Enterprise zone grows to attract new employers

The town of Wellington is expanding its enterprise zone by 201 acres in anticipation of attracting two new employers to the area.

The Colorado Economic Development Commission, which has oversight of the state program, approved the expanded enterprise zone on Sept. 6.

The expansion adds to the town’s existing 860-acre enterprise zone. Roughly 20 percent, or 440 acres, of the existing zone falls within Wellington’s town limits. The balance is adjacent to the boundaries, within the town’s planned growth area.

The expansion represents a similar scenario; about 165 acres of the new portion lie just north of the town’s boundaries and west…