Cities of Success - Denver & Boulder -

In the foothills of the Rockies, two powerhouse economies have risen above the rest to attract business and deliver impressive growth. CNBC lands in Colorado and zooms into Denver & Boulder to see how two cities have leveraged the allure of the Rocky Mountain lifestyle and driven thriving business centers in aerospace, energy, health food and tech. But explosive expansion almost always comes with significant growing pains and today Denver & Boulder face a dramatic inflection point. Can the two cities that look to the future for continued success overcome serious and unforeseen hurdles threaten their trajectories?

The pandemic and the success of startup culture have sparked the emergence of new hubs for businesses outside of traditional power centers of New York, Chicago, Houston and San Francisco. These Cities of Success each have used unique characteristics - pop culture influence, clusters of great universities, friendly geography or forward-thinking local governments - to attract major companies and nurture an entrepreneurial community around them.