March 9, 2001

20th Anniversary: County reeled from StorageTek?s bankruptcy

LOUISVILLE — In Boulder County, 1984 was not the best of years.

While Boulder’s Connie Carpenter won a cycling gold medal at the summer Olympics in Los Angeles, closer to home there was turmoil on almost all fronts. The local economy was stagnant, real estate was in the tank, and murder, heroin and the political suicide of former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart (who was caught by the press in a extramarital situation not unlike that of our immediate past president) were peppering local headlines.

But the top news in Boulder County came from the high-tech business sector. On a bright autumn Friday…

Categories:
Sign up for BizWest Daily Alerts
Closing in 8 seconds...