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SoCo Business Forum & Digest Vol.1 No.1
Updates From Around the Region
Castle Rock
The Sturm Collaboration Campus brings together education, business and the community to create a unique resource for delivering a seamless education and workforce training. Opened in 2019, the Sturm Collaboration Campus is a partnership between Arapahoe Community College (ACC), Douglas County School District, and Colorado State University that creates a CSU degree pathway for high school and community college students – all in one location in Castle Rock, Colo., midway between Denver and Colorado Springs. Using resources from across the CSU System, Sturm Campus offers educational solutions for the modern learner, meeting students where they are geographically and connecting in the local community through experiential learning opportunities.
Pueblo
Pueblo’s population has been growing, but at a slower rate than in the past decade. Between 2020 and 2022, Pueblo County’s population increased by 613 people. The cost of living in Pueblo is 7% lower than the state average and 3% lower than the national average.
Fuel Kitchens will provide a place for local businesses to ship, make, and package food. Construction workers are currently building the kitchen space. It will serve as a 3-thousandsquare-foot full-scale commissary kitchen.
Colorado Springs
New business locating/remaining & expanding in Colorado Springs/El Paso County accounting for 2,350 net new jobs: Boecore, Zivaro, Intuitive, Meyer Burger, Caliola, Nooks, and Entegris
Monument
Representatives from the Town of Monument held a listening session Tuesday evening to weigh if there was interest for the residents of Gleneagle to have their community annexed into Monument. Result: no interest on the part of residents of Gleneagle.
Colorado Springs Big Employer Wins So Far in 2023
Meyer Burger:
Meyer Burger, a Swiss solar manufacturer, is opening a solar cell manufacturing facility in Colorado Springs in 2024. The company will invest about $400 million over five years to transform a former Intel semiconductor plant into a solar cell manufacturing facility. The facility will create more than 350 jobs.
Boecore:
Boecore is an aerospace and defense company that specializes in software development, systems engineering, and cybersecurity. They develop, operate, and maintain missile defense, space, and cyber systems. They are expanding in Colorado Springs and will create over 600 jobs.
Zivaro:
An information technology company that specializes in serving government and national defense partners. Zivaro plans to create 304 new jobs in Colorado Springs over the next eight years.
Nooks:
Nooks is a defense industry startup that will open its third location in Colorado Springs. The company offers classified workspaces and networks for businesses and government partners. Nooks will create 35 high-paying jobs in Colorado Springs.
INTUITIVE RESEARCH
Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE®), an aerospace engineering and analysis firm, has selected Colorado Springs, Colorado for expansion. Colorado’s robust aerospace community continues to attract companies and exciting career opportunities, and we are excited to welcome INTUITIVE to Colorado Springs, bringing 71 good-paying jobs. INTUITIVE joins a thriving and innovative aerospace ecosystem in Colorado Springs, where U.S. Space Command continues to carry out its important mission protecting national security in the space domain.
Caliola Engineering
Caliola Engineering, LLC is a 100% woman-owned small business located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are a communications technology firm that specializes in supporting the defense industry. Their team includes systems, security, and software engineers.
Entigris
Entegris: a manufacturer, electronic parts supplier, and exporter. Broke ground on a $600 million manufacturing center of excellence in Colorado Springs on June 7, 2023. The facility will develop products critical to the manufacturing of semiconductors in the United States and around the world. Entegris expects to invest approximately $600 million in the construction of the facility over the next several years.
