FRCC tapped to help build state’s quantum tech workforce

WESTMINSTER — Front Range Community College, the only such institution in the state with an optics and photonics program, has been tapped by state and industry leaders to help build the state’s quantum technology workforce.

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration, through its Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program, in October dubbed Colorado an official “TechHub” for the advancement of quantum technologies. The designation allows the state to tap hundreds of millions of federal economic-development dollars — $500 million in 2023 and $10 billion over the next five years — set aside as part of…