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<br />001098 <br /> <br />Dr a ft - 9/ 8 1 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />industry was predicted for Baca, Bent and Kiowa Counties. This <br /> <br />industry has chosen to locate itself across the state line in <br /> <br />Kansas. Similarly, the ethanol/transport "intervention" pre- <br />\ dicted for Lincoln County now seems far from fruition. <br />What is the projected balance of these various forces? <br />'t First the two dom.inant counties will be considered. The city of <br />ColoradO Sp~ings, the seat of El Paso County, will clearly con- <br />tinue to dominate the region. Its 1979 population was estimated <br />to be 288,900. The low projection for the year 2000 predicts <br />382,600 and the high projection, 494,100, absolute changes in <br />population of 93,700 and 205,200 respectively. Even this low <br />projection is 9.6 times the total 1979 population of the 10 coun- <br />ties or portions of counties mentioned above. Influences such as <br />the decisions to locate the Department of Corrections at Colorado <br />Springs and the Department of Institutions in Pueblo as well as <br />possible increased military spending in both counties will pro- <br />duce much growth. El Paso County will entice wholesale and <br />manufacturing enterprises in the future because of a good labor <br />supply (Colorado College graduates and retired Air Force person- <br />nel) and lower operating and property costs than are likely to <br />exist in th". Denver area. Growth in Pueblo County will be much <br />more modest, if it occurs at all. Indeed, the low projection for <br /> <br /> <br />the year 2001 projects a population of 114,100, a loss from the <br /> <br />1979 estimated population of 120,900. The hIgh projection is <br /> <br /> <br />only 138,400, an increase of only 14.5 percent over 1979. Major <br /> <br /> <br />forces driving populatIon trends are the layoffs at Colorado Fuel <br /> <br />9 <br />