Loveland scores ACE

LOVELAND – Loveland and Northern Colorado can finally celebrate – and breathe a sigh of relief: The city has officially landed the Aerospace and Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park following a six-month-long selection process.

The planned research-and-development center to be located at the former Agilent Technologies site on 14th Street in Loveland is expected to house 70-plus companies and eventually create an estimated 10,000 jobs.

The concept of the ACE park originated from a December 2010 agreement between the Colorado Association for Manufacturing and Technology, a statewide manufacturing assistance center, and NASA, the federal space agency. ACE is the centerpiece…