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<br />OJJ:'85 <br /> <br />At the October 20 meeting, Committee on Balamaid <br />Population, consultants for the Regional Transportatlc;m. <br />District pointed out that nearly one-half of the DetlVel' <br />region's population growth resulted from an excess of in- <br />migration over out-migration. These consultants believe <br />that net in-migration has been stimulated by the highly <br />desirable environment of the region ("~-",~,.~Ii -1:0 older \Jr- <br />ban areas, particularly in the Midwes'c and !"ortheast; em- <br />ployment opportunities; and the fact that Denver serves as <br />the collection point of rural to urban migrants from the <br />mountains and northern plains areas. <br /> <br />Declininq Poeulation. Thirty-two counties lost <br />population between 1960 and 1970. Thus for many Colorado <br />counties -- eastern plains, the western border, and south- <br />ern Colorado -- run-away population growth is not a prob- <br />lem. On the other hand, these communities are looking for <br />ways in which a viable economy can be stimulated. If this <br />can be achieved only through population growth, the resi- <br />dents of these areas may support such activity to a large <br />extent. <br /> <br />Expansion - Traditional Public Policy <br /> <br />Until very recently, it has been a matter of public. <br />policy for state and local governments in Colorado, and <br />elsewhere in the United States, to promote growth. Spa- <br />cificallr' until the 1972 session, the Division of Commerce <br />and Deve opment was charged by statute with: "Stimulation, <br />promotion, and development of new commerce, industry, la- <br />bor, agriculture, professions, and other sources of eco'. <br />nomic wealth for the state."Y <br /> <br />The Division of Commerce and Development complles <br />data on the location of new industries as well as the ex., <br />pansion of employment opportunities in established indus- <br />tries in Colorado (see Tables I, II, and III). For the <br />convenience of the committee, this data reflecting indus- <br />trial growth has been classified into three categories: 1) <br />new employment opportunities state-wide; 2) new jobs for <br />the l4-county Front Range; and 3) new employment for the <br />remainder of the state. The l4-county Front Range includes <br /> <br />1:1 <br /> <br />3-18-3 (1) le}, C.R.S. 1963. This section was amendmi <br />in the 1972 session -- S.B. 51. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />