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SUMMARY:Chamber President Economic Development Presentation
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Hougen President/CEO of the Aurora Chamber will give an in depth presentation of the Economic Development projection in the Eastern Metro Area.\n\n\n\nKey Economic Clusters that will be discussed:\n\n\n\nAEROSPACE           \n\n	Buckley AFB is only 1/3 built out\n	Working to make this the Cyber Security Base in the US\n	Working to bring new F-35 to replace the aging F-16\n	$26M   Acquired 12 parcels of land (1\,030 acres) around Buckley AFB to protect the base from encroachment and for future expansion.  Funds received from: Federal - Readiness & Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)\, State - Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)\, Arapahoe County\, and City of Aurora.  Potential exists for up to $44M total.   \n	6th Avenue Expansion (North of BAFB) - $10M expansion/extension to E-470.  Investments from CDOT\, Arapahoe County\, and City of Aurora\, and E-470 ($4M loan).  Opens up east side of E-470 for major housing and commercial development.\n\n \n\nAIR TRANSPORT     \n\n\n	Denver International Airport "master plan" to triple the $5 Billion airport from its current size   33% increase in gates ($1.5B) and Grand Hall/TSA area will be totally transformed ($1.5B)\n	Centennial Airport - #1 busiest general aviation airport.  $1.39B in annual economic impact   6\,000 businesses responsible for 27% of State's economy.  320\,000 annual operations - 800 per/day.\n	Front Range Airport\, finalizing process to become a "Space Port".  $7.5 in economic impact  \n\n \n\nEDUCATION        \n\n\n	$300M Bond Election - Aurora Public Schools\n	$250M Bond Election - Cherry Creek Public Schools\n	Over $500 million in the past 10 years on capital building projects in both school districts)\n	CSU Global - $15M operations center being built near Buckley   partnership with Aurora Public Schools\n\n \n\nENERGY                 \n\n\n	Oil and Gas - statewide economic impact is $31.7B.  Over 102\,000 employees.  Growth potential high in Arapahoe County\n\n\n\n\n\nHEALTHCARE           \n\n\n	New VA Hospital opening this year 2018 - $1.6B \n	$6.9B   economic impact of Anschutz campus\n	Fitzsimmons golf course closed in Dec 2017   160 acre campus with 900 housing units\, retail/commercial\n\n \n\nRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT\n\n\n	Prosper Development building 9\,000 new homes over 20 years at I-70 & Airport Road\, east\n	GOCO and Arapahoe County $6 million in 2016 for open space/trail development & purchase \n	Planning Aurora Highlands featuring 20K homes\, 10M sf office/retail\, 170K jobs\n\n \n\nTOURISM/HOTEL   \n\n\n	Gaylord Hotel\, 1\,501 rooms\, 485\,000 sq ft of conference center est. $800 M\n	Additional 6-8 limited service hotels planning expansion next to the Gaylord est. $180 M \n	Hyatt Hotel and Convention Center & garage\, across from Anschutz/Fitzsimons - $30 M \n\n \n\nTRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION        \n\n \n\n	Aurora (R-Line) opened in 2017.  8 stops and potential Transit Oriented Development (TOD) locations\n	$84M E-470  widening project (Parker Rd to Quincy Ave) w/additional lane and bike/pedestrian trails completed 2017\n	Amazon opened 2nd distribution center in Aurora.  Amazon 1   small pkg. delivery\, 400\,000 sq. ft. and 475 employees.  Amazon 2   large item delivery\, over 1M sq. ft. and 1\,000 employees.   Aurora being considered for Amazon HQ.\n\n \n\nThe Aurora Chamber of Commerce is an action-oriented membership organization that serves as the leading business voice in the Eastern Metro area. For our members\, we seek to provide access\, advocacy\, and influence.\n\n\n\nThis is a presentation you do not want to miss.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Kevin Hougen President/CEO of the Aurora Chamber will give an in depth presentation of the Economic Development projection in the Eastern Metro Area.<br />\n<br />\n<i>Key Economic Clusters that will be discussed:</i></span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">AEROSPACE</span></span></span></strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Buckley AFB </span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">is only 1/3 built out</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Working to make this the <strong>Cyber Security Base</strong> in the US</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Working to bring new <strong>F-35</strong> to replace the aging F-16</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">$26M</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> &ndash\; Acquired 12 parcels of land (1\,030 acres) around Buckley AFB to protect the base from encroachment and for future expansion.&nbsp\; Funds received from: Federal - Readiness &amp\; Environmental Protection Integration (REPI)\, State - Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)\, Arapahoe County\, and City of Aurora.&nbsp\; Potential exists for up to $44M total.&nbsp\; &nbsp\;</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">6<sup>th</sup> Avenue Expansion</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> (North of BAFB) - $10M expansion/extension to E-470.&nbsp\; Investments from CDOT\, Arapahoe County\, and City of Aurora\, and E-470 ($4M loan).&nbsp\; Opens up east side of E-470 for major housing and commercial development.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 8px\; width: 661px\; height: 15px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251661312\;"><img height="7" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">AIR TRANSPORT</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Denver International Airport</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> &ldquo\;master plan&rdquo\; to <strong>triple the $5 Billion airport</strong> from its current size&nbsp\;&ndash\; 33% increase in gates ($1.5B) and Grand Hall/TSA area will be totally transformed ($1.5B)</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Centennial Airport - #1 </span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">busiest general aviation airport.&nbsp\; $1.39B in annual economic impact &ndash\; 6\,000 businesses responsible for 27% of State&rsquo\;s economy.&nbsp\; 320\,000 annual operations - 800 per/day.</span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Front Range Airport\, finalizing process to become a <strong>&ldquo\;Space Port</strong>&rdquo\;.&nbsp\; $7.5 in economic impact&nbsp\; </span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 8px\; width: 661px\; height: 14px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251665408\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">EDUCATION</span></span></span></strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">$300M Bond Election - Aurora Public Schools</span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">$250M Bond Election - Cherry Creek Public Schools</span></span></strong></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Over <strong>$500 million</strong> in the past 10 years on capital building projects in both school districts)</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">CSU Global</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> - $15M operations center being built near Buckley &ndash\; partnership with Aurora Public Schools</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 8px\; width: 661px\; height: 14px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251667456\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">ENERGY</span></span></span></strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Oil and Gas -</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> statewide economic impact is<strong> $31.7B.&nbsp\; Over 102\,000 employees.&nbsp\; </strong>Growth potential high in Arapahoe County</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 9px\; width: 661px\; height: 15px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251669504\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.png" width="661" /></span><br />\n<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">HEALTHCARE</span></span></span></strong>&nbsp\;<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></strong>&nbsp\;\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">New <strong>VA Hospital</strong> opening this year 2018 - <strong>$1.6B </strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">$6.9B</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> &ndash\; economic impact of <strong>Anschutz campus</strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Fitzsimmons golf course closed in Dec 2017 &ndash\; 160 acre campus with 900 housing units\, retail/commercial</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 9px\; width: 661px\; height: 15px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251671552\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT</span></span></span></strong>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Prosper Development</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> building 9\,000 new homes over 20 years at I-70 &amp\; Airport Road\, east</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">GOCO and Arapahoe County</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> <strong>$6 million</strong></span> in 2016 for open space/trail development &amp\; purchase </span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Planning<strong> Aurora Highlands </strong>featuring 20K homes\, 10M sf office/retail\, 170K jobs</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 9px\; width: 661px\; height: 15px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251673600\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">TOURISM/HOTEL</span></span></span></strong>&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n\n<ul>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Gaylord Hotel\,</span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;"> 1\,501&nbsp\;rooms\, 485\,000 sq ft of conference center est. <strong>$800 M</strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Additional 6-8 limited service <strong>hotels</strong> planning expansion next to the Gaylord est. <strong>$180 M </strong></span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Hyatt Hotel and Convention Center </span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">&amp\; garage\, across from Anschutz/Fitzsimons - <strong>$30 M </strong></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="left: -1px\; top: 9px\; width: 661px\; height: 15px\; position: relative\; z-index: 251675648\;"><img height="6" src="file:///C:/Users/rgruber/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image005.png" width="661" /></span>&nbsp\;<br clear="ALL" />\n<strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-family: gill sans mt condensed\,sans-serif\;"><span style="font-size: 13pt\;">TRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION</span></span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 14pt\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Aurora (R-Line) opened in 2017.&nbsp\; 8 stops and potential <strong>Transit Oriented Development (TOD) </strong>locations</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">$84M </span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">E-470 &nbsp\;widening project (Parker Rd to Quincy Ave) w/additional lane and bike/pedestrian trails completed 2017</span></span></li>\n	<li><strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">Amazon </span></span></strong><span style="color: rgb(7\, 16\, 27)\;"><span style="font-size: 9.5pt\;">opened 2<sup>nd</sup> distribution center in Aurora.&nbsp\; Amazon 1 &ndash\; small pkg. delivery\, 400\,000 sq. ft. and 475 employees.&nbsp\; Amazon 2 &ndash\; large item delivery\, over 1M sq. ft. and 1\,000 employees.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Aurora being considered for Amazon HQ.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<strong><em><span style="font-size: 10pt\;">The Aurora Chamber of Commerce is an action-oriented membership organization that serves as the leading business voice in the Eastern Metro area. For our members\, we seek to provide access\, advocacy\, and influence.</span></em><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 10pt\;">This is a presentation you do not want to miss.</span></strong><br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Chamber Office 14305 E. Alameda Ave.\, Suite 300 Aurora\, CO 80012
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