Square Comp Selects Colorado for its US Headquarters
Square Comp Selects Colorado for its US Headquarters
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Square Comp, an early-stage, Indian technology company, has announced Fort Collins, Colorado as the home of its new US headquarters. They first became acquainted with Colorado during Governor Polis’s trade mission to India in November 2019.
“Good-paying jobs continue to expand across our Front Range tech corridor from Colorado Springs to Fort Collins,” said Governor Jared Polis. “Square Comp is a great addition to Fort Collins and Colorado continues to feel the economic benefit of my first Foreign Direct Investment mission to India in 2019.”
An India-based tech startup has chosen Fort Collins as its U.S. headquarters following Gov. Jared Polis 2019 international trade trip.
Square Comp, which offers a customizable virtual reality platform designed for manufacturing companies’ training purposes, expects to bring 54 new high-tech jobs with a minimum average annual wage of $71,676 132% of Larimer County s average annual wage of $54,145 according to the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
The company will be eligible to receive $494,747 in performance-based job growth incentive tax credits over eight years from the state economic development office once it proves it has created and maintained the 54 jobs for at least a year, said OEDIT spokesperson Jill McGranahan.
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This episode from April 4 includes information on the unauthorized Undie Run, Loveland police Lawsuit, migrant boat crash, microchip shortage and more.
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Kota Babcock explains how Colorado State University responded to the unauthorized campus Undie Run, and Ivy Winfrey updates listeners on the excessive use of force lawsuit against the City of Loveland Police Department. After that, Jonathan Gillham gives updates on CSU’s athletics, and then Babcock speaks to Christine Costello from the Colorado Office of Economic Development & and International Trade about the American Rescue Plan’s support for artistic industries in Colorado.
Then, Jacob Selbe tells listeners about a boat accident involving migrants, and Anton Schindler explains the history of ballpark food. Babcock gives some updates on the microchip shortage and on Facebook’s oversight board’s decision on whether or not former President Donald Trump is allowed on the platform.
Glenwood Springs area residents who might not be able to afford outdoor recreation now have a chance to jump into the action with the creation of the Glenwood Springs Gear Library.
The library provides free, or low-cost rental, outdoor recreation equipment like snowshoes, cross-country skis, fishing gear, standup paddleboards, kayaks and mountain bikes as well as safety equipment such as helmets and life vests.
The Gear Library was born from a partnership between Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office (OREC), the coalition of outdoor recreation trade associations Outdoor Recreation Roundtable, the Glenwood Springs Parks & Recreation Department, outdoor clothes retailer SmartWool and the VF Foundation, the charity arm of VF Corp.
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Coal trucks at Trapper Mine are seen in the I pit in early January. Craig Station can be seen in the background. (Joshua Carney / Craig Press)
For more than a year, Colorado Office of Just Transition Director Wade Buchanan has been a one-man show running the new state office that aims to help communities and workers move away from coal.
After pandemic-related disruptions to state hiring, Buchanan now has help on the way with approval to add employees by summer to oversee the implementation of the ambitious Colorado Just Transition Action Plan finalized on Dec. 31, 2020. Buchanan hopes to be able to expand his office to some five employees throughout this year.