CDA Is Fastest Growing Community
This is the second time this town has been in USA Today. This time it’s the cover story.
Thursday’s cover story on the front page of USA Today blazed with a photo of the Coeur d’Alene Resort and this headline: “Which state has the fastest-growing economy? It’s Idaho, thriving quietly.”
“With all due respect to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Orlando, the heart of America’s biggest economic boom is right here in Idaho,” opens the Boise-datelined story by Dennis Cauchon.
It was more than the talk of town throughout the region, where the paper was sold out in most locations by mid-morning. According to USA Today, it was also the most emailed story of the day.
National spotlights shining on Idaho are basically great things. But residents can also feel some heat from those bright lights.
The good news is that exposure like USA Today’s story can have a powerful, positive effect, encouraging desirable businesses to relocate here and bolstering the investment that has spurred growth for the past 20 years. As the story points out, we have showed the strongest economic growth in the nation since 2003 and now boast the lowest unemployment rate (2.4 percent). Read More »
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Heath C. Said,
This article spells one thing for CDA and Idaho in general….D-O-O-M. Mark my words, this only entails a steady decline in Quality of Life which is maintained by NOT being popular and staying OUT of the lime light. This is nothing but bad news.
October 1, 2007 @ 7:19 amJJ Said,
Being the capitalist dog that I am, I do love seeing economic growth in our community. It means better paying jobs for the families here. But I have to agree with Heath that it sure would be nice to keep the boom of population sprawl out of here.
It’s hard enough for middle to lower income families to purchase property without all these rich folks coming in and jacking it all up.
October 2, 2007 @ 10:46 pm