Category: Larimer County
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Fort Collins/Loveland and Denver Ranked As Housing Markets To Recover First
Boyce Thompson has posted an interesting blog article on Builder Magazine Online. Five leading housing analysts were asked which five markets will recover first. The metro Denver area and the Fort Collins/Loveland area were each in the top five picks by two analysts. Interestingly, both analysts were based in California. Colorado was omitted from the…
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Larimer County’s Job Market Stagnant
Economic indicators are notoriously cryptic, and today’s volatile environment makes them even more so. Because of this, it is a bit tricky to determine how this “Great Recession” is affecting Northern Colorado.Advertisement Let’s try to figure it out. According to the Colorado Department of Labor, Larimer County’s February seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 6.1…
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What jobs news do you follow?
Two news items came out today. One was news about a slight job growth of 0.1% in Larimer County through the third quarter of 2008. The second had to do with Wolf Robotics laying off around 30 employees. I’m not sure what kind of news job growth in the third quarter of 2008 is, but…
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Fort Collins #2 on Forbes List
Fort Collins makes the number 2 spot on Forbes best places for business. And Colorado was one of the dominant states represented on the list. Here is how they stack up: Forbes’ Top 10 Forbes.com’s top 10 metro areas for business and careers: 1. Raleigh, N.C.2. Fort Collins, CO3. Durham, N.C.4. Fayetteville, Ark.5. Lincoln, Neb.6.…
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Fort Collins #7 for Quality of Life
The latest Quality of Life survey performed by bizjournals.com places Fort Collins in the number 7 spot for midsized cities. You can read more at: Coloradoan
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Coloradoan moving printing and cutting 48 jobs
Fort Collins’ newspaper, Coloradoan, has moved its printing operations to the Denver Newspaper Agency facilities in Denver. With this move the publication will let go of 48 employees.You can read more at NCBR
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Northern Colorado Unemployment Better than State and Country
While the news is not all “blue sky”, the unemployment rate in Northern Colorado is still relatively low considering numbers in the state and especially the country. The latest report from the Department of Labor shows the following rates across Colorado: Pueblo: 7.8 percent Colorado Springs: 7.7 percent Denver/Aurora/Broomfield: 6.9 percent Fort Collins/Loveland: 5.6 percent…
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Strong Greeley job market expected
MILWAUKEE – Greeley area employers expect to hire at a “respectable pace” during the second quarter of 2009 with a healthy jump in hiring expected over the first quarter, according to a report released Tuesday by Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc. The quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook Survey showed 18 percent of Greeley area companies planned to hire…
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Comparisons to Great Depression Are Pure Babble, Says Economist
There is a great article about the lack of good news in the media these days. They point out that not everything is “doom and gloom” and we have to balance our outlook based on a level playing field. If investors look in the right places, they can find more comfort in the economy and…
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Fort Collins City Council Candidates Tackle Occupancy Ordinance
With elections fast approaching, City Council candidates from District 5 addressed the so-called “you and two” law. District 5 comprises a region in west central Fort Collins, a region that includes neighborhoods around CSU. Read more of their comments…