It has been well over a year since the Colorado Association of Manufacturing and Technology announced its desire to create the Aerospace Clean Energy Manufacturing and Innovation Park, sparking a race between municipalities to win the rights to an economic powerhouse with the capacity to create as many as 10,000 jobs. Here, we provide a look back at the progression of the ACE Park, from the beginning to the present:

December 2010 – ACE project announced.

Jan. 14, 2011 – Eleven sites are in the running for the location of the ACE Park, including Longmont, Loveland, Greeley and Windsor. CAMT expects to choose a site by March 15.

Feb. 16 – City of Loveland issues a request for proposal for Agilent Technologies campus after learning that CAMT did not want to specify a developer as part of the bidding process.

March 3 – Seven developers respond to Loveland's RFP, including Loveland Commercial, McWhinney and Next Generation Holdings of Loveland and Neenan Co. of Fort Collins.

April 6 – Loveland and CAMT enter negotiations involving Agilent campus.

May 10 – Loveland City Council agrees to appropriate $5.8 million for the purchase of the Agilent