Bank deposits surge in region

The once-sleepy expanse of the Front Range is stretching its economic seams.

Populations are booming, and growth appears endless. Even traffic is backing up on the highways of Larimer and Weld counties. Along for the ride, however, is a tremendous cash flow in this bumper-to-bumper growth.

“There’s just simply more money,´ said Mark Driscoll, president of First National Bank in Fort Collins.

Within the past five years, bank deposits in Northern Colorado have increased 10 percent annually, except for 7 percent in 1995-96 and 18 percent in 1992-93. This growth is expected to continue at a 6.5 percent rate through 1999.

From 1987 through…