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Gretchen Gaede, President, A-Train Marketing Communications

“Uniquely Fort Collins” Update

Note:  Be Local NC has been honored to receive the Uniquely Fort Collins “industry contract” from the City of Fort Collins since 2007.

From the Sept 2011 report on industry clusters in Fort Collins:

  • Between 2007 and 2010, the Uniquely Fort Collins Cluster (UFCC) contracted by 28 jobs; i.e. employment in the cluster fell 3.0%.
  • National employment fell by 6.1% over this same time period.
  • UFCC average estimated earnings per worker
    • 2009: $35,400
    • 2010: $45,000

The complete report can be found here; the details and charts for the UFCC are on pp. 15-16.