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Boulder Economic Summit looks at future
June 2, 2010 - Daily Camera – Nearly 300 business and community leaders attended the 2010 Boulder Economic Summit. The event, “Boulder in 2035: Opportunities and Insights”, was presented by the Boulder Economic Council and University of Colorado at Boulder. Keynote speakers included DaVinci Institute futurist Thomas Frey, who shared insights about what we could see by 2035 based on current trends, and University of Colorado economist Richard Wobbekind who described economic trends and consequences facing Boulder. The summit also included panel discussions of experts in several “industries of the future”.
Boulder a “Best City for the Next Decade”
July 2010 – Kiplinger’s Personal Finance - Boulder was ranked #4 on the magazine’s list of the ten ”Best Cities for the Next Decade”. According to the magazine, the city is where “science meets scenery” and “an intellectual hot spot where environmental and scientific ideas blossom into businesses.”