Editing Brighton, Colorado (section)

==Economy==
Brighton is the home of two [[Vestas]] manufacturing plants, a [[wind turbine]] blade factory and a [[Nacelle (wind turbine)|nacelle]] manufacturing plant. The factories are valued at $290 million and will provide 1,350 employment opportunities: 650 in the blade factory and another 700 in the nacelle manufacturing plant. Groundbreaking for the factories took place on March 25, 2009.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2009/03/23/daily35.html | title=Vestas breaks ground on Colorado wind-turbine plants | date=March 25, 2009}}</ref>

The Prairie Center is a {{convert|396|acre|km2|adj=on}} shopping center with a pedestrian-oriented retail village.

The Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Bureau began helping small businesses in the Brighton community in 1955, paving the way for the expansion of Brighton retail, and manufacturing. The Brighton Chamber helped to secure Brighton as an Agritourism destination within the Denver Metro area for Farm Fresh Produce and opening the Brighton Visitors Center in May 2020. The Greater Brighton Chamber of Commerce is ranked the 14th Best Chamber in the Denver area per the Denver Business Journal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Ethan |date=June 19, 2020 |title=2020 Denver-area chambers of commerce and economic development organizations |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/denver/subscriber-only/2020/06/19/2020-denver-area-chambers-of-commerce.html |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=BizJournals.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brightonchamber.com/about-us|title = About Us - Brighton Chamber of Commerce, CO}}</ref>