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'. " ~ ,-,,4~~;': U t-k ~i :-,:,;...:\..~+. ':- of'i-!- . "..f'.;j employment and the establishment of installations such as the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. '. , 66. T~DES AND SERVIC8S.- Together, trades and services accounted for 41 percent of total employment both in 1940 and 1960. , By way of comparison, manufacturing was 12.6 percent of total employment in 1940 and 15.6 percent in 1960. The other leading employment sector is public administration and armed forces which had 17.1 percent of total employ- ment in 1960. Therefore, it can be seen that trades and services are very important to the economy of the area. 67. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.- The study area is served by a good system of highways, railroads, and airlines. The highway system, in addition to State and county highways and roads, includes U.S. High- ways 24, 50, 64, 85, 87, 160, 350 and also Interstate 25. Railroad. service is provided by the AT&SF, Missouri Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, and Colorado Southern Railways. Commercial airline service is available at Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Airlines that provide sched- uled service include Continental, Frontier, Central, Braniff, and Eastern. Greyhound and Continental Trailways Bus Lines provide pas- senger and freight service within the study area. Highway freight service is also available from a large number of local and interstate trucking firms. ~ 68. PROJECTED GROWTH. - The future of the study area will be one of rapid advancement in some economic sectors while for others the rate of growth will be less than that for the State as a whole. The majority of the growth in population, employment, income, construction, manu- facturing, and many other sectors will be in the standard metropolitan statistical areas of Pueblo and El Paso Counties. Achievement of high levels of economic growth in the study area as a whole will be dependent upon the success of people and industries within the area to meet future economic needs. In order to produce the projected output and to provide the expected employment, manufacturing in particular will require the sustained efforts of local interests in attracting new and expanding existing industry. The success of this endeavor will require that adequate physical, social, and economic resources be developed and maintained. Additional water, power, transportation,'services, com- munications, educational faciliti.es, trade, and cultural activities as well as all other facets of the economy will have ,to be provided. Human and natural resources must be utilized as nearly as possible to their full potential. In addition, emphasis will have to be placed on the development of an urbanized society. Moreover, there will still be a need for a large expansion in agricultural production and mining ac- tivities in order to provide for the expected increase in demand for these types of products. A summary of,ecoriomic indicator projections is presented in table 7. Growth factors which indicate the relation- ship of the amount or value of each projected indicator in 2020 to the amount or value of the indicator in 1960 are presented in table 8. - 23 /~