History Talks: Booms, Busts & A 40-Year Doom-Loop

Speakers: Joanne Taeuffer, Eric Drew

Here’s a look at the economic circumstances of Healdsburg over the years. Joanne will cover Healdsburg’s early history of economic ups and downs. Then Eric will focus on the 40-year period between 1962 and 2002, when the town was in a “doom loop.” This difficult period started when the freeway opened, funneling people away from downtown and precipitating a slow-moving economic crisis that eventual led to the town’s current economic prosperity.