Small Business Feature: FoCo Café
FoCo Café is the first and only nonprofit restaurant in Fort Collins. The Cafe’s mission is to empower all people through food by providing nutritious and delicious meals to all people regardless of their ability to pay while using mostly local, organic, and sustainably grown ingredients.  Our minimum monetary donation is $4, and if you are unable to pay, we just ask that you volunteer your time and talent in exchange for your meal. 


Click here to read the full interview with Mallory Garneau, Executive Director of FoCo Café.
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Attend a 2022 Talent Series Seminar!

This ongoing series will provide in-depth presentations, hands-on learning, and opportunities to expand knowledge around workforce issues. The series includes a deeper dive into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Family-Friendly and Age-Diverse Workplaces, Apprenticeship Pathways, Skills-based Recruitment and more.

How Can Data Help Your Workforce

Working Metrics (WM) partnered with the Aspen Institute to provide an online data-driven platform for businesses to measure, benchmark and score the job quality, diversity and job equity they provide to their employees. Working Metrics has recently also partnered with Results for America (RFA) which supports a national network of government agencies and officials, including workforce boards, in implementing data and evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for the communities they serve.

These initial workforce agencies want to work with WM in order to measure and track job quality and equity as part of a multi-state collaborative, collectively learning and sharing insights about leveraging data to measure, track, and improve results. This growing collaborative can accelerate visibility for using data to advance job quality and equity.

All businesses are invited to learn more at the virtual information session from 12:30-1:00 p.m. on Monday, April 11. Zoom Link. 

Help Expand Registered Apprenticeship Programs in Colorado

The Office of the Future of Work at the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment is investing in launching, scaling, and diversifying registered apprenticeship programs. Funds will support capacity-building projects that are employer-driven and prioritize diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in apprenticeship. Awards will range from $10,000 to $50,000. Employers, registered apprenticeship sponsors, intermediaries, and education or training providers are encouraged to apply. Eligible entities may apply to fund capacity-building projects that launch new registered apprenticeship programs and/or expand existing registered apprenticeship programs. 


Questions can be emailed to james.ponder@state.co.us with “RFA Scale-Up Grant Program Cycle 1” in the subject line. For more information, including full grant details and instructions on how to apply, please refer to the Office of the Future of Work website


Deadline to Apply: April 15, 2022 at 5 p.m.

FRCC Offers Project Management Coursework

This spring Front Range Community College is offering a 2-part combined Project Management course: 

  • Manage Yourself, Your Team, Your Organization 
  • Manage Your Work

Course Description - printable (PDF)

 Available Dates/Time:  

  • April 25 - 27, 2022 (three 8-hour days)
  • May 3 - 5, 2022 (three 8-hour days)
  • May 9 - 13, 2022 (three 8-hour days)

 Location: Virtual. Course materials will be sent electronically prior to class.

Cost:  $1,500.00 per person

Registration: To register, email Jo Ann Haussler

Certificate: Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate showing the number of contact hours to apply toward eligibility to sit for a Project Management Institute Exam.

Things to Know & Upcoming Events

    Upcoming Events: 

    • Business Q&A with Larimer’s Health Department - All businesses are invited to join the County on the fourth Thursday of each month. Join the 1-hour session on Thursday, April 28 at  2 p.m via Zoom. To help make this session as informative and helpful as possible, please submit your questions in advance.

    Sign up for weekly updates from the City of Fort Collins Emergency Preparedness and Security COVID-19 newsletter at fcgov.com/eps/coronavirus

    Check out ForFortCollins.com for tools and resources created to help your business reopen safely and strongly while gaining support from loyal customers and community members.

    Economic Health Office
    222 Laporte Ave.
    Fort Collins, CO 80521