Originally published by Daily Camera, April 5, 2026.
There’s a common understanding that these are turbulent economic times. Across the nation, as in Boulder, certain industries are experiencing growth, while others have entered a period of stagnation and even decline. That is the nature of economic cycles, whether driven by customer demand or public policy shifts, often unpredictable, yet as certain as the rising tides.
And that is why, for the Boulder Chamber and our economic vitality efforts, the true target is resilience.
Resilience is not about riding a single wave of industry sector prosperity, though we will certainly do what we can to capitalize on a positive trend. Rather, it is about how the system holds up under pressure, when there are multiple threats to our businesses and entire industry sectors. And to understand that we must start with a simple but often overlooked question: Where does our local economy actually begin?…