Prowers Economic Prosperity

Workforce

➥ Readily available workforce based on previous training and work experience.

➥ Median household income is $42,648.

➥ The average Manufacturing Production Jobs salary in Lamar, Colorado is $31,014.

➥ Future Job Growth is 49.3% compared to national average of 33.5%.

➥ Strong design thinking, problem solving, workforce skills; existing talent development through access to 4H, FFA, DECA and Lamar Community College programs.

Lifestyle

➥ The cost of living in Prowers County is 21% below the national average.

➥ Average Commute time is 12.0 minutes (the national average is 26 minutes).

➥ Prowers County violent crime rate is 12.8 per 100,000 population. (The US average is 22.7.)

➥ Strong intergenerational family connections, service clubs, and other civic organizations affords families access to amenities, with the benefits of a close-knit, small town community.

➥ One of the most affordable housing markets in Colorado, the average single family home price is $215,000. (source Realtor.com)

➥ Prowers Medical Center is a certified CMS Critical Access Hospital and was named a Top 100 Critical Care Hospital in 2020.

➥ Located within easy access to historic monuments, state parks, and state wildlife recreational areas.

➥ Known for our recreational activities, residents enjoy playing golf, attending or participating in rodeos, fishing, camping, biking, hunting, disc golf and ice skating at local parks.

Building thriving businesses and communities in Prowers County

Prowers Economic Prosperity

Consider Prowers County, Colorado where we embrace 21st Century sewn-goods technology with on demand advanced manufacturing.

Prowers County understands that It’s not your grandma’s sewing machine on the kitchen counter anymore.

Located on the southeast plains of Colorado, Prowers County offers federal Opportunity Zone, Colorado Enterprise Zone credits plus other state, local, and regional incentives. Prowers county has lovely days of blue skies with 261 days of sunshine, moderate summers, crisp falls, cool winters, and warm springs that support numerous recreational and lifestyle amenities. Our residents have strong foundational design thinking skills complemented by an industrial sewing technician program offered at the local community college.

Being in the middle of everywhere Prowers County offers excellent air, rail, and road transportation networks.

Consider Prowers as the location for your primary or overflow manufacturing facility. Call us for more information.

Prowers Economic Prosperity Director at 719-931-2144 or director@prowerspep.org

Highway Transportation

Located on Highway 287, Lamar, Colorado serves as a major logistics hub for commercial goods shipped between Canada and Mexico along the Ports to Plains Alliance Corridor; a 2,300-mile transportation system that makes up about five percent of the Nation’s roads, yet it carries over 55 percent of the vehicle miles travelled.

Lamar is also the juncture for U.S. Highway 50, which intersects with the Ports-to-Plains Alliance Corridor to offer logistical access for durable goods and commodities heading to major population hubs to the East and West of the city, earning the region the moniker of “Being in the Middle of Everywhere”.

Commercial Transportation

Southeast Colorado Regional Airport (LAA), is a jet-certified, General Aviation airport that features a 5,000’ asphalt runway; plus a 6,300’ cement runway capable of accommodating Airbus A380 –800 aircraft or most Boeing commercial aircraft.

Amtrak services supporting the Chicago-Kansas City and Albuquerque-Los Angeles run. Lamar is a scheduled passenger stop. Intermodal services available in Raton and Albuquerque.

BNSF Rail line

Local bus services

Regional FedEx Transfer Hub

Hub for SE Colorado and Western Kansas

Education

Lamar Community College, a comprehensive 2-year community college, provides a non-credit, competency-based industry sewing technician certificate program, that offers flexible and variable scheduling options. In addition, LCC works with local employers to offer skill-based, customized training curriculums.

The skill sets taught in the Industrial Sewing Technician Program trains new hires to use the following machines:

Computerized Single Needle

Four-thread Overlock (Serger)

Industrial Zig Zag, Buttonhole, Bar Tack and Blind Hem

Walking Foot for Denim, Corduroy, Leather and other Heavyweight Fabrics

Cover Stitch, Fiat Lock and Merrow or Action Stitch

Coronet Long Arm Quilting Machine

General workforce education levels (source bestplaces.net)

High School Graduate 81% Community College 11%

4 yr degree: 16%

Advanced degrees: 0.5%

Schools with small class sizes and personalized attention – Prowers County schools spend $16,606 per student (The US average is $12,383). There are 15 pupils per teacher.

Thinking about moving to a market that is in the middle of everywhere?