legislative-priorities.html The 67th Colorado General Assembly convened for the 2010 session January 14, 2010. As Colorado's economy continues to recover from the national recession, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce (DMCC) and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) will focus on legislation th... Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/2010-legislative-priorities.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/world-s-greenest-parking-facility-to-service-dia.html Greenscape Capital Group Inc. ("Greenscape") announced that Green.Switch Capital Corp., has entered into an agreement to build, operate and own Green Park DIA, a 4,200 stall lot servicing the Denver International Airport (DIA). Green Park DIA will be the world's greenest parking facility with a wid... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/world-s-greenest-parking-facility-to-service-dia.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu--solix-biofuels-inc--part-of--44-million-consortium.html Colorado State University and Solix Biofuels Inc. will help advance the nation’s algae-to-oil industry as part of a $44 million consortium coordinated through the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center. U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced the collaboration – called the National Alliance for Ad... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu--solix-biofuels-inc--part-of--44-million-consortium.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doe-selects-nrel-as-new-biofuels-r-d-program-leader.html The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will co-lead a new national program to develop advanced biofuels that are compatible with the nation's existing hydrocarbon fuels infrastructure. The $33.8 million in funding for this research effort comes as part of ... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doe-selects-nrel-as-new-biofuels-r-d-program-leader.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-releases-2010-economic-forecast.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) presented the 2010 Economic Forecast for Metro Denver at Vectra Bank's 17th Annual Economic Forecast Breakfast. Chief Economist Patty Silverstein discussed key economic activity in 2009 and gave her outlook on the economy for the c... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-releases-2010-economic-forecast.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/governor-ritter-outlines-2010-legislative-priorities.html Standing with state Senate President Brandon Shaffer and House Speaker Terrance Carroll, Gov. Bill Ritter said January 12 he intends to devote his final legislative session to creating good jobs for Coloradans, continuing Colorado’s economic recovery and keeping the state budget balanced. “Over the... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/governor-ritter-outlines-2010-legislative-priorities.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-releases-2010-policy-document.html The Denver Metro Chamber released its annual policy document during a first-ever business policy briefing for legislators at the Colorado State Capitol January 12. The report, "Colorado 2010: Certainty. Stability. Predictability.," details the Chamber’s goals for the coming legislative session, as... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-releases-2010-policy-document.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/renné-to-lead-international-renewable-energy-society.html Dr. David Renné, principle project leader for analysis at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been elected president of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Renné’s term began at the start of the New Year and will run through Dec. 31, 2011.... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/renné-to-lead-international-renewable-energy-society.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/general-dynamics-opens-data-center--100-jobs-expected.html A unit of giant defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. has opened a data center in Westminster to support its work for the Department of Homeland Security. The company's Information Technology division's new Colorado data center will support its work for DHS's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Se... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/general-dynamics-opens-data-center--100-jobs-expected.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/three-people-chosen-to-experience-snow-for-first-time.html The Colorado Tourism Office's (CTO) "Snow at First Sight" campaign, which began on October 12 with a global search for three people who have never experienced snow before, has concluded with the selection of three winners. Hailing from Atlanta, Australia and Hawaii, the three finalists are set to be... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/three-people-chosen-to-experience-snow-for-first-time.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/seven-cu-boulder-research-efforts-cited-in-discover-mag.html Seven research efforts involving the University of Colorado at Boulder were among the top 100 science stories of the year selected by Discover Magazine – ideas and breakthroughs that are reshaping our understanding of the world, according to the publication. CU-Boulder research was involved in the ... Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/seven-cu-boulder-research-efforts-cited-in-discover-mag.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-congratulates-six-clean-tech-companies.html Gov. Bill Ritter today applauded six Colorado clean-tech companies for securing $75.2 million in advanced energy manufacturing funds through the Recovery Act, which will create jobs, increase manufacturing and grow Colorado’s New Energy Economy. "The Recovery Act is giving a much-needed boost to Co... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-congratulates-six-clean-tech-companies.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-holds-recovery-rountable-with-biz-leaders.html Governor also introduces new director of Colorado’s Jobs Cabinet Gov. Bill Ritter met today with three dozen Colorado business, economic-development and education leaders, hearing their ideas on how state government can aid in the economic recovery and introducing the new director of his Jobs Cabin... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-holds-recovery-rountable-with-biz-leaders.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/heritage-celebrated-at-2010-boots--n-business-luncheon.html Annual event kicks off the National Western Sock Show A record number of business leaders dusted up their boots in the rodeo arena at the National Western Stock Show (NWSS) on Friday afternoon to celebrate the commencement of the 2010 stock show. Each year, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and... Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/heritage-celebrated-at-2010-boots--n-business-luncheon.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-research-to-help-predict-spread-of-disease.html The lurking threat of a major epidemic over the last decade has captured the attention of the international media and the public, with fears running rampant about the avian flu spreading to humans or the swine flu (H1N1) mutating at such a rate that it couldn’t be controlled. Researchers at the Univ... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-research-to-help-predict-spread-of-disease.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-chancellor-visits-white-house-in-stem-push.html Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano of the University of Colorado at Boulder visited the White House today as one of four public research university leaders representing about 120 universities pledging to address the national shortage of science and mathematics teachers in a letter presented to President... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-chancellor-visits-white-house-in-stem-push.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/rtd-previews-its-program-review-to-chamber-members.html Regional Transportation District Executive Director Phil Washington and his senior team provided a window on the future of FasTracks to the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and its affiliates today. It was the first opportunity that members of the business community had to see RTD’s 2010 internal ev... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/rtd-previews-its-program-review-to-chamber-members.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--announces-legislation-to-expand-creative-industries.html Gov. Bill Ritter, Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and lawmakers announced new job-creation and economic-growth strategies for Colorado creative industries sector January 5, including three bills that will be introduced in the upcoming 2010 legislative session. Colorado’s creative industries already suppor... Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--announces-legislation-to-expand-creative-industries.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-to-help-develop-efficiency-plans-for-existing-buildings.html Buildings consume more energy than any other sector of the economy and account for most of the nation’s electricity use. To help states develop strategies to improve energy efficiency of existing buildings and reduce costs and emissions, Colorado and five other states have been chosen to participate... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/co-to-help-develop-efficiency-plans-for-existing-buildings.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-1-of-6-states-selected-for-dropout-initiative.html The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices has selected Colorado and five other states to take part in a year-long initiative aimed at increasing high school graduation rates. Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Tennessee and West Virginia will help develop comprehen... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-1-of-6-states-selected-for-dropout-initiative.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-students-to-build-tiny-spacecraft-to-observe-space-weather.html The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and their interaction with Earth’s atmosphere. The ... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-students-to-build-tiny-spacecraft-to-observe-space-weather.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nasa-awards-cu-boulder--3-3-million-for-venus-mission.html NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $3.3 million for a detailed, one-year concept study for a lander mission to Venus to study the history of its surface, climate and atmosphere and to predict its ultimate fate in the solar system. The CU-Boulder-led mission would allow scientist... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nasa-awards-cu-boulder--3-3-million-for-venus-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mywedding-com-selects-castle-rock-for-corporate-hq.html Mywedding.com will locate its corporate headquarters in Castle Rock, adding approximately 20 high-paying jobs to Colorado, the Castle Rock Economic Development Council announced January 4. "We are very excited to continue in the growth of our business with this new Castle Rock office," said Woody P... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mywedding-com-selects-castle-rock-for-corporate-hq.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-new-energy-economy-success-outlined-in-report.html The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) has released its Annual Report for fiscal year 2009 detailing Colorado's expanding New Energy Economy and the GEO's role in creating jobs through diversifying the state's energy portfolio, development of renewable energy resources, increasing energy efficiency and ... Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-new-energy-economy-success-outlined-in-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/veteran-csu-jobs-partnership-is-nation-s-first.html Colorado State University and Veterans Green Jobs signed a Memorandum of Understanding in November to create the Veterans Green Jobs Education Initiative. CSU is the first four-year university to partner with the veterans jobs training organization to provide "green" educational opportunities. The ... Sun, 03 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/veteran-csu-jobs-partnership-is-nation-s-first.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-worldview-2-reaches-full-operational-capability.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced today that its latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, has achieved full operational capability. Imager... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-worldview-2-reaches-full-operational-capability.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boulder-city-manager-approves-business-incentive-for-ibm.html As part of the City of Boulder’s 2009 business incentive program, City Manager Jane S. Brautigam has approved IBM’s flexible rebate application for a project that will bring approximately 500 new jobs to the IBM Boulder campus. All of the new jobs, to be filled with local hires, will receive IBM tra... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boulder-city-manager-approves-business-incentive-for-ibm.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-to-announce-creative-industries-legislation.html Governor Ritter will announce his proposed legislation to promote and support Colorado's creative industries on January 5. The legislative initiatives that will be announced are first steps towards strengthening Colorado's creative economy as a strategy for keeping Colorado competitive. Creative en... Mon, 04 Jan 2010 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-to-announce-creative-industries-legislation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-workforce-centers-to-fill-300-job-openings.html The Denver Workforce Centers are recruiting job seekers to fill up to 300 job openings with Metro Denver businesses in early 2010. To develop a pool of eligible and qualified candidates for these upcoming openings, the Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) will host a Workforce Information and... Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-workforce-centers-to-fill-300-job-openings.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-launches-higher-ed-review-and-master-plan.html Gov. Bill Ritter kicked off a strategic planning initiative that will assess the state’s higher-education systems and develop a comprehensive roadmap for the future of Colorado’s 27 public colleges and universities. "We’re tackling some of the biggest challenges facing Colorado head on – K-12 educa... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-launches-higher-ed-review-and-master-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-labs-to-concentrate-on-solar-thermal-energy.html As the market for clean solar power rapidly expands, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) researchers are investigating advanced concepts in concentrating solar power (CSP) with $5.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding awarded from the U.S. Department of Energy. The new... Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-labs-to-concentrate-on-solar-thermal-energy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-200-job-aerospace-expansion.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced today that Sierra Nevada Corp. has decided to create an additional 200 jobs, expand operations at its Centennial location and increase its capital investment in Colorado, utilizing new legislation passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by the governor earlier t... Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-200-job-aerospace-expansion.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-s-worldview-2-imagery-available-to-all-in-2010.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced today that its latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, is expected to achieve full operational capabili... Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-s-worldview-2-imagery-available-to-all-in-2010.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/call-for-programming--2010-create-denver-expo-and-week.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) invites individuals, organizations and associations to submit happenings, workshops, lectures and other programming ideas for Create Denver Week, a new project, which kicks off with the fifth annual Create Denver Expo on Saturday, April 10, 2010. Informat... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/call-for-programming--2010-create-denver-expo-and-week.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solarcity-expands-to-colorado-offering-solar-leases.html SolarCity, a national leader in solar financing, design, installation, monitoring and related services, today announced its expansion to Colorado, and availability of its SolarLease™ option to Colorado homeowners. SolarLease is the first solar financing option available in Colorado that allows homeo... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solarcity-expands-to-colorado-offering-solar-leases.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-launches-new-battery-company.html Colorado State University’s Clean Energy commercialization arm, Cenergy, has co-founded a new company that will manufacture batteries up to 1,000 times more powerful, 10 times longer-lasting and cheaper than traditional batteries – technology that could revolutionize the military, automobile and hea... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-launches-new-battery-company.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/25th-annual-martin-luther-king--jr--awards-lunch-jan--15.html The 25th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Business Social Responsibility Awards luncheon will be held on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Marriott City Center Hotel, 1701 California Street in downtown Denver. Each year, this event recognizes the business community in memory and honor of Dr. Martin Luth... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/25th-annual-martin-luther-king--jr--awards-lunch-jan--15.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces--1-5m-in-new-energy-grants.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced the award of 14 New Energy Economic Development (NEED) grants to recipients across Colorado for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects that will help create and retain jobs, strengthen local economies, and save money and energy. The grants, which total about $1.... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces--1-5m-in-new-energy-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/kathay-rennels-to-join-csu-as-director-of-eco-devo.html Kathay Rennels, three-term Larimer County Commissioner and longtime public workforce development leader in Colorado, has been named Director of Economic Development at Colorado State University. Rennels is term-limited as County Commissioner, which provides CSU a unique opportunity to use her state... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/kathay-rennels-to-join-csu-as-director-of-eco-devo.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/program-turns-cu-students-and-k-12-teachers-on-to-stem.html Sarah Berger eyes a chalkboard crammed with notes on chemistry -- prefixes for carbon chains, functional groups of organic compounds and indications of chirality of molecules. Students in the University of Colorado at Boulder biochemistry laboratory gaze ahead and are still. Berger breaks the sil... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/program-turns-cu-students-and-k-12-teachers-on-to-stem.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-works-with-truckers-to-reduce-fuel-use.html Being "green" can have positive impacts on your pocket book, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is working with one industry to find ways to shave $3 billion dollars per year in fuel costs. Like many, the trucking industry has been hit with increased costs from rising fuel prices a... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-works-with-truckers-to-reduce-fuel-use.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/workforce-training.html Gov. Bill Ritter, Senate President Brandon Shaffer and other lawmakers unveiled on December 10, 2009 new job-training initiatives that will strengthen Colorado’s workforce, support the state’s small businesses and keep Colorado competitive on the road to economic recovery. “Over the past three... Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/workforce-training.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-led-study-offers-new-approach-to-emissions.html It’s no secret that the emissions leaving a car tailpipe or factory smokestack affect climate and air quality. Even trees release chemicals that influence the atmosphere. But until now, scientists have struggled to know where these organic molecules go and what happens to them once they leave their ... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-led-study-offers-new-approach-to-emissions.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doe-launches-new-information-web-site-for-public.html Secretary Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is launching Open Energy Information - a new open-source web platform that will make DOE resources and open energy data widely available to the public. The data and tools housed on the free, editable and evolving wiki-platform will be used ... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/doe-launches-new-information-web-site-for-public.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-sustainability-awards.html Twelve Denver city agencies were recognized with Gold and Silver Environmental Leadership Awards on December 8, 2009 at an awards ceremony hosted by Governor Bill Ritter. Denver joins a distinguished list of approximately 80 businesses, including government agencies, nonprofits and ac... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-sustainability-awards.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Ritter-testifies-Congress.html Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter told members of Congress on December 8, 2009 that a nationwide effort to create a common core of college and career readiness standards is crucial to U.S. competitiveness and future economic growth. “Our economy is now truly global, and the competitiveness of our education ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Gov-Ritter-testifies-Congress.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-building.html Technology — from sophisticated computer modeling to advanced windows that actually open! — will help the newest building at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory be one of the world's most energy efficient offices. But making NREL's new Research Support Facility into a showcase for engineering ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-building.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-cancer-grant.html A researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Colorado Cancer Center competed against more than 400 U.S. scientists to win one of 13 highly sought after Stand Up to Cancer Innovative Research Grants. Hang "Hubert" Yin, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry ... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-cancer-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biofuels-ARRA.html Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated two Colorado biofuels companies on December 7, 2009 for receiving American Recovery and Reinvestment Act awards from the U.S. Department of Energy totaling $48 million for projects related to developing production facilities for next generation biofuels. In a... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biofuels-ARRA.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-dementia.html Low levels of two chemicals in the brain cause the brain to shrink, Colorado State University (CSU) researchers have discovered, and this breakthrough could help scientists prevent dementia. Scientists had suspected that insulin and insulin-like growth factors play an important role in de... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-dementia.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-Motorweek.html Television show spotlights green fuels and vehicles in everyday action More than 30 million annual television viewers will learn about alternative fuels and vehicles thanks to a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Maryland Public Telev... Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/NREL-Motorweek.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-part-of-consortium-for-un-water-resource-center.html Colorado State University is a founding member of the first North American UNESCO water center approved by the United Nations.The agreement means that the roughly 120 professors conducting water-related research at Colorado State will help provide guidance on issues largely facing the world includin... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-part-of-consortium-for-un-water-resource-center.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/report-maps-path-on-state-electricity--carbon-goals.html Renewable Energy Development Infrastructure study outlines need for transmission, utility-scale renewable energy, efficiency and natural gas investments Gov. Bill Ritter released a new report mapping out how Colorado's electricity sector can reduce carbon dioxide emissions 20 percent over the next ... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/report-maps-path-on-state-electricity--carbon-goals.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-broadband-footprint-unveiled.html Colorado is one step closer to having quality, high-speed internet available to all citizens. The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has released comprehensive maps depicting broadband availability across the state, the speeds at which service is provided, and the population density o... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-broadband-footprint-unveiled.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/conocophillips-unveils-plans-for-louisville-campus.html ConocoPhillips Co. expects to occupy more than half of its planned, 2.5 million-square-foot renewable energy facility at the old StorageTek site in Louisville by 2013, according to an energy company plan recently submitted to the city. The project’s initial phase will include roughly 1.6 million s... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/conocophillips-unveils-plans-for-louisville-campus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-program-leads-hs-grads-to-med-school.html Program a result of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of Medicine partnership High school students eager to begin their careers in medicine now have the opportunity to "reserve" a seat in a top-ranked medical school immediately after high school, thanks to the University of Colorado ... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-program-leads-hs-grads-to-med-school.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/recovery-act-lowers-construction-costs-at-metro-state-college.html Metropolitan State College of Denver has become the first state institution of higher education to take advantage of provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which will help lower the cost of construction projects. Metro State used Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds, a... Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/recovery-act-lowers-construction-costs-at-metro-state-college.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-launch-36.html A Delta IV is scheduled to launch the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-3 (WGS-3) satellite Dec. 2 at 7:21 p.m. EST from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The United Launch Alliance will achieve a special milestone as the Delta IV WGS-3 mission represents the 36th mi... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-launch-36.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-breaks-down-walls-for-biofuels.html Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to produce than current methods. But they are hitting a wall. Cell walls in plants are making the production of cel... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-breaks-down-walls-for-biofuels.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-contingent-set-for-copenhagen-conference.html A contingent from the University of Colorado at Boulder will be attending the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen Dec. 7 to Dec. 18. Known as the 15th Conference of the Parties, or COP 15, the international climate conference will include representatives of 192 countries. The U.N. is se... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-contingent-set-for-copenhagen-conference.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/danish-company-pmc-technology-opens-headquarters.html PMC Technology A/S of Denmark has leased space in Golden for its first U.S. operation and its parent company’s North American headquarters. The Danish company is part of PMC Group AB of Sweden, a maker of hydraulic components for the windmill industry as well as marine, industrial, and mobile equip... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/danish-company-pmc-technology-opens-headquarters.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-s-five-points-opens-business-development-office.html Mayor announces development plans for Five Points Business District, including predevelopment financing of historic Rossonian Hotel Future development of the Five Points neighborhood received a major boost today, as Mayor John Hickenlooper, City Councilwoman Carla Madison, and other officials celeb... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-s-five-points-opens-business-development-office.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-selected-for-nasa-gmi-microwave-imager.html Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to build a second Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) in support of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The identical GMI 1 and GMI 2 Microwave Imagers are multi-channel, ... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-selected-for-nasa-gmi-microwave-imager.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/governor-s-energy-office-offers-efficiency-program.html The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) announced today a major public service and outreach initiative designed to help Coloradans tap into millions of Recovery Act dollars and hundreds of programs and services that will save energy, reduce energy bills and create jobs. Working with utilities, local go... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/governor-s-energy-office-offers-efficiency-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-launch.html United Launch Alliance deployed its fourth commercial mission of 2009 as an Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Intelsat 14 (IS-14) commercial telecommunications satellite at 1:55 a.m. EST, on November 24, 2009. Blasting off from Space Launch Complex-41 here, the launch was provided on behalf o... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULA-launch.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-health-study-applauds-colorado-progress.html A new study says Colorado is in a better position than any other state to continue fixing its healthcare system in a way that strengthens the economy and contains costs for families, employers and taxpayer-funded medical programs like Medicaid. "Colorado has already made progress toward health care... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-health-study-applauds-colorado-progress.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/power-tagging-earns--2-million-smart-grid-nsf-grant.html Power Tagging, a leading provider of next generation smart grid communications technologies, today announced that the company has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Power Tagging’s technologies allow the adoption and integration of smart grid mapping, security, automation... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/power-tagging-earns--2-million-smart-grid-nsf-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-uncovers-clean-energy-leaders-state-by-state.html An exclusive state-by-state analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory shows that clean energy development is spreading rapidly throughout the country, often in conjunction with public policies designed to spur such growth. By 2007, 24 of the nation's 50 states... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-uncovers-clean-energy-leaders-state-by-state.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/core-to-release-state-cleantech-cluster-final-report.html Join CORE Wednesday, December 2 to learn what's going on in cleantech in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. CORE is hosting a lunchtime event offering attendees the latest information about the local and regional cleantech industry. CORE completed the first comprehensive study of the entire cl... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/core-to-release-state-cleantech-cluster-final-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-college-of-natural-resources-gets-1-5m-gift.html Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources received a $1.5 million gift from Jim Kennedy that will help promote sustainability and conservation efforts in natural resources management. As part of the Campaign for Colorado State University, the gift will help support two college... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-college-of-natural-resources-gets-1-5m-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/latisys-picks-englewood-for-its-corporate-headquarters.html Latisys, which operates three data centers in Colorado, California, and Illinois, has chosen Englewood for its corporate headquarters. The privately held company was founded in Virginia in June 2007 and entered the Denver market six months later by acquiring data-center operator Data 393. "We've i... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/latisys-picks-englewood-for-its-corporate-headquarters.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/itn-energy-systems-awarded--4-9-million-arpa-e-grant.html ITN Energy Systems (ITNES), a clean energy and technology incubator, announced that it has been awarded $4.9 million as part of the Department of Energy ARPA-E grant program November 17. The primary goal for this project is to develop solid-state electrochromic film on plastic substrates by using I... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/itn-energy-systems-awarded--4-9-million-arpa-e-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/campaign-promotes-denver-as-holiday-destination.html Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper joined VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, and other business leaders at a press conference November 18 in the newly refurbished Denver Pavilions to kick off the sixth annual Mile High Holidays – a marketing campaign valued at $1 million to promote Denver a... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/campaign-promotes-denver-as-holiday-destination.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/germany-based-sgb-to-open-facility-in-wheat-ridge.html SGB USA, Inc., is set to open its first U.S. manufacturing plant within the 44th Industrial Park in Wheat Ridge. SGB is a leading manufacturer of industrial transformers in Europe. SGB’s parent company, Starkstrom - Geratebau GmbH (SGB), is based in Regensburg, Germany. SGB USA, Inc., will bring an ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/germany-based-sgb-to-open-facility-in-wheat-ridge.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-and-cu-launch-online-renewable-energy-resource.html The University of Colorado Law School's Center for Energy and Environmental Security (CEES) in partnership with the Governor's Energy Office has launched the new Colorado Energy Profile (CEP), on-line at www.energyincolorado.org. The CEP provides easy access to the latest renewable, sustainable and... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-and-cu-launch-online-renewable-energy-resource.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-school-of-mines-to-receive-doe-funding.html U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced awards for 123 projects in 39 states, including three at Colorado School of Mines, as part of the Department of Energy’s investments in the exploration and development of new geothermal fields and research into advanced geothermal technologies. Th... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-school-of-mines-to-receive-doe-funding.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-hits--300m-milestone-in-comprehensive-campaign.html Despite the national and statewide economic downturn, Colorado State University announced today it has surpassed the $300 million mark in its comprehensive campaign targeted to raise $500 million in private gifts by 2012 to support scholarships, academics and campus improvements. "This milestone in... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-hits--300m-milestone-in-comprehensive-campaign.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-eco-friendly-suv-gets-hydrogen-mileage-boost.html When researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) participated in a test drive for a hydrogen fuel cell SUV that reached the equivalent of a 431-mile driving range, it wasn't just California dream. Th... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-eco-friendly-suv-gets-hydrogen-mileage-boost.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-releases-fifth-competitiveness-study.html In the fifth edition of Toward a More Competitive Colorado, the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) reports its annual benchmarking of Colorado's strengths, challenges, and opportunities for future job growth. Statewide members of the media are invited to participate in... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-releases-fifth-competitiveness-study.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-awarded-1-7m-to-design-levee-overtopping-facility.html The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has hired a world-renowned Colorado State University water researcher to design and build a levee testing facility capable of simulating erosion from the enormous waves that likely contributed to Hurricane Katrina’s devastating toll on New Orleans. The U.S. Army Cor... Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-awarded-1-7m-to-design-levee-overtopping-facility.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/america-recylces-dia.html 16 restaurants and DIA’s Environmental Services Team will surprise random passengers caught recycling with gift certificates and discount coupons To celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, Denver International Airport and 16 of its shops and restaurants will be rewarding passengers who recycle w... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/america-recylces-dia.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/race-to-top.html Recommendations for Colorado's Race to the Top education reform grant proposal went to Gov. Bill Ritter on Nov. 13, following the issuance of final guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education. "Colorado's efforts align well with the guidelines announced today. We have been working on thes... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/race-to-top.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/trade.grant.html The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on Nov. 12, 2009 that the Colorado International Trade Office (ITO), a division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (COEDIT), is one of five recipients of the Market Development Cooperators Program (MDCP) for 2009. The ITO ... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/trade.grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-ready-for-intelsat-14-spacecraft-launch-.html Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of preparation for the November 14 launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance. The launch window opens at 12:48 a.m. ES... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lockheed-martin-ready-for-intelsat-14-spacecraft-launch-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/itn-energy-systems-awarded--4-9-million-arpa-e-grant.html ITN Energy Systems (ITNES) a clean energy and technology incubator announced today that it has been awarded $4.9 million as part of the Department of Energy ARPA-E grant program. The primary goal for this project is to develop solid-state electrochromic film on plastic substrates by using ITN’s prop... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/itn-energy-systems-awarded--4-9-million-arpa-e-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/GE-wind-turbine.html Officials from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) joined industry representatives and managers from DOE’s National Laboratories on November 10, 2009 to celebrate the latest tool to advance the Department’s wind energy research: a state-of-the-art wind turbine installed at DOE’s National Wind T... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/GE-wind-turbine.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/generation-y-start-up-stuns-nrel-growth-forum.html Fingers flying on his cell phone, Ecovative Design co-founder Eben Bayer was tweeting news of his start-up's stunning victory at NREL's 22nd Clean Energy Growth Forum even as potential investors were circling him at the awards banquet and slipping business cards under his dessert plate. Bayer and E... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/generation-y-start-up-stuns-nrel-growth-forum.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-butterfly-payload-to-launch-on-space-shuttle.html When NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis launches for the International Space Station on Nov. 16 it will carry a University of Colorado at Boulder butterfly experiment that will be monitored by thousands of K-12 students across the nation. The butterfly payload was designed and built by BioServe Space T... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-butterfly-payload-to-launch-on-space-shuttle.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/study-analyzes-health-reform-economic-impact-in-colorado.html Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce event previews report authored by health policy expert Len Nichols with review and comment by the University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic Future Nationally renowned health care policy expert Len Nichols will join state economic expert Henry Sobanet to ... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/study-analyzes-health-reform-economic-impact-in-colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI-Pricewaterhousecoopers-2010-report.html Denver ranked in the top 10 of national cities to watch in the recently released Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2010 Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute. (Download full report.) Nationally, 2010 is expected to be a challenging year for the commercial real estate indus... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ULI-Pricewaterhousecoopers-2010-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/media-placements.html Placements underscore infrastructure and economic optimism Two national media placements shed positive light on infrastructure developments occurring in Metro Denver and the overall economic picture, further setting the region apart from its competitors in challenging economic times. This week, ... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/media-placements.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-wins-1M-grant-part-of-hypersonic-center.html The University of Colorado at Boulder will help to usher in a new era of high-temperature materials for hypersonic flight as part of a multi-institutional center launched this fall. CU-Boulder will receive $1 million over the next five years under a grant from Teledyne Scientific & Imaging of Thous... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-wins-1M-grant-part-of-hypersonic-center.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-arts-week-hosts-more-than-200-events.html Third annual event offers art walks, dance, music, theater, and free access to 11 museums The third annual Denver Arts Week will run November 6-14, offering more than 200 art-focused events throughout the Metro Denver area. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper kicked off the event at a press conference ... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-arts-week-hosts-more-than-200-events.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-wind-technology-center-to-celebrate-doe1-5.html On Tuesday, November, 10th, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program, DOE’s national laboratories, and industry partners including GE and RES Americas will gather to celebrate the completed installation and commissioning of the first utility-scale wind turbine to be o... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-wind-technology-center-to-celebrate-doe1-5.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-team-develops-first-atlas-of-bacterial-diversity.html A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the body and which aid us in physiological functions that contribute to our health. The study showed... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-team-develops-first-atlas-of-bacterial-diversity.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-clean-energy-forum-attracts-investment-community.html Three clean energy companies honored at awards event The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 22nd Clean Energy Industry Growth Forum this week attracted nearly 600 investors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and policymakers to Denver. The three-day forum highlighted ... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-s-clean-energy-forum-attracts-investment-community.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nichols-and-sobanet-to-speak-at-health-care-luncheon.html WHAT Nationally renowned health care policy expert Len Nichols will join state economic expert Henry Sobanet to discuss their findings in a new study about the economic impact of health care reform and Colorado’s current health care system. The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce will host its sevent... Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nichols-and-sobanet-to-speak-at-health-care-luncheon.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/student-leads-effort-of-sustainability-at-auraria-higher-education-center.html Auraria Higher Education Center 100% wind offset, tops state list for college campus renewable energy purchasers; 7th in nation A student-backed sustainability initiative has made the Auraria Higher Education Center the top Colorado college campus purchasing renewable energy as ranked by the U.S. E... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/student-leads-effort-of-sustainability-at-auraria-higher-education-center.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-to-kick-off-denver-arts-week.html Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will kick off the third annual Denver Arts Week at a press conference in the Denver Art Museum that will also include tourism and arts leaders. Running Nov. 6-14, Denver Arts Week will feature more than 200 art-focused events that are either free or at greatly reduced ... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-to-kick-off-denver-arts-week.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/downtown-denver-ambassador-street-to-get-makeover.html Downtown Denver’s 14th Street will soon emerge has a vibrant pedestrian-oriented thoroughfare, thanks to the successful result of the November 3rd election in which private property owners along the street voted to contribute $4 million to the overall $14 million cost of the streetscaping project th... Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/downtown-denver-ambassador-street-to-get-makeover.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nih-awards--577-000-to-immurx-for-tuberculosis-treatment.html ImmuRx, co-founded by Ross Kedl, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Immunology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has been awarded a $577,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the potential of the Im... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nih-awards--577-000-to-immurx-for-tuberculosis-treatment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-announces-cleantech-open-winners.html Cleantech Open announced the winning teams in the Rocky Mountain region of the world's biggest cleantech business plan competition: New Sky Energy, Rivertop Renewables, and SunTrac Solar. In addition, Cool Energy, Inc. won the Sustainability Award for the Rocky Mountain region. In remarks to more ... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-announces-cleantech-open-winners.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clean-energy-sector-a-silver-lining-in-current-economy.html NREL Industry Growth Forum Nov. 3-5 to showcase emerging companies Despite a challenging economy where most industry sectors have reduced their workforce, one industry in Colorado's economy is bucking that trend - the clean energy sector. Major expansions by clean energy companies such as Vestas W... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/clean-energy-sector-a-silver-lining-in-current-economy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-applauds-xcel-energy-s-new-solar-plan-as-job-creator.html Gov. Bill Ritter applauded Xcel Energy's announcement October 28 that it is adding nearly 260 megawatts of on-site solar power generation to its renewable energy compliance plan, which was filed this afternoon with the Public Utilities Commission. The expanded solar photovoltaic goals are part of X... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-applauds-xcel-energy-s-new-solar-plan-as-job-creator.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-companies-recieve-18m-in-ARRA-geothermal-grants.html Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated four Colorado companies, three state institutions, and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science for securing $18 million in Recovery Act funding for geothermal exploration, research and demonstration projects. Grants included $4.78 million to Flint Geothermal to use ge... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-companies-recieve-18m-in-ARRA-geothermal-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/green-build-road-show-denver-to-be-held-november-4.html Sustainable building construction has taken off in both Europe and the United States over the past five years. Despite the worldwide recession, growth in sustainable construction is expected to outpace many other markets due to strong government involvement. National and local European Union governm... Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/green-build-road-show-denver-to-be-held-november-4.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cancer-researcher-earns--1-4m-arra-grant.html A two-year, $1.4 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant will kick start dynamic research in acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. Dr. Christopher Porter, assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine an... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-cancer-researcher-earns--1-4m-arra-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-colorado-center-to-advance-discovery-of-drugs.html Colorado State University is launching an innovative center that will help university researchers across the state discover new medications to treat illnesses. The Colorado Center for Drug Discovery is part of a statewide initiative to foster bioscience commercialization in Colorado. The center, kn... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-colorado-center-to-advance-discovery-of-drugs.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-building-panels-protect--provide-comfort.html Walking into a building constructed before the days of heating systems and air conditioning, such as a southwestern adobe, still elicits a sense of comfort and coziness. The concept of using thermal mass in walls to help maintain the temperature of a building is not new. And now, this tried and true... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-building-panels-protect--provide-comfort.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biowest-2009-expo-showcases-region-s-bio-industry.html More than 40 exhibitors will be showcasing new technology, products and services for 700+ attendees at the 2009 BioWest Conference and Expo. The announcement is made by John Collar, President and CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), who says the event is November 10 at the Grand Hyatt ... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biowest-2009-expo-showcases-region-s-bio-industry.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-to-participate-in-nationwide-nih-clinical-trial.html More than 900 million adults worldwide and nearly one in three adult Americans have high blood pressure—one of the most common conditions among middle-aged and older adults. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) now has launched a large multicenter randomized clinical trial to determine whether ma... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-to-participate-in-nationwide-nih-clinical-trial.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/team-selected-to-complete-16th-street-urban-design-plan.html A consultant team led by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architechts LLP (ZGF) has been selected to complete the first 16th Street Mall Urban Design Plan. The primary design team includes The Olin Studio (Philadelphia, PA), ELS and StudioINSITE (Denver, CO.) Additional members of the team will consider univers... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/team-selected-to-complete-16th-street-urban-design-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/german-wind-energy-experts-to-host-reception.html On November 12, 2009, the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, Colorado Chapter – will be hosting an industry networking event as part of the transatlantic WindEnergy Business Event Series. The scope of the event is to further collaboration between German and American leaders in the ... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/german-wind-energy-experts-to-host-reception.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--o-brien--successful-ares-1-x-launch-a-good-omen.html Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien, co-chair of the Colorado Space Coalition, says today’s successful launch of NASA’s new generation of rockets is also good news for Colorado. "The Ares 1-X rocket launch ushers in a new era of space exploration, the next step after the space shuttle. Today’s success is a go... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lt--gov--o-brien--successful-ares-1-x-launch-a-good-omen.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-announces-new-agreement-with-microsoft.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced it has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to launch the Clear30 program, an initiative to distribute hig... Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-announces-new-agreement-with-microsoft.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-leadership-foundation-to-host-leadership-forum.html WHAT: Please join the alumni and friends of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation for an hour-long dialogue that will reflect upon the dynamics of leadership. WHO: Freshman United States Senator Michael Bennet is a leader known for taking on complex challenges and opportunities. Many of... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-leadership-foundation-to-host-leadership-forum.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-growth-forum-features-34-clean-energy-comps.html Thirty-four clean energy companies, including seven Colorado companies, will gather in Denver Nov. 3-5 to present their clean energy business cases to a panel of national venture capitalists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory 22nd Industry Growth Forum. Colorad... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-growth-forum-features-34-clean-energy-comps.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-closes--270m-shortfall-in-fy09-10.html Gov. Bill Ritter presented the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee with an updated balancing plan that closes a $271.4 million, recession-induced shortfall in the state’s current Fiscal Year 2009-10 budget. Over the past year, the Governor and legislature have now addressed budget gaps of $2.1 bill... Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-closes--270m-shortfall-in-fy09-10.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-lands-largest-us-solar-inverter-production-facility.html Governor Bill Ritter, Mayor John Hickenlooper, and Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) joined officials from SMA Solar Technology to announce the Germany-based company will open its first North American manufacturing site in Den... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/state-lands-largest-us-solar-inverter-production-facility.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/largest-wind-r-d-study-underway-at-nrel.html Strong winds are a common research partner for scientists working at NREL's National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). Recently, those gusting Colorado winds helped usher in a new milestone for wind technology research and development. NREL and Siemens Power Generation "flipped the switch" starting the... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/largest-wind-r-d-study-underway-at-nrel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-exec-at-colorado-alliance-for-environmental-education.html The Colorado State Forest Service has hired Kathryn "Katie" Navin to serve as the new executive director of the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE), a statewide organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness of environmental education in Colorado. The CAEE supports and prom... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-exec-at-colorado-alliance-for-environmental-education.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-leadership-alliance-seeks-leader-of-the-year.html The Colorado Leadership Alliance and 9News are seeking nominations for the 2010 9News Leader of the Year Award. In 2010, two 9News Leader of the Year awards will be presented to exceptional emerging leaders – one from the private sector and one from the non-profit/public sector. These awards recog... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-leadership-alliance-seeks-leader-of-the-year.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/director-of-governor-s-energy-office-to-speak-at-csu.html Tom Plant, director of the Governor’s Energy Office and Colorado State University alumnus, will speak at the university Monday, Oct. 26 about national and regional trends in clean and renewable energy developments and the impact of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act on Colorado residents. P... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/director-of-governor-s-energy-office-to-speak-at-csu.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-solar-technology-acceleration-center-powering-up.html Members of the Solar Technology Acceleration Center (SolarTAC) and supporters convened in Aurora, October 21, to mark a milestone in "Powering Up" one of the world’s largest solar test and demonstration facilities. Since announcing the initial launch of SolarTAC one year ago, the site infrastructure... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-solar-technology-acceleration-center-powering-up.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-researchers-discover-what-causes-brain-to-shrink.html Colorado State University researchers have discovered that low levels of two chemicals in the brain cause the brain to shrink -- a condition that leads to dementia – and the discovery could help scientists prevent the condition. While researchers have suspected that both insulin and insulin-like gro... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-researchers-discover-what-causes-brain-to-shrink.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-s-energy-office-partners-with-energy-outreach-colorado.html The Governor's Energy Office (GEO) has selected Energy Outreach Colorado (EOC) in a competitive solicitation for a third-party administrator to provide weatherization services for large, multi-family buildings in Colorado. The project is designed to improve comfort, save energy and reduce utility bi... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-s-energy-office-partners-with-energy-outreach-colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-introduces-new-healthcare-plan.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has introduced Chamber Health Plus to help members save money on one of their biggest expenses, employee benefits. Chamber Health Plus also helps members encourage long-term health improvement and increased productivity among employees. For many companies, the m... Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-introduces-new-healthcare-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-and-nist-awarded--500k-grant.html The University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded a $495,000 grant to look for Earth-like planets around other stars using technology based on 2005 Nobel Prize-winning research conducted at JILA, a joint institute of the two Boulder instit... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-and-nist-awarded--500k-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/college-of-nursing-offers-new-programs-in-grad-program.html Graduate students from 14 states surrounding Colorado can now attend University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing (CON) programs they don’t have in their states at in-state tuition rates. UC Denver CON was recently approved by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) to off... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/college-of-nursing-offers-new-programs-in-grad-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-and-nrel-institute-announce-plans.html The Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute announced its inaugural group of RASEI Fellow appointments and plans for future faculty hires to form one of the world’s leading university and federal laboratory partnerships in the development and commercialization of renewable energy technologies. R... Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-and-nrel-institute-announce-plans.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-solicits-proposals-for-arra-development-projects.html Notice of Funding Availability issued for business lending, community/neighborhood improvements funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act The Denver Office of Economic Development (OED) has issued two notices of funding availability for programs funded by the American Recovery and Reinve... Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-solicits-proposals-for-arra-development-projects.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/du-business-school-ranked-among-the-best-in-the-world.html Daniels College of Business program, ranked by London’s Financial Times for the second straight year 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 progr... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/du-business-school-ranked-among-the-best-in-the-world.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-unveils-first-worldview-2-images.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, released the first images from WorldView-2, the company’s most recent high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite. Initial... Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-unveils-first-worldview-2-images.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-siemens-research-turbine-commissioned-at-nrel.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Siemens Energy Inc. formally commissioned a new 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbine at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center October 19. The turbine is the centerpiece of a multi-year project to study the performanc... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-siemens-research-turbine-commissioned-at-nrel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-grad-student-honored-with-popular-mechanics-award.html A spherical robot that climbs stairs has won a Colorado State University mechanical engineering graduate student recognition as one of the "10 Most Brilliant Innovators of 2009" by Popular Mechanics magazine. Greg Schroll also received the publication’s Next Generation Breakthrough Award for h... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-grad-student-honored-with-popular-mechanics-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/swe-awards-outstanding-faculty-advisor-to-mines-prof.html The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is pleased to announce Candace Sulzbach, P.E. as the 2009 Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award recipient. She is recognized for outstanding contributions to engineering education, and for mentoring and advising engineering students. Sulzbach is a lecturer in the Co... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/swe-awards-outstanding-faculty-advisor-to-mines-prof.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/science-magazine-features-colorado-s-mines-research-.html Science magazine has published a paper by Colorado School of Mines doctoral graduate student Matthew Walsh, and faculty and co-directors of the Center for Hydrate Research (CHR), Carolyn Koh, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu Sum, and David Wu — “Microsecond Simulations of Spontaneous Methane Hydrate Nucleatio... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/science-magazine-features-colorado-s-mines-research-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-welcomes-solar-leasing-firm-to-colorado.html Gov. Bill Ritter welcomed SunRun as the newest member of Colorado's New Energy Economy on October 19. SunRun offers homeowners the opportunity to lease solar power systems, providing another way for consumers to save energy costs and access clean energy. California-based SunRun is expanding its bus... Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-welcomes-solar-leasing-firm-to-colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-manages-solar-decathalon-in-dc.html Rain usually spoils a solar power contest. But three days of showers — and thin-film photovoltaic technology — actually helped Team Germany win the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon. Team Germany's Cube House was one of the most technologically advanced among the 20 clean energy prot... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-manages-solar-decathalon-in-dc.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-developing-lung-disease-roadmap.html Researchers at five research centers have been awarded an $11 million, two-year grant from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as part of the NIH Recovery Act that will allow a team of national scientists to delve deeply into the biology of two fatal lung diseases for which there are few the... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-developing-lung-disease-roadmap.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-living-streets-initiative-holding-workshops.html The Living Streets Initiative is holding five public workshops around the city of Denver in mid-October. The workshops will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn more about living streets and to provide important feedback on the creation of great places with transportation options that work... Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-living-streets-initiative-holding-workshops.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-chamber-of-commerce-wants-tax-breaks-saved.html The Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce has delivered a list of business tax breaks to the governor's office that it thinks should be preserved to prevent damaging the state's economic recovery. The business organization also is asking Gov. Bill Ritter for more detail from his revenue staff about whic... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-chamber-of-commerce-wants-tax-breaks-saved.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-s-eric-bachtell-honored-by-popular-mechanics-for-kepler-mission.html Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.’s Eric Bachtell, chief systems engineer for the Kepler program, has been honored by Popular Mechanics with a 2009 Breakthrough Award for his work on NASA’s planet-finding mission. The 2009 Popular Mechanics awards recognized life-changing innovations in a ceremon... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-s-eric-bachtell-honored-by-popular-mechanics-for-kepler-mission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-completes-stpsat-2-satellite-pre-shipment.html Ball Aerospace & Technologies  Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for  STPSat-2, the first spacecraft for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) program. Launch of the vehicle is scheduled for the second qua... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-completes-stpsat-2-satellite-pre-shipment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Rocktober-09.html As the Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies prepare for the first round of playoffs in the road to the World Series, here is a comparison of the cities, stadiums, food and fans, as coordinated by the cities’ respective tourism organizations:  The Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Rocktober-09.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-awarded--2-4-million-from-nasa-.html NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $2.4 million to design, build and fly four rocket payloads to probe nearby "interstellar weather" using new technologies being developed for use on future orbiting observatories. The payloads — ultraviolet telescopes known as spectrographs — ar... Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-awarded--2-4-million-from-nasa-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthone-family-welcomes-a-new-addition.html HCA-HealthONE LLC announced the establishment of a non-profit foundation, Rocky Mountain Children’s Health Foundation, serving the Rocky Mountain Region. The Foundation will be headed by long-time healthcare executive and foundation leader, Executive Director Patricia L. Peterson. Rocky Mounta... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthone-family-welcomes-a-new-addition.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ge-and-tendril-to-bring-smart-grid-to-the-home.html Tendril, developer of the first integrated software/hardware platform to enable real-time, two-way communications between utilities/retailers and their customers on energy supply and consumption, is broadening its smart grid relationship with GE beyond appliances with an equity investment by GE... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ge-and-tendril-to-bring-smart-grid-to-the-home.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/siemens-research-turbine-to-be-commissioned-at-nrel.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Siemens Energy Inc. will formally commission a new 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbine at the National Wind Technology Center on Monday, Oct 19. The turbine is the centerpiece of what will be the biggest governm... Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/siemens-research-turbine-to-be-commissioned-at-nrel.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/polish-officials-to-host-business-meetings-in-denver.html The City of Katowice, Poland and the Economic Section of the Polish Embassy in Washington are sending a delegation of over 20 Silesian business, government, and university representatives to Colorado between October 19-25, 2009. The World Trade Center, W. E. Loopesko & Associates, Inc. and the Col... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/polish-officials-to-host-business-meetings-in-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/stemapalooza-connects-kids-to-stem-education.html Kindergartener, policymaker, teacher or business executive—no matter what age or occupation—there will be something for everyone at the 2009 University of Colorado Denver STEMapalooza. More than 7,500 participants are predicted to attend, including 4,500 students who have registered for field trips.... Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/stemapalooza-connects-kids-to-stem-education.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-web-portal-makes-green-driving-easier.html The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a convenient online directory of Web-based tools, database searches, cost calculators, and interactive maps—all related to alternative fuels and advanced vehicles. This comprehensive Web page helps users q... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-web-portal-makes-green-driving-easier.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professors-obtain--917-000-to-improve-firefighter-gear.html The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded a group of Colorado State University engineering professors a $917,000 grant to help reduce the heat stress firefighters experience wearing heavy, fireproof suits. Professors Thomas Bradley, Wade Troxell, and John Williams are working with Niwot ... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professors-obtain--917-000-to-improve-firefighter-gear.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unc-to-receive--1-5-million-gift-for-student-research.html The University of Northern Colorado will receive a $1.5 million planned gift from Dr. Mary Jo Drew to create a distinguished professorship and memorial scholarship and provide funding for student research. Drew, chief medical officer of blood services at the American Red Cross chapter in Portland,... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unc-to-receive--1-5-million-gift-for-student-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-professor-elected-to-institute-of-medicine.html Kristi Anseth, a University of Colorado at Boulder distinguished professor and the Tisone Professor in chemical and biological engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine. Anseth, who als... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-professor-elected-to-institute-of-medicine.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mines-NRC-grants.html Colorado School of Mines has been awarded $86,400 in scholarship grants by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).The NRC has awarded nearly $20 million to 70 institutions to boost nuclear education and expand the workforce in nuclear and nuclear-related disciplines. Congress provided the NRC fundi... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mines-NRC-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-cultural-office-releases-annual-report.html The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) released its 2008 Report to the Community on October 12. Below is a message from Erin Trapp, director of DOCA. In 1993, Jon Krakauer, writing for Smithsonian, published a feature article on Denver titled "Denver: the cow town with culture and proud ... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-cultural-office-releases-annual-report.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-software-helps-design-energy-stingy-buildings.html OpenStudio, a new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp. Gone is the tedious and time-consuming task of man... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-software-helps-design-energy-stingy-buildings.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aardex-announces-new-st--anthony-hospital-campus-plan.html Aardex LLC, a full service design, development and construction firm, announced today its plans to develop 250,000 square feet of medical office space to serve the new St. Anthony Hospital Campus in Lakewood, just west of Denver. The first Medical Office Building breaks ground in January 2010 and,... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aardex-announces-new-st--anthony-hospital-campus-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-sponsoring-nrel-growth-forum-.html Thirty-four clean energy companies will present their business cases to a panel of investors and industry experts in Denver Nov. 3-5 as the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts the 22nd NREL Industry Growth Forum. The 34 companies were selected through an ap... Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-sponsoring-nrel-growth-forum-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-among-nation-s-top-sustainable-campuses.html The University of Colorado at Boulder is again ranked one of the top campuses in the nation for sustainability by the Sustainable Endowments Institute, a special project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. CU-Boulder today earned an "A-" grade, the highest grade given, on the institute's College ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-among-nation-s-top-sustainable-campuses.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/worldview-2.html DigitalGlobe, headquartered in Longmont, (NYSE: DGI), a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced on October 8, 2009 the successful launch and deployment of WorldV... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/worldview-2.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-and--seedco-announce-loan-program.html The Denver Metro Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and Seedco Financial announced today that applications for the Next Stage Loan Assistance Program will be due October 31, 2009. The Next Stage Loan Assistance Program provides mid-level loans, between $250,000 and $1,000,000 for small, establ... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-sbdc-and--seedco-announce-loan-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-and-philly-mayors-make-friendly-bets.html FirstBank, Comcast, and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania are taking sides in the baseball playoff series between the Colorado Rockies and Philadelphia Phillies that started Wednesday. Both sides. The companies are sponsoring friendly bets between the mayors of the two competing cities in Major League... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-and-philly-mayors-make-friendly-bets.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-celebrates-15th-anniversary-of-light-rail.html This month, RTD is marking the 15th anniversary of light rail opening in the metro area. Since RTD opened the 5.3-mile Central Light Rail Line October 7, 1994, RTD’s 35-mile light rail system has carried nearly 150 million passenger trips. The light rail network carries an average of about 60,000 pa... Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-celebrates-15th-anniversary-of-light-rail.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/southeast-business-partnership-hosts-mid-year-lunch.html The Southeast Business Partnership (SEBP) will host their Mid-Year Awards Luncheon on Monday, October 26, 2009 at The Wildlife Experience from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Featuring 2010 Republican Gubernatorial Candidates, former Congressman Scott McInnis and State Senator Josh Penry  to speak on e... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/southeast-business-partnership-hosts-mid-year-lunch.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-touts-bioscience-at-dc-advamed-conference.html For three days, representatives from the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA), Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation and the Greater Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation will be showcasing Colorado’s medical devi... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-touts-bioscience-at-dc-advamed-conference.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-Aug09-traffic.html 4.8 million passengers traveled in August 2009, continuing positive traffic trend A total of 4,877,212 passengers traveled through Denver International Airport in August, an increase of 2.3 percent over the 4,768,799 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year. It was DIA’s ... Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/DIA-Aug09-traffic.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/leadership-exchange-09.html Colorado’s capital city has much to learn from leaders in the Twin Cities area, according to Maureen McDonald, executive director of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation (DMCLF). McDonald, DMCLF Chair Becky Cordes of First Western Financial and Trip Co-Chair Dan Lewis of Molson Coors esco... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/leadership-exchange-09.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-brownfields-conference-2009-announced.html The Colorado Brownfields Foundation, the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment, & the Environmental Protection Agency announced the 2009 Colorado Brownfields Conference: Revitalization in the New Economy. Held November 9 and 10 at the Doubletree Hotel in Westminster, the conferenc... Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-brownfields-conference-2009-announced.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-earns-nih-award-for-innovation.html A Colorado State University researcher’s discovery that how tuberculosis is studied in laboratory settings across the world may not realistically model many human infections has earned her a New Innovator Award from National Institutes of Health. The award, which comes with a $1.5 million grant ove... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-earns-nih-award-for-innovation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/three-physicians-honored-with-global-health-award.html The 2009 Award for Excellence in Global Health was given to three outstanding, local leaders in the global health arena this year. The awards were given Oct. 1 at the kickoff event of the second annual Global Health Symposium hosted by the Colorado School of Public Health’s Center for Global Health ... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/three-physicians-honored-with-global-health-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-conference-tackles-interstate-transmission.html It sounds like a dreaded word problem on a final exam: More than 50% of the best class 5 - 7 winds in the Western U.S. occur in southern Wyoming. Southern California's population is expected to grow by 74% by 2030 to 23 million residents, and will need all the low-cost renewable power it can get. H... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-conference-tackles-interstate-transmission.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/leaders-laud-cooperation--urge-statewide-focus.html Members of the Colorado Competitive Council (C3) traveled to Durango on October 1 to meet with state representatives and business leaders in southern Colorado on Thursday to prepare for the upcoming legislative session, ensuring that all corners of Colorado have a voice at the state capitol.  ... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/leaders-laud-cooperation--urge-statewide-focus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-receives-6-million-grant-for-energy-efficiency.html Mayor John Hickenlooper has announced that the City of Denver will receive $6,079,500 from the U.S. Department of Energy to improve community energy efficiency through its Greenprint Denver programs. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) will provide dedicated funding for the Ci... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-receives-6-million-grant-for-energy-efficiency.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/commnet-wireless-expanding-in-castle-rock.html In a time when many businesses are cutting back, one Castle Rock company is expecting to double its workforce. Commnet Wireless is a rapidly growing rural wireless carrier with headquarters in Atlanta. The firm opened a regional office at 1562 Park St. in Castle Rock in 2000. At that time they had ... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/commnet-wireless-expanding-in-castle-rock.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/site-selectors-get-mile-high-experience.html.html Familiarization tour brings eight site selection experts to Metro Denver Eight national site selection consultants participated in the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Site Selection Conference Sept. 23-25, 2009. The Conference is one of the organization’s most ef... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/site-selectors-get-mile-high-experience.html.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-announces-green-jobs-college-certificate-program-.html Gov. Bill Ritter was joined by leaders in education and energy on September 30 to announce two new educational tools that will help strengthen Colorado's clean energy workforce: a community college green jobs certificate and a green jobs guidebook. "Colorado's New Energy Economy is leading America ... Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-announces-green-jobs-college-certificate-program-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/anschutz-medical-campus-expands-enviro-health-research.html The Colorado School of Public Health announced its selection for the chairperson of its Department of Environmental & Occupational Health this week at the Uniting Public Health meeting in Copper Mountain, Colo. The conference provided a perfect opportunity for the announcement, bringing together sev... Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/anschutz-medical-campus-expands-enviro-health-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uccc-gets--900k-to-create-new-thyroid-cancer-cell-lines.html Thyroid cancer researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center have received a $900,000, two-year Challenge Grant from the National Institutes of Health to create new validated thyroid cancer cell lines and validate that currently used cell lines are thyroid cancer. The National Institutes ... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uccc-gets--900k-to-create-new-thyroid-cancer-cell-lines.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northern-colorado-taps-7-7million-for-medical-research.html Congresswoman Betsy Markey announced that more than $7.7 million in Recovery Act grants has been awarded to fund cutting-edge medical research in Colorado’s Fourth Congressional District. The grant awards are expected to create hundreds of jobs over the next two years and are part of a nationwi... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northern-colorado-taps-7-7million-for-medical-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/auraria-pays-off-for-colorado-state-investment.html Study shows state investment dollars well-leveraged The three schools that make up the Auraria campus account for more than $1 billion in spending in the state a year, according to a new study. In all, the campus generates $11 in spending for every dollar the state contributes, the study by Develo... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/auraria-pays-off-for-colorado-state-investment.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-awarded-co2-pipeline-project.html Project will reduce carbon emissions and increase domestic energy supplies CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management contract from Encore Acquisition Company (Encore) f... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ch2m-hill-awarded-co2-pipeline-project.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/artdistrict-on-santa-fe-and-golden-triangle-district-connect.html Denver’s ArtDistrict on Santa Fe and the Golden Triangle Museum District have partnered to connect two of Denver’s premiere art and cultural districts. Beginning on First Friday October 2 art patrons can travel on a free luxury shuttle coach with an on-board guide between the two art districts. For... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/artdistrict-on-santa-fe-and-golden-triangle-district-connect.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uccc-scientists-win-870000-cancer-stem-cell-grant.html University of Colorado Cancer Center scientists have been awarded a coveted American Recovery and Rehabilitation Act (ARRA) Challenge Grant to find biomarkers for head and neck cancer stem cells. Xiao-Jing Wang, MD, PhD, Antonio Jimeno, MD, PhD, John Song, MD, and Stephen Malkoski MD PhD are the co... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uccc-scientists-win-870000-cancer-stem-cell-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-weathering-system-cuts-product-testing-time.html Engineers design a new auto paint, a better solar device or a sturdier vinyl siding. But how can they know if the new products deserve a five-year, 10-year or 30-year warranty, with the sun beating down on it day after day? Better a leap in technology than a leap of faith. A senior scientist at th... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-weathering-system-cuts-product-testing-time.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-praises-ranking-as-4th-best-state-for-business.html Gov. Ritter praised Forbes.com for naming Colorado as the fourth-best state to do business, up from No. 6 last year. The ranking measures six categories for businesses: costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, current economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. Colorado finished in ... Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ritter-praises-ranking-as-4th-best-state-for-business.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sen-mark-udall-praises-cu-boulder-s-climate-change-efforts.html Against the backdrop of last week’s Clinton Global Initiative and Climate Week NYC, and on the heels of the University of Colorado at Boulder last month being named the No. 1 "green" university in the nation by Sierra Magazine, CU-Boulder launched a new online tool that localizes climate change for ... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/sen-mark-udall-praises-cu-boulder-s-climate-change-efforts.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-labs-work-to-settle-phev-fuel-economy-puzzle.html NREL-developed methodology shows promise for estimating real-world energy use The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently joined forces with researchers from Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to take the lead in deve... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-labs-work-to-settle-phev-fuel-economy-puzzle.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-scientists-set-for-final-mercury-flyby.html NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, which is toting an $8.7 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument, will make its third and final flyby of Mercury on Sept. 29 -- a clever gravity-assist maneuver that will steer it into orbit around the rocky planet beginning in March 2011. The spacecraft wi... Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-scientists-set-for-final-mercury-flyby.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-engineering-prof-honored-with-national-award.html The Society of Automobile Engineers International has honored Azer Yalin, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Colorado State University, with the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award for young educators who are successfully preparing engineers to meet societal challenges. Yalin received t... Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-engineering-prof-honored-with-national-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/site-selection-conference-set-for-sept--23-25.html Nine national site selection consultants will converge upon Metro Denver for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation's (Metro Denver EDC) Site Selection Conference, Sept. 23-25. The Conference is one of the Metro Denver EDC's most effective strategies for marketing Metro Denver's business... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/site-selection-conference-set-for-sept--23-25.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-ceo-urges-continued-efforts.html Addressing the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce membership for the first time since taking the helm of the organization last month, President and CEO Kelly Brough lauded the organization for its ongoing efforts to help businesses thrive amid Colorado’s economic ups and downs during the Chamber’s sto... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-metro-chamber-ceo-urges-continued-efforts.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/former-lockheed-martin-ceo-augustine-to-speak-at-csu.html Norman Augustine, retired chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corp., will talk about education’s role in expanding U.S. competitiveness as part of a visit to Colorado State University on Monday, Sept. 28. Augustine has been invited to speak as part of the Information Science & T... Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/former-lockheed-martin-ceo-augustine-to-speak-at-csu.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northern-colorado-edc-secures-usda-development-grant.html The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development State Director Jim Isgar was in Loveland today to present representatives from the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) with a Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) for $12,500. "The funding will be used to... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/northern-colorado-edc-secures-usda-development-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-team-tests-higher-ethanol-fuel-mix.html Going on a diet can be good for you. And maybe a gasoline "diet" of traditional fuel blended with increased levels of ethanol will be good for the environment and economy without hurting conventional cars and small engines. NREL researchers are trying to find out, because these new ethanol blends co... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-team-tests-higher-ethanol-fuel-mix.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-named-earth-observation-operator-of-the-year.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution, world-imagery products and services for defense and intelligence, government, and commercial clients, today announced that it has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year by Euroconsult. “The Awards for Excellence in Sa... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-named-earth-observation-operator-of-the-year.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-chancellor-joe-blake-inaugurated-on-historic-oval.html The Colorado State University community today celebrated the inauguration of Joe Blake as the first sole chancellor of the CSU System and Tony Frank as the 14th president of the university. The two were officially installed by the Board of Governors on the historic Oval before a crowd of hundreds of... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-chancellor-joe-blake-inaugurated-on-historic-oval.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-energy-coalition-releases-study-on-state-competitiveness.html The Colorado Energy Coalition (CEC), an affiliate of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), published a study on September 15, 2009 measuring Colorado's competitive position in the wind, solar, coal, natural gas, and oil industries. The inaugural Resource Rich Col... Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-energy-coalition-releases-study-on-state-competitiveness.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bach-composite-industry-to-locate-in-northern-colorado.html Gov. Bill Ritter and Economic Development Director Don Marostica today joined Bach Composite Industry, Upstate Colorado Economic Development and Fort Lupton officials to announce that Denmark-based Bach will locate its first North American manufacturing plant in Fort Lupton. Bach recently acquired ... Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/bach-composite-industry-to-locate-in-northern-colorado.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-sets-record-for-busiest-month-in-history.html A total of 5,109,342 passengers were recorded at Denver International Airport in July, a 2.2 percent increase from the 5,000,505 travelers who used the airport during the same month last year. This marks DIA’s busiest month in history and bucks the trend of declining passenger numbers that started l... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-sets-record-for-busiest-month-in-history.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-expands-suite-of-web-based-fuel-efficiency-tools.html The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) expanded its suite of Web-based, fuel-efficiency tools by launching the Mobile Truck Stop Electrification Locator. This comprehensive mobile application helps truck drivers find public truck stops with idle reduction f... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-expands-suite-of-web-based-fuel-efficiency-tools.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-announces-1-6m-in-bio-commercialization-grants.html The University of Colorado has selected 11 projects for funding under a 2008 legislative initiative to increase the commercial potential of bioscience technologies from Colorado research institutions. These grants, known as 'proof of concept' grants, fill a crucial gap in funding between basic resea... Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-announces-1-6m-in-bio-commercialization-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EPA-HUD-DOT-to-visit-denver-on-sustainability-tour.html EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan will visit three cities on a Sustainable Communities Tour on September 17 and 18, 2009. The officials will travel to Chicago, Dubuque and Denver and tour communities that ... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/EPA-HUD-DOT-to-visit-denver-on-sustainability-tour.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-award-winning-battery-secret-is-buried.html An innovative microbattery based on a National Renewable Energy Laboratory team's inspired digression is already bringing home major awards. But those involved with the buried anode thin-film rechargeable battery's ongoing development say the technology holds greatest promise as a building block for... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-award-winning-battery-secret-is-buried.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-prof-unraveling-mystery-of-treating-chronic-pain.html Successfully treating chronic pain with opioids such as morphine -- minus the side effects -- may soon become a reality, bringing relief to millions of people who suffer from debilitating pain, according to Distinguished Professor Linda Watkins of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Watkins and ... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-prof-unraveling-mystery-of-treating-chronic-pain.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/life-science-investor-conference-announces-investors.html On Thursday, September 17, Denver will welcome 31 life science investors and business development professionals for the inaugural Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference. This conference will showcase 30 of the region’s top life science companies to interested investors including business de... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/life-science-investor-conference-announces-investors.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-unmanned-aircraft-buzz-over-antarctic.html A series of record-setting unmanned research flights are providing University of Colorado at Boulder researchers with some of the first 3-D observations of gaping holes in the Antarctic sea ice known as polynyas and the blasting winds that help form them. Using unmanned planes roughly 9 feet acros... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-unmanned-aircraft-buzz-over-antarctic.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csia-announces-2009-demogala-showcase-nominees.html The Colorado Technology Association (CSIA), the state’s largest and most influential technology organization, announced more than 130 showcase nominees for the 2009 DEMOgala. This year’s Colorado companies are pushing technology and driving success through innovative pathways and revenue generating ... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csia-announces-2009-demogala-showcase-nominees.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-jobs-in-the-arts-receive-arra-funds.html The Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA), the Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) and the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) today announced 47 Colorado nonprofit arts organizations will receive $568,040 in federal recovery funds to preserve or restore 313 salaried and contract positions.&nb... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-jobs-in-the-arts-receive-arra-funds.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-nacelles-to-host-career-information-forum.html Vestas Nacelles America, Inc, the world's leading producer of high-tech wind power systems, will kick off its search for the best employees for its new Nacelle facility underway in Brighton. In August 2008, Vestas announced plans to further expand its U.S. presence by establishing a nacelle assembly... Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/vestas-nacelles-to-host-career-information-forum.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/caridianbct-gets-5-6m-from-pentagon-for-blood-safety.html CaridianBCT, a leading global provider of technology, products and services in automated blood collections, therapeutic apheresis and cell therapy systems, whole blood processes and pathogen reduction technologies, has announced it has been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of De... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/caridianbct-gets-5-6m-from-pentagon-for-blood-safety.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-awarded-2-5m-nsf-grant-to-study-wasting-disease.html A Colorado State University research team has been awarded a $2.5 million National Science Foundation grant to study transmission of chronic wasting disease. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, affects members of the deer family and is similar to diseases like scrapie in sheep and mad cow disease – or... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-awarded-2-5m-nsf-grant-to-study-wasting-disease.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/therm-tech-colorado-to-host-open-house.html The Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation (NCEDC) is pleased to announce an open house for Therm-Tech of Colorado, LLC. The Wisconsin-based heat treat manufacturing company, which is family owned and operated, recently expanded into the Rocky Mountain Region. The company is leasing 26,0... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/therm-tech-colorado-to-host-open-house.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wired-initiative-launches-metrodenvercareers-com.html The Metro Denver WIRED Initiative has created MetroDenverCareers.com, a place for students, job seekers, educators and business professionals to learn about and access career resources for some of the region's fastest growing, high-wage, industries - aerospace, bioscience, energy, and information te... Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wired-initiative-launches-metrodenvercareers-com.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-energy-execs-make-an-impact-nationally.html The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is no stranger to the spotlight when it comes to the discussion of renewable energy solutions for the country. But now alumni from the NREL Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs) are also finding themselves in the national spotlight for their ener... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-energy-execs-make-an-impact-nationally.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-boulder-fort-collins-rank-in-best-places-for-college.html A new report rating the best places to attend college in America ranks Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins among the top 10 cities in different size groups. The American Institute of Economic Research ranked Denver No. 5 among mid-sized metro areas in its "College Destinations Index 2009-10." Boulder ... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-boulder-fort-collins-rank-in-best-places-for-college.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boulder-smartgridcity-first-functioning-in-world.html Xcel Energy’s SmartGridCity project in Boulder has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions. This step makes it the first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world that increases reliability, provi... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/boulder-smartgridcity-first-functioning-in-world.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthone-rolls-out-the-green-carpet-for-metro-denver.html HCA-HealthONE, LLC joined Practice Greenhealth, the nation’s leading group for organizations in the healthcare community that have made a commitment to sustainable, eco-friendly practices. Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) established this relationship on behalf of its 163 hospitals and 112 outp... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthone-rolls-out-the-green-carpet-for-metro-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-joins-secretary-shinseki-at-veterans-hospital-groundbreaking.html Gov. Bill Ritter joined U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki to break ground on the new stand alone Veterans Hospital on the Fitzsimons campus August 22. The new hospital will serve veterans from Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and portions of Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada and North ... Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-joins-secretary-shinseki-at-veterans-hospital-groundbreaking.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-to-host-colloquium-on-global-sustainability-challenges.html The university community and the public are invited to join the discussion surrounding the challenges and opportunities for creating a sustainable future in Colorado State University’s first International Colloquium on Global Challenges for Sustainability, Sept. 9-11. Fifteen separate sessions are p... Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-to-host-colloquium-on-global-sustainability-challenges.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mines-natural-gas-research.html Colorado School of Mines has announced the establishment of the Unconventional Natural Gas Institute (UNGI) for the upstream research and development of natural gas, which is clean-burning, helps minimize greenhouse gas emissions, and is in great supply in the United States. “This lower carbon alte... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mines-natural-gas-research.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/greener-denver.html Greenprint Denver, the Denver Office of Economic Development and Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy (CORE) launched the new Greener Denver Business program in August 2009, a collaborative initiative supporting local businesses interested in greening their operations. Participating b... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/greener-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hosting.com-merger.html Hosting.com, the leading provider of global managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions, announced on August 31, 2009 that it will combine HostMySite and Hosting.com under the Hosting.com name over the next several weeks. Customers of the new company will receive the same quality of supp... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/hosting.com-merger.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/companies-invited-to-rocky-mountain-life-science-investor-conference.html Organizers of the Inaugural Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor Conference (RMLIC) have announced the final 13 of 30 presenting companies that will showcase their innovations to leading investors and industry experts on September 17 at the Ritz Carlton, Denver. The announcement is made by John Coll... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/companies-invited-to-rocky-mountain-life-science-investor-conference.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/abengoa-xcel-to-build-first-solar-thermal-coal-plant.html Abengoa Solar has been selected by Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric utility company, to build a demonstration parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) plant at its Cameo coal plant near Grand Junction, Colorado. The project is the first to integrate an industrial solar installation i... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/abengoa-xcel-to-build-first-solar-thermal-coal-plant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-gets-19-3m-in-homeland-security-grants.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced August 30 this year's homeland security grant awards to state agencies and communities across Colorado, providing $19.3 million to be administered by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security. Over 80 percent of the funds awarded will go to counties and local jurisdictio... Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-gets-19-3m-in-homeland-security-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unc-to-receive-1-17m-to-direct-national-science-initiative.html The University of Northern Colorado will receive $1.17 million from the National Science Foundation to lead a collaborative national initiative focusing on the advancement and retention of women faculty members in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The four-y... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/unc-to-receive-1-17m-to-direct-national-science-initiative.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-awarded--2-million-to-research-social-media.html The National Science Foundation has awarded more than $2 million to University of Colorado at Boulder researchers to take leading-edge investigations on the public’s use of social media during crisis situations to the next level of research and development. The grant to Assistant Professor Leysia P... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-awarded--2-million-to-research-social-media.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-state-forest-service-receives-10-7-million.html The Colorado State Forest Service, an agency of the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University, has received $10.7 million in stimulus funds to solicit proposals that will create and retain forestry-related jobs in Colorado. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, ... Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-state-forest-service-receives-10-7-million.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-job-fair-set-for-september-4.html To connect job seekers with a wide variety of airport jobs, the Denver Office of Economic Development will host a DIA Job Fair, Friday, September 4, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., at the DIA City Conference Room on the sixth level of the main terminal.  The job fair will promote approximately 75 full-ti... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-job-fair-set-for-september-4.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-announces-500M-campaign-for-access-competitiveness.html Colorado State University announced August 29 the launch of its first-ever comprehensive campaign in the 139-year history of the university. The Campaign for Colorado State University seeks to complete a $500 million fundraising effort in the next three years. The campaign focuses on ensuring studen... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-announces-500M-campaign-for-access-competitiveness.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-to-receive-sustainability-award.html Village Earth will honor Colorado State University Professor Bryan Willson with the Maurice L. Albertson Medal in Sustainable Development on Friday, Aug. 28 at the Lory Student Center. Under Willson’s leadership over the last 18 years, the CSU Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory has developed ... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-professor-to-receive-sustainability-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-state-university-recognized-for-diversity.html Colorado State University’s commitment to a diverse campus has been acknowledged with a national award by Minority Access, Inc. The formal award ceremony will be held during the 10th annual National Role Model Conference in Washington, D.C., Sep. 11 – 13. "This award is not being given to one parti... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-state-university-recognized-for-diversity.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-worldview-2-arrives-at-vandenberg-afb.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution, world-imagery products and services for commercial, defense, and intelligence clients, today announced that the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in anticipation of its launch on Octobe... Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-worldview-2-arrives-at-vandenberg-afb.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aurora-p-20-education-campus-breaks-ground.html Gov. Bill Ritter joined Aurora Public Schools Superintendent John Barry and other educators August 24 to break ground on the district's new unique education campus, which will guide students along a seamless path from pre-school to college and careers. The $72.4 million, 100-acre campus will help f... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/aurora-p-20-education-campus-breaks-ground.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/support-grows-for-governor-s-job-creation-strategy.html Statewide business groups joined Gov. Bill Ritter and endorsed the next step forward for the governor's job-creation strategy. The Colorado Jobs Cabinet presented Gov. Ritter with recommendations to improve workforce quality and better meet the needs of businesses today and into the future. "These ... Mon, 24 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/support-grows-for-governor-s-job-creation-strategy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/creative-industries-tour-showcases-colorado-s-talent.html Over 45 business and economic policy leaders boarded a motorcoach and toured Denver creative industries that are economic hubs of employment and commerce on Friday, August 21. They heard from business owners and industry and economic leaders on their achievements and challenges in building and susta... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/creative-industries-tour-showcases-colorado-s-talent.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-leaders-take-helm-at-metro-denver-edc.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) announced new leadership appointments to its Executive Committee and Board of Governors August 26. John Beeble, president and CEO of Saunders Construction Inc, has been appointed to a two-year term as a Co-Chair of the Executive ... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-leaders-take-helm-at-metro-denver-edc.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wind-technology-center-installing-dynamic-duo.html The clean wind energy industry must expand significantly in the next two decades to fulfill a strategy of generating 20 percent of the nation's electricity. To provide the technological foundation for that dramatic growth, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is embarking on significant i... Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/wind-technology-center-installing-dynamic-duo.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-named-top-green-university-by-sierra-magazine.html The University of Colorado at Boulder is ranked the top "green" university in the nation this year by Sierra magazine in its September/October edition, a move up from second place in 2008. Universities trailing CU-Boulder in the top five are the University of Washington at Seattle, Middlebury Colle... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-named-top-green-university-by-sierra-magazine.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-ranked-among--america-s-best-colleges-.html U.S. News and World Report ranked Colorado State University in the top tier of best universities in the nation in the 2010 "America's Best Colleges" edition released August 20. U.S. News and World Report listed Colorado State in the top tier of public and private doctoral universities, ranking the ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-ranked-among--america-s-best-colleges-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-plans-to-build-solar-project-to-power-fuel-facility.html Denver International Airport will ask the Denver City Council to approve construction of a photovoltaic solar electricity-generating system that will power the airport’s fuel-storage and -distribution facility. DIA has filed the ordinances necessary to obtain council approval to enter into an agree... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/dia-plans-to-build-solar-project-to-power-fuel-facility.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-hits-new-research-expenditures-record-for-2008-09.html Colorado State University faculty received $312 million in competitive research support in fiscal year 2009, setting a new record for the university despite the economic downturn and increased competition for federal and private grant money. For the first time in university history, faculty members... Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-hits-new-research-expenditures-record-for-2008-09.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-presents-320-million-budget-balancing-plan.html Gov. Bill Ritter presented to the legislature's Joint Budget Committee a balancing plan that closes a nearly $320 million shortfall in the current 2009-10 budget. The package includes more than 100 separate items, and most aspects will take effect Sept. 1. The plan reflects a 9 percent reduction in... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-presents-320-million-budget-balancing-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-site-of-solar-power-plan.html Under initiatives announced June 29 by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), federal agencies will work with western leaders to designate tracts of U.S. public lands in the West as prime zones for utility-scale solar energy development, fund environmental studies,... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-site-of-solar-power-plan.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-researcher-receives-funding-for-Parkinson-drug.html Award is part of Michael J. Fox Foundation program for high-risk/high-reward approaches to Parkinson’s Dr. Curt Freed is testing a new clinical strategy for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease thanks to a grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) through their 2009 Rapid Response Innovation ... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/UC-Denver-researcher-receives-funding-for-Parkinson-drug.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biotricity-medical-options-cu-bioelectric-power-technology.html The University of Colorado and Biotricity Medical Inc. recently executed an option agreement allowing Biotricity Medical to develop technology for implantable biogenerators. These biogenerators provide a long-term (potentially inexhaustible) power supply to implanted medical devices such as pacemake... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/biotricity-medical-options-cu-bioelectric-power-technology.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ula-delta-ii-completes-air-force-gps-iir-21-launch.html The 48th successful and final Air Force Delta II Global Positioning System satellite launch occurred Aug 17, ending one of the most successful space launch programs in American history. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket launched GPS IIR-21(M) into orbit from Space Launch Complex-17A at 6:35 a... Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ula-delta-ii-completes-air-force-gps-iir-21-launch.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/repower--denver-new-headquarters-for-us-subsidiary-.html REpower USA Corp., the wholly-owned subsidiary of German wind energy manufacturer REpower Systems AG, will have a new US headquarters location beginning in early September. The US office for all administrative, sales and project management functions, previously located in Portland, Oregon, will move... Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/repower--denver-new-headquarters-for-us-subsidiary-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-gets--1m-stimulus-grant-to-design-sturdier-computers.html Lighting strikes, floods, and other natural and manmade disasters can mean life or death for people, and they also can devastate computer systems at times when they’re most needed. H.J. Siegel, Tony Maciejewski and Arnold Rosenberg, engineering professors at Colorado State University, have received... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-gets--1m-stimulus-grant-to-design-sturdier-computers.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-to-ship-wise-spacecraft-.html Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed a comprehensive pre-shipment review for NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE satellite. The pre-shipment review was completed on August 4 and followed assembly and performance testing. Ball Aerospace engineers have packed ... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/ball-aerospace-to-ship-wise-spacecraft-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-tours-new-intuit-business-center.html Gov. Bill Ritter toured software firm Intuit Inc.'s new small-business customer-service center in Englewood, which announced Aug 11 it will expand operations, adding 90 new jobs over the next few months. "I want to welcome Intuit as the newest member of Colorado's growing tech sector," Gov. Ritter ... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-tours-new-intuit-business-center.html 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/healthcare-training-center-to-be-operated-by-uc-denver.html The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has contracted with the Colorado WIN Partners, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, to manage the operation of the Work, Education and Lifelong Learning Center (WELLS Center), a state-of-the-art healthcare simulat... Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/healthcare-training-center-to-be-operated-by-uc-denver.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-last-in-first-out-of-recession.html In December 2007, the U.S. economy entered the most severe recession in decades. A number of instabilities contributed to the downturn, but a global pattern of inflated housing trends and financial market failures was a key factor. U.S. job losses between December 2007 and June 2009 totaled nearly... Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Colorado-last-in-first-out-of-recession.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/gov-ritter-kick-off-colorado-wind-research-center.html.html Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter will join state and federal administrators, scientists and engineers from three Colorado universities and three federal laboratories Aug 14 at the University of Colorado at Boulder for the inaugural symposium of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory's Center for Resea... Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-kick-off-colorado-wind-research-center.html.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-summer-labs-season-science-students.html No more school, no more books… Students across the country routinely spend their summers avoiding anything that smacks of scholarship, but for a dedicated group of college and graduate students at NREL, summer is embraced as a time of new discoveries and learning. In June, the National Renewable En... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-summer-labs-season-science-students.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-parks-recreation-trail-system-no1.html.html The July 2009 edition of Parks and Recreation, the official publication of the National Recreation and Parks Association, has named Denver as Best Trail Parks in the United States. The honor comes during National Parks and Recreation month. “If a city is a great tourist destination, you want its p... Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-parks-recreation-trail-system-no1.html.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-congratulates-brough-as-new-chamber-pres.html Gov. Bill Ritter congratulated new Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce President Kelly J. Brough on her recent appointment. The Chamber's board of directors ratified her selection early Aug 7. "As we continue to recover from the worst economic crisis in 75 years, it is vital that we have strong, visio... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov-ritter-congratulates-brough-as-new-chamber-pres.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-selects-kelly-brough-new-leader.html.html Today, the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce board of directors ratified the selection of Kelly J. Brough as the new president and CEO of the organization. “Kelly Brough understands and is able to articulate the important role the position of CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce plays in dev... Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/chamber-selects-kelly-brough-new-leader.html.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uqm-technologies-lands--45m-electric-vehicle-grant.html Gov. Bill Ritter today congratulated Frederick-based UQM Technologies for securing a $45.1 million Recovery Act grant to advance the research and production of the company's electric and hybrid-electric vehicle propulsion systems. UQM was the only Colorado company to land any of the $2.4 billion in... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uqm-technologies-lands--45m-electric-vehicle-grant.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-sponsored-research-awards-hit-record.html The University of Colorado at Boulder received nearly $340 million in sponsored research awards in fiscal year 2009, surpassing last year's record-breaking total by a whopping $60 million and making it the largest jump in university history. "To shatter the $300 million mark is a remarkable achieve... Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-sponsored-research-awards-hit-record.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/regional-economic-stimulus.html Mayor John Hickenlooper joined Metro Denver business and civic leaders April 19 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 ... 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/CSU-selected-for-5-million-DOE-grant-.html.html The U.S. Department of Energy on Wednesday announced it has selected Colorado State University for a $5 million grant to educate the public and train the workforce and emergency responders about the inner workings of hybrid and electric vehicles. The grant is one of 48 advanced battery and electric... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CSU-selected-for-5-million-DOE-grant-.html.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-award-winning-reflector-to-cut-solar-cost-.html Huge parabolic mirrors catching the sun's rays could crisscross America's deserts soon, thanks to a breakthrough that may greatly lower the cost of solar power. A small solar company has teamed with scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop massive curved sheets of metal tha... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-award-winning-reflector-to-cut-solar-cost-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-to-speak-at-chamber-s-state-of-the-city.html Presentations will also be given by regional leadership, an economic development expert and a representative of the non-profit sector What: 7th Annual State of the City LuncheonWhere: Sheraton Downtown Denver Hotel, 1550 Court Pl. Denver, 80202When: Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.... Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/mayor-hickenlooper-to-speak-at-chamber-s-state-of-the-city.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-to-add-solar-power-plant-on-foothills-campus.html Colorado State University this fall will install a two-megawatt solar power plant on the university’s Foothills Campus as part of Xcel Energy Solar*Rewards program – enough solar power to meet more than 10 percent of the university’s electric energy needs on the Foothills Campus. The 15-acre solar ... Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-to-add-solar-power-plant-on-foothills-campus.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-cancer-center-drug-trial-encouraging-for-past-smokers.html Drug significantly improves smoking-caused lung damage in former smokers Iloprost, a drug used regularly to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, has been found to significantly improve the damage in former smokers, according to results of a multicenter Phase II clinical trial led by the Universi... Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-cancer-center-drug-trial-encouraging-for-past-smokers.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-names-director-for-national-center-for-photovoltaics.html Dr. Ryne P. Raffaelle has been named director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).  Raffaelle most recently has been Academic Director for the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and Director of the Nano... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-names-director-for-national-center-for-photovoltaics.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-awarded--45-million-for-affordable-housing-.html Program estimated to generate 750 jobs and help build 1,800 affordable rental housing units throughout state. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Department of Treasury have awarded Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) a combined total of $45.1 million in stim... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-awarded--45-million-for-affordable-housing-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-proclaims-august-1-as-colorado-day.html Gov. Bill Ritter has officially proclaimed Saturday, August 1, as Colorado Day in the State of Colorado. The date marks the 133rd anniversary of Colorado's statehood. Known as the Centennial State, Colorado became the 36th state in the Union in 1876 upon the signature of President Ulysses S. Grant. ... Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-proclaims-august-1-as-colorado-day.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/envirofit-international-and-csu-receive-design-award.html The cookstove design and development teams at Envirofit International and the Engines and Energy Conversion Lab at Colorado State University have won a Bronze IDEA for Envirofit’s clean cookstove in the Ecodesign category in the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards. The Bronze International D... Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/envirofit-international-and-csu-receive-design-award.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-congratulates-ball-aerospace-on-hubble.html Gov. Bill Ritter July 27 congratulated the astronauts and crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and employees from Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. for their recent mission to repair and extend the life of the Hubble telescope. During a visit with the astronauts and employees at Ball's Boulder ca... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-congratulates-ball-aerospace-on-hubble.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-ranked-Greenest-Governor-in-nation.html Colorado Governor Bill Ritter was ranked the Greenest Governor in the nation in a study by Greenopia, promoters of eco-conscious living. Gov. Ritter is followed closely by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California in the rankings. "We looked at all 50 governors in the US and compared their poli... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-ranked-Greenest-Governor-in-nation.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-expands-site-selection-web-site-.html The Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC) ramped up its MetroDenverGIS.org site selection Web site with state-of the-art technology to help companies find the perfect location in the Metro Denver and Northern Colorado region.  In addition to gathering economic, plan... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/metro-denver-edc-expands-site-selection-web-site-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-research-garners-three-prestigious-r-d-100-awards.html An ultra-accelerated weathering system, a parabolic trough solar concentrating collector, and a microbattery — all developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) — were honored today as top 100 innovations for 2009 by R&D Magazine. Th... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nrel-research-garners-three-prestigious-r-d-100-awards.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/crsp-and-colorado-school-of-mines-form-relationship.html The Center for Revolutionary Solar Photoconversion (CRSP) and the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (REMRSEC) have announced an important affiliation that will add value to both centers and enhance their work on solar energy research.  The relationship between t... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/crsp-and-colorado-school-of-mines-form-relationship.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/study--colorado-ranks-no--2-for-economic-recovery-.html Colorado's economic outlook ranks No. 2 out of 50 states, a according to a new study from the American Legislative Council. The second edition of Rich States, Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index offers a roadmap for economic recovery based on state policies that have a pro... Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/study--colorado-ranks-no--2-for-economic-recovery-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-ready-for-race-to-top-work.html Lt. Gov. Barbara O'Brien and Education Commissioner Dwight Jones say the Colorado Race to the Top team members are ready to roll up their sleeves and work on a proposal that could result in millions of dollars for Colorado's education system. Draft federal guidelines for the Race to the Top competi... Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-ready-for-race-to-top-work.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-enacts-sweeping-education-reform.html On May 21, Gov. Bill Ritter signed into law a comprehensive package of education-reform measures, including bills to help reduce the dropout rate, allow students to simultaneously earn a high school diploma and a college associate's degree, and give Colorado a better chance of landing federal "Race ... Thu, 21 May 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-enacts-sweeping-education-reform.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-colorado-cleantech-industry-association-announced.html On July 23, during launch festivities at the Governor's Mansion, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter announced formation of the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association (CCIA). The announcement was made together with Christine Shapard, founding Executive Director of the CCIA who said, "The CCIA is the only... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/new-colorado-cleantech-industry-association-announced.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-new-economic-director.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced July 23 he has appointed state Rep. Don Marostica, a respected member of the legislature’s Joint Budget Committee and a Loveland business owner, as the new director of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade. The Governor made the announcement as the f... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-new-economic-director.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/gov--ritter-touts-new-energy-economy-jobs-in-d-c-.html Gov. Bill Ritter told a U.S. Senate Committee July 21 that Colorado's New Energy Economy can be America's New Energy Economy, touting clean-energy laws and polices that are creating jobs, attracting companies and advancing a new era of manufacturing in the state. "The New Energy Economy is energizi... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-touts-new-energy-economy-jobs-in-d-c-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solix-begins-large-scale-production-of-algae-biofuels-.html Solix Biofuels, Inc. ("Solix"), an alternative energy technology company for the large-scale commercialization of microalgae-based fuels and co-products, announced July 23 the completion of construction and start of algal oil production at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility. Algal oil productio... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/solix-begins-large-scale-production-of-algae-biofuels-.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/c2b2-to-offer-new-affiliate-institution-partnerships.html The Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) will invite prominent public and private universities and non-profit research organizations to become affiliate partners of C2B2. Through these affiliations, C2B2 seeks to promote inter-university and inter-state collaborations for the developm... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/c2b2-to-offer-new-affiliate-institution-partnerships.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-researcher-gets--650-000-for-breast-cancer-research.html Kate Horwitz, PhD, a breast cancer researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) and distinguished professor of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has received $650,000 from the Avon Foundation for Women in support of vario... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/uc-denver-researcher-gets--650-000-for-breast-cancer-research.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/csu-faculty-doubled-invention-disclosures-2006-to-2008.html Colorado State University faculty members have more than doubled the number of invention disclosures – detailed descriptions of inventions - filed with the university's technology transfer office in the past three years. Invention disclosures have more than doubled to 91 in FY 2008 from 42 in FY 20... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-faculty-doubled-invention-disclosures-2006-to-2008.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/senators-udall-and-bennet-announce-smart-grid-funds.html Project aims to reduce peak load electricity demand, expand use of renewable energy sources, create local jobs Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, U.S. Senators for Colorado, announced July 20 that the City of Fort Collins will receive $4,841,647 in Recovery Act funds from the U.S. Department of Energy ... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/senators-udall-and-bennet-announce-smart-grid-funds.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-selected-as-chair-of-nga-s-education-committee.html Concluding the National Governor Association’s Annual Meeting, Gov. Bill Ritter was named the new chair of the NGA’s Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee on July 20. The appointment acknowledges the education reforms Gov. Ritter has initiated since taking office in 2007, when he chall... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-selected-as-chair-of-nga-s-education-committee.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/anonymous-gift-launches-micro-lending-program.html Promising ideas can make for great businesses with the proper planning and start-up funding, according to Metropolitan State College of Denver Center for Innovation Director Mick Jackowski. To ensure that entrepreneurs have the proper foundation, the Center has formed an alliance with The Rocky Mo... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/anonymous-gift-launches-micro-lending-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-health-named-top-respiratory-hospital.html For the twelfth year in a row, National Jewish Health has been named the best respiratory hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. "We are gratified that board-certified pulmonologists around the country continue to recognize National Jewish Health as the best place in the nation for re... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-health-named-top-respiratory-hospital.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nasa--cu-boulder-expedition-chases-arctic-sea-ice-questions.html A small NASA aircraft completed its first successful science flight July 18 in partnership with the University of Colorado at Boulder as part of an expedition to study the receding Arctic sea ice and improve understanding of its life cycle and the long-term stability of the Arctic ice cover. The mis... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/nasa--cu-boulder-expedition-chases-arctic-sea-ice-questions.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/university-of-colorado-hospital-ranks-among-the-best.html University of Colorado Hospital has been ranked one of the best in the country in six of 16 medical specialties in U.S. News & World Report 2009-10 publication of America’s Best Hospitals. University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) is recognized in more categories than any other hospital in the state of... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/university-of-colorado-hospital-ranks-among-the-best.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-center-for-media-forensics-receives--500-000-.html Professor Richard Sanders’ work in audio forensics has been instrumental in helping national and international investigations in well-known cases including the JonBenet Ramsey and Kobe Bryant investigations, as well as the Columbine High School shootings and the Oklahoma City bombing trial. Now, new... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-center-for-media-forensics-receives--500-000-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-recovery-act-broadband-grants.html Gov. Bill Ritter outlined the state’s priorities for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act applications to expand high-speed Internet access across Colorado July 16. More than $7 billion in competitive grant funding is available to private- and public-sector broadband providers nationally. The firs... Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-recovery-act-broadband-grants.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-health-receives-largest-ever-gift.html $10 million gift to be used to advance preventive, personalized medicine and pioneer new approaches for the research and treatment of asthma in children National Jewish Health has received the single largest gift in its history, approximately $10 million, from the estate of fantasy author David Ed... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/national-jewish-health-receives-largest-ever-gift.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-launches-crisis-event-service.html DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution earth imagery products and services, announced its Crisis Event Service, a new web service providing timely and accurate pre- and post-event satellite imagery to aid in emergency planning, response and recovery. The new online se... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/digitalglobe-launches-crisis-event-service.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-recovery-act-opportunities.html Gov. Bill Ritter issued an executive order July 14 establishing new state efforts to help job-seekers and small and minority-owned businesses benefit from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. He signed the order and announced the new plans during a "Procurement Connections" business fair in D... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/gov--ritter-announces-recovery-act-opportunities.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-well-positioned-for-recovery.html Here is the complete text of Hickenlooper's July 14 State of the City address as prepared for delivery. Good morning. We appreciate all of you being here so early in the morning, but it is cooler, and it allows us to gather before you all head to work. For decades, the Greek Theater – and the par... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Denver-well-positioned-for-recovery.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/louisville-tops-in-money-magazine-s--best-places--list.html Louisville, the small city northwest of Denver, has been named the best place to live by Money magazine. The Colorado town beat out 99 other locales across the country, and the full list of 100 is published in the July 13 edition. "We did a survey of our readers to say, 'What's the most importan... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/louisville-tops-in-money-magazine-s--best-places--list.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-students-examine-future-for-lockheed-.html Colorado State University's College of Business has partnered with a Denver alumnus to build a unique, strategy-based course with one of Colorado's largest employers, Lockheed Martin Space Systems. Bill Shuster, instructor in the Management department of the College of Business, and CSU alumnus Rob... Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csu-students-examine-future-for-lockheed-.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-space-telescope-makes-first-observations.html A scientific instrument package developed in part by the University of Colorado at Boulder for the $2.2 billion orbiting Herschel Space Observatory that was launched in May by the European Space Agency has made its first successful observations, targeting two star-forming galaxies near the Milky Way... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-boulder-space-telescope-makes-first-observations.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-ranked-tenth-most-walkable-city.html Denver ranks No. 10 on a list of U.S. cities with the most "walkable" neighborhoods. WalkScore.com, a website devoted to promoting walkable neighborhoods, said it evaluated 2,508 neighborhoods to rank the 40 largest U.S. cities. It uses a mathematical formula to evaluate how easy it is to navigate... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-ranked-tenth-most-walkable-city.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-natural-gas-key-to-New-Energy-Economy.html Gov. Bill Ritter touted clean-burning natural gas as a vital part of Colorado’s New Energy Economy and a key element of his strategy to position Colorado for a strong economic recovery July 8. “Natural gas is a vital part of the New Energy Economy, a permanent part of the New Energy Economy – ... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-natural-gas-key-to-New-Energy-Economy.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-to-seek-high-speed-rail-linking-CO-NM-TX.html Governor Bill Ritter announced July 8 that Colorado is partnering with New Mexico and Texas to apply for a high-speed rail corridor designation between El Paso and Denver, running through New Mexico. Congress has authorized up to 11 high-speed corridors across the U.S. Currently only ten corridors ... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/Ritter-to-seek-high-speed-rail-linking-CO-NM-TX.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/participants-selected-for-real-estate-diversity-initiative.html The Denver Office of Economic Development and the Urban Land Institute, Colorado District Council, announce the inaugural class of participants for the Real Estate Diversity Initiative. A group of 42 individuals have been partnered with ULI mentors – local developers – for nine months to learn first... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/participants-selected-for-real-estate-diversity-initiative.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-contracts-with-orgs-for-stimulus-funded-youth-employment-program.html The Denver Office of Economic Development has awarded contracts to three community-based organizations to administer the summer Youth Employment Program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The Denver Housing Authority, Goodwill Industries of Denver and Servicios de La Raza will adm... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/denver-contracts-with-orgs-for-stimulus-funded-youth-employment-program.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-grad-school-attracts-record-number-of-nsf-fellows.html The University of Colorado at Boulder has attracted 23 new graduate students who have received prestigious National Science Foundation fellowships, a record for the campus. The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides each recipient with an annual stipend of $30,000, along with a $10,500 c... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/cu-grad-school-attracts-record-number-of-nsf-fellows.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-wins-federal-procurement-technical-center.html Gov. Bill Ritter announced July 2 that Colorado has won an award for a new Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) to help local businesses land government contracts and increase economic opportunities. The award, through the U.S. Department of Defense, will allow for the creation of a state... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/colorado-wins-federal-procurement-technical-center.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-NASA-test-new-space-internet-protocols.html The University of Colorado at Boulder is working with NASA to develop a new communications technology now being tested on the International Space Station, which will extend Earth's Internet into outer space and across the solar system. Called Disruption Tolerant Networking, or DTN, the new technolo... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/CU-Boulder-NASA-test-new-space-internet-protocols.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/envirofit-expands-clean-burning-stoves-to-meet-global-demand.html Envirofit International, a technology leader using sustainable, scalable business models to solve global health and environmental problems, is introducing its next generation of clean cookstoves for emerging markets. Featuring the EnviroFlame Combustion SystemTM and Envirofit Cooking SystemTM, the E... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/envirofit-expands-clean-burning-stoves-to-meet-global-demand.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tri-state-and-duke-energy-team-on-co-wind-power-project.html In keeping with its efforts to diversify its resource portfolio to meet the power requirements of its 44 member distribution cooperatives, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has signed a 20-year agreement with a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp. to purchase the output of a new 51-megawa... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/tri-state-and-duke-energy-team-on-co-wind-power-project.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csia-names-svp-of-liberty-media-2009-cte-of-the-year.html Michael Zeisser, Senior Vice President of Liberty Media Corporation, was named the 2009 Chief Technology Executive of the Year by CSIA, Colorado's Technology Association. The award was given at CSIA's 2009 Apex Awards, considered the most prestigious technology awards recognizing outstanding accompl... Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/csia-names-svp-of-liberty-media-2009-cte-of-the-year.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/stimuluscolorado.org.html StimulusColorado.org, a collaboration between AGC Colorado, the Colorado Association of Mechanical & Plumbing Contractors, the Colorado Contractors Association, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation (Metro Denver EDC), launched to the public on July 1.... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/stimuluscolorado.org.html http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lightning-hybrids-to-create-50-jobs-in-loveland.html Loveland city council unanimously approved a new incentive package for a hybrid vehicle startup. Lightning Hybrids will receive up to $100,000 tied to the creation of 50 primary jobs at its facility in downtown Loveland. The company has projected it will employ 17 research and development professio... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT http://www.metrodenver.org/news-center/metro-denver-news/lightning-hybrids-to-create-50-jobs-in-loveland.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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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-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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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-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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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/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