Landscaping products maker could build robotics R&D center in Weld County

DENVER — The Colorado Economic Development Commission approved a package of tax incentives Thursday in hopes of enticing an unnamed global landscaping products manufacturer to build a robotics research and development center in Weld County.  

The company, referred to in EDC and Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade documents as Project Columbia, will be offered $519,626 in incentives in exchange for the creation of net new jobs at an average annual wage of $106,889.

It is the commission’s practice not to identify companies OEDIT is recruiting until incentives are accepted.

Project Columbia is described by OEDIT as a “worldwide provider of…