ARCHIVED  November 1, 1995

Northern Colorado voters to decide business issues

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Northern Colorado voters will weigh in on a number of business-related issues Nov. 7, with open space and removal of Amendment 1 restrictions emerging as hot topics.

Voters in Larimer County will decide whether to approve a 0.25 percent sales-tax increase to purchase open space. The tax amounts to 25 cents on a $100 purchase and would last for eight years.

Berthoud, Estes Park, Fort Collins, Loveland, Timnath and Wellington would receive at least 55 percent of the proceeds, with the remainder going to Larimer County.

Deni La Rue, a steering committee member with Help Preserve Open Spaces, the group promoting the tax,…

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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