July 1, 1997

On The Economy: Manufacturing, services expand Longmont mix

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LONGMONT — Longmont’s economy is a healthy, diverse mixture of manufacturing and service activities. Employees in the 80501 to 80504 ZIP codes add $1.52 billion of value to the products and services created for local consumption and export.

This number has a definition similar to Gross Domestic Product at the national level. The largest aggregated sector is manufacturing, with 24.5 percent of value added; services follow with 20.6 percent. Finance, insurance and real estate is third with 15.8 percent, government is fourth with 13.7 percent, and trade is fifth with 13.3 percent.

Agriculture and mining are insignificant, barely more than…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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