Economic developers draft plan to reignite business recovery

Efforts to align economic development over a two-county Northern Colorado area and collaborate regardless of community — a process that began years ago — has borne fruit in the age of COVID.

Led by the Northern Colorado Regional Economic Development Initiative, or REDI, 35 communities, economic-development entities, chambers of commerce, and others have joined to create the framework for a recovery plan for the region. Called “Reignite our Economy,” a document unveiled Wednesday lays the groundwork for business and economic recovery from the pandemic that has closed some businesses and devastated taxing entities, charitable institutions and membership…