1. GRA Summer Research Conference Denver, Colorado August 6, 2007

2. Metro Denver Incentives Colorado is at the bottom of available research incentives compared to the rest of the country. State of Colorado has a total of approximately $9,000,000/yr. for job training, relocation incentives. Most incentives are tax rebates

3. What Site Selectors Say When we get down to the final three, incentives do matter Incentives don’t make a bad deal good Labor and making a smart business decision is more important to the bottom line. We’ll be apart of the community longer than an incentive.

4. What Companies Say Important to have a great website –Data intensive –Easily searchable –Downloads available Research available that compares communities that had standardized info Consistent data for all communities

5. Tax Incentives EZ Zones, Personal Property Tax rebates Sales and Use Tax Rebates at the local level But Tech companies and Bioscience companies can’t use most tax credits

6. We had to get creative Developed an Economic Impact Model Considers Inputs and Outputs Performance Incentive Agreements –Known amount that each company can receive… rewarding higher paying jobs

7. Investment as an incentive Investment in Infrastructure –FasTracks - $4.7 billion light rail build out –T-REX - $1.67 billion multimodal project –DIA – New International Airport\ –Major League Baseball, Hockey and new Football Stadium