Colorado has the nation’s second-most-educated workforce, the third-highest labor participation, a growing economy and an abundance of natural assets to draw workers and companies alike. “But we can’t be complacent,” said J.J. Ament, the former CEO of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp. and the new president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. That’s why the Economic Development Corporation was determined to find the “secret sauce” that would distinguish metro Denver from other major metro areas striving to regain ground lost during the pandemic and expand.