Urban Culture - Denver

Economy:

  • Denver is the 18th largest metro economy in the United States
  • Reason: partially its geographic position and its connection to the country's major transportation systems

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(Wall Street of the Rockies)

  • Mineral-rich Rocky Mountains encouraged mining and energy companies to spring up in the area
  • The west-central geographic location in the Mountain Time Zone makes the telecommunications industry able to allow communication with both North American coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia on the same business day (eg.: Starz-Encore, DirecTV and Comcast)
  • Real-estate investments due to new skyscrapers
  • Fast-casual restaurant industry, with many popular national chain restaurants founded and based in Denver (eg. Smashburger)
  • In 2015, Denver ranked No. 1 on Forbes' list of the Best Places for Business and Careers

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Biggest emloyers:

1. U.S. GOVERNMENT

  • agencies (eg.: Bureau of Land Management, Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation, Bureau of Reclamation)
  • other service agenices (eg.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration)
  • military bases near Denver city (Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora and Fort Carson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs)

2. STATE OF COLORADO

  • jobs in different offices (eg.: Division of Central Services, Executive Office, Division of Human Resources)
  • employs 30 000 people

3. WALMART STORES

  • employs 28 000 people
  • 10 Walmart stores in Denver city

4. UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SYSTEMS

  • has 4 campuses (Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver and the Anschultz Medical Complex in Denver)

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5. CENTURA HEALTH

  • 15 hospitals
  • 8 affiliate hospitals
  • health neighborhoods, health at home, urgent care centers, emergency centers, mountain clinics, over 100  physician practices and clinics
  • Flight for Life Colorado

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6. DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  • employs 11 500 people
  • educates 90 000 children each year
  • over 200 schools

7. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER

  • different departments (eg.: City Council, Denver Public Library, Fire Department, Health and Human Services, the Mayor’s Office)

 

Sources:

http://www.greyhilladvisors.com/gross-metropolitan-product

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2015/07/29/denver-leads-the-2015-best-places-for-business-and-careers/

https://primedb.co/top-reasons-behind-denvers-booming-real-estate-market

https://walmartnearby.com/colorado-walmart-locations/

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