Manufacturing key to diversifying struggling Western Slope economies, experts say
Colorado has never been a major hub of manufacturing. Its cities will never be mistaken for those in America’s Rust Belt industrial heartland, and most Coloradans are fine with that…
As Denver prices soar, more Front Range home buyers are eyeing mountain markets
With ski season winding down in Colorado’s high country and the Denver-Boulder housing market so strong, real estate experts say Front Range buyers appear to be turning their attention to…
Poll: Wealthy investors find Denver housing market overpriced, unaffordable
A recent Morgan Stanley poll of more than 1,000 high net-worth investors revealed that they overwhelmingly feel the Denver housing market is both overpriced and unaffordable for first-time homebuyers. Morgan…
Rocky Mountain real estate trends away from strip malls, toward downtown re-development
An in-depth study recently released by Community Builders, a project of the Sonoran Institute, shows how commercial real estate in the American West is trending away from single-use malls on…
EPA co-hosts New Partners for Smart Growth Conference in Denver
Denver has put itself in the urban planning-spotlight in recent years with its bike share program, its light-rail system, and a host of other transit-oriented development projects, and it will…
Detroit Future City: Lessons for the West from a city that learned the hard way
A great experiment is under way in the American Midwest. It didn’t happen by design – in fact, much of what’s happened in Detroit is due to a lack of…
A Colorado county aims to capitalize on real estate’s walkability trend
The trend toward walkable neighborhoods seems to be gaining strength, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors released October 31. Sixty percent of respondents to the…
Construction to creativity, the art of building a better economy in Ridgway, Colo.
There’s little doubt that the ‘Great Recession’ punched a hole in the American economy, but it dealt a particularly crushing blow to the construction industry. Along with manufacturing, construction was…
Existing home sales spike has local, regional implications
The National Association of Realtors made a big splash with their report on existing home sales this week, showing marked improvement in one of the key indicators for the health of the national…
Not quite the ‘End of the Suburbs’
A new book is coming out today from Leigh Gallagher called, “The End of the suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving.” The book promises to be a thoughtful, well-researched…
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