06-13-12 Progressive 15 Recognizes Hodge, Becker and Ferrandino...

Fort Morgan, CO…….Progressive 15 is recognizing three legislators for their work in support of the economies of the Northeast Colorado region.  Those three legislators are:  Representative Mark Ferrandino; Representative Jon Becker; and, Senator Mary Hodge.

Representative Mark Ferrandino worked with many groups to revise his legislation on the Enterprise Zone and support the work of a task force to study the true impacts of the Enterprise Zone on each part of the state. The enterprise zone is a valuable tool for smaller, more rural communities and without his support the enterprise zone might have gone away.  The result was HB12-1241 Review of Enterprise Zone Designation.

Representative Jon Becker worked on two pieces of legislation that were of great benefit to our region.  One was HB12-1315 on the revamping of the Colorado Energy Office and the other was HB12-1105 Wind Energy Property Rights and making wind non severable from the land.

Senator Mary Hodge  took the lead on making the spaceport at the Front Range Airport a viable piece of the state’s economy through SB12-035 Spaceflight Entity Limited Liability.   This bill puts the state on the cutting edge of this exciting new economy.

Progressive 15 is a voluntary, nonpartisan, membership organization that advocates and affects legislation and policy for the economic vitality and quality of life for the citizens of the following counties:  Adams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Douglas, Elbert, Kit Carson, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld and Yuma.

For more information go to www.progressive15.org or call 970-867-9167.