Chambers seek common ground
Northern Colorado’s once-bickering chambers of commerce and economic-development agencies are finding new ways to cooperate.
The emergence of Northern Colorado as one big economy vs. three or more smaller ones has forced area officials to work together on a variety of issues, from legislative positions to tackling shortages in skilled labor and promoting economic development.
“I think 10 years ago, if a company was going to look at Fort Collins or Greeley, it was put on the boxing gloves and go at it,´ said Lyle Butler, president of the Greeley/Weld Chamber of Commerce. “But today, the way we’re looking at it is…
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