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As an organization that works closely with businesses on a daily basis, we want to understand how your business is coping with the challenges that 2020 has brought. In partnership with Economic Development Organizations and Chambers of Commerce in Larimer and Weld County through NoCo REDI, we invite you to…

A second round of the Weld County Business Recovery Program will be administered by Upstate Colorado Economic Development. Round 1 received 215 applications spanning several industries including restaurants, service providers, retail and more throughout the county. The grant continues to support eligible businesses who have demonstrated financial stress or disrupted…

Upstate Colorado is proud to support the University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort College of Business in their 2020 Entrepreneurial Challenge by participating as one of this year’s judges. This ‘Shark Tank’ style challenge invites Colorado students and local entrepreneurs to submit an application showcasing their business pitch or current business…

Weld County and participating communities have directed a portion of their Federal CARES Fund dollars to the Weld County Business Recovery Program, managed by Upstate Colorado. The program is designed to aid businesses that demonstrate financial stress or disrupted operations due to the public health crisis and who are trying…

Please see the press release that details the work that our Weld County Commissioners have put together to give tax relief to Weld County businesses.

View the latest guidelines and updates regarding COVID-19 testing and guidance for restaurants and food service reopening. Weld County COVID-19 drive-thru testing information Guidance for Restaurants and Food Services     

Upstate is working with our partners in municipalities across Weld. We encourage you to contact us directly if we can assist you with your efforts. As strategy is being developed to support economic recovery and open up some of our businesses we wanted to update you on current news and…

Upstate Colorado has been working to support coordinated efforts to provide assistance to businesses in both Weld and Larimer. The tremendous work of our NoCo Redi partners is making this possible. Particularly, the work of Josh Birks and Ann Hutchison, has moved this project forward with great speed. This website will…

Applications for the Paycheck Protection Program are open. View the Paycheck Protection Program Made Easy Guide to help you through the three step process: PREPARE, APPLY, COMPLY. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is a loan designed to provide a direct incentive for small businesses to keep their workers on the…

As you have seen, there is plenty of information being pushed out to the public regarding COVID-19. We at Upstate want to ensure that we are effectively connecting businesses to the appropriate resources. Please view the COVID-19 Business and Employee Resource Links. Here you will find links with information regarding COVID-19 and…