Hemp builders and manufacturers of industrial hemp-based building materials will be well-represented at a new conference in Denver planned for March.

The first Industrial Hemp International conference will take place March 25-27 at the Hyatt Regency Aurora-Denver Conference Center. The conference and expo is organized by Morris Beegle and the experienced team that ran the NoCo Hemp Expo for 11 years in northern Colorado.

Currently Colorado’s largest planned hempcrete project, the Kosmos Stargazing Resort, has welcomed its first guests in a 1,200 sq. ft. solar-powered off-grid hemp-lime (hempcrete) villa in the San Luis Valley.

A hemp block and hemp-lime insulation workshop held in Tucson, AZ last week marks the beginning of a summer project renovating an environmental learning center for area students.

NoCo has been described as the "hemp chamber of commerce" due to its role in bringing together industry representatives from every sector, including a strong support for hemp-based construction

US Hemp Building Association members at the Members Online Event June 15 voted for the top Hemp House built in the past year.