Building bridges to the ‘Longevity Economy’

At the recent Boulder Economic Council’s Economic Forecast, State Demographer Elizabeth Garner presented a looming challenge for Colorado and Boulder: Our aging population.

Garner explained that Colorado has the third-fastest growth of people over age 65 in the U.S. Boulder, alone, could see an 84 percent increase in over-65-age residents by 2030. At the same time, Colorado’s working age population of 18- to 64-year-olds is expected to grow more slowly. These changes could affect our economic vitality by, for example, squeezing our already constrained housing market, reducing spending power, and putting upward pressure on healthcare…