Colorado has an impressive record of competition, venture capital funding and entrepreneurial activity.

According to the Corporation for Enterprise Development (2007), Colorado was 1st in the nation for competitiveness of existing businesses, 1st in the nation for financial resources, 2nd in the nation for entrepreneurial energy, and 3rd highest for venture capital investment.

Colorado has a great deal of concentrated talent.  Our research universities and institutions are just over an hour away from Lincoln County.  Lincoln County's location to the Colorado Front Range combines the best of both rural and metro living.

According to the National Science Foundation, Colorado is a national leader for producing scientific talent, ranking fifth for science & engineering graduate students per one million residents.