1. ▪ Energy & Colorado Blueprint ▪ Progressive 15 Energy Summit June 26, 2013

2. Colorado Blueprint: Colorado’s Economic Development Strategy 3  Bottom-Up: Where We Started  Blueprint: Where We’ve Been  Business Plan: Where We are Going  Business friendly environment  Retain, recruit and grow business  Access to capital  Brand a stronger Colorado  Train & educate the workforce of the future  Innovation & Technology

3. 4 Key Industries RegionsState Pipeline Top Line Metrics Colorado Blueprint: Colorado’s Economic Development Strategy

4. Colorado Blueprint: State Alignment 5 State Agencies Liaisons  Cabinet Contacts Colorado Economic Forum  First Annual Alignment of Economic Development, Education, and Workforce Development Pits & Peeves  Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Brand Colorado  Statewide marketing initiative Aligned Data Task Force  Integrated and Aligned Data Teams

5. Colorado Blueprint: Regional Partnerships 6 Regional Partnership Ecosystem  Industry  Economic Development Organizations  Workforce Development Centers  Academia  Government  Community Organizations Benefits  Identification and convening of regional economic development ecosystem stakeholders  Boots-on-the-ground monitoring of regional plans and sector strategies progress  Building trust and relationships between the State and local partners in the regions  Maintaining a line-of-sight to bottom-up and Colorado Blueprint Outcomes  Strategic Business Plans that promote regional economic growth  Business ready communities

6. Colorado Blueprint: Key Industry Networks 7 AerospaceBioscienceCreative Industries Tourism & Outdoor Recreation ElectronicsEnergy & Natural Resources Food & Agriculture Health & Wellness Infrastructure EngineeringTechnology & InformationFinancial ServicesDefense & Homeland Security Advanced ManufacturingTransportation & Logistics

7. Colorado Blueprint: Key Industry Networks 8 Benefits  Synergies from collaboration  Identification of Colorado’s assets, strengths and opportunities  Development of public-private partnerships Outcomes  Strategic Business Plans that promote industry growth

8. 11 Colorado Sector Partnerships

9. 13 Colorado Blueprint: Pipeline Business Development Team  Domestic & International  Aligned by Key Industry Lead or Support a Prospect  Process Flow Proactive Recruitment  Outbound Marketing Trips  Site Selector Relationships

10. 14 Colorado INSITE – Statewide Asset Map What’s is it for Colorado?  Statewide database of sites & building information  Map layers of critical Colorado infrastructure and assets  Generated demographic data by drive time and radius Benefits  Assists in converting inquires, to conversations, to projects  Provides real-time proposal self-service for prospects  Allows OEDIT to provide updates of projects to local economic development partners

11. 16 Energy in Colorado

12. 12 Consumption by Sector

13. 13 Energy Jobs in Colorado Not Included: Biofuels, Large Hydro, Waste Heat Numbers are estimates from 2010-2011 2,693,800 Total Colorado Jobs

14. 17 Thank You kari.linker@state.co.us New OEDIT Website: www.AdvanceColorado.comwww.AdvanceColorado.com  Signup for updates, eNews, and/or contact us section Social Media  Branding Update  brandCO Initiative