HomeMy WebLinkAboutIN-SITU - FDP - 46-02B - MEDIA - (3)J.J. Johnston
From this standpoint
City extends
welcome
to In -Situ
3.-,s— oy
The Northern Colorado
Economic Development
Corp. pulled together a
customized presentation team to
address the questions from In -Situ
employees considering a move to
Fort Collins.
Bob Blythe, president/CEO of In -
Situ, invited the NCEDC to provide
information about four topics:
schools, day care/child care, health-
care and housing.
The following team accompanied
me to Laramie, Wyo., on March 10
to make a presentation to more
than 50 employees considering
moving to the Fort Collins area.
Those making the trip: Bruce
Biggi city of Fort Collins economic
adviser, Pam Brock, vice president
of marketing and strategic planning
for the Poudre Valley Health Sys-
tems; Jacob Castillo, director of
business retention/expansion for
NCEDC; Jerry- Crawford, president,
Fort Collins Board of Realtors;
Maury Dobbie, president/CEO of
Media Tech Productions and for-
mer Wyoming resident, Linda Fel-
lion, program coordinator Child
Care Resource Center the
Women's Center, Fort Collins City
Manager John Fischbach, Ellen
Laubhan, communication coordina-
tor, Poudre School District and
Kimberly Stenberg, director of in-
vestor development/NCEDC team
organizer.
The team provided In -Situ em-
ployees with a customized presen-
tation and information packet and
fielded numerous questions regard-
ing the Fort Collins community.
The team also provided enthusi-
astic insights about living and
working in the Fort Collins region.
Overall, the In -Situ employees gave
our presentation team very high
marks for addressing their ques-
tions and relocation concerns.
As a result, the employees have a
better understanding of what our
region can offer their families.
What's next, you may ask?
The NCEDC and its partners will
host a reception for the relocating
families during the coming months.
We think that it is important to
properly welcome our new primary
employers and their families who
are relocating to Northern Colorado.
Imagine this, about 65 new em-
ployees will be housed in a beauti-
ful new building within eyeshot of
the Poudre River by next fall.
The new building will improve
the current property, which was
previously a storage yard, by rede-
veloping the site into corporate
headquarters location, housing a re-
search and development center,
customer service center, and light
assembly facility.
The new corporate headquarters
of In -Situ will host hundreds of cus-
tomers, and will bring visitors from
all over the world to Northern Col-
orado.
The new workers, customers and
visitors will pump millions of new
dollars into the regional economy,
with downtown Fort Collins becom-
ing the center of those opportunities.
Just think of the local merchants
who can directly benefit from the
new employees, customers and oth-
er visitors.
Just think of the "economic vital-
ity" that In -Situ will help stimulate
by providing new revenues to local
vendors, educational institutions
and government Just think about
150 new primary jobs being created
in Northern Colorado.
We need the new primary jobs
that In -Situ will create in the Fort
Collins region. We have a wonder-
ful opportunity to practice the gold-
en rule and help our new friends
feel welcome.
In -Situ has been a long time
coming to our community. Help us
roll out the welcome mat for In -
Situ and for other primary employ-
ers who would like to help create
new primary job opportunities
while protecting our environment-
J.J. Johnston is president and chief
executive officer of Northern Colorado
Economic Development Corp, Reach
him via e-mail at jjohnston@ncedc.
com or at 667-0905.