This report illustrates the financial and social significance of arts, cultural and scientific organizations in the metro area. There is a strong foundation of excellence, impact and investment in the arts. The arts continue to break records. The arts continue to evolve. The arts continue to raise up our community.

Hunting and fishing are an important and sizable portion of Colorado's tourism economy. Trip and equipment expenditure estimates for wildlife watching activities away from home rely on much of the same surveys and methodology as the hunting and fishing estimates. However, wildlife watching activities are often bundled with other activities.

This is the second year this particular type of a farm business report, relating to farms on first-grade dry farming land in northeastern Colorado, has been published. This summary report is presented primarily for those farmers who have cooperated with the Colorado State Agricultural College Experiment Station by keeping records of their farm businesses during the calendar year 1938.

This document is intended to provide summary economic data concerning the most flood-damaged counties in Colorado -- Boulder, Larimer, and Weld. Each county, described in turn, is distinctly different in terms of industrial base, key employers, and distribution of firm size and employment.