| We have been spending many hours
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| | couples to buy homes. Much of the data
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| surveying the market for a potential
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| | we searched out from Fort Lewis College
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| business location in the South Western
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| | matched our findings and observations.
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| Region (region # 9) of Colorado. Pouring
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| | population increase of Denver is matched
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| through data, seeing the tourist sites,
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| | in South Western Colorado with about 8%
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| and understanding the market there.
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| | in the last decade increase. From
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| Meeting with officials, business people
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| | 2001-2002 up 1.78%, strong growth.
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| and visiting businesses we learned quite
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| | Statewide Colorado saw about 1.5 - 1.6%
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| a bit about the region and the future
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| | over all. And you can see that growth in
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| prospects there for someone opening a
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| | Montrose, Grand Junction, Boulder,
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| business.One of the main cities we took
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| | Parker, Colorado Springs, pueblo,
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| data from and drove around talking to
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| | Greeley, Fort Collins, Aurora, Denver
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| real people there was the City of Cortez.
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| | Highland Ranch, Loveland, etc.Many of
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| Which is just North of Four Corners and
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| | those moving in area doing so with second
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| is a big trade partner with Farmington,
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| | homes for Summer to get out of heat in
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| NM and sees a lot of tourist traffic
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| | places like Vegas, Arizona and lower NM.
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| traveling to the state parks and federal
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| | It is Country Type living and the family
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| parks there, namely Mesa Verde Cliff
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| | values and community is strong and very
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| Dwellings. It also receives traffic
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| | nice. Safe place. Only San Juan County
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| traveling to and from Durango and
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| | declined and drastically at 2.13 %, which
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| Telluride.First off the numbers and
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| | is a small-populated area and therefore
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| population stats look good to us in that
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| | the numbers are skewed. Demand for labor
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| 35% of the population is 25-54 and that
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| | is up and unemployment is down.
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| is both our age range to hire from and
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| | Increased demand for labor exceeded 16%
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| our biggest marketing sector for car
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| | since 1999 and job labor rates climbed
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| washes and detailing services. Up the
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| | and the demand was mostly in retail and
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| hill and around the corner in Durango
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| | in services for the wealthy older people
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| that stats were a little higher as
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| | moving in. Also in tourism as increased
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| retirees with money have moved in there.
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| | after 9-11 since most of the area is
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| Higher age and higher economic socio
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| | traveled to by automobile and tour bus.
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| status. Good money flow from that group.
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| | They expect another 4% increase in the
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| Also it has driven up housing costs.
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| | next five years for labor, meaning labor
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| Durango imports most of its labor from
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| | rates are improving and therefore quality
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| Cortez and about 5000 people come into
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| | of life is improving. 17% of the area is
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| work in the city every day and only 800
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| | owned by Native legitimate Indians and
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| leave to work each day.Cortez has a huge
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| | nearby the Ute Tribe has a casino, which
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| Navajo population and they have mingled
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| | is one of the largest area employers.It
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| with others and provided a good strong
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| | appears it would be a great place to run
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| and very reliable base of labor for many
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| | a business especially if you exported out
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| non-techy type jobs. One-third of the
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| | of the area and needed a hard working and
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| population rents and does not own homes
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| | reliable labor supply. We liked what we
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| and that number is growing as retirees
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| | say in South Western CO and feel it might
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| move in and drive up property values
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| | just be what you are looking for, so
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| making it difficult for local young
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| | think about it.
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