Vestas to add 1,000 jobs in Colorado

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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/15/vestas-add-1000-jobs-colorado/

Vestas to add 1,000 jobs in Colorado

By David Milstead

Originally published 07:48 a.m., August 15, 2008
Updated 07:48 a.m., August 15, 2008

Gov. Bill Ritter will formally announce today a 1,000-job expansion from Denmark-based Vestas, a producer of blades for the machines that harvest wind energy.

Vestas currently produces giant wind blades at a facility in Windsor that will ultimately employ 650.

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In July, the Brighton City Council approved a transaction in which Vestas would purchase more than 100 acres two miles north of the city's downtown for about $3 million. At the time, Brighton city officials said the expansion could mean 650 new jobs and possibly hundreds more, officials said.

"One, these would be high-paying jobs," Brighton City Councilman Rob Farina told The Rocky in July. "Two, these would be green jobs, and that's what Colorado is all about. That's the governor's big push."

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1. Good news

Now if we can keep the brat and his handlers from starting another war we may have a chance to someday have energy independence and wind will play a big role in that.