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Growth Scenarios Project

Understanding and Shaping the Future

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The Growth Scenarios Project is a project of the Watershed Collaborative.  The project's goal is to develop and disseminate information about the trends, issues, and policies influencing the future of our region. More data, reports, and information will be added over the coming months so check back periodically!

"Scenario planning is, in the end, a very structured and purposive way to tell stories about the future."

-- Lawrence Wilkinson
Global Business Network

demographics  Transportation  energy 
Land use & values Housing  water 
Human services  civicS   economics 

Revised County Population Forec

Civics
C1 April 2006 Voter Participation Rates [pdf] April 2006
     
Demographics
D1 Eagle County Revised County Population Forecasts [xls] [pdf] Sept 2005
D2 Garfield County Revised County Population Forecasts [xls] [pdf] Sept 2005
D3 Pitkin County Revised County Population Forecasts [xls] [pdf] Sept 2005
D4 Commuting from Garfield County [xls] [pdf] Sept 2005
  Population Change and Net Migration  
  Population Change in Cities, Towns, and Counties, 1990-2000

 

 
Economics
E1 Community and County Economic Profiles  
E2 Jobs / Worker Ratio by County
Eagle | Garfield | Pitkin  
March 2007
E3 Per Capita Income, 1990-2004 March 2007
E4 Personal Income and Inflation, 1990-1997  
E5 County Annual Average Wages, 1994-2005 March 2007
E6 Livable Wage / Self-sufficiency Standard March 2007
E7 County Assessed Valuation March 2007
E8 Average Employment Totals by Month (2001-2005)
Eagle | Garfield | Pitkin  
March 2007
E9 Employment by sector by Month (1969-2000)
Eagle | Garfield | Pitkin  
March 2007
E8 Employment by sector by Month (2001-2004) (New classifications)
Eagle | Garfield | Pitkin   
March
2007
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Housing
H1 Percentage Change in Wages and Housing Prices
Garfield County 1999-2005
[pdf]
March 2006
H2 Housing / Wage Gap Lower Roaring Fork Valley [pdf] March 2007
H3 US Median Housing Values and Household Income [pdf] March 2007
H4    
Land USe & Values
L1 Garfield County Land Values & Solutions Study June 2006
Transportation
T1 1980, 1990, and 2000 County-Level Journey to Work [pdf]  
T2 Growth in Traffic and Vehicle Miles Traveled [pdf]  
T3 Traffic Increases in Response to Regional Population and Employment Growth [pdf]  
Water
W1    
W2    
W4    

Sources

Colorado State Demography Office

Colorado Division of Housing

Colorado Department of Labor and Employment

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis

US Census Bureau

Resources

Alliance for Regional Stewardship

American Farmland Trust

The Bell Policy Center

California Futures Network

California Planning & Development Report

Center for Colorado Policy Studies

Center for Community Change

Center for Excellence in Sustainable Development

Center for Regional and Neighborhood Action

Center for Research on the Colorado Economy

Center for the Rocky Mountain West

Center for a Sustainable Economy

Collaborative Economics

Colorado Dept of Local Affairs
Office of Smart Growth

Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute

CommunityViz

Department of Economics
University of Montana

Envision Utah

Institute for Local Self Government

Land Use Law

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Metropolitan Area Research Corporation

 

Michigan Land Use Institute

Morrison Institute for Public Policy
Arizona State University

Mountain Regional Housing Corporation

New Century Transportation Foundation

1000 Friends of Oregon

Orton Family Foundation

Planetizen

PolicyLink

Roaring Fork Conservancy

Rocky Mountain Institute

Redefining Progress

Smart Growth America

SprawlWatch Clearinghouse

Sonoran Institute

Southwest Data Center

Sierra Business Council

Sustainable Communities Network

Sustainability Institute

Western Planner

Willamette Valley Alternative Futures

 

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last update on 03.14.07