Berthoud’s magic a not-so-well-kept secret

BERTHOUD – Anne Johnson brags about how efficient and transparent Berthoud’s development-review process is and about all the land that’s available for residential and commercial development around the town that bills itself as the “Garden Spot of Colorado.”

But let’s keep it sort of quiet, OK?

“Maybe I don’t even want you to write anything about Berthoud,” mused Johnson, who has been a planner since 1990 and community development director for the Larimer County town since February 2023. “If you write and then people say, ‘Oh, I’m going to Berthoud,’ then that’ll just mean more work.”

Sorry, Anne, but the secret’s apparently already…