Colorado’s New Tourism Director Wants to Talk About Marijuana on Statewide Tour

A few months ago Cathy Ritter was settling into Denver's Congress Park neighborhood with her husband, walking to Rockies games and relishing being close to her daughter's family.

Then the former director of the Illinois Bureau of Tourism saw a job posting that could work for her.

On Thursday, Gov. John Hickenlooper named her as the new director of the Colorado Tourism Office, replacing Al White.

Ritter — no relation to former Gov. Bill Ritter — plans a 90-day listening tour of Colorado.

"I want to get familiar with the faces and places of Colorado so I can be as informed as possible," said the 13-year employee of the Illinois government and former newspaper reporter.

In Illinois, she helped develop a five-year strategic plan that guided the state's $60 million tourism promotion efforts. She spent months bouncing ideas off residents and tourism leaders around the state, setting quantifiable goals and...

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