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goals in part because of what we did with in ation reduction,” Bennet said.

e act also set aside $4 billion in drought assistance for communities in the Colorado River basin, Bennet said.

a tour to various places around Olde Town Arvada beginning at 1 p.m. with a stop at the Arvada Chamber of Commerce.

She told Tattered Cover patrons that she sits on the Financial Services Committee and asked to be there since housing is a top priority of hers. It spills over into small businesses, as workforce housing is limited and homelessness issues a ect local stores.

Karen Frisone, who works in real estate, said another reason for the workforce housing shortage is due to hedge funds buying them and using them as long term rentals. Airbnb is responsible, too. If those rentals were unloaded, she thinks it would help reset the market. She also noted builders didn’t build moderate housing for eight years despite the growing

Polis said federal legislation is key to his goal to have Colorado using 100% renewable energy by 2040 and it’s been important for the state’s green vehicle e orts.

“We built on electric vehicle incentives, we added electric bicycle incentives and we’re working on meeting the skills gap by making sure people are training for careers of the future in high demand jobs, including construction, firefight- population.

Another issue she’s alarmed is the amount of young adult using Vape pens.

“ at stu is pure poison,” Frisone said.

David Carpenter, secretary on the Westminster Chamber of Commerce, said overspending at the federal level has shot up interest rates. He noted much of that spending came from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pettersen said while there are rising rates and higher in ation, she asked Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell how the country compares to the rest of the world due to spending to keep the economy a oat.

Countries that did not make the same spending decisions to keep their economies a oat, have been ing, forestry and law enforcement,” Polis said.

Caraveo said it’s having a visible impact on the state.

“After years of federal disinvestment and neglect, many of our community are already seeing investments that are starting to vest with new projects that will grow our local economy, create jobs and improve life for Colorado,” Caraveo said. “ ere really is no better decimated, Pettersen said. e United States has the strongest recovery in the world, she said. model so far of the early bene ts of these bills than Brighton, which in many ways is the nexus of our future here in northern Colorado. As an early recipient of many of these project funds, Brighton is poised to lead Colorado in clean energy manufacturing and will stand as an example of how this needed investment in our communities bene ts families and the future of our local economy.”

“We can all acknowledge that it is di cult and we’re still moving through the pandemic and what it took to address the needs of our communities, we can feel positive about where we are as a country,” she said.

Teresa Lindberg, owner of a local accounting rm, said that it’s hard to get workers, especially with a lower cost job in an expensive area to live in.

“A huge number of our businesses want to hire. ey want more workers,” she said.

Pettersen noted one solution to that problem involves immigration and putting those wanted to enter this country on a faster path to citizenship.