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Fort Collins staff brief council on $1.7 billion pipeline, small-business outreach and site-readiness lessons
Summary
Economic Health staff told council they are tracking nine active prospects with about $1.7 billion in potential capital and over 1,000 potential jobs, highlighted wins with USDA and Anheuser-Busch, and described business retention efforts that increased Enterprise Zone participation from roughly 97 to over 500 businesses.
Economic Health staff presented a multi-part briefing on business retention, expansion and attraction (BRE), describing both long-term lead generation and day-to-day support for existing businesses.
"We are currently working on 9 prospects. The known pipeline is about $1,700,000,000 in terms of capital expenditures," Sana Kendall said, outlining a regional approach that partners with state and neighboring communities. Kendall said Fort Collins focuses on clusters including IT and clean energy, plus biosciences and…
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