A letter signed by 233 business and technology leaders was addressed to Gov. Jared Polis, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, Democratic senatorial candidates, and other political leaders.
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The missive follows a Colorado Chamber Foundation report warning of “a slow burn of companies looking elsewhere to invest and grow.”
That report identified a net 34 fewer public company HQs that remain in Colorado in just four years. Thirty-six have relocated here, but 70 have left. Since 2019, when Polis took office, 98 companies have either left or considered Colorado but chose elsewhere, including 27 last year alone. Employment growth ranks #34 nationally. The labor force participation rate declined to 66.8%, and the state lost 11,700 jobs in 2025 — the first such loss in decades that didn’t follow a recession.
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