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RE: EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHWEST WELD ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, economic development results in an overall improvement of the standard of
living, and is an essential component of community success, and
WHEREAS, the practice of economic development is a highly competitive activity, with
several thousand active economic development organizations across the country, resulting in the
need for effective marketing and positioning, and
WHEREAS, jurisdictional boundaries are largely unimportant to companies considering
expansion or relocation; resulting in a heightened importance being given to regional
considerations, particularly in areas such as labor force, transportation, higher education, and
access to markets, and
WHEREAS, Colorado in general, and the Front Range in particular, continue to be highly
attractive locations for prospective employers, and
WHEREAS, it is increasingly important to present viable regional solutions in order to
enhance area attractiveness and secure corporate locations, and
WHEREAS, the southwest quadrant of Weld County, bounded generally by State
Highway 60 on the north, and by U.S. Highway 85 on the east, including the communities of
Berthoud, Brighton, Dacono, Erie, Firestone, Fort Lupton, Frederick, Johnstown, Mead, Milliken,
and Platteville, has identified many tangible regional assets attractive to primary sector employers,
and
WHEREAS, Upstate Colorado Economic Development, as the lead economic development
corporation serving all of Weld County, has convened the communities within the aforementioned
geographic boundaries for the purpose of structuring a collaborative economic development
strategy for the retention and attraction of primary sector employers that focuses on that region,
and has developed a mission, vision, goals, objectives, and strategies associated with that effort.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board that it endorses the Southwest Weld
Economic Development Initiative in principle.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that it encourages regional leadership in
business, government, education, and the nonprofit community to actively support the collaborative
efforts of those associated with the Initiative, and to do all they can to assist with the Initiative's
implementation, advancing the economic fortunes of our area.
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EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THE SOUTHWEST WELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE
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The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by
the following vote on the 23rd day of March, A.D., 2009.
BOARD OF CO COMMISSIONERS
WIcLORADO
ATTEST:
Weld County Clerk to the Board
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William F. Garcia, Chair
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David E. Long
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