Cost of living in region remains below average

The cost of living in the Fort Collins-Loveland area has dropped again, keeping it below the cost of living in the Greeley area, according to the most recent figures from the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.

The ACCRA Index for the first quarter of this year, released in May, revealed a composite index of 98.1 for Greeley, or 1.9 below the national average, while the Fort Collins-Loveland area came in at 95.4, or 4.6 below the national average.

Greeley’s composite index has trended up since the beginning of 2007, after falling every quarter of 2006. During the same time period,…