Entries by Bart Taylor

Side with the little guy in Cider Fight

Who best represents the interests of industry, upstart entrepreneurs who innovate and force change but often flame out, or established voices who’ve paved the way for those to follow? The question frames not only the dust up between Tesla and the powerful dealer network that control auto sales in the U.S. (read Jeff Rundles overview […]

Colorado’s health-care service economy is booming. But at what cost?

Is it too early to roll out the next iteration of the Colorado ‘brand’? A just-released economic report from CSU’s Regional Economics Institute provides some direction. ‘Colorado: Sick and Getting Sicker. And Older’, doesn’t have quite the same ring as ‘It’s our Nature’, but since the Great Recession, Colorado’s ‘Health-care and Social Assistance’ service sector […]

Jobs, prosperity at stake as Colorado manufacturers organize to advance their interests

New economic realities are bringing manufacturers together across Colorado. Unlike the employee-driven efforts of an earlier generation, today’s organizers are business leaders facing new challenges to growth but who also see opportunity as the post-recession manufacturing economy takes shape. On Colorado’s western slope, industry has led the formation of the Western Colorado Manufacturing Alliance. The […]

Building CO’s maker spaces: developers, industry, cities partner to drive new MFG

Builders and manufacturers share space in the economy. They’re makers. They create things. It’s interesting then that circumstances are bringing them together in a meaningful collaboration. Developers are increasingly motivated to build new mixed-use projects with light industry a key component. City planners favor the mix. Industry brings jobs and tax revenue. It pays for […]

Are manufacturing jobs Cory Gardner’s path to the Senate?

Can Cory Gardner defeat Mark Udall and become Senator? Dick Wadhams thinks so. But as much credit the Colorado GOP is also receiving nationally for nominating a more ‘electable’ candidate, a win against Udall would still be a surprise. A Republican hasn’t won a statewide election for Colorado Governor or U.S. Senate since Bill Owens […]

Business, universities search for online equilibrium

Reconciling the competing narratives around higher education can be a challenge. Reports of financial trouble and sweeping change are offset by news of the broad and profound economic impact of America’s institutions of higher learning. Insolvent or impactful, universities and colleges are accountable to business, their customers, and as well-served as US industry has been […]