Age has a lot to do with the state’s shifting labor force. Plus: Unemployment rate at its highest in 15 months, housing and gas prices up again, labor preps for strikes
population growth
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Sens. Zenzinger-Kirkmeyer: As Gov. Jared Polis himself once said, local control matters
Two senators, a Democrat and Republican, argue that Colorado would be better off without a major land-use bill, unless there are big changes
Posted inHousing
Housing density requirements dramatically pared back in Colorado governor’s major land-use use bill
Senate Bill 213 was amended Tuesday to build more support for the measure among lawmakers and to ensure the legislation’s passage out of its first committee
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Opinion: Stop growth? Might as well try to hold back the tide
Population growth is going to happen. We can expand housing and preserve our landscape, if we loosen zoning and accept density.
Posted inWater
Thornton has plenty of water — it’s just in the wrong place. And that’s a very Colorado story.
As drought and unbridled population expansion stretch state water demand beyond the supply, Thornton’s plan-ahead vision is blocked at every turn.
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Opinion: We can’t solve the problems of growth with ‘good’ growth
Coloradans know this. Why do their elected representatives ignore them?
Posted inEconomy
What’s Working: Colorado’s job growth isn’t all that’s shrinking. So is its population growth.
The state’s population grew just 0.5% last year, the slowest since 2011. Plus: Twitter job cuts, interest rates and more.
Posted inCartoons
Drew Litton: 50 years later, John Denver’s “Rocky Mountain High” resonates
Colorado’s state song — the one everyone knows — appeared half a century ago, but its themes remain timeless, for better and worse.
Posted inGrowth
A tale of two Colorado counties: One the fastest growing, one the fastest shrinking
Broomfield and Kit Carson represent Colorado’s urban-rural divide. One is trying to pack in new residents in a thoughtful way, while the other is hoping no one else moves out.
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: No question: Colorado’s population growth is unsustainable
As we head into 2022, you cannot help but witness massive construction cranes towering over the Denver skyline. Each one equates to another 40-story apartment building or skyscraper pushing into the Brown Cloud over the city. When you drive along Sheridan, Wadsworth or many other streets, you see endless construction of condos crammed into every […]