Chair’s Roundtable: What Every Leader Can Learn from Jake Jabs

This week, the Colorado Chamber hosted a Chair’s Roundtable at the American Furniture Warehouse (AFW) Headquarters where the group met and spoke with CEO Jake Jabs. In 1975, Jabs purchased a struggling one-location furniture business called American Furniture Company which he renamed American Furniture Warehouse. Under Jabs’ leadership, American Furniture Warehouse expanded into a sixteen-store […]

Colorado Chamber Celebrates One Year Anniversary of The Sum & Substance

For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Eveleth-Havens at [email protected]. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today celebrates the one-year anniversary of The Sum & Substance (TSS), a chamber-owned online publication that covers Colorado’s legislative and political news related to the business community. The Sum & Substance gives readers an insider’s perspective on the political […]

Gazette: EDITORIAL: Bills would bust Colorado’s oil & gas industry

Ruling Democrats at the Legislature may be soft on criminals, but they have no problem handing out harsh punishment for Colorado’s oil and gas producers. It doesn’t seem to matter that most Coloradans depend on the industry for heating their homes and refueling their cars and trucks. Or, that oil and gas has managed — […]

Black History Month Feature: African American Youth Leadership Conference

In honor of Black History Month, the Colorado Chamber is recognizing Black business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and job creators who have grown their businesses from the ground up and are core to our local Colorado communities.  Today’s feature is Dr. Ersaleen Hope with the African American Youth Leadership Conference Dr. Ersaleen Hope is the newly […]

The Colorado Sun: Mileage goals, pollution fines, drilling pauses: Colorado Democrats unveil ambitious package to cut ozone

Democrats and environmental justice advocates Thursday unveiled an ambitious package of ozone-fighting bills that would “pause” oil and gas drilling in summer months, set caps on miles driven in gasoline-powered cars and increase pollution fines for “repeat offenders” like the Suncor refinery. A bill with some similar ozone-fighting provisions was gutted in the 2023 legislative […]

Fox 31: Drilling pauses, pollution fines proposed in suite of Colorado air quality bills

Colorado lawmakers rolled out new bills on Thursday with the goal of reducing pollution in the state, but business chambers and oil and gas companies are already pushing back, fearing businesses would be harmed if the measures become law. Lawmakers and community members say something needs to be done now to improve Colorado’s air for […]

Colorado Chamber CEO: Job-Killing Bills Threaten Colorado’s Competitiveness

For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Eveleth-Havens at [email protected]. DENVER – Colorado Chamber President and CEO Loren Furman today responded to a series of bills filed in the legislature targeting the business community, declaring them “job killers.” Several of the bills were unveiled at a press conference held today by the bill sponsors. “We’re seeing […]

Colorado Chamber Announces Kodiak Building Partners as Lead Investor in Strategic Plan to Advance State Economy

For media inquiries, please contact Cynthia Eveleth-Havens at [email protected]. DENVER – The Colorado Chamber of Commerce today announced Kodiak Building Partners, a nationally-recognized building materials distribution company, as a lead investor in Vision 2033. The 10-year strategic action plan seeks to foster long-term economic growth and elevate Colorado’s business climate.  As a lead investor, Kodiak […]

BHM Feature: Be A Good Person

In honor of Black History Month, the Colorado Chamber is recognizing Black business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, and job creators who have grown their businesses from the ground up and are core to our local Colorado communities. Today’s feature is Drick Bernstine with Be A Good Person Drick Bernstine, CEO of Be A Good Person (BAGP), […]