Leprino jobs were long time coming, but worth the wait

The saga of Leprino Foods Co.’s Greeley mozzarella factory has been a long one. The Business Report first mentioned the remote chance of a possibility of a potential deal that would bring the Denver-based cheesemaker to town in December 2007.

We followed the development of the negotiations through the first half of 2008, first from the perspective of the local dairies that stood to gain a local buyer for up to 5 million pounds of milk per day, then from the economic impact of up to 400 new, high-paying jobs.

We watched as the Greeley City Council approved a tax-increment financing district…