Economic Vitality
Boulder County Prepares to Submit 5-Star Certification Program Application
Boulder County is preparing to submit a joint application from Boulder County’s economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, public health agency, and government authorities to operate administer a Boulder County 5-Star Certification program.
Supporting Restaurants in Challenging Times
The Boulder Chamber joined with the City of Boulder and our other local business support partners, including Downtown Boulder and the Boulder Convention and Visitors Bureau, to launch a new program to assist local restaurants and incentivize residents to support their favorite restaurants with delivery meals.
Boulder Chamber Names New Executive Director of Boulder Economic Council
After an extensive search that engaged a wide diversity of Boulder Chamber stakeholders and Boulder Economic Council (BEC) leadership, the Boulder Chamber is pleased to announce Scott Sternberg, former president of Vaisala Inc., as the next Executive Director of the Boulder Economic Council and Associate Vice President for Economic Vitality.
Corine Waldau Selected for Economic Recovery Fellowship
Corine Waldau, Boulder Chamber Senior Director of Economic Vitality, has been selected by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE) to study economic recovery and resilience strategies with 41 other chamber of commerce professionals from communities throughout the United States.
With public health, keep the focus on real solutions
To suggest that development density is the source of our current health challenges ignores both facts and history. It also undermines one of the most effective deterrents to climate change — one of the other great threats to human health.
Let’s Pull on Our Oars Together
I’ve heard it said, “We may be in this COVID-19 storm together, but some of us have leaky boats.” Yes . . . and we either pull our oars together toward a brighter future for all of us, or we’ll all soon have leaky boats. Fortunately, in our community’s immediate COVID-19 response, we’ve demonstrated an encouraging degree of collaborative planning and action. It is in this same spirit that the Boulder Chamber offers a few principles to guide our collective economic recovery efforts.
Clif Harald Moves on from Boulder Economic Council
Clif Harald, Executive Director of the Boulder Economic Council
(BEC) of the Boulder Chamber, will move on from that role to reactivate his private
consulting practice. The BEC is the economic vitality arm of the Boulder Chamber.
