Health

By Wade Buchanan
Guest columnist

Backpackers have a saying: Leave it better than you found it.

For generations, Coloradans have done exactly that. Ranchers and farmers, rural residents and city dwellers, businesses large and small, they all dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future – in our future.

They built schools, they built colleges, they built hospitals, they built roads through the mountains, they built dams, they irrigated fields, they built parks, they built cities.

They built a great state.

If you missed the premiere of Colorado: Boom or Bust, you're in luck. It will be repeated at 5 p.m. Saturday on Channel 12.

Our television special, produced with Colorado Public Television and ProgressNow Colorado, provides some history about the state we built and some of the fiscal challenges we face, but our goal is to kick-start a conversation about our state's future.

Previous generations dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future. How are we doing now? What kind of legacy will we leave?

Monica Potts
The American Prospect

Backpackers have a saying: "Leave it better than you found it."

For generations, Coloradans have done exactly that. Ranchers and farmers, rural residents and city dwellers, businesses large and small, they all dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future – in our future. They built schools, they built colleges, they built hospitals, they built roads through the mountains, they built dams, they irrigated fields, they built parks, they built cities. They built a great state.

By Erika Stutzman
Boulder Daily Camera

Here's a pleasant daydream: Colorado residents wake up a dozen years from now and realize they took the right steps to keep the state a terrific place to live, work and raise a family.

By Wade Buchanan

Backpackers have a saying: Leave it better than you found it.

For generations, Coloradans have done exactly that. Ranchers and farmers, rural residents and city dwellers, businesses large and small, they all dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future – in our future.

They built schools, they built colleges, they built hospitals, they built roads through the mountains, they built dams, they irrigated fields, they built parks, they built cities.

They built a great state.

By Wade Buchanan

Backpackers have a saying: Leave it better than you found it.

For generations, Coloradans have done exactly that. Ranchers and farmers, rural residents and city dwellers, businesses large and small, they all dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future – in our future.

They built schools, they built colleges, they built hospitals, they built roads through the mountains, they built dams, they irrigated fields, they built parks, they built cities.

They built a great state.

By Wade Buchanan

Editor's note: "Colorado, Boom or Bust" will air at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, and at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, on Glenwood Springs Cable Channel 10.

Backpackers have a saying: Leave it better than you found it.

For generations, Coloradans have done exactly that. Ranchers and farmers, rural residents and city dwellers, businesses large and small, they all dreamed big and invested in themselves and their children's future – in our future.

We're as proud as we can be, so we're sending a reminder that our TV special, Colorado: Boom or Bust, will premiere at 8 p.m. Wednesday on Colorado Public Television-Channel 12.

"This is really a kitchen table conversation about Colorado's family budget. What is most important to us? Education, health care and transportation are all part of the discussion. Colorado: Boom or Bust explains in plain language where we're at and how we got there," said Wade Buchanan, president of the Bell Policy Center.