[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10824-10825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  DECLARING COLORADO OPEN FOR BUSINESS

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                            HON. MARK UDALL

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 19, 2002

  Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, I rise to announce that Colorado 
is open for business! Recently, in the great State of Colorado has been 
the focus of a lot attention because of the fires. However, the fires 
are burning only in one-percent of the state and much of our beautiful 
state has not been affected by fire.
  Many people associate Colorado with winter sports like skiing and 
snowboarding, but there is no where on Earth during the summertime like 
Colorado. Our state is home to fifty-three 14,000-foot peaks that are 
ready to be conquered, several creeks and rivers ripe for fishing or 
rafting, and numerous golf courses and mountain bike and hiking trails.
  Summer vacationers can take a ride on the Summer Ski Train to Winter 
Park. Music lovers can watch the sun set over the Rocky

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Mountains and take in the sounds of the National Repertory Orchestra in 
Breckenridge or at the Hot Summer Nights Concerts in Vail. Visit 
historic Central City and try your luck at one of the area's casinos. 
Or come to the River Run Annual Bluegrass and Beer Festival and Fiddle 
Contest and Bluegrass Concert in the Park Lane Pavilion at Keystone 
Resort. Sip on a tall cool one, grab a dance partner, marvel at the 
talents of the best fiddlers and watch the state's best lumberjacks 
compete for the title. And what would the Fourth of July be without the 
Greeley Independence Stampede, which is home to the largest Fourth of 
July Rodeo in the nation.
  Mr. Speaker, we appreciate all that the nation has done to assist us 
in fighting wildland fire. But there is nothing like a summer in 
Colorado. Colorado is open for business. Come one, come all and enjoy 
Colorful Colorado.

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