PEDCO’s Mission: Attract, Retain and Expand primary jobs in Pueblo County.

OUR VISION: A Pueblo that provides opportunities for all.
PEDCO’s core values are Transparency, Community, Prosperity, Forward Thinking, Respect, Teamwork, and Diligence.

Things to know about PEDCO

• PEDCO’s purpose is primary job creation. A primary job is a full-time position in the private sector employment by manufacturing, business, commercial or service industries, producing, assembling, or distributing products, or providing services primarily or ultimately for sale consumption or use outside Pueblo.  This brings money into Pueblo from outside Pueblo.

• PEDCO’s Operation is funded by membership dues.

• The economic impact of PEDCO so far, is over $100 Million in sales tax revenue, and $9.4 Billion in salaries from new jobs.
  

• All companies considering moving to Pueblo, require PEDCO to operate with the strictest confidentiality during negotiations.

• PEDCO’s marketing efforts focus on selling the prospective company on Pueblo’s many wonderful features and strengths.

• Companies brought to Pueblo by PECDO have been in Pueblo for an average of over 17 years.

• Convincing companies to move here, often requires incentives to close the final gap in their decision.

Is there a single secret to success?  Get up when you fall down.  How did Pueblo get up when it fell down?

If you want to make money, move to Colorado.  If you want to make A LOT of money, move to Pueblo, Colorado.   PEDCO’s founders had a very forward thinking approach to saving the city.

What makes PEDCO so successful?  We have one mission in life – Attract new industry to Pueblo

Economic Development is a very competitive business.  Steve Wright explains how PEDCO founders had to think outside to box to compete with other communites.

A united Pueblo prospers!  The citizens of Pueblo are willing to fund a powerful tool needed for economic development.