ARCHIVED  February 1, 1999

Big retailers eye growth in region

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More national chain stores are slated to enter the Northern Colorado market in 1999 as the population here continues to grow.

In February, a Home Depot store is scheduled to open in Greeley, and a Kohl’s department store will be built adjacent to it.

The year 1999 “will be the year of retail for Greeley driven by the population growth in the last four or five years,´ said Lyle Butler, president of the Greeley/Weld Chamber of Commerce.

The Greeley-Evans area has seen tremendous growth in recent years due to new jobs being created in the area, he said.

Greeley has left the 70,000-population mark…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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