‘Featured’ Archives
Snow Job
It’s winter in Colorado and it snows frequently in Boulder. On average we get about sixty inches of snowfall each season. Being in an arid climate this moisture is welcome for lawns, plants, gardens, crops and our drinking water supply. The [...]
Section 16: Not an Opportunity to Miss
Soon after I was elected to the Boulder City Council in 1995, I was dismayed and very concerned when a citizen involved with the Rocky Flats Local Impacts Initiative (RFLII), a congressionally supported group tasked with determining future uses on [...]
Jefferson Parkway Position Statement
The Board of Directors of PLAN-Boulder County adopted the following position statement about the Jefferson Parkway: PLAN-Boulder County opposes the creation of the Jefferson Parkway and will continue to do so. Among our concerns about this project [...]
City Proposes Changes to Planning Reserve Process
City staff have proposed a subtle but important change to the policies governing the Planning Reserve. Current rules require any development in the area to show that it meets a need that can't be satisfied in the already-developed area of the [...]
Rocky Flats, Section 16, and the Proposed Jefferson Parkway: Decision Day for Boulder and Boulder County
The Jefferson County Commissioners have asked the City of Boulder and Boulder County to drop their long-standing opposition to the proposed Jefferson Parkway by January 31, in exchange for which JeffCo will put up $5 million toward the purchase of [...]
The Department of Energy’s Environmental Racism in Colorado
Conejos County Clean Water, Inc. (CCCW), San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety have filed in the federal court in Denver a complaint and petition alleging that the Department of Energy (DOE) is negligent for [...]
Greenbelts are for Children
Mavis and Bob McKelvey were a close knit team as they worked to establish the Blue Line (1959) and later the Greenbelt-Open Space Program (1967). Bob was the public speaker and organizer; Mavis operated behind the scenes, offering advice, [...]
Growth and Prosperity
A new study of growth and prosperity in American cities examines long-held beliefs about the benefits of growth. In Eben Fodor's article, Relationship between Growth and Prosperity in 100 Largest U.S. Metropolitan Areas, the conventional wisdom [...]
Bike Share Comes to Boulder
On Thursday, December 2nd, 2010, Randle Rutsch from the City of Boulder Planning Department presented the Boulder B-Cycles system to the Boulder Planning Board. The Boulder B-Cycle program is a citywide, not-for-profit, short term bike rental [...]
2B Continued
Energy and excitement were generated at the “Boulder’s Energy Future” public education and strategy session co-hosted by the 2B ballot measure volunteer campaign group, Citizens for Boulder’s Clean Energy Future (CBCEF), and non-profit Clean [...]
