Longmont Economic Development Partnership spins out local accelerator program

LONGMONT — Startup accelerator Innovate Longmont — a public-private partnership among the Longmont Economic Development Partnership, the city, TinkerMill, Boulder County Small Business Development Center, Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce and Startup Longmont — has been spun out of the Longmont EDP and will operate as an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation.

Former Longmont EDP director of innovation Sergio Angeles now serves as president and CEO of Innovate Longmont, according to a Longmont EDP news release.

“I’m incredibly honored to be given the opportunity to run Innovate Longmont and help accelerate its impact to local entrepreneurs and Longmont’s startup ecosystem,” Angeles said in a prepared statement.

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Christopher Wood

Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.