{"id":28452,"date":"2019-08-16T19:44:32","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T19:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/?p=28452"},"modified":"2019-08-19T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:00:40","slug":"community-growth-creates-opportunity-not-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2019\/08\/community-growth-creates-opportunity-not-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Community growth creates opportunity, not threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>People are jobs; community growth is needed to support continued vitality<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Growth is a good problem to have, as the saying goes. But, for some communities, it can be a concept that causes friction and resentment\u2014particularly when they perceive it as not benefiting society at-large.<\/p>\n<p>Eagle County is not alone in this. The challenges created by such misunderstandings are also on display in the Cayman Islands, where 21,000 indigenous Caymanians often find themselves in direct competition with the 39,000 foreign nationals who supply much-needed manpower to the island nation\u2019s $3.2 billion economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause our economy is growing at such a fast pace, we now have a situation where more than 50 percent of our workforce is held by foreign nationals,\u201d said Wil Pineau, CEO at the Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce. \u201cLocals sometimes feel as though they\u2019re not getting the direct benefit of that growth, and as a result, they\u2019re feeling a bit threatened by it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sound familiar? A common refrain is often heard locally when discussions are held regarding local housing developments, cost of healthcare, or state transportation or school funding challenges. While we don\u2019t have 50 percent of our workforce held by foreign nationals like the Cayman Islands, we do have stresses caused by growth and we\u2019re equally threatened. But we are far from full, and our ongoing success is dependent on figuring out ways to accommodate our future growth.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows Colorado is on track to add 50,700 jobs in 2019. Colorado was one of six states where the unemployment rate declined. The seasonally adjusted rate fell from 3.2% to 3.1%.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado economy is not operating efficiently because the unemployment rate is too low and there are not enough qualified workers to fill jobs in many sectors across Eagle County and Colorado. That job growth leads to population growth, and Eagle County is forecast to reach almost 70,000 by 2030 and 94,000 by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>Urban policy reporter Emily Badger writes in the <em>Washington Post<\/em> that the notion that a place is \u201cfull\u201d is more about perception than reality:\u00a0\u201cWe can always make choices to make more room, to build taller and denser, to upgrade schools and rethink roads to let more people in. That we don\u2019t isn\u2019t a limitation of physics. It\u2019s a matter of politics disguised as physics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basalt town council member and Senior Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Ski Company Auden Schendler writes \u201cMountain and resort communities are increasingly occupied by older, wealthier people. Peace and quiet is what they prefer. But do these residents only care about numbers, and not community character? The places we live, absent families, young people, commerce and foot traffic, can\u2019t really be described as towns, much less communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community growth strategist Doug Griffiths sums up the need to embrace growth by sharing \u201cSuccessful communities are not afraid to take risks and embrace change. By being creative and taking on a \u2018can do\u2019 attitude, they find that one success leads to another and another. If you like the status quo and have no stomach for risk taking \u2013 you\u2019ll be in a good leadership position to keep your community away from all chances of being successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Community growth is not a bad thing; from the Cayman Islands to Colorado, successful communities need to find ways to support growth and grow community in order to thrive and remain vibrant. Eagle County\u2019s continued vibrancy and success depends on it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Romer is president &amp; CEO of Vail Valley Partnership, the regional chamber of commerce. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/vailvalleypartnership.com\">VailValleyPartnership.com <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are jobs; community growth is needed to support continued vitality Growth is a good problem to have, as the&#8230;<br \/><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2019\/08\/community-growth-creates-opportunity-not-threat\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[1926,421,311],"class_list":["post-28452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-presidents-post","tag-eagle-county-growth","tag-vail-chamber-of-commerce","tag-vail-valley-partnership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Community growth creates opportunity, not threat | Vail Valley Partnership<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vailvalleypartnership.com\/2019\/08\/community-growth-creates-opportunity-not-threat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community growth creates opportunity, not threat | Vail Valley Partnership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People are jobs; 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