ARCHIVED  March 1, 1996

Estes Park weighs role of tourism

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ESTES PARK – Tourists don’t have any problem finding this town, but Estes Park is having trouble finding itself.
A rising chorus of residents, pointing to a $450,000 annual budget for tourism promotion, has called for an examination of how big a part tourism plays in the Estes Park economy. The goal is to determine whether some of those funds could be shifted to other purposes.
Different sides estimate that tourism constitutes anywhere from 40 percent of the economy to 75 percent.
“That [75 percent estimate] directs a lot of policy,´ said Peter Marsh, advertising manager for the Town…

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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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