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In the news
Colorado seeks
Spaceport Designation at Front Range Airport.
Colorado is pursuing Federal Aviation Administration designation for a spaceport, with Adams County’s Front Range Airport as the likely site for the facility. The announcement was made by Governor John Hickenlooper at the Colorado Space Business Roundup on n December 7, 2011. The facility would allow for tourism, travel and cargo transport to space and from point to point on Earth.
Adams County Lands
$300 Million GE/PrimeStar Solar Project
PrimeStar Solar, a division of General Electric (GE) announced that it has selected Adams County as the site of its new thin film solar manufacturing facility. The company will invest up to $300 million in the project and add 355 new jobs to the county.
ACED Activities & Events
Investor Relations Taskforce Meeting
Thu. May 10
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ACED Board Room
ACEC Open Meeting
Wed. May 16
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
ACED Board Room
Business Policy Strikeforce
Tue. May 22
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ACED Board Room
ACED Board of Directors Meeting
Thu. May 24
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Speaker
Shawn McBride
EKS&H
Aerospace & Aviation Taskforce Meeting
Tue. June 5
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
ACED Board Room
Strategic Partners
2011 Memberships & Partnerships
- Adams County Education Consortium (ACEC)
- Adams County Manufacturing Association
- Adams County Workforce & Business Center – Board Member
- Advance Colorado Center (Photonics)
- Aurora Chamber of Commerce
- Center for Colorado’s Economic Future – Board of Advisors
- Colorado Association for Manufacturing Technology (CAMT) – Board Member
- Colorado BioScience Association – Member & BioWest Sponsor
- Colorado Brownfield Foundation
- Colorado Business Incubator Association
- Colorado Economic Leadership Coalition (CELC)
- Colorado NanotechnologyAlliance
- Colorado Photonics Industry Association (CPIA) – Board Member
- Colorado Technology Association (CSIA)
- Colorado STEM Network
- Congressman Perlmutter’s Education Committee
- Denver Metropolitan Commercial Association of Realtors (DMCAR)
- Economic Development Council of Colorado (EDCC) – Past President and Board Member
- Economic Gardening Forum (Front RangeEconomic Gardening Group)
- Front Range Airport Authority (Board Member)
- Heartland Express
- I-70 Chamber of Commerce
- The Latina Chamber
- Metro DenverEconomic Development Corporation (MDEDC) – Past Chair of ED Professionals 2004/2005 & 2009
- Metro North Chamber of Commerce (MNCC) – Board Member
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Ports-to-Plains Coalition
- Progressive 15 – Board of Directors
