Editor’s Notebook: Don’t worry about slowdown

We need a chance to catch our breaths

Local business leaders and citizens should welcome predictions by the region’s top economists that growth will be slower this year.

While robust growth in building permits, retail sales, exports, bank deposits, etc., leads to a vibrant, booming economy, pausing for a deep breath has significant benefits, too.

Perhaps now we’ll be able to decide whether we really need a new subdivision on parcel X or whether it should be preserved as open space. The explosion of subdivisions throughout Larimer and Weld counties makes proper planning essential to avoid Denver-style sprawl.

And slower growth will allow Larimer…