Aims Community College, in developing the Workforce Innovation Center, is poised to bridge education and community collaboration in northern Colorado. On March 13, 2025, Aims Community College faculty, students, design team members, and local leaders gathered in Greeley to mark the project's official groundbreaking. The event celebrated Aims’ commitment to hands-on learning, business development, and workforce training.
A Major Investment in Education and Industry
The Workforce Innovation Center will serve as a new gateway to the Aims campus. It will offer a 45,000-square-foot space with innovative partner spaces, prototyping labs, outdoor fabrication and testing areas, and high-tech learning environments. Future-ready and designed for adaptability, the center will evolve alongside emerging technologies to ensure long-term relevance in workforce development.
This facility represents a strategic investment in northern Colorado’s economic future. It will provide students with direct exposure to industry practices while offering startups and businesses a collaborative space to grow, solidifying its role as an incubator for regional innovation.
Designing for Flexibility and Collaboration
The Workforce Innovation Center is designed to support students and the entrepreneurial community across northern Colorado, providing space for organic collaboration and student education. The facility will feature divisible build bays that offer flexible space in various sizes for startups, adaptable office spaces, and collaboration areas that encourage connectivity across the community. A dedicated think tank space will host industry events, fostering relationships between students, business leaders, and educators.
The center will also integrate advanced construction technologies and energy-efficient systems. Mass timber will be used for the roof structure, demonstrating sustainable building practices. At the same time, a geo-exchange system will provide energy-efficient space conditioning by utilizing ground-source heat pump technology. Inside, virtual reality and immersive screens will support the design and prototyping process and provide interactive learning experiences for students as they develop critical technical and business skills.
Set to open in fall 2026, the Workforce Innovation Center will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of education and industry collaboration in Weld County. OZ Architecture is honored to contribute to this transformative project, helping to create a space that will drive innovation, economic development, and hands-on learning for years.
We look forward to seeing this vision come to life and will continue to share updates as construction progresses.
See other innovation spaces on our Education practice page.
Photos of groundbreaking ceremony provided by Aims Community College.
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