When comparing Grand County’s most recent batch of economic development stats to the numbers for our northwest region, one thing becomes clear.
Grand County is not the big kid on the block. In terms of population, wages, wage growth and jobs, we consistently rank fourth out the five counties in the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments regional economic update. Those five counties are Eagle, Grand, Jackson, Routt and Summit.
And believe me, it’s not that I want to be the biggest when it comes to these numbers. There’s a lot to be said for not having the highest number of jobs, the highest population and highest number of housing units. In other words, more and bigger isn’t always better because the bigger counties just have bigger problems with housing and jobs.
It all starts with population, a simple metric to understand. Eagle…
