Fork in the road: Why La Plata County should bet on the airpark

Fork in the road: Why La Plata County should bet on the airpark

Ask around La Plata County, and you’ll hear some version of the same story: a daughter who can’t afford to move back, a coworker who commutes in from Aztec because there’s nothing closer he can afford. We’ve told ourselves this is a housing problem, but I know it is only one piece of the puzzle. Too many local jobs simply don’t pay enough to live where we work. Elizabeth Philbrick The numbers back this up. La Plata County’s economy hasn’t grown …