Estes Park EDC gets funding assist from the Colorado Economic Development Commission

ESTES PARK — The Colorado Economic Development Commission this week approved $50,000 in funding to help the Estes Park Economic Development Corp. operate its business incubator and accelerator program. 

“They fill a really important niche” in the greater Estes Park area by “help[ing] local entrepreneurs access the startup system [and running] a really innovative accelerator program,”  Katharina Papenbrock, director of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s rural opportunity office, said during Wednesday’s EDC hearing.

The Estes Park Entrepreneurial Center, a division of the EDC known as the E-Center, operates the Business Accelerator Services of Estes Program (BASE). 

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