‘Featured’ Archives
Mountain Bikers and Conservationists Tell Each Other to Take a Hike
The City of Boulder’s Community Collaborative Group (“CCG”) could not agree in September on a proposed mountain bike trail running north and south through Boulder’s mountain parks, and at a PLAN-Boulder forum on October 15 a panel of [...]
WATCH: Postwar Boulder
From 1947 to 1967 Boulder experienced unprecedented growth, and the city's population boomed from 18,000 to 60,000 people. The post-World War II years saw the completion of the Boulder Turnpike, the opening of Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant and [...]
Neither Planned, nor Reserved
The Boulder City Council may weaken the city’s growth management plan to permit development in the Area III Planning Reserve. The reserve contains about 500 acres and is located north of Jay Road and east of 28th Street (US 36) in north [...]
Ocean Thermal Energy: The unseen sea opportunity
This article is to suggest that there be some strong grassroots support in Boulder and across America clamoring for prompt federal action—by Congress and the Obama Administration—to make ocean thermal energy a reality. Although ocean thermal [...]
A Progressive’s Guide to Voting
Feeling overwhelmed by the upcoming election in Colorado? Having a hard time keeping track of the issues? Just remember: NO on the NUMBERS, YES on the LETTERS. NO on 60, 61, 62, 63, 101, and 102. YES on 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, and 3A. This [...]
Triple Trouble on the Ballot
Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 (the “Ugly Three”) would be most devastating to local school districts, but they would also significantly damage local governments, non-profit corporations and local businesses according to non-profit and [...]
A New Angle on the Diagonal Plaza
The Diagonal Plaza shopping center in north Boulder has long been seen as a candidate for redevelopment, but plans have never materialized. The blame for a lack of action is usually placed on the center’s multiple ownerships and on the lack of [...]
Difficult Decisions: Managing Wildlife on the Urban Fringe
Working with wildlife in urban settings is always a challenge. Unlike television depictions of resource management, real world wildlife management involves on the spot decision-making, influenced by variables and exigencies provided by location, [...]
La Ditch Gauche
Fifty-eight percent of the land in SoDA (South of Downtown Area between 13th and 16th Streets and Canyon and Arapahoe) is publicly owned, and, if that space is used imaginatively, the redevelopment of the private land in SoDA will almost inevitably [...]
Dadipblusi
“Kit, some people say we live in Colorado and some people say we live in Boulder. Which is right?” Juan looks troubled about this. “Have you seen a map of North America before?” Juan seems uncertain as I open the atlas. “This is a [...]
