Business leaders convene on future

Much progress has been made in the Colorado economy over the past decades, but business, government and nonprofits must come together to address some serious issues that remain.

That was my takeaway from the inaugural Business Impact Roundtable, presented June 14 at Level 3 Communications Inc.’s campus in Broomfield. The gathering, presented by the Boulder Chamber and Impact on Education, was designed to determine what it would take to secure business support for additional investment in public education.

But remarks by 20-plus leaders in the business, higher education, nonprofit and political sectors focused as much on other challenges and opportunities faced by…