KOA Headlines
10 16 24 US Rep Brittany Pettersen on the Coors Brewery G150 modernization plan
But there's only one feeling like knowing your banker personally, like growing up with a bank you can count on, like being sure what you've earned is safe, secure, and local. There's only one feeling like knowing you're supporting your community. You deserve more from a bank. You deserve an institution that stood strong for generations. Bank of Colorado, there's only one. Member FDIC. If you put aside 25 cents every week for a year, what could you get at the end? A few cups of coffee maybe? A candle? Or you could get a year of the best reporting from all over the world. Go to washingtonpost.com/bf24 right now. You'll get a Washington Post subscription for 25 cents a week for your first year. This is a Black Friday sale, so it won't last long. It's beginning to sound a lot like the holidays! The Roku Channel, your home for free and premium TV, is giving you access to holiday music and genre-based stations from iHeart all for free. Find the soundtrack of the season with channels like iHeartChristmas and North Pole Radio. The Roku Channel is available on all Roku devices, web, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, Samsung TV, and the Roku mobile app on iOS and Android devices. So stream what you love and turn up the cheer with iHeart Radio on the Roku Channel. Happy streaming! Coors is a strong economic driver for Colorado and especially for Golden. Local leaders were on hand for Coors' reveal of their transformational upgrade as it's Golden Brewing Facility, the multi-hundred million dollar investment known as G150. It's monetizing operations and enhancing efficiency and sustainability. The Coors' brewery resides in Congressman Brittany Petterson's Congressional District. She was one of the dignitaries on hand for the event tonight, a chance to catch up with the Congresswoman to learn what she's hearing from her constituents three weeks out from Election Day and her initiative to do her congressional work and vote from home. But we began our conversation on yesterday's event at Coors and how important Coors is to her district. It's hugely impactful and now they've continued to innovate and become more sustainable, which is not just good for the environment but also good for business and there's a lot to celebrate here. Job creation evicting, we hear a lot about this time of year with elections, Coors, a big employer, big impact to that, how many constituents do you talk to here in the district that are employed by Coors? Well, there's a significant amount in the Jeff Coeria for sure, but this is a well-known everybody in Colorado knows about Coors beer and it's a big part of our culture, our economy and, you know, I'm proud of what they've been able to bring to Colorado for so many years. Last time we caught up with you a little bit of the news, a few announced that you were pregnant and you were trying to be able to work and vote from home. How's that initiative gone up later that people have been receptive to that idea? A lot of people are. What I'm proposing isn't just for women who give birth, it's also for new parents. So right now we have a colleague who just had a baby, you know, and his ability to be able to have a voice and still be at home taking care of his newborn is really important. It's common sense and it's a way that we can make Congress more inclusive so that it's a place where a regular family feel like they can pursue going to Congress, it's one step in the right direction. Your congressional colleagues, do they seem to be a little more in favor of it? It's definitely bipartisan support and support across the board. I think people recognize that we have to put some options on the table for folks whether you're recovering from birth and taking care of a newborn or going through cancer treatment. You know, what do we want to put in place so that people still, their constituents still have a voice while they're going through those challenging times? It's an election year, I don't have to tell you that. What are you hearing when you go out and meet with constituents? What are their main concerns? Even though we have the strongest, the quickest recovery in the world from the global pandemic and the economic fallout, people are still feeling some of those economic pains and the biggest pain point for folks in Colorado is housing. It's our secret's out, it's the best place to live and people who have lived here their entire lives are being pushed out of communities because they can't afford to live here anymore. This is, can't attract and retain workers because they can't afford to live in these communities. So it's an issue across the board, young people think that homeownership is completely out of reach for them ever and that's a big problem for our long-term success and economic, economic opportunity for the next generation. Kamala Harris, I know she's campaigned hard, she doesn't really have to worry about Colorado necessarily. You say that her message has having a hard time sticking or people understanding it. Do you think some of her message, do you think people miss her message or something she could be doing more that would connect with voters? I think her message is very clear, she just has a very short time to tell her story and her vision for what's possible in the future. This is the quickest campaign, I don't know if it's in the history of presidential campaigns but a short window to talk about what we need to do to build up the middle class, invest in housing, help our care economy, the people taking care of our kids, our seniors, how we address the rising costs of things like groceries where we've seen price gouging, corporations who are taking advantage of the American people in tough times. Congressman Brittany Pederson, there's only one feeling like knowing your banker personally, like growing up with a bank you can count on, like being sure what you've earned is safe, secure and local. There's only one feeling like knowing your supporting your community. You deserve more from a bank, you deserve an institution that stood strong for generations. Bank of Colorado, there's only one. For FDIC If you put aside 25 cents every week for a year, what could you get at the end? A few cups of coffee maybe, a candle, or you could get a year of the best reporting from all over the world. Go to washingtonpost.com/bf24 right now. You'll get a Washington Post subscription for 25 cents a week for your first year. This is a Black Friday sale, so it won't last long. It's beginning to sound a lot like the holidays. The Roku Channel, your home for free and premium TV, is giving you access to holiday music and genre-based stations from iHeart all for free. Find the soundtrack of the season with channels like iHeartChristmas and North Pole Radio. The Roku Channel is available on all Roku devices, web, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, Samsung TVs, and the Roku mobile app on iOS and Android devices. So stream what you love and turn up the cheer with iHeartRadio on the Roku Channel. Happy streaming!