BizWest /tags/bizwest BizWest en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:29:31 GMT Sundance picks Colorado; Festival expected to have huge regional impact /news/2025-03-31/sundance-picks-colorado-festival-expected-to-have-huge-regional-impact The Sundance Film Festival — its leaders having decided last week to move the world-renowned event from Utah to Boulder — will make Colorado the epicenter of the movie universe for a week and half each winter for a decade beginning in 2027. Mon, 31 Mar 2025 19:29:31 GMT /news/2025-03-31/sundance-picks-colorado-festival-expected-to-have-huge-regional-impact Lucas High, BizWest ‘A county of opportunity:’ Weld tops state in population growth /news/2025-03-18/a-county-of-opportunity-weld-tops-state-in-population-growth Weld County led the state in population growth from 2023 to 2024, continuing a pattern of increases over the past several years. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:10:01 GMT /news/2025-03-18/a-county-of-opportunity-weld-tops-state-in-population-growth Christopher Wood, BizWest Meati ‘unclear on the future’ as 150 layoffs, plant closure loom /news/2025-03-10/meati-unclear-on-the-future-as-150-layoffs-plant-closure-loom Boulder-headquartered Meati Foods, a mushroom-based whole-food proteins producer, plans to lay off 150 workers and close its massive production facility in Thornton. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:34:21 GMT /news/2025-03-10/meati-unclear-on-the-future-as-150-layoffs-plant-closure-loom Lucas High, BizWest Greeley developer offers cheaper option to keep Weld County offices downtown /news/2025-03-03/greeley-developer-offers-cheaper-option-to-keep-weld-county-offices-downtown The difference between moving the Weld County Justice Center 2 miles north or keeping it downtown just got a bit more complicated, as downtown Greeley developers on Monday presented a much different conclusion to the expense of such a move — around $200 million less than originally presented. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 21:48:01 GMT /news/2025-03-03/greeley-developer-offers-cheaper-option-to-keep-weld-county-offices-downtown Sharon Dunn, BizWest Fort Collins-based Spirit Hospitality selling its last 4 hotels amid legal wrangling /news/2025-02-24/fort-collins-based-spirit-hospitality-selling-its-last-4-hotels-amid-legal-wrangling A once-thriving and ambitious hotel management and development company that aspired to grow beyond Northern Colorado is now selling its four remaining hotels — the last vestiges of an empire built by the late William G. “Bill” Albrecht — amid a swirl of bankruptcies, lawsuits, receivership and internal feuds. Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:13:22 GMT /news/2025-02-24/fort-collins-based-spirit-hospitality-selling-its-last-4-hotels-amid-legal-wrangling Dallas Heltzell, BizWest Massive government campus proposed for downtown Greeley /news/2025-02-10/massive-government-campus-proposed-for-downtown-greeley A trifecta of governmental bodies is considering an ambitious plan to co-locate new facilities to preserve downtown Greeley as an employment center for Weld County, the City of Greeley and Greeley-Evans School District 6. Mon, 10 Feb 2025 20:22:53 GMT /news/2025-02-10/massive-government-campus-proposed-for-downtown-greeley Sharon Dunn, BizWest Council to delay decision on West Greeley project /news/2025-02-03/council-to-delay-decision-on-west-greeley-project The Greeley City Council is going to take a little more time to wade through the mountain of information associated with the proposed West Greeley project that would put the city in $1.1 billion in debt while at the same time ushering in a future within the community. Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:17:39 GMT /news/2025-02-03/council-to-delay-decision-on-west-greeley-project Sharon Dunn, BizWest Hearing set Wednesday for major Centerra South addition /news/2025-01-27/hearing-set-wednesday-for-major-centerra-south-addition A plan facing a public hearing Wednesday before the Loveland Planning Commission would add up to 2,277 housing units in a 150-acre parcel of the Centerra South development in east Loveland. Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:31:09 GMT /news/2025-01-27/hearing-set-wednesday-for-major-centerra-south-addition Dallas Heltzell, BizWest NISP participants asked to contribute $33M for 2025 project design, activities /news/2025-01-14/nisp-participants-asked-to-contribute-33m-for-2025-project-design-activities The 15 members of the Northern Integrated Supply Project will have to collectively come up with more than $33 million this year to fund continued planning and design and legal work for the ongoing water project that is designed to secure their future water needs. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:27:50 GMT /news/2025-01-14/nisp-participants-asked-to-contribute-33m-for-2025-project-design-activities Sharon Dunn, BizWest First ground broken for Alpine-Balsam project /news/2024-12-31/first-ground-broken-for-alpine-balsam-project Boulder Housing Partners' work is underway on the Alpine-Balsam project. The affordable-housing venture is decades in the making. Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:03:54 GMT /news/2024-12-31/first-ground-broken-for-alpine-balsam-project Dallas Heltzell, BizWest