Visit http://www.denversouthedp.org/ to check out the new website!

 

Denver South EDP is excited to announce the launch of our brand new website. The website is designed to be a resource to local businesses as well as companies looking to locate within Denver South. The new website features better navigation, more photos, and a whole new look and feel. Also, look for the new regional events calendar, data center, and dynamic asset map.

 

We'll be adding more content in the coming weeks and months, and have exciting plans for the continued growth of the site - featuring a report builder that lets you choose from original Denver South research and national data sets to build a custom report to support your business needs.

 

As with any new website, there may be a few glitches that need adjustment over the next few weeks, so please bear with us.

 

We welcome your feedback, help us tailor the website to meet your needs. Email nick@denversouthedp.org or devin@denversouthedp.org with any questions or feedback.  

 

Consultant Connect is doing a series of podcasts featuring interviews with the Top 50 Economic Developers in North America - as voted by their peers and Consultant Connect's robust site selector community.

 

Lynn Myers,vice president of economic development for the Denver South Economic Development Partnership, was featured in the most recent podcast.

 

Since joining Denver South EDP, Lynn has had the opportunity to work with expanding companies in the region including Charles Schwab, Arrow Electronics, TriZetto, Polystrand, Connextions, Blockbuster/DISH, Comcast and Trulia.

 

Prior to joining Denver South EDP in 2007, Lynn served as an Arapahoe County Commissioner for seven years. Lynn is the past chair of the Centennial Airport Board and the E-470 Public Highway Authority Board.

 

Lynn serves on the Arapahoe/Douglas Workforce Board and on the Board of Developmental Pathways. She served as president of the Aurora Association of Realtors, vice president of Governmental Affairs for the Colorado Association of Realtors for three years and was a director of the National Association of Realtors for six years.

 

Lynn is also a big Colorado Rockies baseball fan, loves to travel and is a graduate of Montana State University.

 

The post From The Ground Up: Feat. Lynn Myers of Denver South Economic Development Partnership appeared first on Consultant Connect. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Please mark your calendar and join us for the Denver South EDP Partnership Meeting on Thursday, June 4th. We will be featuring successful young entrepreneurial companies in the Denver South region. Join us to learn more! 

 

Here are the details:

Thursday, June 4th from 7:30 - 9 am

at the Lone Tree Arts Center

10075 Commons Street

Lone Tree, CO 80124

   

Presenters:  

 

Howard Janzen 

President & CEO of Cool Planet

 

 

Founder, CEO and Chairman of Bye Aerospace

Project Coordinator at Logic Integration Inc.

 

Marc Butler

CEO and co-founder of J.R. Butler, Inc.

 

 

Please RSVP to Lynn Myers if you plan to attend. Denver South EDP Partnership Meetings provide an excellent opportunity to meet and network with local elected officials and business leaders. Feel free to invite your associates and colleagues. A continental breakfast will be served. 

 

We look forward to seeing you on June 4th! 

Patrick Holwell, Workforce Economist at Arapahoe/Douglas Works, received the Sar Levitan Advancing the Research Agenda award on May 5, 2015 from the National Association of Workforce Development Professionals. 

 

Patrick was nominated by national peers, who reviewed the body of his research and determined that his innovative applied research practices have contributed to the recognition of Arapahoe/Douglas Works! as one of the preeminent workforce development regions in the United States as well as advancing the workforce development system as a whole.  

 

The relevance and quality of Patrick's work has allowed Arapahoe/Douglas Works! to convene and participate in strong regional partnerships which include sister workforce development regions, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, educators, industry associations, site selectors and business leaders.

 

 

College courses don't just teach, they empower. Now, the University of Colorado is making it even easier to continue your education. With undergraduate, graduate and professional classes in south metro Denver, you can add a quality university education to your resume without adding miles to your odometer. Because we believe it's the curriculum that should be challenging, not the commute.

 

Initial summer classes begin June 8. Including entrepreneurship, software engineering, nonprofit management, criminal justice, teacher education and general studies. Learn more. 

   

Ralph W. Christie, Chairman of Merrick & Company, headquartered in Greenwood Village, CO, has been elected Chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). Christie, who has been active in ACEC for many years and served on its Executive Committee, was elected unanimously by the organization's national board of directors representing 51 state and regional ACEC member organizations. His term, which commenced at the Council's national conference held last week in Washington, D.C., will run through April 2016.

The Council is the oldest and largest business association of engineering companies in the United States, comprising more than 5,000 member firms representing over half a million employees.  Its agenda focuses on achieving a balanced public policy approach to meeting America's infrastructure, energy and environmental requirements.

Christie is also a member of the Denver South EDP Board of Directors. 

New application forms available by clicking here. Deadlines are as follows:

 

Colorado First (new hires) Due August 7

Existing Industry (incumbent workers) Due August 21

 

This year, the program is distributing $4.5 million up from the typical $2.275 million. The limit per grant is now $150,000 (up from $100,000) and the maximum award per trainee is now $1,200 (up from $800). It is a great year to apply. 

 

Visit http://www.arapahoe.edu/workforce for more information.

Cyber Security should be the number one issue for business owners and corporate boards, especially a business that handles PII, is subject to HIPPA/HITECH or collects and stores employee data or credit card info. At this event, we will discuss some of the questions you should be asking and providing valuable information to the business community.

 

Keynote provided by: Scott Schons, FBI Special Agent and Denver InfraGard Coordinator

 

Expert Panel includes: 

• Dean Clemons, CISSP, CITIL, Director of Consulting Services, United States Public Sector- Enterprise Security Solutions at Hewlett Packard
• Joe Bonnell, Founder & CEO of Alchemy Security
• Eric Zehnpfennig,  Regional Underwriting Manager, Management and Professional Liability Philadelphia Insurance
• Dan Kruger,  Founder, Chief Architect and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Absio Corporation
• Ray Hutchins, President of Denver Cyber Security
• Brad Smith, President, CMIT Solutions of DTC
• Stacey Gilbert, Technology and Management Liability Coverage Consultant with Denver Tech Insurance

Tuesday, June 2, 3:30-5:30pm

Innovation Pavilion, 9200 E. Mineral Ave. Centennial 80112

$10 TiE Rockies members // $20 General Public

SAVE $5 with DISCOUNT CODE: DENSOUTH 

Register at rockies.tie.org 

Small and medium-sized businesses in Colorado that are minority or women-owned can apply for a new Export Grant to help off set international business development. Grants of up to $15,000 are available to companies that are new to exporting or are expanding into new export markets. The deadline for applications has been extended to June 12, 2015.

 

The Export Grant, funded by the Minority Business Office and International Trade Office in the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), encourages small and medium-sized Colorado businesses to develop export markets. Grants may be used for international business development and marketing projects including client development, airfare and lodging to a foreign market, foreign trade show exhibition and conference costs, trade missions, foreign business-to-business matchmaking services, and targeted advertising in overseas industry trade publications. 

The deadline for grant applications is June 12, 2015.

Details:
* Grants up to $15,000 per business are available to cover costs associated with projects, activities or services undertaken from July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016. 
* Each grant recipient will receive a 50% reimbursement for approved expenses, activity or service. This is a 1:1 grant match.
* A mid-year progress report and final report will need to be filed with the Minority Business Office half way through the grant cycle and at the end of the grant cycle. 

Eligibility Requirements: 
* Company employs less than 200 employees globally.
* Company is headquartered in Colorado or has at least 50% of its employees based in Colorado.
* Company is registered and in good standing with the Colorado Secretary of State.
* Company ownership is 51% minority or women, who have primary responsibility for managing day to day operations.

For more information about eligibility and to apply, please click here. 

 

From the Denver Business Journal

The Denver Business Journal will honor five business people at its third Legacy Awards dinner on June 18 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Denver.

 

These are men and women who have made significant contributions to local business and the community throughout their careers. From corporate CEOs to municipal leaders and grassroots advocates, these Legacy Award honorees have played an integral part in building the Mile High City into the dynamic and diverse business center it is today.

 

The honorees are:

• Jean Galloway- founder and CEO of the Galloway Group and philanthropist. Galloway Group was founded in 2000.
• John Madden Jr.- real estate developer and founder of John Madden Co. Between 1973 and 2008, Madden added 10 buildings to Greenwood Village with a combined 4 million square feet of space.
• Jerry Wartgow- University of Colorado Denver chancellor, former superintendent of the Denver Public Schools and former head of the state community colleges system.
• Wellington and Wilma Webb- Wellington Webb was the mayor of Denver for 12 years, leaving office in 2003 and founding the Webb Group International.Wilma Webb was elected to the state legislature in 1980, serving 13 years. She was the first African American member of the Legislature's Joint Budget Committee.
• Elbra Wedgeworth- chief government & community relations officer forDenver Health and former Denver City Council president.

The dinner will be held 6 to 9 pm. at the Grand Hyatt Capital Peaks Ballroom in downtown Denver. For more information or to register, click here.

 

The honorees will be profiled in a special report published by the DBJ on June 19.

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies (SFUAS) is pleased to announce that it has been selected by Osprey View LLC to provide its Silent FalconTM unmanned aircraft systems. Osprey View will be using these systems for a variety of missions and applications for its customers in mining, mapping and aerial surveillance. The systems will be capable of carrying a number of different sensors including a GPS integrated high resolution mapping payload; a SWIR spectrometer, and a high definition electro-optical and infrared video camera payload. As part of the contract, SFUAS is providing sensor engineering and development services, field support services and an extensive spare parts inventory.

 

Osprey View will be deploying these systems to provide aerial mining surveys, aerial mapping surveys and surveillance services to Osprey View's customers in a variety of countries worldwide, with an initial focus on its customers in Africa. Osprey View provides a variety of geospatial, environmental, mining, surveillance and other commercial services using Silent FalconTM and other unmanned aircraft.

 

"We are extremely honored to have been selected by Osprey View to provide it the long endurance, long range, multi payload UAS capability it requires to provide a wide range of UAS based services for its customers. Our Silent FalconTM system has exactly the capabilities Osprey View requires to fulfill its customers' mission requirements. We believe this initial order will be followed by additional unmanned aircraft systems orders from Osprey View as it expands its business," said John W. Brown, President of SFUAS.

 "We are very excited to work with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies. Their systems and payloads will enhance the delivery of Osprey View's surveys and services to our customers around the world," said Allen Murray, CEO of Osprey View. "We needed a unique and innovative UAS platform and sensor and payload technology provider and that is exactly what we are getting with Silent Falcon UAS."