CSU economics institute pairs research with practical entrepreneurship

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University is looking to pair economic research with communities around the state that need information in order to develop new economic engines.

Called Colorado REDI, or Regional Economic Development Institute, it is led by economics professor Stephan Weiler and Dawn Thilmany, professor of ag economics at the university.

Weiler, in an interview with BizWest, said that the program is meant to extend research to the farthest reaches of the state.

“One of things we’ve done, and somewhat purposely, is to arc toward rural Colorado where attention is a lot scarcer,” Weiler said. “They [University of Colorado economists] cover…