Site Selection

Locating Your Business in Adams County, Colorado

Adams County Economic Development (ACED) offers extensive site selection services to consultants or company representatives seeking assistance with a relocation or expansion project. ACED has the most comprehensive real estate database with over 500 available industrial and office buildings as well as industrial and commercial land parcels in the northern Denver Metropolitan area; offers regulatory and planning assistance; and serves as Adams County's agent in offering incentive (including Enterprise Zone Administration) packages.

Here's a list of reasons why other companies like Avaya, Hunter Douglas, Gold Bug and General Motors have chosen to relocate or expand to the area:

• The Denver Metro area is ranked the 14th Best Paying City in the nation (Mercer Human Resources Consultants, 2003)
• Colorado is ranked the eighth best state to run a small business (Small Business Survival Committee, May 2003)
• Colorado is ranked number one in the nation for the ninth straight year for the economic benefits it provides the population, the vitality of its business climate and the potential for future growth (Corporation for Enterprise Development, 2002)
• Colorado is ranked number two in the nation with the best chances to succeed in the technology-led information age (Milken Institute, September 2002)
• Colorado's environment for entrepreneurs ranked 12th in the nation (Small Business Survival Committee, September 2002)
• Denver is ranked as the sixth most popular choice for cities to live (Harris Poll, September 2002)
• Denver MSA is ranked one of the top ten high tech cities in the country (Newsweek, April 2001)
• Denver MSA is ranked one of the top ten 'Super cities' of world (The Futurist Magazine, July 1999)
• Denver MSA is ranked number seven out of the top 50 metropolitan areas in terms of having the kind of economy necessary to survive in the new millennium (Progressive Policy Institute, 2001)
• Colorado is ranked fifth in the nation in venture capital investments (PricewaterhouseCooper, 2001)
• Colorado is ranked fourth in the nation in high tech employment growth (Cyberstates 2001, AeA)
• Denver MSA is ranked the number one metro area for commercial real estate investment (Real Estate Research Group, 2001)
• Denver is ranked the second fittest city in the nation (Men's Fitness Magazine, August 2002)