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Thank you to everyone who came and supported Aerospace Day at the Capitol. Aerospace is a vital industry to Colorado and this event showcased the amazing companies we have in Colorado that keep this industry thriving.
In letters sent to President Donald J. Trump along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, Business Roundtable today is urging lawmakers to take bold actions in response to the COVID-10 global pandemic, outlining several policy recommendations to deliver economic security for all Americans, especially workers and small businesses.

SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza issued the following statement in response to the President's address to the nation:

"The President took bold, decisive action to make our 30 million small businesses more resilient to Coronavirus-related economic disruptions. Small businesses are vital economic engines in every community and state, and they have helped make our economy the strongest in the world. Our Agency will work directly with state Governors to provide targeted, low-interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses that have been severely impacted by the situation. Additionally, the SBA continues to assist small businesses with counseling and navigating their own preparedness plans through our network of 68 District Offices and numerous Resource Partners located around the country. The SBA will continue to provide every small business with the most effective and customer-focused response possible during these times of uncertainty."
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has issued an executive order that requires non-critical businesses in Colorado to reduce in-person work forces by 50% or more. The order goes into effect Tuesday and is set to last through April 10. The news comes on the heels of an update from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which shared new numbers showing 591 Coloradans have tested positive with the novel coronavirus. The state also confirmed its sixth death. There have been more than 5,400 people tested and 58 hospitalized.

Colorado legislators voted to take an unprecedented two-week mid-session recess to help quell the spread of coronavirus - a decision that House and Senate leaders acknowledged could spell the end of efforts to pass a consensus transportation-funding boost in 2020. By unanimous tallies in both chambers, the Legislature voted to adjourn until March 30, a move that House Minority Leader Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, called "appropriate for us at this time to take this pause to look at issues we should be dealing with." In a slightly more controversial move, the House and Senate also voted to send an interrogatory to the Colorado Supreme Court asking if a legislative rule allowing for a pause in the 120-day-maximum session during times of a declared emergency takes precedence over a 1988 constitutional amendment requiring a cap of 120 consecutive days.

Manufacturer's Edge is conducting a survey of Colorado manufacturers to gather information on business disruptions as a result of the Coronavirus (Covid 19). A summary of the survey results will be shared with State and Federal business assistance programs to better support Colorado manufacturers. Individual responses provided will be confidential.
COBRT Receives Immigration and Workforce Grant
We are excited to announce Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT) was recently awarded a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), an advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, to further our efforts on workforce development and immigration reform.

This grant has allowed us to hire Megan Peiffer as Director of Immigration & Workforce Policy to coordinate research, advocacy and education activities in an effort to strengthen and enhance the business voice in Colorado on the need for reform. 

About Megan Peiffer
Megan is an attorney and experienced public policy advocate from Des Moines, IA who brings over 14 years of government affairs, public affairs and strategic communications experience on local, state and federal work. She has worked in a variety of states, including Colorado, and has managed complex client accounts in the development and execution of multifaceted issue advocacy campaigns on behalf of Fortune 50 corporations, and national trade associations and organizations, to garner support at the federal, state and local levels for legislative and regulatory initiatives. Megan has worked on issues from corporate tax reform, health care reform and infrastructure funding to economic development and making the business case for immigration reform.

We will work on the following research, educational and collaboration efforts:
  • Research: COBRT will organize and lead business stakeholder meetings across Colorado in order to determine the landscape, needs and opportunities. COBRT will also survey business roundtable members on their workforce concerns and impact. 
  • Education: Utilizing the information gathered from this “business up” approach, COBRT will develop an efficient and thoughtful approach to best educate Coloradans on the workforce issues and impact facing our communities around workforce and immigration issues. Education may include corporate and individual case studies and microevents.  
  • Collaboration and Coordination: COBRT will identify and collaborate with current initiatives, events and activities that are principally aligned but not yet logistically aligned.
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The Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT) is a public policy organization comprised of executives from some of the state’s largest employers working to strengthen Colorado’s economic vitality. COBRT engages with elected leaders, business and nonprofit leaders, and other strategic allies to improve the business climate in our state by unapologetically amplifying the voice of business in all four corners of Colorado. Business is good, and we’re here to tell the story.

COBRT is the state affiliate of the National Business Roundtable. Based in Washington, D.C., the Business Roundtable is an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies working to promote sound public policy and a thriving U.S. economy.
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