Colorado speeds up economic-development plan

Colorado is fine-tuning and accelerating the rollout of its new economic- development plan under changes expected to be announced today by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

Revisions to the "Colorado Blueprint" include identifying local infrastructure needs, tighter timelines for implementing the plan, and more emphasis on trade with Canada, Mexico and Japan.

Since January, state officials have been soliciting public input for a "bottom-up" economic-development strategy intended to allow counties and regions to promote their own approaches and goals.

By Steve Raabe
The Denver Post

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