Leaders Collaborate at 2018 Regional Issues Summit

More than 180 business, civic, education and government leaders came together to collaborate and identify possible solutions to the area challenges during the 2018 Regional Issues Summit December 4 at the Embassy Suites in Loveland.

The program featured expert presentations, and participant reactions on topics including: water, transportation, workforce and the NCLA’s 2019 Policy Agenda.

This half-day summit was presented by Leadership Northern Colorado, the NCLA – Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance, Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, Loveland Chamber of Commerce, Greeley Chamber of Commerce, Upstate Colorado Economic Development and One NOCO.

This year’s keynote, Jodie Swee with XYZ University presented on Generations@Work and Cultivating A Collaborative Workforce Environment.

Bill Brown, with Fischer, Brown, Bartlett & Gunn, P.C. presented his insights on the region’s water issues, including storage, laws and farm dry up.  Sandra Solin, with Capitol Solutions talked transportation and next steps to improving North 1-25.

The 2018 Summit was recorded and all presentations and photos can be viewed here.

Thanks to the 2018 Summit Sponsors: Gold Sponsor: Elevations Credit Union; Silver Sponsors: Plante Moran and Upstate Colorado Economic Development; Bronze Sponsors: Flood and Peterson, Hewlett Packard Enterprises and Woodward, Inc.; Event Sponsors: Alphagraphics  and Signarama; Table Sponsors: 4Rivers Equipment, Cache Bank & Trust , Open Door Organizational Solutions, ServiceMaster Clean and Total Facility Care, LLC.