Regional tourism effort may secure another year of state interest

LOVELAND and ESTES PARK — Tourism-related projects in Loveland and Estes Park that were originally part of an $86 million tax increment financing deal with the Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade may have another year of life before state financing disappears.

Members of the Northern Colorado Regional Tourism Authority, which is composed of 15 members from Loveland, Windsor, Estes Park and Larimer County, made an appeal last week to have the state authorization extended for a year because the COVID-19 pandemic had affected the ability of the tourism authority to solidify plans for projects…