CU should push hard to capture solar observatory

Now we’re talking.

While proposed technology centers for ConocoPhillips and the Aerospace Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Center have garnered much of the region’s attention – with potential for 7,000 and 10,000 jobs respectively – we’re pleased to see efforts by the University of Colorado and local economic-development officials to land a smaller number of jobs: 60.

As Michael Davidson reports in this edition of the Boulder County Business Report, CU is attempting to become the new home for the National Solar Observatory, a project “intended to be one of the premier solar research institutions in the United States.” The NSO would…