$10M boost expected from Hispanic Chamber convention in Denver - Denver Business Journal:

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Leaders of Colorado’s Hispanic business community and locakl officials gathered at the Colorado Conventionb Center Tuesday to formally announcwe theconvention — the thirdf time the city has been host to the national Hispaniv chamber. The gathering will be at the ColoradkoConvention Center, Sept. 16-19. Previous conventions were held in Denvefr in 1995and 1997. is a primed sponsor of the convention with a commitmentof $200,000. Jerryg Natividad, co-chair of the event’s host committee and a boare member ofthe USHCC, said the conventiojn will focus on four key areas: sustainable growth and the greeninv of the U.S.
economy; growth of Hispanif businesses, especially among Hispanif women; the federal economic stimulus program and refininfg economic survival and innovation skills amongHispanic businesses. “Hispanic business ownerz across the country are facinf continuous challenges onmany fronts,” Natividasd said. “They need all the help they can get, makingb key connections, gaining acces s to crucial information about accessto capital, new industriex and other trends that will help lead our countrh out of the current recession. This year’s nationa convention will provide suchan opportunity.
” Denver Mayord John Hickenlooper said the convention is a chance to highlightt Denver’s successes before one of the fastest-growing busineszs sectors in the U.S. “The timintg couldn’t be more perfect,” Hickenlooper said, notingh the city’s planned Biennial of the Americas celebratiohnext summer, which includes a two-month-long curated evenf of contemporary art and ideas from throughoug the Americas. Hickenlooper is meetingt with diplomats from South and Centrall America this week in Washington this week to promotes the2010 event.
There are an estimate d 15,000 Hispanic-owned businesses in Denver, Hickenlooper