Success Stories

Greenleaf Wholesalers/Kitayama Brothers

For more than 40 years, Greenleaf Wholesale and Kitayama Brothers, national floral growers and distributors, were based in Brighton.  Their 30 employees manage more than 1 million square feet of greenhouses and retail stores in 20 U.S. cities.  In 2010, serious space constraints compelled the company to seek new locations in three states.  The Brighton Economic Development Corporation and BURA quickly responded, providing temporary offices while new space was being identified in the downtown urban renewal area.  Greenleaf/Kitayama Brothers invested more than $300,000 in renovations and occupied the building, keeping jobs and economic activity in Brighton.

Quotes

"We are extremely pleased to be building Vestas' largest nacelle assembly factory to date...we expect Brighton to become the center for Vestas Nacelles' activities in the USA."-Soren Husted, Vestas Nacelles A/S

"Businesses come to where they are wanted and stay where they are appreciated."-Manuel Esquibel, City Manager, City of Brighton

"As one of the nation's fastest growing cooperative utilities, we strive to keep energy costs affordable, invest in an increasing variety of sustainable technologies and practice sound corporate citizenship."-Troy Whitmore, Director of External Affairs, United Power

"The Brighton Learning and Resource Campus is a unique and innovative collaboration.  The project is an outstanding model for blending and braiding funding streams and missions of public agencies to preserve property and create expanded training for citizens..."-Booker T. Graves, Director, Workforce Development Council, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

"Our new campus in Brighton allows us to continue providing quality, affordable healthcare services to a growing region while investing in research and state-of-the-art medical technology."-John Hicks, President/CEO, Platte Valley Medical Center

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