September 30, 2011

Boulder GDP growth a surprise

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Surprise, surprise.

A question I posed at a Boulder Tomorrow candidate forum a couple of weeks ago drew a few blank stares. The question centered on Boulder’s amazing 4 percent growth in gross domestic product during 2010. I wondered what candidates for the Boulder city council would do to encourage economic vitality, so that the momentum wasn’t lost.

GDP growth of 4 percent? In what many still consider to be a global recession? Candidates dutifully answered the question, but I could tell that they – and many in the audience – thought I must have visited one of Boulder’s medicinal marijuana shops.…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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