{"id":8630,"date":"2026-01-12T19:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/?p=8630"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:44:30","slug":"february-meeting-dj-summers-common-sense-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/february-meeting-dj-summers-common-sense-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"February Meeting: DJ Summers \u2013 Common Sense Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This discussion will examine the Colorado and the Denver metro area as it stands now. Most of the key metrics that defined the Front Range in the mi-2010s are markedly different now in the mid-2020s: demographics, growth rates and key economic indicators among them. The area’s future will depend on how leaders respond.<\/p>\n

DJ Summers is Common Sense Institute\u2019s Director of Communications & Research Operations. He oversees CSI fellows and research staff, coordinates with partners, iterates and analyzes projects and breaks down findings for the public, legislators and commercial leaders.<\/p>\n

Prior to CSI, DJ attended the University of Utah and Syracuse University. He worked as a journalist, investigator and political researcher across the U.S. from Washington, D.C. to Alaska. DJ has a drive to understand complex truths and make them clear and accessible to the public and its leaders alike.<\/p>\n

DJ lives in Denver and is a classically trained pianist. He devotes his spare time to practicing and studying music. When not at the piano bench, he has a regimen of strength training, combat sports and enjoying good Colorado beer.<\/p>\n

\"\"Common Sense Institute is a non-partisan research organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of Colorado\u2019s economy. CSI is at the forefront of important discussions concerning the future of free enterprise in Colorado and aims to have an impact on the issues that matter most to Coloradans. CSI\u2019s mission is to examine the fiscal impacts of policies, initiatives, and proposed laws so that Coloradans are educated and informed on issues impacting their lives. CSI employs rigorous research techniques and dynamic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of these measures on the Colorado economy and individual opportunity.<\/p>\n

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Presentation Outline This discussion will examine the Colorado and the Denver metro area as it stands now. Most of the key metrics that defined the Front Range in the mi-2010s are markedly different now in the mid-2020s: demographics, growth rates and key economic indicators among them. The area’s future will depend on how leaders respond. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-announcements","category-meetings","category-newsletter"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 22:56:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8632,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8630\/revisions\/8632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denveradvisoryboard.com\/edudev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}