Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade has several divisions that make up our office.

Accounting and Operations: This division supports the entire office through a variety of services including procurement, accounting, operations, and legislative support.

Business Funding and Incentives: This division provides the funding and performance-based incentives needed to create and retain jobs in Colorado.

Business Support: This division houses 4 subdivisions and facilitates programming and collaboration to support the small businesses across the state of Colorado.

• Minority Business Office of Colorado: This office helps minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses learn how to best market themselves as a certified business and secure government contracts.
• Colorado Small Business Development Center Network: This division helps small businesses achieve their goals by providing free, confidential consulting, and low or no-cost training programs across the state.
• Colorado Employee Ownership Office: This office establishes a robust and wide-reaching network of technical support for businesses considering employee-ownership models.
• Cannabis Business Office: This office creates new economic development opportunities, local job creation, and community growth for the diverse population across Colorado.

Colorado Creative Industries: This division focuses on strengthening the vitality of visual, performing, and literary arts through promotion, resources, and funding opportunities.

Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media: This office attracts and facilitates content creation through the film, television, and media industries to generate economic growth.

Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office: This office provides a central point of contact, advocacy, and resources at the state level for the diverse constituents, businesses, and communities that rely on the continued health of the outdoor recreation economy.

Colorado Tourism Office: This office helps increase traveler spending through the promotion of Colorado as a four-season, four-corner, world-class travel destination.

Global Business Development: This division supports Colorado businesses and communities by using a data-driven approach to recruit, support, and retain businesses that contribute to a robust and diversified economy.

Legislative Affairs: This division advocates for OEDIT's programs, budget, and legislative priorities with the Colorado State General Assembly.

Marketing and Communications: This division promotes the state economic development message while sharing and amplifying the corresponding internal OEDIT units’ public facing messages.

Rural Opportunity Office: Supports Colorado’s rural communities, economic development offices, business support organizations, and small businesses by connecting them to relevant OEDIT and State Partner programs to work toward a resilient future. 

Talent Innovation: With a focus on primary employers, OEDIT’s Talent Innovation Division supports economic development programs and initiatives, including retaining existing companies and advanced industry employers in Colorado through a talent lens.