Code of ethics prevents poaching by EcoDevos
It was clear in 2003 that Weld County had a better chance of luring the Owens-Illinois Inc. bottling plant than Larimer County. So the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corp. did the neighborly thing and lent support to its eastern competitors.
As a result, when Windsor eventually beat out Cheyenne for the $100 million project, the entire region won, netting more than 140 new jobs with an average salary of $40,000.
The days of county neighbors attempting to steal potential corporate clients were numbered.
In this case, the neighbors are the Northern Colorado EDC and Upstate Colorado Economic Development (formerly the Greeley/Weld Economic Development…
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