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Fort Collins residents welcomed good news recently. The unemployment rate for Fort Collins-Loveland dropped from 7.1% in March to 6.4% in April. During the same time period in Greeley, the unemployment rate reduced from 9.9% to 9%. This news was matched by the recent announcement that BP Wind Energy is planning construction of a wind farm in nearby Weld County. BP estimates employing 250 workers for the construction and generating 12-14 job openings for the monitoring and maintenance of the wind farm. The major employers for the area currently include:

• Colorado State University
• Poudre School District
• Hewlett Packard
• Poudre Valley Health System
• Eastman Kodak
• Larimer County
• Agilent Technologies
• City of Fort Collins
• LSI Logic
• Advanced Energy Industries
• Anheuser Busch
• Woodward Governor

For even more information about the northern Colorado economy check out the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation website at: http://www.ncedc.com!

Data source: State Colorado Department of Labor and Employment; Coloradoan, “BP to build wind farm in Weld” by Sarah Jane Kyle, 5/20/2010.

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