EcoDevo needs become priority for 3 local cities

It’s a developing situation.

Northern Colorado’s three largest cities are each on track to hire economic development officers over the next two months.

The coincidence apparently reflects a new urgency among the cities – Fort Collins, Greeley and Loveland – to elevate their respective efforts in recruiting and retention of businesses, as well as new retail activity.

“It does emphasize the importance of the economy in our region,” Fort Collins City Manager Darin Atteberry remarked on the simultaneous action of the three cities.

Fort Collins, which is filling its economic adviser post – vacant since last February when Bruce Biggi left the job –…