Article: GREELEY'S WORST-CASE TURNAROUND.(Greeley, Colorado)

A WORST-CASE SCENARIO BEGAN TO TUG AT THE MIND OF GREELEY MAYOR JERRY WONES LAST WINNER. HEWLETT-PACKARD ANNOUNCED in January it was going to consolidate its operations in Northern Colorado and close its Greeley campus by 2002, translerring 640 well-paid employees to Fort Collins. Meanwhile, the centerpiece of Greeley's economy, the ConAgra Beef Companies, was shopping for a new corporate headquarters. To the dismay of Wones and many of his fellow citizens, their hometown didn't look like it was at the top of ConAgra's shopping list. Loveland, 25 miles west, was rumored to be the frontrunner. If ConAgra left Greeley, it would take at least 550 headquarters jobs with it. ...

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