We continue our special series - Finding Colorado’s Next Governor. Mike Johnston joins us for the eighth installment of our series, as we hear from a new gubernatorial candidate, and their views on the important issues that concern all Coloradans. On the last working day of each month we feature #FindingCoGov - share your questions on twitter, and we’ll include them in the show.

Speaker and author Dan Kuschell joins us to discuss your goals for 2018. Forget setting goals, get ready to achieve them. We’ll also discuss the biggest mistakes businesses are making and how to do better.

Colorado Space Business Roundtable just celebrated their 14th annual Space Round Up at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on December 6. Alires Almon, Orchestrator of Engagement for 100 Year Starship , joins us to discuss the Round Up as well as the future of space exploration.

Jeff Wasden, President of the Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT) visits with us to talk about the past year they’ve had, all of the pans they’ve currently got in the fire, and what we can expect from COBRT next year.

This week on Connect & Collaborate, we’re focusing on Transportation updates in and around the Denver metro area. Today we’ll look at plans to improve I-25 north from Fort Collins to Johnstown. We’ll discuss when construction can start and what to expect along the way.

This week on Connect & Collaborate, we’re focusing on Transportation updates in and around the Denver metro area. Today we’ll discuss plans to improve the gap on I-25 south to Colorado Springs. It’s been a very dangerous stretch of interstate, and not the easiest problem to solve.

This week on Connect & Collaborate, we’re focusing on Transportation updates in and around the Denver metro area. C-DOT Chief Engineer Joshua Laipply will join us to explain the state of our roads and corridors now, the challenges they face to improve them, and steps to prepare for the future of self-driving cars. We’ll also discuss how small businesses can work with C-DOT throughout the construction phase.

This week on Connect & Collaborate, we’re focusing on Transportation updates in and around the Denver metro area. The Central 70 redesign will employ thousands of construction workers and skilled trades - and there are already training programs in place to hire people directly from the areas affected. We’ll hear from Katrina Wert, from the Center for Workforce Initiatives.

This week on Connect & Collaborate, we’re focusing on Transportation updates in and around the Denver metro area. We’ll start with an overview of the Central 70 reconstruction, from the design to contracts and construction, and what we can expect. We’ll hear from Tony DeVito, Central 70 Project Director.

Peter Moore, President and CEO of VITAL for Colorado joins us to discuss the importance of energy production in our state. His guest will be Dan Whitten from the Solar Energy Industries Association. Dan will join us by phone in the first half of the show. In the last half of the show Jon Ekstrom and Peter Moore will discuss the upcoming year for VITAL.