Greeley, Colo.-Agrium Inc. has confirmed that most of a few hundred employees of the company’s Crop Production Services will be moving a short way from their present Greeley offices to a new office building in Loveland, which is expected to be completed by next summer. “Many of the employees now working in Greeley would move to a new office building in Loveland, which is located a short distance to the west,” Agrium spokesman Paul Poister told Green Markets. “Many of the workers are in different buildings now, so this will be an improved arrangement for them.” Poister didn’t have any more details, but press reports indicated that Loveland city officials, to the chagrin of Greeley officials, recently approved $300,000 in cash incentives to move the Greeley company to the Centerra complex near the intersection of U.S. 34 and Interstate 25. As many as 250 employees are believed to be involved in the move. The Loveland City Council approved the incentives and then gave its stamp of approval for another $2,000 for every job created by Agrium Advanced Technology when it moves employees to Centerra from Canada. Agrium, based in Calgary, Alberta, purchased the former United Agri Products of Greeley a year ago. The Advanced Tech group is supposed to shift 21 jobs from Canada into an existing building. Reportedly, in January the city of Greeley and Upstate Colorado Economic Development offered Agrium about $600,000 in incentives to keep the company in Greeley.
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