To be expected considering the housing slowdown. Folks are largely staying put.
Regional growth? Not so fast, at least in '07
By Phillip Reese - preese@sacbee.com
Published 12:00 am PDT Friday, May 2, 2008
The Sacramento region is growing – but at a crawl compared with the population boom that marked the early part of the decade. State Department of Finance figures released Thursday showed the pace of growth slowing in almost every city in the region.
That includes Elk Grove and Lincoln, which just a few years ago were growing faster than almost any city in the nation. Last year, the pace of growth in those communities fell off by more than 60 percent compared with the early years of the decade.
Slow growth is bad news for city tax collectors counting on fresh revenue, school districts counting on students and home builders looking for buyers. But it could offer a respite from congestion and give cities overwhelmed with growth a chance to breathe.
Here are voices from around the region on how the slowdown is playing out.
