Loveland council sweetens pot to attract Bobo’s

LOVELAND —- In what may be a first in Loveland, or in many communities in the region for that matter, an employer seeking incentives to expand came asking for one sum and ended up getting twice as much. And it came with a unanimous vote.

Simply Delicious Inc., doing business as Bobo’s Oat Bars, wowed the Loveland City Council with its plans to consolidate three facilities into one larger one in either Loveland or Johnstown. By the time it was done, even council members who usually vote against incentives voted in favor on Tuesday night.

Bobo’s asked for a waiver of half…