Make sure healthcare has a voice while participating in an innovative approach to economic development planning! Colorado is undergoing a new “bottom-up” approach to economic development planning by involving people at the local level. Check out the brief survey associated with this effort and make sure healthcare is heard! Your participation in the survey will add local voices to this process that will help chart our state’s direction as we move forward. Consider these facts:
- Assuming the same ratio of providers to overall population, Colorado will add 5,000 new healthcare jobs per year for the foreseeable future
- On average, one in eight Colorado jobs is in the healthcare sector. In rural counties, the average is closer to one in six jobs
- Taking into account multiplier effects, each healthcare job supports about two additional jobs
- Many healthcare providers are self-employed entrepreneurs
As a powerful economic engine across Colorado, healthcare must be at the table during economic development talks. For more information, contact Clint Cresawn at 720.248.2745 or 800.851.6782 ext. 255 or by email at ccr@coruralhealth.org.
