Connecting Talent to Opportunity.

Colorado’s workforce is one of the most skilled and innovative in the country. Public and private investment should prioritize hiring, training, and advancing Coloradans first.

We bring labor, local employers, and community partners together to connect:

  • Employers to skilled workers
  • Workers to high-quality career pathways
  • Students to trades and technical education

But connection alone isn’t enough.

We work to pass policies — including Best Value Contracting standards in municipalities across Colorado — that ensure public projects prioritize quality, accountability, and strong local workforce participation.

When taxpayer dollars are invested, they should:

  • Support skilled Colorado workers
  • Deliver high-quality, durable infrastructure
  • Strengthen our local economy

A strong workforce fuels business growth, supports working families, and keeps Colorado competitive. Our policies reflect that.

When contracts are decided purely by “lowest bid amount,” then far too much is left out of consideration. One Main Street Colorado supports policies that recognize price is a crucial, but not exclusive, point of consideration when considering contracts to spend taxpayer dollars and impact our communities.

Many Colorado-based contractors employ local workers, provide long-term benefits, offer robust apprenticeship programs, and have a proven track record for completing projects on-time and in-budget.

Every dollar spent on a high-value Colorado contractor is returned to the community of tax-payers many time over because we know they can sustain service and timelines necessary to execute public projects and getting the project done right the first time. The saying “you get what you pay for” is true here, as it is everywhere else and we support policies that treat taxpayer money and the communities improved with it respectfully.

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