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County hears regional economic-development briefing on retention, incentives and utility constraints
Summary
Economic development partners briefed Arapahoe County commissioners on primary-employer strategies, workforce pipelines, incentives and local utility capacity; presenters urged speed-to-market permitting and active promotion of a newly redesigned enterprise zone.
Becky, a presenter from regional economic-development partners, told the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners on March 18 that “primary employers bring new wealth into the community” and described how those firms’ wages and purchases ripple through local retail, housing and services. The briefing, requested by county staff as part of the board’s strategic-plan work, laid out tools counties and cities use to retain and attract employers.
The presentation, led by partners from Denver South and the Aurora economic development corporation, defined economic development as a set of programs and policies that create and retain jobs and expand the tax base. Presenters said Arapahoe County’s strengths include large concentrations of skilled workers and clusters in aerospace and defense, healthcare and finance; they cited Arrow Electronics as a local primary…
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