With more than 27,000 aerospace employees and a deliberate strategy to attract and retain top companies, Douglas County is positioning itself as a space hub.
“Aerospace is one of our targeted industries in Douglas County. It really has to do with our existing workforce,” Ellie Reynolds, CEO and president of Douglas County’s Economic Development Corporation, explained. “We have a large contingent of aerospace sector jobs, really based on the fact that our educational attainment is the highest in the state.”
Reynolds also noted that major industry anchors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have helped draw smaller companies into the county’s growing landscape…