State wrong in enterprise-zone recommendations

A report recommending changes to Colorado’s enterprise-zone program should cause anyone interested in economic development in Northern Colorado to worry about this region’s future.

Recommendations from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to the Colorado Economic Development Commission and the state auditor include disturbing news for Larimer and Weld counties, which will find themselves at a competitive disadvantage compared with other parts of the state.
The report calls for excluding several potential development areas of Weld County, including the Hewlett-Packard and Tri-Point Business Park sites in Greeley, the Southwest Weld I-25 Corridor and industrial land in Windsor.The recommendation also calls for…