Summary report on an analysis of the economic structure and industrial potential of the four corners region

In many ways, the Four Corners Region of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah is one of the richest areas of the United States. It offers a scenic beauty, forest resources, minerals, uncrowded open spaces, and (for many) a very favorable climate that could not be matched anywhere else in the country. However, despite the presence of these natural advantages, the Region demonstrates a number of pervasive economic and social liabilities which have caused it to fall behind many other areas of the county and the non-Regional portions of the four states in terms of both employment and income. As stated in the Commission's First Annual Report:*