ARCHIVED  November 1, 1997

Northern Colorado emerges as mecca for active retirees

Call it the Golden Rush.
Retirees from throughout the country are flocking to Northern Colorado to spend their later years in culturally rich college towns and locate near other family members, experts say.
Although no economic agencies here track the influx of retirees into the region, real-estate agents and other professionals say they˜ve detected a sharp increase in the number of seniors moving here in recent years.
Many retirees move here from Iowa, Michigan and other Midwestern states, said Sharianne Daily, president of The Group Inc., a real-estate firm in Fort Collins.
"It has to do with the weather and…

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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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