For example, in March of 2008, the world's leading supplier of wind energy
solutions (Vestas) chose Windsor, Colorado to open it's first manufacturing facility in the USA. Vestas announced another expansion with 2 new factories
being established in Brighton, CO , bringing more than 1,350 jobs to Northern Colorado. The Medical Center of The Rockies chose Loveland, CO to open it's state of the art, Green Built, cardiac and trauma center to service Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.
The renewable energy company,
SMA Solar Technology, has chosen Colorado for it's facility which will create 300 new jobs in the Colorado area in 2010. SMA will be joining the long list of renewable
energy companies in Colorado http://tinyurl.com/yfkwwjd
Greeley, Co annexed 155 acres near the Great Western Industrial Park in Windsor (home to Vestas, Owens-Illinois, Hexel Corp. and other firms) at the request of Hall-Irwin
Corp. The Greeley Tribune stated that the national building material company, ProBuild, plans to build a distribution center on the site creating 80 more jobs with wages
averaging $40,000.
Leprino Foods, a leader in premium-quality cheese manufacturing, plans to open a Cheese Factory
in Greeley, CO by 2012 creating 500 jobs.
JBS Swift purchased Pilgrim's Pride and is moving it's corporate operations from Texas
to Weld County.
Approximately 2,000 new jobs will be coming to Northern
Colorado with more people relocating every year.