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The Emergent Campus team was honored to receive one of only five Stephen H. Hart awards for historic preservation from the state historic society, presented at the History Colorado Center on April, 16th. Our award highlighted adaptive reuse of the campus for job creation in Fremont County. Fremont Economic Development Corp, Pax8, and Barn Owl Precision Agriculture were included in our video segment to talk about our region and how this collective effort is generating strong economic impact for the community. #ReimagineRural History Colorado’s State Historical Fund and State Historic Preservation Office are deeply involved in numerous archaeology and historic preservation initiatives spanning communities across the state each year. From this long and impressive list, Emergent Campus has been selected to receive the History Colorado Board of Directors’ Award and will be celebrated as one of only five projects being honored in 2024 at History Colorado’s annual Stephen H. Hart Awards celebration. “This year's awardees are a beautiful demonstration of how preservation combined with community can provide solutions to some of today's challenges,” said Dawn DiPrince, President/CEO of History Colorado & State Historic Preservation Officer. “We are recognizing projects that create affordable housing, build an inclusive historic record, and catalyze economic opportunity in rural Colorado.” History Colorado Board Award: Emergent Campus | Florence, CO Originally located in Downtown Canon City, the Emergent Campus invests in rural prosperity by bringing high tech jobs to rural Colorado and providing space for innovation sector workers, remote tech workers, and other entrepreneurs. Since Emergent Campus moved into the historic Florence High School in 2019, it has actively transformed the space to provide co-working and business offices to provide an attractive solution for tech companies seeking lower operating costs. This transformed space and extended program is responsible for 80+ new tech-based jobs in Fremont County, all while maintaining the historic integrity of Florence High School. Emergent Campus is being recognized for being a strong proponent of adaptive reuse and its commitment to historic preservation and effort to have the Florence High School Building listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to the work done in Florence, the Emergent Campus is working to apply their successful model of adaptively reusing historic buildings to generate tech sector jobs to Trinidad. Using a variety of funding sources – and strategic partnerships with Trinidad State College and local school district – this future extension of Emergent Campus is intended to provide education and job opportunities that are currently not available in Trinidad and will be housed at Trinidad's historic Park School.

A big Thank You to the worldwide EUC Community! #EUCUnplugged 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona is now full-registration has closed We have a fantastic group of attendees from around the world and this is sure to be the best event yet!

JFF has recently released their Design and Implementation of College and Career Pathways in Rural Communities report, which has been developed over several years of work thanks to assistance from the Department of Education. https://lnkd.in/gERhBrWx FEDC's TechSTART example is highlighted on page 23 in the section about offering remote education and training opportunities. In partnership with Pueblo Community College, Canon City High School, and volunteers from our tech business community, the nations first rural PTECH program was launched from Fremont County. Although it has included substantial effort from a large team of FEDC business volunteers, the amazing work of Kristie Satterly, and Alan Buller, is always a highlight. Colorado Technology Association also recognized Alan for his work on this project, with a 2019 Talent Champion of the Year award for Colorado State. This report outlines three promising strategies for implementing rural pathways: -build on local strengths and context 💪 -prioritize inclusive economic development 🌱 -embed remote opportunities 💻 #rural #pathways #economicdevelopment South Central Tech Sector Partnership Jobs for the Future (JFF) is a national nonprofit that drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems to achieve equitable economic advancement for all. We do this by designing solutions, scaling best practices, influencing policy and action, and investing in innovation. We forge deep partnerships with employers, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and education and workforce development providers to break down barriers and reimagine what’s possible.

#SouthCentralTechSectorPartnership Last week's Angel Workshop was a great success, and included economic development and venture related attendees from surrounding counties and as far away as NC. There were many highlights throughout the event, but one big standout was the opening message from Governor Jared Polis. Special thanks to our guests, speakers, and workshop leaders from Startup Colorado, Angel Capital Association, Emergent Campus, Colorado Technology Association, OEDIT, Chaffee County EDC, Custer County EDC, and many more.

Special thanks to our friends and colleagues at Pax8 for hosting FEDC TechSTART - Tech Night Out, at their Florence office at Emergent Campus. #SouthCentralTechSectorPartnership #ReimagineRural