Governor must follow-through on ‘Bottom Up’

Gov. John Hickenlooper’s “Bottom Up Economic Development” strategy has produced 14 regional “statements” identifying priorities, strategies, action steps and expected outcomes.

The process began in January with an executive order by the governor, requesting that each county devise a self-assessment survey, with county plans then combined into regional economic-development plans. Boulder and Broomfield counties were blended into Region 3, which also includes the other Denver-area counties and two mountain counties: Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Gilpin and Jefferson counties.

While we have had some fear that priorities identified by Boulder and Broomfield counties would be subsumed by our larger neighbors to…