2016 Colorado Aerospace Road Trip

The Colorado Space Business Roundtable (CSBR) is visiting communities around the state to:

1. Meet with local businesses that are interested in becoming a supplier or subcontractor to the larger aerospace companies such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Sierra Nevada, United Launch Alliance and many others. Opportunities are not limited to businesses that currently work in aerospace. Almost any product or service could potentially have opportunity.

2. Meet with local officials, students, educators, and anyone who is interested to learn about the impact aerospace has on our nation, state, and the benefits to every community in Colorado.

3. Meet with students and educators to discuss educational opportunities such as internships and other programs involving Colorado aerospace companies and organizations.

Key Information:

• Please register your participation at: http://csbrroadtrip2016-1.eventbrite.com

• There is no charge to participate. Many meals and events are sponsored, but participants must pay their own expenses for anything that is not sponsored.

• CSBR Members: You may register to ride in the vanpool or to drive yourself. If you vanpool, you are committed to attend the entire trip (unless you make arrangements for someone to pick you up along the way, etc.). The vanpool will depart from the designated hotel each morning.

• You must make your own hotel arrangements. (Hotel phone numbers are listed on the schedule below)

CSBR Road Trip Itinerary #1 – Western Colorado

Monday, August 29 – Denver to Grand Junction

12 pm Vanpool Meets at Wooly Mammoth Lot, I-70, Morrison Exit (#259)

12:30 – 5 pm Drive to Grand Junction (243 Miles, 4 Hours)

5:30 pm – 8 pm Tour WestStar Aviation, CSBR Presentations, Reception with Business Leaders

796 Heritage Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506

Overnight at any of these hotels: Hampton Inn, 205 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501; (970) 243-3222 / Fairfield Inn, 225 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501; (970) 242-2525 / Springhill Suites, 236 Main St, Grand Junction, CO 81501: (970) 424-5777 / Special Rate at Springhill: $129.95. Request the Aug 29 CLUB 20 block

Tuesday, August 30 – Grand Junction and Naturita

7:30 am – 8:45 am Breakfast with Local Officials, Mesa County Community Room 544 Rood Ave, Grand Junction, (6th Street entrance – ground floor)

9 am – 10 am Tour Wren Industries, 2800 Printers Way, Grand Junction, CO 81506

10:30 am – 11:30 am Tour Capco, Inc, 1328 Winters Ave, Grand Junction, CO 81501

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Working Lunch, Colorado Mesa University, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction

12:45 – 1:30 pm Tour Colorado Mesa University Innovation Center

2:00 – 3:00 pm Tour Lewis Engineering, 2790 H Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81506

3 pm – 5:30 pm Drive to Naturita (104 Miles, 2 Hours 15 Minutes)

5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Reception/Dinner and Presentation on Aerospace

Airport Terminal, Nucla-Hopkins KAIB, 27696 DD Rd, Nucla, CO 81424

Overnight at Rimrock Hotel, 123 E Main St, Naturita, CO 81422; Phone: (970) 865-2500

Wednesday, August 31 – Naturita to Durango

9 am – 12 pm Drive to Durango (142 Miles, 3 Hours)

12 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch with Elected Officials and Educators

Fort Lewis College,1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Tour Geosciences, Physics and Engineering (GPE) Building [Closed Toe Shoes Required]

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Travel to AMPT, 1334 Airport Rd; Durango CO 81303

3:00 pm – 3:45 pm Tour and Discussion with AMPT

3:45 pm – 4:15 pm Travel to Powerhouse Science Center 1333 Camino Del Rio, Durango

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm Tour Maker Space at Powerhouse Science Center

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner and Presentations at Powerhouse Science Center

Overnight at Doubletree, 501 Camino Del Rio, Durango, CO 81301; Phone: (970) 259-6580

Thursday, September 1 – Durango to Montrose

9 am – 12 pm Drive to Montrose (110 Miles, 3 Hours)

12 pm – 1 pm “Pizza with Professionals” Presentation on Aerospace and Discussion with the Montrose High School Students, 600 South Selig Avenue, Montrose

1 pm – 5 pm Tour and Meeting with Local Businesses: Swiss- O- Matic (10 W South 3rd Street), Genham Tooling (11 Ponderosa Court) and Gordon Composites (2350 Air Park Way) – 30 minutes each; travel at top of hour and :45 past each hour

5 pm – 8 pm Reception/Dinner and Presentation on Aerospace

Bridges Golf and Country Club, 2500 Bridges Circle, Montrose

Overnight at Hampton Inn, 1980 N Townsend Ave, Montrose, CO 81401; Phone: (970) 252-3300

Friday, September 2 – Return to Denver, 9 am – 3 pm Drive to Denver (265 Miles, 6 Hours)