What we’re thankful for this season

In January, we discussed the Gross National Happiness Index, and how Northern Colorado could shift its focus from the bad news of the Great Recession to the better news of what’s going well.

We’ve heard throughout the year that the region has been spared the worst – double-digit unemployment, plummeting property values, government implosion – of the lousiest U.S. economy in decades. Things may be tough, but at least we’re not (insert Detroit, Las Vegas, California here).

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, we should appreciate more than just our “relative better-off-ness.”

Regionalism is alive and well and poised to take off in the…