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Colorado groups pitch plans for Elon Musk’s hyperloop
When Musk-spawned company Hyperloop One sponsored an international competition that drew 2,600 entries, the list of 35 semifinalists included three from Colorado.
Tiny houses: Real estate’s next great wave?
Tiny houses have been showing up from mountain towns to Front Range cities, even out on the Eastern Plains.
Aspen Skiing to buy 34 more tiny houses
In theory, the new units will accommodate an additional 102 seasonal workers. They will cost about $100,000 each, or about the same as the first units.
Colorado's supporting role on the global business stage
Beef is big, but think also of Colorado’s craft breweries. You can, at a certain pub in London, choose from several Colorado beers. With international tourism, we import visitors to Aspen, Breckenridge and other resorts, but export experiences, picking up money along the way.
Colorado's sweet spot in the global marketplace
Globalization will likely continue to grow, and Colorado sits in a good spot, says Tom Clark, chief executive of Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
Winds of change: The Great Plains' powerful new economic dynamic
No, the wind doesn’t always blow on the Great Plains. But now, when it does, somebody’s making money. The question is, can this new wealth reverse the peeling paint of the Great Plains?
Why Clear Creek County faces tough decisions
Molybdenum ore has been clawed out of the Henderson Mine since 1976. Property taxes from mine operator Freeport-McMoRan are crucial to government operations in Clear Creek County. Those revenues, though, are expected to end soon.
Mining the rich history of Idaho Springs
In Idaho Springs, investors, led by a pair of local residents, have great ambitions for the 27-acre Argo Tunnel and Mill site, where actual milling hasn’t taken place since 1943.
Energy report: A power couple on the rocks
Given the magnitude of the climate risk, Boulder finds Xcel lacking, a lead-footed dance partner. Some liken Xcel’s effort to innovate to that of a sumo wrestler trying to perform ballet.
Will energy's bust take the economy with it?
When Colorado’s energy economy tanked in the early 1980s. The vacancy rate in downtown Denver’s overbuilt office towers rose to 31 percent in 1986. But it’s not déjà vu, say many economic analysts.
King Coal: Looking to an uncertain future
Black-and-white “Coal Keeps the Lights On” signs dot Craig and other parts of the coal-mining country of northwestern Colorado. In April, the three-county area of Routt, Moffat and Rio Blanco delivered two-thirds of the coal mined in Colorado.
Drilling down for common ground
it looked ugly a year ago as protagonists in Colorado’s messy dispute about oil-and-gas drilling girded for an election season of 15-second, finger-pointing sound bytes.
