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Longmont EDP hosts mission-driven events throughout the year, providing informational, action-oriented opportunities for engagement, exposure, and networking. Annual event sponsorship opportunities include:

Advance Longmont Economic Summit

The Advance Longmont Economic Summit annually brings together business and community leaders, City leadership, and industry experts for a half day of informative and engaging presentations providing insight into our national, regional, and local economies. The Summit also includes the annual Economic Development Impact Awards presentation during lunch.

Attendance: ~200 guests

Sponsorship Opportunities

Silver ($1,000)

Sponsor recognition (no logo) on all promotional e-mails and printed materials
Logo recognition during event presentation
Social media recognition
Attendee contact list
Two complimentary event tickets

Gold ($2,000)

Logo recognition on promotional e-mails and printed materials
Verbal recognition from podium during event
Social media recognition
Attendee contact list
Participation in a pre-recorded sponsor video package
Four complimentary event tickets

PlatInum ($4,000; One available)

Event billed as “Presented in Partnership with [Your Company]
Logo recognition on promotional emails and printed materials
Logo recognition on Longmont EDP events page with website link
Verbal recognition from podium during event
Opportunity to speak at event
Featured on pre-recorded sponsor video
Social media spotlight
Attendee contact list
Complimentary table for eight at the event

All Investor Board Meetings

On a quarterly basis (January, April, July, October), Longmont EDP opens its Board of Directors meeting up to all Longmont EDP investors and partners. At these meetings, Longmont EDP staff presents their Quarterly Impact Report, and Advance Longmont Partner organizations are provided opportunity to update Longmont EDP investors regarding the activities and impacts of their organizations.

Attendance: ~30-40.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Host ($500)

Meeting billed as “Hosted by [Your Organization]”
Opportunity to welcome Board and guests during meeting
Social media recognition

Longmont EDP is an Enterprise Zone (EZ) Contribution Project. EZ Contribution Projects encourage community participation and public-private partnerships to help revitalize economically distressed areas. EZ Contribution Projects help implement the economic development plan of a specific area, resulting in business creation, attraction, retention, and expansion. Longmont EDP investors and sponsors earn a Colorado income tax credit equal to 25% of your total contribution (e.g. $4,000 sponsorship = $1,000 tax credit).

Ask about opportunities to host/sponsor ad hoc community events and workshops at The Advance Longmont Center.

Longmont Startup Week

Longmont Startup Week is a collaborative annual gathering for entrepreneurs, investors, and talent that invigorates and nurtures Longmont’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. It offers a unique opportunity to learn new skills, gain new knowledge, and cultivate new relationships to launch, expand, and grow companies.

Longmont Startup Week is led by community team of entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders who are dedicated to supporting a more vibrant and inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Longmont Startup Week 2019 Highlights:

Longmont is the only bilingual startup week in the nation! We offer live interpretation between English and Spanish at every session during the week.
70+ free sessions, workshops, events, and community happy hours
1,500 total attendees throughout the week
12 venues concentrated in Longmont’s historic Downtown
100,000+ social media impressions
650+ tacos purchase at our opening kick-off event

Sponsorship Opportunities

Presenting ($10,000; One Available)

1st logo placement on all official Longmont Startup Week materials
Prominent placement on the Longmont Startup Week website
Company logo placed under the Longmont Startup Week logo on all media and social media designating that Longmont Startup Week is “Presented by [YOUR COMPANY]”
Emcee recognition at the beginning of opening and closing events for the week
Company logo in 1st position on physical marketing assets like signage and banners

Track Title ($5,000; 7 Available)

“[TRACK TITLE] is presented by [YOUR COMPANY]” on Longmont Startup Week website
Identified as the sponsor on each event in the track in the Longmont Startup Week schedule
Company logo in 2nd position on the Longmont Startup Week website
Company logo in 2nd position on physical marketing assets like signage and banners
Company individually recognized on social media
Company recognized in e-mail marketing that discusses the sponsored track (regular preview emails are sent out beginning 60 days out)

Headline Event ($2,500; 3+ Available)

Company representative invited to share up to 5 minutes about their company at beginning of headline event
Company logo recognized with specific event on Longmont Startup Week schedule
Company logo in 3rd position on Longmont Startup Week website
Company logo in 3rd position on physical marketing assets like signage and banners
Company recognized on social media on posts that advertise the headline event

Partner ($1,000)

Company logo in 4th position on Longmont Startup Week website
Company logo in 4th position on physical marketing assets like signage and banners
Company recognized with other partner sponsors in a grouped social media post before the week begins.

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All Longmont EDP investors enjoy free access to business support resources for their organization and their clients. Resources include business relocation & expansion services, custom data & demographics reports and insights, discounted rates for all Longmont EDP events and Commercial Brokers of Longmont membership, discounted rates for One/West co-working space, opportunities to engage through Advance Longmont 2.0 and Innovate Longmont, inclusion on direct referral lists, and more!

Reach for the Peaks is a strategic funding campaign designed to deliver an expanded, highly professional and proactive, nationally competitive economic development program for Longmont. This program will enable Longmont EDP to identify strategic economic development initiatives and pursue them to reach for the peaks of Longmont’s economic potential.

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