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Originally Posted by TakeFive
mr1138... You're a very wise millennial. That was an excellent overview of the current state of things.
On a positive note and if I've said it once...
take DaVita for example. What a nice win for the state and City of Denver. Could use another ten of those. Admittedly "he" had sort of a Euro view of life but what made Denver so attractive was its awesome airport.
DaVita does exemplify the growing number of companies with far flung business operations that just uses its HQ as a home base. They may not bring tons of employees but they're also more able to be fussy about where they live. Quality of life rather than bottom line costs come more into play. Ardent Mills is another good example. Home grown CH2M Hill and IHS also have grown internationally while using Denver as their home base. Thank you DIA.
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I think you could also add Arrow Electronics (our highest ranking Fortune 500), ULA (they could have gone anywhere), and Lockheed Martin (although not technically HQ'ed here, there Space Systems division is based here - with 463 jobs currently available according to their website). Lockheed is also consolidating operations here from many other parts of the country.
DaVita is only one of many, and if you look at the OEDIT website, there are still quite a few companies looking to relocate here with well over 5,000 jobs, based on my quick math.
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