Business failures a tough transition Increase in filings point to warning signs

National polls continue to trumpet the health and vitality of Colorado, particularly Northern Colorado.
Within the past two years, virtually every major national business magazine and expert poll has singled out Colorado as having the nation˜s healthiest business climate.
The most recent poll issued July 9 by the highly respected, Washington-based Corporation of Enterprise Development declared Colorado and Washington to be in a dead heat for the nation˜s healthiest business climate. Colorado State officials termed the report the "most credible" among the many issued by various reporting agencies.
Paradoxically in such a healthy climate, bankruptcies are on the increase. In…