by Fort Collins Chamber | Aug 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently, I was invited to brief a bank board about Northern Colorado Prospers and my perspectives on where the economy is headed as we try to climb out of the Covid-hole. A PDF copy of my PowerPoint presentation can be found here. In the middle of the presentation...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
While pondering what to share with you this week, I started with the things I SHOULD talk about. First, if you’re a golfer and tired of living in a virtual world, the Chamber’s Annual Golf Tournament is August 3, next Monday. Plan to join the fun. Then there’s our...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to focus on far away tomorrow when today is a hot mess. The economic disruption caused by the government shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has us focused on the here and now. Who can think about swimming the English Channel when they’re dog...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jul 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Happy belated 4th of July! I hope you had a great weekend. For my part, I enjoyed a quiet weekend that included grilling and a hike. More than I should have, I also enjoyed watching video clips of alarmed newscasters in places like Los Angeles showing massive displays...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The COVID-19 interrupted state legislative session recently concluded. With businesses damaged by the public health response to close the economy, our plea to the state legislature was “primum non nocere”, first do no harm. In their haste to foster social recovery,...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
I want to cover a couple of economic issues with this post: re-igniting the regional economy and equality of economic opportunity. Regarding the first, you may have seen the recent story in BizWest titled “Economic developers draft plan to reignite business recovery.”...
