Discussion (continued)
Advantages to be gained by attracting information-based business to Estes Park are both economic and non-economic:
Although still possessing growth potential, there would appear to be a physical limitation on the sheer number of vehicles the town can accommodate.
An enhanced year-round economy will benefit existing businesses.
New businesses will contribute to both the sales tax and the property tax base.
Family members of year-round business people will increase the pool of participants in the area's labor force without creating incremental housing requirements.
According to Gil Gordon, communications consultant, "Telecommuting attracts the smartest and the best people."
The task force recognizes the opportunities inherent in transporting the new commodity - Knowledge - at the speed of light down the information highway as an alternative to trying to squeeze ever-increasing numbers of cars onto our vehicular highways. To facilitate the realization of these benefits, the task force offers the following recommendations, supplemented by a list of information resources and a number of appended documents.
An elegant solution to our ever increasing levels of automobile traffic, congestion and air pollution. Simply design a economy where moving people and goods via conventional vehicles is minimized. Go to work at the speed of light, only produce patterns of electrons containing Knowledge.