ESTES PARK A film center and museum dedicated to the horror-film genre has been given new life thanks to an extension of a state grant for tourism projects.
Construction of the second phase of the $40 million center at the iconic Stanley Hotel that feeds off the Stanley’s haunted history including its role in the novel and subsequent 1980 film “The Shining” will begin this spring, hotel owner John Cullen said. The project’s green light came after Thursday’s unanimous vote by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s Economic Development Commission extended its funding deadline because of shutdowns and restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., left, shakes hands with Gen. John W. Raymond, the commander of the U.S. Space Command, Sept. 9, 2019, during a ceremony to recognize the establishment of the United States Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP)
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The Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved $30,000 in additional marketing dollars to help reverse the U.S. Air Force’s decision to move the headquarters of the new U.S. Space Command, currently in Colorado Springs, to Huntsville, Ala.
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One-of-a-Kind Bike Rack Takes Off in Colorado’s Grand Valley
Grand Junction Economic PartnershipJanuary 22, 2021 GMT
Grand Junction, CO, Jan. 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Last week, QuikRStuff welcomed new, automated CNC machines to its production facility in Grand Junction, Colorado, kick-starting a much-awaited second run for the fast-growing manufacturing startup. The expansion was made possible thanks to a successful fundraising round that included a $150,000 Advanced Industries Accelerator (AI) Grant from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. QuikRStuff was the only company outside Colorado’s urban I-25 corridor among 37 AI grant recipients in November 2020.
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Lightning eMotors Adds Production Capacity, Space to Meet Growing Demand From Fleets for Electric Vehicles
January 21, 2021 GMT
Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. (Photo: Business Wire)
LOVELAND, Colo. (BUSINESS WIRE) Jan 21, 2021
Lightning eMotors (“Lightning eMotors” or the “Company”), a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, today announced it is expanding to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles from commercial and government fleets.
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Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. (Photo: Business Wire)
On Friday, a towering orange crane sat in a narrow alley at a factory at 2477 Riverside Parkway. It was moving packages of machinery for bike manufacturer QuikRStuff.
The Grand Junction startup is moving forward with its latest batch of bike racks. The company produced 100 models of the QuikRack Mach2, designed by Cal Phillips, and it sold out quickly.
The machine parts within those new packages are going to help produce 1,000 more such racks. Bryan Wachs, who founded QuikRStuff with JT Westcott, said this will help their goal of being a key player in diversifying Grand Junctionâs economy and building a future for young entrepreneurs.