Robotic mower company awarded incentives to expand in Longmont

LONGMONT — A robotics company that’s developing an autonomous commercial lawn mower is considering building its production facility in Longmont, and state officials sweetened the pot Wednesday with the approval of an incentive package.

The Colorado Economic Development Commission signed off unanimously on the offer of $372,000 over five years from its strategic fund to the unnamed company — referred to by commission members and Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade staff as Project Eldorado — in an effort to coax Project Eldorado into choosing Longmont, where it already has operations, for its planned 50,000-square-foot manufacturing site. The company…