Governor Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) joined the City of Greeley to announced in October that Alquist 3D Homes (Alquist), a manufacturer of 3D printed homes and infrastructure, has selected Greeley, Colorado for expansion. The company, which created the first owner-occupied 3D-printed home in the United States, selected Colorado because of its commitment to developing affordable and attainable housing and workforce development programs.
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“Colorado faces a housing supply shortage and we need action!” said Governor Polis. “Alquist 3D, which has selected Greeley for their headquarters and 79 new good-paying jobs, is bringing innovative solutions to building more quality housing and building it faster. Solving our housing crisis is all hands-on deck and innovative solutions like Alquist 3D and communities like Greeley are crucial to our success in lowering construction costs for housing and infrastructure.”
In Greeley, Alquist 3D will establish a showroom and production facility where the company will robotically print 3D structures with a focus on creating lower-cost housing and infrastructure and serving economically distressed and underserved communities. Plans are already taking shape to print curb systems with integrated drainage for the City of Greeley, and the company is working closely with the Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity on plans to produce structures for a local housing project.
“There is nowhere else on the planet where so much is happening all in one place to move structural 3D printing forward,” Alquist Founder and Chairman Zachary Mannheimer said of Greeley and Colorado. “We’re excited to have a home where all the pieces of the puzzle to commercialize this industry are coming together. We’re thankful to Colorado for sharing in this vision, to Greeley for its courage and hard work throughout this process, and to local organizations like Aims Community College and the Greeley-Weld Habitat for Humanity for their early partnership.”